Nightshift 30: Courtyard
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River landed, flexing her legs so that impact wouldn't damaged them. Already, her head was spinning from the feat, and she had to take a moment to collect herself, huddled in a small pile of girl against the wall she'd just scaled. A simple feat was leaving her heart racing, and her breath came hard for at least five minutes until she was capable of moving again.
There was a prize to capture tonight, and she couldn't let the weights drag her into the quicksand. Dazedly, the girl wandered semi-cautiously through the expansive, outdoor area to a locked door that would lead to her destination. Slipping one of the pens she carried in her familiar boots as she lacked a waistband in her casual dress, River closed her eyes, forcing her self to focus as she stripped back some of the plastic and set to work picking the lock in front of her.
River landed, flexing her legs so that impact wouldn't damaged them. Already, her head was spinning from the feat, and she had to take a moment to collect herself, huddled in a small pile of girl against the wall she'd just scaled. A simple feat was leaving her heart racing, and her breath came hard for at least five minutes until she was capable of moving again.
There was a prize to capture tonight, and she couldn't let the weights drag her into the quicksand. Dazedly, the girl wandered semi-cautiously through the expansive, outdoor area to a locked door that would lead to her destination. Slipping one of the pens she carried in her familiar boots as she lacked a waistband in her casual dress, River closed her eyes, forcing her self to focus as she stripped back some of the plastic and set to work picking the lock in front of her.