[h1][color=fff200]Alice Barrett[/color] - RAVEN/DOVE Headquarters[/h1]

Though she’d only caught the tail end of Max’s conversation with the tall, white haired agent, Alice was beginning to understand why. She seemed to have a mostly abrasive personality, still, Alice had a lot of time for people, and she hardly knew her, so she would at least give Max the chance to destroy Alice’s opinion of her all by herself.

“Surely that’s fortunate? If it means the poor thing hasn’t been run over?”

Alice was smirking, clearly it was intended as a joke. She shrugged non-committally, “I’m pretty sure they only like sleeping cause they were up too late the night before, anyway, isn’t seventeen a bit young for you?”

She raised an amused eyebrow, then grimaced at the other agent’s return question, “I guess you could say it’s more fun, certainly got my blood pumping.”

At Max’s look of incomprehension she continued. “I had to re-run my physical assessment, half of my files seem to have been lost when I transferred, so I have some stuff to catch up on before I’m on active duty.”

She scowled, “I feel you about the paperwork, I’d rather be out and doing something, but the sooner I get it all out the way the sooner I get out there.”

Max at least seemed to be making an effort to be friendly with Alice, or at least not outwardly hostile. It was a relief, she’d always made friends easily but she had still worried a little about the new city. Cindy had been the most friendly, even though Alice had been distracted, and she resolved to make sure she paid a little more attention, made more of an effort. She felt guilty that she’d had her mind on other things instead of making an effort with the person who’d made the most effort with her.

Cindy had walked over by this point, and was talking to the tall white haired agent, and Alice did her best to catch her eye, giving her a smile of greeting, before standing to introduce herself to the guy. Though she paused to wait for a gap in the conversation, not wanting to interrupt...