Note: Was instructed to add something by Pyro to my post.  He is at work.

[center][h3][color=lightyellow]'Star' Heart[/color][/h3][/center]
Alice smiled at the group maniacally as she looked around, making her own declaration.  "Bwahahaha! It was me all along!  Well. Not really."  The mother couldn't help but let out a small laugh at the shenanigans as the group arranged plans and one of their members signled themselves out as bait, but as Isana criticized the group Emily cringed slightly.  Earlier in her life she probably would have backed off, but she was an adult now.

[color=lightyellow]"Look, Isana.  We know you hate us.  There's a LOT of old bones here that have been dug out."[/color]  Emily took a couple of steps closer.  [color=lightyellow]"And we know you are busy.  Y'know what?  I am to.  I have a daughter to get home to.  I'm sure the others have adult things to do as well."[/color]

Perhaps much to the annoyance of the woman she was talking to, she accidentally adopted the same tone she spoke when lecturing her daughter.  [color=lightyellow]"But these events affect you as well, and possibly the entire city.  So put on your fucking big girl panties and give us a hand, [i]Vale.[/i]"[/color]

With a wave of her hand and feeling that her point had been made, Emily turned her head towards Carrie.  [color=lightyellow]"And do you have an idea of where the best location for that would be?  Perhaps a time that works for our schedules?  That'd be late night for most of us, yes?"[/color]

It was rather apparent that Emily didn't want to be here either, but she recognized she couldn't just ignore an assassination attempt.