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Escort Duty
Bobby takes her job Very Seriously
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She wakes up in the morning and pokes her head out the door. Curfew is not over yet. She frowns, walks over to her to-do list, and adds

1.5. Wristwatch

A quick round of exercises (To stay in shape) and another check out the door (Still curfew) and then she starts contemplating whether she should try branching off her gas line - She knows some alchemy kids do it for a bunsen burner, so it's possible, and natural gas and propane burn hot enough to forge steel, so it might be useful. Probably her neighbors would hate her if she was hammering iron at all hours, though, and it's not the safest setup to have in her bedroom, and she will probably have plenty of shop time. She draws some plans on the wall in grease marker anyways.

She keeps rotating between this and more exercise and hallway checks until curfew is over, when she runs off to work.

When El opens her door in the morning, Bobbie is already standing there, hands clasped behind her back and looking as crisp as possible in a torn shirt and sleeves for shoes.

"Ma'am. What've you got for homeroom?"

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"- how long have you been just standing there? Do you march, too, do you need a furry hat and a red uniform?" She looks at the floor. "Two twenty-two."

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"Not sure, I don't have a watch. Since a bit after curfew ended. I won't turn down a bearskin and uniform, but if you've got one stashed in your room I will consider you to have been holding out on me."

She consults the nearest map briefly.

"This way, ma'am," and she's off at a fast walk.

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"My name's El, I'm not the bloody Queen."

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She is not sure how to answer that. Go along with it, or point out that their relationship is purely professional?

"...Acknowledged."

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El keeps up reasonably well even though she has to take more steps than Bobbie. She appears to be attempting to scan for mals, perhaps to build good habits for after Christmas.

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"Here we are. See you after homeroom... El." She does not quite look pained at the informality.

And now she has to run to get to her own homeroom now.

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"See you."