[center][b][u]Carmen[/b][/u][/center]

What happened next was pure distilled drama. And confusion.

After Carmen had looked to see what the problem was - the girl hugging Matt - she had looked away again, inspecting her gun. And then her dress. And then her hat (yes, she took it off to inspect, but only briefly). Her safety gear had long been taken off, as nobody was cleared to fire on the shooting range and all the guns were on safety. Hopefully.

It was a frankly awkward situation for her, as she was just hanging out a little separated from everyone else, waiting to be given the clearance to fire her lethal weapon. From what she could hear, it was a light commotion as Lily attempted to right the situation.

But then, it fell silent, except for footsteps. Carmen was now giving a full...50% of her attention to the situation. She preferred not to get involved. But then, she heard Lily say [b]"What... What happened to you?"[/b] The situation now had 100% of Carmen's attention...much to her dismay. She really just wanted to shoot. That had been fun. But hearing Lily's voice almost afraid arrested her full attention.

And then Lily was right next to her, in tears. Carmen's head immediately snapped up and towards where Lily had been. Her eyes were full of fury. While she didn't know Lily that well, Lily had never done anything to hurt anyone, at least so far. At this point in her time an Athalia, she wouldn't have cared who it was that was crying. It was unacceptable. [i]Especially[/i] during a vacation. I mean...what kind of person do you have to be to hurt someone while on vacation? Carmen didn't know. But she assumed she'd find out.

[b][i]"WHAT'S GOING O-[/i][/b] ...who are [i]you?[/i]" Her authoritative query was cut short by the sight of someone she hadn't seen before. Her eyes narrowed at him. She was fairly certain Matt or the clingy girl hadn't caused the just previously authoritative Lily to shed tears. "Did you-"

[b]"C-Carmen?"[/b]

She was interrupted by Lily's tearful cry for help. And for help from [i]her[/i], of all people. Was she really the most qualified person to help? Her thoughts were strung together in a largely nonsensical stream of consciousness, but she clearly needed to help Lily. Nobody else was even moving.

She hadn't taken her eyes off of the unrecognizable man that had presumably caused all this. "What did you [i]do?[/i]" she asked with still narrowed eyes. She did not wait for an answer or even an attempt, turning on her heel at once to aid Lily. Catching up to her, Carmen attempted to console her. "Lily, what's wrong?! Who was that?" she asked in a worried yet still annoyed (at the guy) tone. "Do you need to get away from him?" she finished, having already sprouted her gaseous skylark wings in case she was in danger.