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Though kept somewhat appraised of what was going on in Bolorton, Alicia's focus had remained divided. There had been an influx of girls to the beleaguered town to help out, but that left the opportunity for more unscrupulous types to take advantage of their absence here. After all that had transpired over these past months, she didn't feel comfortable leaving anything to chance. 

Yet when she was approached by Ishtar, it was impossible to ignore. Taking the document, she gave it a quick look over as the Cardinal revealed they had been approved to evacuate civilians from the area as the fighting escalated. Not that they could intervene directly though, which seemed like it would not do much to actually address the situation at all. 

[color=aba000]"Alright,"[/color] she said after a moment, folding the paper and slipping it into a pocket once she was done reviewing the details. [color=aba000]"And what if they attack us?"[/color] Alicia asked. Surely they would be able to defend themselves if it came down to it.

That just left the matter of who to take with. [color=aba000]"I'll definitely take Aurelio, if he's willing."[/color] That was an easy choice, as his support abilities would be very useful in this sort of mission. The others were a bit harder to select, and she hummed whilst thinking on it before eventually reaching a decision. [color=aba000]"I'll take Hyun and Gabriel too."[/color] She wasn't going to tiptoe around the situation to avoid offending people. With her own dissatisfaction, she was more than willing to let them speak their mind.

There weren't really other questions, at least at the moment. [color=aba000]"Nothing I can think of. I'm sure the Ascendancy will keep me appraised if things develop further,"[/color] she replied, shaking her head. Turning from the direction she had been heading before, she prepared to round up the members of the team she had decided upon. It seemed that she had a mission to organize after all.