[Codi trots alongside Elma, pacing to a more casual amble as they round the corner of the hallway. In spite of her best efforts to look otherwise, the ginger woman dressed in a business-formal suit is a lot more tense than when the two of them started this mission, as if the fewer people they run into along their way the more agitated she gets. This is basically accurate; Codi is confident in her ability to make a scene and use it to disappear into a crowd, but this more cautious subterfuge? Lurking around the empty halls, waiting for someone to spot them and sound the alarm? She hates that. The anticipation is making her terribly paranoid.]
[This janitor, for example. Who is this guy? Should she worry about him? Codi doesn't immediately make the connection between asking for a clear path and the fact that this man is now in it, instead slipping into the assumption that she'll need to bluff her way past, again.]
Surprise inspection! [Codi flashes a fake, but convincingly official-looking badge from inside her jacket lapel.] Excellent use of signage. Sorry that we'll have to disregard it - need to check the emergency exits. If you'll excuse us...
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[This janitor, for example. Who is this guy? Should she worry about him? Codi doesn't immediately make the connection between asking for a clear path and the fact that this man is now in it, instead slipping into the assumption that she'll need to bluff her way past, again.]
Surprise inspection! [Codi flashes a fake, but convincingly official-looking badge from inside her jacket lapel.] Excellent use of signage. Sorry that we'll have to disregard it - need to check the emergency exits. If you'll excuse us...