[color=9e0b0f][h1][center]Nina[/center][/h1][/color]

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Nina could only chuckle as she heard Croaks talking that if he knew birthdays were so exciting, he would never have missed one, laughing as he heard her words.

[color=9e0b0f]"Oh, believe-me, I do seem to have a weird luck... My birthdays never go the way I planned...Something weird [I]always[/I] happen..."[/color] she said, laughing. 

Croaks was, surprisingly, a pretty good guy. Sure, he was one of the big boys of that gang, but he still was a guy with his head on his shoulders. Pretty amicable too. Nina didn't know exactly why, but he seemed to be... worried about her and her strategies to get information? He had commented a few times about her recklessness and was currently in the middle of a long lecture about taking risks & etc.
Nina couldn't help but laugh as she quietly listened to him. No matter how she looked at it, he looked more like a big brother or a paternal figure than a gangster at that moment.

[color=9e0b0f]"Okay, dad, I will behave, I promise..."[/color] Nina said, rolling her eyes as she listened to Croaks' lecture, laughing once more. She knew she took risks with Croaks and that gang, but they were calculated risks... For the most time... Sometimes...

[color=9e0b0f]"You make a surprisingly good paternal figure, did you know that?"[/color] she said, teasing him as she laughed.

In the blink of an eye though, he was looking much more like a gang member than before as he walked towards the biker, wanting to ask him some questions and soften up him a little to see if he would let something out. Nina could only sit down and appreciate the show he was putting. The biker was already terrified after having his two kneecaps busted after her kick and now when Croaks went nearby him, it looked almost like the man was about to piss himself.

Fortunately, the biker had more information to share. Even if it wasn't all that useful, it was still something.
According to his words, that 'Scarlett' worked to an organization called 'Fortress', experienced in stealth and a good fighter. Interestingly enough, she seemed to be treated pretty poorly by her boss too, 'dog like' by the biker's own words. But despite Croaks pressuring the man even more, when Nina heard he saying he could show them where to find her, she knew he didn't know anything more... That was a very old trick. Anyone who was used in dealing with information and interrogating others, knew best to lose their time and risk their safety letting a prisoner 'show them where to find X person'...

As soon as Croaks said for her to cover her ears, Nina did so, already knowing what was about to come. It wasn't clean neither quick, as Croaks didn't outright killed him, instead shooting him a few times in the chest, ribs, stomach and at last on his head. Definitely it wasn't the way Nina would do it, but it was already done, there was no use complaining now.

Looking at the mess that was the biker's corpse, Nina made a disgusted face after Croaks said he wouldn't like to be the one to clean that.
[color=9e0b0f]"Me neither... You made quite a mess, huh?"[/color] She asked, looking to him curiously. She still didn't know why he didn't simply shoot the man's head. It would be cleaner and quicker.

After that was done though, Croaks turned to her, asking if she wanted to go for a drink. After all, the information they got was very vague. It could still be useful, Nina had no doubts about that, especially the part about Scarlett being treated like a dog, but it would take some work and a good deal of luck.

[color=9e0b0f]"Sure. Some wine? Whiskey maybe? I wanted to go drink something a bit more fancy. It's my birthday after all..."[/color] she said, rolling her eyes on the last words. Really nice birthday she was having so far...