[color=thistle][h3]Brida Aiolfi[/h3][/color][hr][sup]Inside the Grand Hotel Mohad, Avent City[/sup]

“Well, sadly, we have no weapons in hand,” Brida said when Rain mentioned their means of success. “Without weapons, all we have are our innate abilities, so I suppose some planning is in order.”

She paused, looking around for something specific.

“What do you say we pick up some muscle?” she asked, spotting a rather loud and muscular man with an afro who was currently arguing fiercely amongst a small group of people. “Afro over there seems like he could use a team. He can do the grunt work, and — worst case scenario — be the last badge,” she said, glancing at Rain with a small smile. “He’ll probably try to steal our badges, but, keeping that in mind, we should be able to knock him out first.”

[Color=cyan]"Oooo~ not a bad plan."[/color] Rain said with a cheery tone. [Color=cyan]"I'll leave the luring up to you.. beautiful."[/color] He winked playfully and glanced at the [i]target[/i]


The smile stayed on Brida’s face as she started towards her muscular mark, morphing into a mask of confident apathy in a few more steps. Afro seemed like a man who bowed to strength more than anything else, and Brida could pull off a good bluff any day — [i]not that I’d need it for this one,[/i] she thought. [i]A few sweet words should about soften him up.[/i]

“Tell me, are you lot blind, or just plain stupid?” Brida said, setting a hand on Afro’s shoulder and arching a brow. “Because there’s a real winner in front of you, yet you all seem to be turning him away.”

“Who’re you?” a man asked. Brida figured him to be the main face of the forming triad.

“Better question,” Brida said, swinging around to face Afro, “who’re [i]you?[/i]”

“Metra,” Afro said, grinning. 

“Brida,” Brida said, returning his grin. [i]Got you.[/i] “Say, Metra, why don’t you join a group that truly values your strength? I have a friend waiting over there — he’s the one that pointed you out,” Brida said, nodding in Rain’s direction, “and we all know that these lowlifes that can’t even understand how much talent you have don’t deserve to be on your team in the first place, so what do you say?”

“I’m going to crush you three when the test starts, so you watch your backs,” Metra said with gusto before turning around to face Brida, the grin still on his face. “Lead the way, little lady.”

Rejoining Rain at the table, Brida met his eyes and relayed silently that patience was needed just as Metra sat down, stirring up a small quake in the immediate vicinity. “Metra,” Brida said with a courteous smile, “meet Rain.”

“Don’t get crushed,” Metra grunted, smirking. “If you two stay out of my way,  I’ll help you pass.”

[hr][@Rai]