Rio only gave a cursory glance at Gurevich, still unwilling to recognize him as worth her time. She'd see what he's made of on the field of battle. If he's so keen on giving unwanted advice, he'd better earn it. The woman walked off in the direction of her own GEAR as it was located a little bit further into the hangar. She didn't have time to deal with the expected reactions to her comment if she wanted to get into combat in a timely fashion.

Once Rio was inside of Union the entire process of loading into the simulator went by extremely quickly. Bill had already sent out the invites by the time she'd arrived. Rio did a quick double check of Union and waited for the arena to visualize around her. She seemed to be the fourth one getting in, strangely enough. Gurevich must have been held up. Once Gurevich had loaded in, the glorious team leader managed to get on Rio's nerves even further with just some simple banter.

[color=94ffad]"[i]Great. NEET and no self-confidence. Just what I needed.[/i]"[/color] Rio groaned to herself, muting the communications for just a second so her team wouldn't hear it. She braced the rifle of Union and kept a close eye on the boosters.

[color=94ffad]"Ready."[/color]