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Double-O44 (Cents, that is)Location: Classified.Mission: Classified.Agent: Classifed.

The mission, if accepted, will test thevery core of one’s being. It is dangerous, itis possibly even deadly, and there is achance that only the legend of the missionwill remain. It is delivering and picking upthe mail for the CBS lot.

It’s raining, that’s the first obstacle. Itcomes down like a biblical flood and insteadof an ark, there are four open sided golfcarts. If this were 1860, the golf carts wouldbe trusty steeds ready to race the mail to itsdestination, but it isn’t and they are not.

This is it. This is the test. All thetraining, all the preparation comes down tothis simple fact; getting the mail to its finaldestination as dry as possible.

Sorry, jumping ahead. First is thesorting. The mail arrives as an army, barelycontained in mail bins that can number asmany as four, or even five. Sorting the mailrequires a precise set of skills and a little bit ofdetective work thrown in for good measure.Some psychic ability doesn’t hurt either.

Once the mail is sorted according tothe mail run, it is then further separatedfrom its comrades and placed in specificshelves in accordance to its finaldestination. It’s dangerous work, fraughtwith all types of handwriting and the everpresent risk of a paper cut. This job is onlyfor the very brave, or the very foolish.

The sorted mail is paper clipped orrubber banded, depending on how muchhas accumulated. Once they are contained,the captives are transported into a mail bin

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to be taken to their final judgment: thedesks in the offices.

Back to the rain. There is an evenlarger force working against the good of allthe post, the force of Nature. A debateensues, just run for it or cover the mail witha garbage bag? The rain picks up. Garbagebag it is. Personal dryness must be forgottenif those letters stand half a chance of beinglegible ever again.

It sounds like radio static as the rainhits the plastic wrapped mail. One alsothinks fondly of home, of the mail room, ofany dry and vaguely warm place. Thosethoughts must be ignored, for the mail mustgo out. Darn that United States PostalService for setting the standard so high.“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloomof night stays these couriers from the swiftcompletion of their appointed rounds.” It’sa lot to live up to, and the few, the proudCBS Mailroom staff members (let’s callthem agents) fill those orders well.

The rain lashes through the opens sidesof the golf carts, the windshields are nearlyimpossible to see through and the puddlesmake a very satisfying sploosh sound as theyare driven through. The mail has survivedthis first journey, now to get it from the golfcart to the building.

The garbage bag has accumulated apuddle over the mail, which usually ends upsoaking the sleeves of an agent’s shirt as themail is uncovered. The steadfast agent grabsthe bin, takes a breath and runs for thebuilding. The rain falls with unnaturalaccuracy into the eyes and down the back ofthe shirt. The doors of the building offersafety, or at least a roof.

The mail is mostly dry. The agent is lessthan mostly dry. The letters are placed on

the desks, greetings are exchanged and theagent continues on through the mail run.There are many more letters to deliver,many more stops to make and many moredangers to avoid.

Once back at the Mailroom, agents areaccounted for. There have been no majorlosses this day. The mission has been asuccess. Most missions are successes, we arewell trained.

Then the Fed-Ex guy honks his horn ashe pulls in. The boxes need to be deliveredand rain has picked up.

Being dry will simply have to be amemory for the time, but how fantastic itwill be when the memory becomes reality.

This is the life of an agent, dangerousand filled with adventure.

This file has already said too much. Onthat note…..

This information will now self destruct.Please stand back.

Intrepid agent, Elayna Rice

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