Ashley took a deep, stabilising breath as she approached the assembly building, putting on the mirrored aviators she was so fond of with knuckle padded gloves as though concealment and the ability to punch unhindered might somehow be able to extract her from this complicated and uncomfortable situation she had placed herself in. Today's choice of fashion was form fitting black business suit jacket and trousers (or pants as certain oddballs in the universe seemed to call them) with the white shirt collar turned up and the top few buttons undone albeit not far enough to expose cleavage, Ashley wanted to look as though she meant business today not as though she wanted to sleep her way to the top of a company. As Ashley stepped through the doors of the assembly she ran her hands through the bleached blonde, rough, tough tomboyish hair she had refused to change for some politics mumbo-jumbo and almost superstitiously fondled the dogtags she had on clear display as a necklace. This whole situation had Ashley on edge to the point she'd hidden her handgun in a dead drop point not far from buildings entrance in case things went ugly, she hated politicians and had avoided any kind of fixed military employment as though her life had depended on it for years now and almost turned back as the lift binged to take her up towards a briefing that could end that run of freedom. Instead she cracked her knuckles and stepped into the lift, ascending up to the team residences moments later.

Ashley strode out of the lift with any fear she felt masked by a bravado front Ashley had near mastered over the years although, in honesty, she hadn't been this nervous for much longer. "Nervous?" She exclaimed. "Nah, I eat politicians like I eat cereal." She continued before realising she was perhaps overdoing it and that actually the analogy was pretty poor anyway, she barely ate cereal. 

"Uh... How're you guys anyway?" she said with a flashy grin, keen to move on and trying to distract from the throbbing alcohol induced headache she had incurred from the night before.