And so the Captain arrived. 

Subtlety was not in her nature, so of course she arrived noisily. Her defiant jut of the chin was met with arched eyebrows, a stare delivered over the top of her glasses. A second later she slipped them off of her face and folded them up, sticking one arm down her collar so that they remained on the top of her shirt. Despite her relative lack of reaction, she had no doubt as to what the Captain was feeling defiant about. Hazel had, ah, 'voiced' her thoughts on Shourichi's morning run on several occasions. Mostly that she was personally of the opinion that while exercise in the morning was very beneficial, running something that could be measured in terms of fractional marathons was extreme.

To be fair, the words she had used were [color=a0410d]'manic in the extreme'[/color]. Which she would still argue was correct, not that it had any impact on the Captain's determination. If anything, it seemed to egg her on.

Rather entertaining.

The statement could be used to describe the Captain in general, though. Just to be a little churlish, she spent a moment pretending to ignore Shourichi and returning Adam's earlier wave. It wasn't that high on her priority list, but it would certainly aggravate her superior officer. Exactly as intended. Though Hazel couldn't help the hints of a smile, along with the barely stifled traces of a soft laugh upon hearing what she called their briefing official.

Not that Hazel could pronounce her name, either, but the PDA's TTS could at least get her first name right.

So consumed by her expectation of Sadb's morning run ([color=a0410d][i]This will be rich[/i][/color]), Corinne did not notice in time that the mute had liberated the drink in her left hand and cracked it open to take a sip herself. Not something, she expected, that the Captain would observe for a few moments more.

Finally, as if to confound the maniac a little more, she signed out a [color=a0410d]'hello'[/color] rather than using her PDA. At this, Sadb's received a quick wink over the Captain's shoulder.

The briefing might be boring, but Hazel could at least have a [i]little[/i] fun.