Maria had noticed Dazz's fist tensing, and had flinched back slightly when she turned around, looking quite angry about something or other. Fortunately, it looked like she was mad about something else, because her face softened, and she gave a smile before responding that she was indeed in charge. [i]Oh good, I can ask her about working up here![/i] "I was wondering about-" The hard hat dropped onto Maria's head with a soft [i]thmp[/i] sound. "Oh. Uh, thanks, but-" Then the woman's pocket alarm went off, and Dazz's previous state of anger returned for a moment before she pointed Maria to a girl who was snapping pictures of the land outside the Wall and left to go deal with an auditor. If that was what she had been angry about, Maria could sympathize; the guy who always came around to audit the candy shop was snotty and acted superior to them more often than not, so if the auditor that was here now was like that, Dazz's reaction was certainly justified. Maria took a glass of water from the adorable robot that offered her one and told it "Thanks!", then walked over to the woman with the camera, dodging a blubbering worker and another man who was digging around in cement that looked like it had spilled all over the place. When she arrived, the woman appeared to be very distracted by the worksite that surrounded her, snapping pictures of anything that looked interesting, including the bawling construction worker. "Uh, pardon me. The lady in charge sent me to you and said that you could help me. I'm looking to work up here so I can pay off my father's debt. Could you show me around and tell me what jobs I could do?"

Right about then, the announcement came on, before shorting out after thunder rolled through the sky. Maria looked around for the source of the thunder. "What was that? It sounded like thunder, but the sky's clear... And I'm sure I saw lightning in those clouds over the mine, but they're not storm clouds." She pointed to the nearby diamond mine behind Reina, which currently had a large cloud doing its best cotton ball impersonation sitting over it.

[@Riptide]