{1} First Assignment : Accidental Video

[sarifattackdog]

Eliza? Eliza, do you copy?

[The video flickers on a few seconds after the sound. A tall man stands on the dock, and there are a few noticeably odd things about him: most evident are his arms, which even from a distance are obviously not flesh and blood. From his fingertips up to where his shoulders disappear beneath body-armor-styled pads, skin is

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[wasinnocent]

You'd be surprised how many immortals keep up with the times.

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[sarifattackdog]

More like I'd be surprised if there were immortals, period.

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[wasinnocent]

[She shrugs.] Is it really that shocking of an idea?

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[sarifattackdog]

[Question for a question] You think it's not?

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[wasinnocent]

Not at all. [Considering I am one.]

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[sarifattackdog]

Guess that makes you more open-minded than me. [That or crazy. But he's heard a lot of crazy things today.]

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[wasinnocent]

Something like that. [She chuckles.] Give yourself a bit more time and you'll start to get the picture that you're not in Kansas anymore.

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[sarifattackdog]

I figured that much. [Honestly? This place seems more peaceful than his Kansas so far. Less gunfire and people rioting against his kind in the streets.

So far.]

The whole being-dead-and-ruled-over-by-mythological-gods prospect isn't exactly familiar turf. But to be fair, Hades isn't exactly the worst place for a guy to end up for the long haul.

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[wasinnocent]

As far as vacation spots go, I'd give it a 2 stars out of 4. Could be better, could be a hell of a lot worse.

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[sarifattackdog]

Worse than the zombie invasion I've been hearing about?

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[wasinnocent]

There are worse things than zombies.

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[sarifattackdog]

True enough. Zombies don't exactly think all that well. [Humans can be more terrible in that regard.]

Does it get much worse than that around here?

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[wasinnocent]

You'd be surprised how smart these last suckers were.

[She frowns.] From what I've heard, yeah.

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[sarifattackdog]

Not your typical twentieth century zombie cliche, I take it.

You're another newcomer, then?

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[wasinnocent]

They took it up a few notches.

Sorta, I've only been here around two weeks, or something like that, I'm not great with time.

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[sarifattackdog]

Guess they felt like rounding up new recruits lately.

[A pause.] Name's Adam. Adam Jensen.