CH7: Rude Awakening
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It was nice and warm in the palace, and the hall corridors were lit nicely with torches. She wasn't that hungry, so she headed back to her room, which was also warm. Jinx should have been at the palace by now… ah, he's fine, she thought. She looked at the time, and noticed it was past midnight. She had had a long day, and all she wanted to do is sink into her bed and fall asleep peacefully…
It was a nice, Sunday morning, the last day of the weekend. Ashelin wanted to have a nice, normal day, without any guard business such as yesterday. She got out of bed, and slipped on a pair of jeans and a black tank-top. She headed down to the breakfast corridor, and grabbed a small stack of pancakes without anything on it. She didn't know what to do today, but she just knew she didn't want guard duty. She wished that everything that happened last night was a dream, but she looked out the window towards the ruined part of the city, and it was still being fought over. She noticed a construction crane started to go up near the area, and was rebuilding a more inner part of the wall.
The rest of the day was boring, and Ashelin decided she would rather have guard duty than sit around doing nothing but eat and look out at the city… the dirty, ruined city… Mar might have done a much better job taking care of the city; until her father, and her father's father, ruined it slowly. Just then, Jinx came in on the yellow hand-held intercom:
"Ashelin, Ashelin, the Museum of Haven's History has just had a robbery, and no other guards are available. We saw the four bandits head into the sewers. Meet me in the southern entrance to there in the industrial section so we can head them off. You and me only… And I'm sorry that Grim and I didn't want to hang out last night. And by the way, you don't have to dress in uniform. Wear what you like… Anyways, Jinx, over and out!
"The sewers? …" Ashelin said quietly and headed to the main palace elevator and rode it down. She grabbed her hoverbike and headed to the southern industrial section.