Much to Sombra's delight, Talon has just commissioned her for another job. Even though the payment from the last one was still lingering in her account, she never liked long breaks from work. She would too antsy, and would do tech binges, in which attempts to improve efficiency or performance of her equipment would often leave them separated into parts, waiting reassembly. Then another commission would come in too quickly for her to take her time putting her equipment back together, often leaving them in an equitable or even worse state than before.
Better to work prepared than not.
It looked to be a simple corporate sabotage job, at LumériCo of all places. She chuckled that the thought.
"Don't need to travel far for this one, huh?"
She read over the dossier, carefully analyzing the details of the plan. The various floor plans, the location and strength of security, the list of possible encryptions she would need to bust to gain access. Even though she's done this job three times now, it cannot be taken lightly. Every single aspect of this mission that was relevant and meaningful needed to be understood, so the proper tools and equipment could be prepared. Any reasonable contingency needed to be in place. Standard protocol. Nothing unnecessary, and everything essential. Well, plus a huge supply of witty one-liners and smugly veiled threats. Those were vital! She never understood why "Gabe" gave her such shit about it. After all, if you don't enjoy your job, why even do it in the first place?
After taking the time to get all her equipment prepped and packed, right next to the door in case of emergency and she needed to escape quickly, she took a load off and laid down on her bed. And, since she gotten used to it, she picked up her journal and a pen. It felt encouraging to be able to express herself with this little book, and for it to be routine was amazing. Really improved her "quality of life," as she saw those psych blogs called it.
Hey papelita! it's me, su amiga, Sombra.
El día has been amazing. ¡Increíble! I just got a new gig from Talon, and it's real local. LumériCo won't know who hit them. Which is extra great cause I've hit them, like, cinco veces? Sí, cinco veces. They really need to try harder if they're gonna get me, cause right now it's just not working! Idiotas don't even have 2-factor authentication on any of their shit! That's amateur hour shit, especially for a corporation like that.
Yep, it's gonna be great. Low travel, familiar place, and get to be in bed the same night. Talon's just giving me my fee on una bandeja de plata this time. Super easy.
-Sombra
Sombra finished writing down her entry and placed her notebook on the nightstand beside her bed. With a smile plastered on her face, she fell underneath the covers, secure in the knowledge that the job was going to go off without a hitch. For real, she had all her equipment ready, and was easily prepared for anything Lumérico could through at her. Everything was going to be fine.
At least, that's what she thought.
