A Talk Among Shadows [for likeashadow ]

[in_the_cracks]

The building Telrim leads the way into is bare and functional, one high long room with a rough concrete floor. From inside, the walls look rather sturdier and shored up, and from them comes a faint electric hum. For Telrim, installing better security is just part of moving in.

And yet, as she steps in and the lights switch on, the warehouse is revealed to be empty. There's a table against one wall, a couple of chairs, an wooden crate of assorted things... but that's it. Telrim - and the handful of Yeerks who work with her - don't use this place as a storehouse. It's a staging ground.

The door slides shut behind them, and the Controller goes to pull out the table.  "Like a seat?" she asks over her shoulder. "There should be a couple of cushions in the box."

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[in_the_cracks]

The thud of a fallen body is a promising sound, and in the darkness Telrim's mouth flickers upward at the edges. All her attention is turned on the stairwell now. By this time the other guard is nearly down the steps, liable to find the flipped breakers at any moment. It seems he does hear something as his colleague falls: there's a muffled (but not worried) call of "Hey, Bobby?" from the other side of the door.

The Controller takes advantage of his moment's unwariness: she shoves the door open, Dracon beam readied. Before he twigs it's not his friend there, she snaps off a shot. There's a flash of orange light from her weapon, a sound like a high, soft 'tsew!' and it catches him across the chest. He crumples back onto the steps, and Telrim peers at him a moment before deciding he's still breathing, then steps into the stairwell, peering upward for any more employees.

"Looks like we're clear," she says in a low voice.

[likeashadow]

Annah's impressed by the ray weapon, and the back of her mind she starts calculating the street value of what is essentially a magic wand that doesn't require knowledge of spell triggers to use. That is something to consider later, however.

She grabs some nearby bungee cord used for securing packages to dolly carts, and binds the hands and feet of the guard she knocked out. Just in case he comes to sooner than they expect.

"After yeh," she says to Telrim.