Unaware of any ground-level obstacle behind her, a drab, grayish-green-clothed campus custodian backs into the room. Though the uniform is unflattering, the shape suggest the janitor is a woman, as does the bundle of bubbling, black curls pouring down her neck. She hums a soulful melody that covers the rattle of a cart of cleaning tools being dragged inside. You stand atop the transposer, paralyzed as the woman backs up and up, becoming more and more vertical until she is almost on top of you. Her heavy work-boots thump hard against the tile. Loose particles of dirt or dust spray in your direction. She stops one step away and her boots groan as she shifts her weight. She maneuvers the cart aside, shuts the door, and turns to reveal her dark-complexioned profile.
She spots the matter transposer by her boots and bends down to pick it up, regarding it as nothing more than clutter. You catch sight of her ID badge, Silvia Torres. But as Silvia gets closer, the lenses of her complementing, black-framed glasses light up with shock. Sweat trickles down your forehead. She recoils in disgust at the tiny creature looking up at her, and she fumbles blindly for the broom standing upright on her cart. She screams and shouts for the cockroach to shoo. She means you!
Her labor-firmed hands firmly gripping the tool, Silvia thrusts the stiff brush at you like a spear, striking and shoving the transposer. You tumble over the edge and fall gently as the device slides away, ricocheting off a table's leg and resting in its shadow. The custodian stamps her boot and swears. You take off running before another thrust of the broom scratches horrifically against the tile, kicking up a cloud of dust sweeping around you. Silvia spits curses at you as you flee.
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