Nightshift 24: Hallway outside entry room

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The giggling and the stinging scent of pepper faded as Gin and Jack changed their route to the second set of stairs near the doctors offices.  It was Gin's first time leading, usually Jack took that job, letting him take up the reasonably safer rear guard.  He kept his flashlight trained on the path ahead of them, his knife in the other hand.  With any luck, they'd be able to move as quickly through the halls as they had their first night.

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[icy-demise.livejournal.com]

"Preventable assault from behind? I'm smart enough to know better than to go around stabbing allies in the back without good cause. And I have good enough aim to avoid hitting you." He was almost insulted that HK would say something like that.

"You are a pretty small target after all, but you don't have very much muscle, you should work on that, HK. Maybe do some push ups, get a good work out. If not you'll start to get fat."

[arc-wrench.livejournal.com]

"Annoyance: No, meatbag, I was not referring to the possibility of your treachery. I was more concerned about the guards. I'd rather not have an ambush from behind succeed simply because there was no one watching the rear. Only civilians are idiotic enough to not keep watch in a hostile area." And gammoreans. And weequay. And... meatbags really were idiots, all of them.

"Statement: I am fully aware of my current status, meatbag. I have no intention to allow my muscle fibers to shrink and drown in blubber." A thought his mind only labeled as 'Ew.' "In the meantime, thank you for being such an effective meat shield."

[icy-demise.livejournal.com]

"You think I'm not watching our backs? I like getting attacked from behind just as much as you do. However, if you think you'll do a better job of it, be my guest," The fact that HK apparently thought he was incapable of being a rear guard was somehow worse than being suspected of treachery.

Betrayal was one thing to be suspected of, incompetence was another. However, he wasn't going to get into an argument about it, and instead set off down the hall.

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