CHECKMATE: the mods. (checkmod) wrote in incheck, @ 2010-10-01 04:26:00 |
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Most of the operatives had returned home after their missions to find a relative quiet. It was the stereotypical lull in the storm, the eye of the hurricane: it was, as these things went, far too good to be true. Level five had been left to fend for itself, and each day brought on another empty desk as employees turned tail and left. A hole had burst in the levee and there was simply no stopping the slow trickle of departures. They were rats fleeing a sinking ship. |