Maria jerked back... Well... “Awake” wouldn't be the best word for it, she supposed, but certainly more conscious of her surroundings. She rubbed the back of her head, and did a quick survey of the room. She didn't like what she saw. One of the two men that had barged into Echo Quarters looked extremely pissed off, and so Maria quietly got to her feet, one hand still idly rubbing a spot on the back of her head.

She wasn't in the mood to tangle with her superiors, so Maria at least gave an attempt to standing straight up, though she doubted her posture would cut it in a truly serious situation. Her right hand, which until this point had been rubbing the sore spot on her skull where her head had rested against the wall, quickly dropped to her side, and Maria suppressed a grimace. She didn't like the empty feeling at her side, but she was hardly going to carry a sidearm here, of all places.

To occupy herself while she idly waited for the inevitable explosion from the more angry-looking of Chinese officers, she drummed her fingers on the sides of her legs, a habit that she had picked up in childhood and hadn't bothered to stop since. Unfortunately, things very quickly went downhill. Some crazy Englishman started to run his mouth, apparently trying to antagonize what she assumed were her superiors. She could barely make out what he was saying, between his fairly quick speech patterns, the accent, and the extremely distracting look in his eyes. 

Maria repressed another grimace. Did they honestly expect her to work with this... Well, madman? Ridiculous! This program was more cobbled-together than she had even realized. Were they just grabbing any civilian that they could off of th- No, no. Best not to judge, or be overly negative. She was going to be spending a long time here, she guessed, and so if she didn't want to go as mad as the Englishman, she might as well attempt to focus on the positives... No matter how little there seemed to be.

[i]Might have to work on the English a bit more... Despite the fact that every other person here seems Chinese.[/i]

A quick, irritated puff of air escaped Maria's nostrils, but otherwise she remained where she was, standing stiffly in front of her bunk. If this was how every single meeting with her superiors was going to go, this was going to be a LONG job....