Dammit. She was late again.

Anju had a bit of a history of being late for mission briefings and the like. It was because of her drinking habits, naturally; once she had even one glass, she just wouldn't stop until she either A) ran out of booze, B) passed out, or C) looked at the clock and remembered what she was supposed to be doing. It was a habit people had been trying to get her out of for [i]years.[/i] Of course, she wasn't super keen on breaking it, often retorting with [color=0054a6]"Ahhhh, just let me enjoy my drinks, alright? I'll be fine."[/color] or other similar responses.

However, situations like this one just proved that habits such as Anju's were more hindrances than anything. She had to hurry up and get into her day clothes before her ride went off without her. It thankfully hasn't happened yet, but it's better not to tempt fate, as history has shown again and again.

Her driver luckily had the patience to wait for Anju right until she had arrived at the specified meeting spot. Before long, they had reached their destination: Mao Industries. From the looks of things, a good chunk of the other UTX team members had already arrived long before she had. Oh well. Better late than never.

[color=0054a6]"Sorry I'm late, folks!"[/color] Anju announced as she opened the door to the reception room. [color=0054a6]"I was just having another one of my drinking sessions. As usual."[/color] With a smile, the ex-DC looked around to see who from the UTX was already here.

The elephant in the room was, of course, Corrine Shourichi. Corrine and Anju were already on good terms; the two have been drinking buddies since the Divine Wars ended, and they often had bouts of exchanging harmless flirts between the two of them. Needless to say, Shourichi had a lot of fervor and was always entertaining to be around.

Hazel (Anju called her by her middle name, Ada, just to be a bit cute) was quite the character as well. She didn't really speak much herself, but her enthusiastic personality was still plenty apparent thanks to her PDA's TTS device, as well as her body language. That, and, though she would likely never really tell anyone, Anju had a bit of a thing for her. Girls with glasses were a bit of a weakness of hers.

First Lieutenant Adam Summers, on the other hand, was someone she never really found herself overly fond of. She wasn't really sure why; maybe it was because he was so calm and level-headed most of the time? Hard to say, really.

[color=0054a6]"So, what did I miss?"[/color] Anju asked as she took a seat. [color=0054a6]"I thought I saw a dent on the automatic door on my way in. Shourichi didn't kick it again, did she?"[/color]