Elm landed on the far side of the fence without any trouble, and glanced around to find that she was alone in the alley. She took a few deep breaths to calm down, and smoothed out her hair. It felt strange to stand out in the open without covering herself; her heart thumped and she found herself jittery from nervous energy. Yet, she couldn’t deny that the circumstances were bringing some warmth between her legs. That, however, sounded like something she could puzzle out at home. For now, she decided to try and ignore it by covering herself with her arms and resuming her search for clothes.
She had made it only about the length of a building when she noticed something quite damning in front of her: a security camera. Normally she’d have just tried to stay on its periphery and cover herself as best she could, but this camera had something special to it: it was part of the Atlas surveillance network. Right now this whole situation was a little embarrassing, to have her boss see it on film would be utterly mortifying (and knowing Ironwood, he would see it-Elm was pretty sure he watched every scrap of footage the city produced).
She was struck suddenly by a vision of Ironwood and the Ace-Ops gathered around a screen, watching her walk around the city naked. She imagined the sorts of things they would say: would they comment on her large, muscular body? Would they leer at her large breasts and ass? Would they believe she was streaking on purpose, and call her things like slut and exhibitionist? The thought sent a chill down her spine, and she quickly set about finding a way to avoid the camera.
After a few minutes of looking, Elm decided that there were two ways forward: getting into one of the buildings, or climbing up high enough to be out of view.
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