It was not until the creepy eyed Batarian had physically begun to remove Vella's unthinking grip on the unfortunate Geth that she suddenly snapped back to reality, her yellow eyes shooting back at Ja'far with lightning intent; before her face suddenly softened just as fast as it had turned and she gave a mischievous smile.

"[color=004b80]Surely you saw it t,-[/color]" Vella was about to say with an enthusiastic grin, when her eyes suddenly narrowed into a frown, she smelling the thick scent of the batarian's cigar and... other smells!

It was... unusual to be this close up to a batarian. His many eyes looked practically ghastly at this close range, and every scent and smell became magnified many times at this proximity!
Vella had never been a fan of the batarians. They were like the vorcha, except more intelligent as well as slimy! Wherever there were batarians, there seemed to always be trouble. Their general propensity for crime seemed endemic to the specie itself! And most of the times she had encountered batarians, it was either for shooting or arresting them, or avoiding them as much as possible during social calls.

And the current proximity was... awkward.

[i]"Normally I stab them at this range! ... but I do not think the spectres would approve."[/i]

"[color=0072bc]Soooo... that accent.[/color]" Vella replied, the strong sense of awkwardness surrounding the whole situation making her hesitate as she glanced at Ja'far.
" [color=0072bc]... are you an actor?[/color]"

Then, it happened; salvation! The moment Vella heard a mention of a secret facility underground, something about Cerberus, and that she was supposedly going with the Turian, she immediately perked up as she was saved from the social awkwardness with the batarian!

"[color=0072bc]When you say ´knock´, how many charges are we talking about here?![/color]" Vella exclaimed enthusiastically! 

By the sound of everything, this was her dream assignment. 
Close quarters, indoor, underground; this was the environment that she had been [b]made[/b] for.

She glanced across the rest of the groups, sizing them up. Given how this was her favored environment, she questioned whether any of them might be able to keep up with her once the fighting started. Yellow eyes darting from person to person, she saw a lot of specialists, infiltrators and essentially support personnel. 

However, the four people she identified as potential matches were first and foremost the two krogan. Whilst krogans were often made fun of for their terrible aim in the open field, they were truly formidable beasts in close quarters. Even a untrained Krogan was a threat to be reckoned with in a tight hallway, doubly so if it was armed to the teeth! Then there was the turian spectre, Aegon. She did not know much about him, but he did look like a dedicated soldier through and through. Although Turians were nothing if not known for their anally-strict soldiery and (borderline unhealthy) obsession with anything war, Vella still considered herself a step above them. Even so, this Turian warrior was also a spectre, which meant he probably had something extra that put him well above your usual goon!

And then there was the matter of the ´[b]thing[/b]´ in the full metal suit, supposedly a human, but appeared to be so in name only. 

She had never seen those specs before. She had no knowledge about its limits, what it could do. Other than that it looked abominable. For all she knew, it might be nearly impervious, or suddenly malfunction at the first EMP grenade thrown by the enemy.
And he was ex-Cerberus...

"[color=0072bc]I hope you are turncoat through and through![/color]" Vella chuckled towards the hulking suit of armor.

She had never fought against Cerberus before. Sure, she had once shot someone assumed to be associated with the organization, but she had never fought against anything close to one of their combat divisions before. Something she just chalked up to [b]their luck[/b].

But perhaps, today, things were about to change. Vella could feel a tingle of excitement run through her body, her fingers automatically expanding as if to react on a snap moment!