[i]This was just the worst,[/i] thought the prison guard. [i]While everyone else is having fun and getting drunk, I'm stuck guarding the slaves! Mess with them and nobody cares, but replace the ketchup in the employee kitchen with hot sauce one or twelve times and you're the bad guy. Life just isn't fair. And there aren't even any prisoners to-[/i]


The guard's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a bolt in motion. "Always assume the worst from the penitents" was the official line during training, though the guy thought it was probably just faulty equipment. Still, if someone [i]did[/i] escape while he was the only one there, it would be bad news, so the guard slowly drew his sword and advanced towards the source of the noise. Shoot, maybe it would even wake up a slave and he'd get to have some fun tonight after all.