Wellspring Arms & Meditation Center, Monday

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After a long (long, long, long) weekend where Jan had apparently decided that sleep was the devil and absolutely refused to go to bed, Cable was... well, kind of looking forward to some peace and quiet.

Which was why he'd gone in and opened up the store, taking Tether with him.

Now the dog was curled up by the door while he went through the news in blissful, wonderful silence.

Mmm. Silence.

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[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

Silence that was going to be minimally disrupted, sadly. It was pretty minimal though, as Alice was a silent person, not only in the sense she didn't speak much, but that her way of carrying herself made her blend in as much as possible.

She didn't talk to Cable right away though, eyes drifting to the store's walls as she got a feel of the general atmosphere. "Is it usually this quiet?"

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Cable looked up. "Usually," he agreed. "Most of my employees are quiet people."

At least when they didn't turn into big hulking green monsters...

[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

It was probably a plausible excuse? Still, Alice's eyes kept wandering around the place.

"Doesn't sound bad at all. You wouldn't happen to be hiring?" The wandering stopped and she looked at him; Alice wasn't one to beat around the bush. Not that much, anyway.

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"Depends," Cable said mildly, "On what kind of hiree you'd be."

[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

"The kind who could use a job." Because honestly, she wasn't ready for the big city yet. "And...the kind who's not going to kill herself with a weapon." That totally counted.

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"You're going to have to be a little more specific than that," Cable said, arching an eyebrow. "What's your experience?"

[[ it'd be nice if LJ actually bothered putting my ping through instead of lying to me for ten hours... ]]

[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

"I was Chief of Security of a rather sizable corporation back home." Never mind it was the very definition of an evil corporation, that she actually had more muscle memory than any actual recollection and that she had spent the last...months(?) killing zombies. Still, plenty of shooting.

"I've been shooting things for as long as I can remember." And that was the truth.

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"Hm," Cable said.

He studied her face for a moment longer. "Do you have some kind of identification?" he said.

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She wasn't expecting that question. "No, I don't. One of the things you stop thinking about when things go south." She hadn't met K-Mart yet, but that was a good example of how the concept of identity had changed.

"I have my apartment's papers from here, if that works."

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"It'll do," Cable said, sitting back, "If you define 'gone south' for me."

[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

"Zombie apocalypse."

What do you know, it still sounded ridiculous. Still, it was serious so Alice kept a perfect poker face.

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Don't worry. Cable was a Marvel guy. This was old hat.

He nodded. "In that case," he said, "We work with daily shifts here. Mondays and Wednesdays are still open."

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Alice had enough with her world, she wasn't even going to inquire the things Cable had seen.

"Mondays sound good."

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"Then Mondays it is," Cable said easily, reaching into his desk to produce some keys. "Please keep in mind that we have very strict policies about the actual sale of firearms - if someone comes in wanting to purchase one, please check with me unless it's an emergency."

He gestured at the weapons cases. "Everything else is free game. So to speak."

[gdiumbrella.livejournal.com]

The fact there was the need to point there could be an emergency surprised her, but Alice simply nodded. "I've never been a fan of easily obtainable firearms anyway."

Fandom was shaping up to be a pretty interesting place, if anything. "Alright; sounds simple enough."