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Aria didn't have time to react to either the arrival of the fishman or the ropes hoisting her up, albeit her reaction would've been very much minimal at the end of the day. She didn't have any time to recover either as the man that'd later introduce himself as her superior for this mission displayed a showmanship that was both impressive and grating to an extent. 

Nevertheless, the fencer held off any sort of comments she might've had about either the magician or the triplets, as they were Marines just like her and she was to respect them and the hierarchy within the military. Thankfully, Salamanca toned down his antics and proceeded to brief the three of them on their mission. Aria's eyes scanned the maps to memorize the layout of the island, the general location of the facility and it's position relative to the town and their docking spot. No questions were asked as none were needed; finding the base would be easy, after all the mountain was in the center so they simply needed to head there and locate the entrance.

Last, but not least, there were these two individuals. Aria would payed attention to their faces and nodded. They would have to be a big deal if she was to judge Salamanca's tone. But no one was larger than Justice, and should she meet them she'd make due with them.


Aria made no atempts to correct her roommate as the three of them descended from the ship; she'd have to do that enough on a daily basis to waste her efforts in this situationThe forest was lush and dense, and Aria thought at first this would aid their need for stealth. However, it would seem that this wasn't going to be the case as her eyes spotted what she believed to be bandits running away. Without missing a beat, Aria raised her cane and tapped it against an open palm as she said her first words to her group in a good couple of hours: [color=violet]"I'll meet you at the base"[/color]. And, without further ado, she took off to chase after the bandits, her white coat fluttering behind her as she entered the woods. Their mission was supposed to be secret, so she'd take the risk and avoid having these bandits ruin it.

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It didn't take long for Aria to intercept the bandits. Even if the grounds of the forest were odd to her feet, she didn't trip nor stumble once as she steadily caught up to the group of fleeing bandits. And once she was close enough to the group, she picked up the pace to sprint through the group as fast as she could, ducking to avoid any swings before kicking the ground and lunging forward with her cane to connect a hit on the back of one of the members at the front, using him as a brake for her dash and bringing him down with the inertia of her run.

Taking advantage of the shock, she turned to face the group in a manner that made her coat flutter and took a proper posture for a fencer, the cane raised at head level. With a clear voice, she spoke to the supposed bandits. [color=violet]"It's bad manners for a welcoming party to not fulfill its meant purpose. I ask of you gentlemen to surrender, lest I'll be forced to make you do so."[/color] Surely they'd believe that with numeric superiority they could subdue her, and as such she was prepared to take them down one by one. However, she couldn't extract answers from unconcious people, so she hoped at least one would see that their situation was desperate. And if none of them were in conditions of speaking in a language other than grunts and groans, then she'd tie them down with their own clothes and impede them from moving and spilling the beans after they recover. She'd be long gone by then.

Aria hoped that Salamanca didn't see any of this, else he'd start teaching her how to improve her dramatics.