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[right][color=EC008C]Mission:[/color] On Cloud Nine
[color=EC008C]Interactions:[/color] Dhampir [@Hitman], Blitz [@Ascendant], Viper [@Shard][/right]
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Sophie blinked, feeling caught off guard. Usually, people's eyes glazed over by the time she got to VHS tapes. [color=EC008C][b]"Oh, well, I don't know about [i]valuable[/i]. Honestly, most people don't even know what VHS tapes [i]are[/i]."[/b][/color] She turned the book over in her lap, before setting it aside. [color=EC008C][b]"I have an adapter for my TV, if you're actually interested."[/b][/color]

Just then, the unexpected happened: Viper joined in with a quick remark of his own. Pointed as the jab was, Sophie hadn't expected him to pile on with her. Even the soft chuckles were a surprise--though, in his defense, she'd never met him before. She turned to him with a wide grin, and could not help the girlish giggle that escaped her. [color=EC008C][b]"Looking at them is exactly as far as he'll get."[/b][/color] In the back of her mind, she wondered if she was being harsh. But then, Blitz's unwanted commentary more or less warranted some retaliation. Moreover, he seemed like the type to let comments like that roll right off his back; at the very least, he would probably try and strike back. 

Her train of thought was interrupted, however; Miles' stammering had returned with a vengeance, and it was apparently directed at her. She turned a wide-eyed stare his way, anticipating his next words closely. Surely he wasn't [i]that[/i] bold-

[b][i]BOOM![/i][/b]

As Miles tumbled over her, Sophie only just managed to grab hold of the railing and keep herself on the floor. The back of her head slammed against the wall, sending shockwaves of pain shooting through her skull. She hardly had a moment to recover as her mind caught up with the clamor coming from the front train cars: the pirates were here. Spots clouded her vision, and before she knew it, Miles and Blitz were already racing off to face them. Blood trickled down the back of her neck as she forced herself onto her feet, and stumbled out the door.

As if she was going to let [i]those[/i] two show her up.

Her power surged through her like static. It willed her forward as she sprinted through the train cars, leaping over debris and disoriented passengers. [color=EC008C][b]"Stay here! Block the windows and stay under your seats!"[/b][/color] she shouted, pausing only to direct people away from the doors. By the time she caught up with Blitz and Dhampir, the latter of the two was against the wall with a sonic blaster pointed at his face. Only then did Sophie realize her error: in the time it would take the pirate to pull the trigger, there was no way she could remove her gun from its holster, load a round in the chamber, turn off the safety, aim, and fire. So, she resorted to the next best thing.

The next best thing, of course, being a strength-enhanced bull charge straight toward the man. Which is precisely what she did.