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[hider=💀][color=silver][center]20 | Female | Maverick Alternative | [s]So[/s](ME)[s]thing[/s] On Your Mind
Kiss & Make Up | Handgun | Physical | We Are But Dust and Shadow
Hellspawn | Streetside Devil 
Friends on the Other Side | Shadow | Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
[Obfuscate, Intangible] Damage X (6), Restrain (4), Blink (4), Minor Heal (2), Summon (2), Enhance (2), Powerful (0), Homing (2), Avoid (2), AoE (2), Bend (0), Transplace (4), Quicken (0), Full Extend (4), Scatter (2)

DAMAGE: B | SPEED: C | SENTINEL: E | 1250
PHYSICAL: D | ARCANE: D | CHAOS: E | 1250[/center][/color][/hider]
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... Yeah. 

Ciri glanced down at the time on her phone just as the big, skull-decorated numbers ticked upward, further and further away from the time she'd been[i] supposed[/i] to arrive at.

She was late.

With a tired groan, Ciri sat upright atop her shadow mount. A horse, with the shape of a reclining chair growing from its back. For comfort, because whoever the fuck invented saddles really hadn't spared a thought for comfort. 'Course, they probably didn't have access to magic either...

Anyway, yeah, the whole being late thing. 

She'd never exactly been a punctual girl, though usually it was because she didn't care enough to pay attention to the time or, in the case of dull meetings or what-have-yous, she was late on purpose to try and minimize the time she'd actually have to spend present. This time, though, her tardiness wasn't because of reluctance or hesitation to partake in the operation — quite the contrary, really; for the first time in a while, she was [i]excited[/i]. Had been last night as well, as she'd practiced her summoning, her aim and, perhaps most importantly of all, her quips, should she run into any mouthy assholes. (She always ran into mouthy assholes).

The reason for her glee? That for once, the upcoming operation [i]didn't[/i] involve having to deal with diplomacy. The goal was simple; fuck some shitty people up. That was it. There'd be no need to worry about Gemini trying to brutalize misunderstood monsters, or trying to convince the latter to join her cause before they got blasted to smithereens. There would be no monsters in need of saving whose safety she'd have to stress about. Only people who had to [i]go.[/i]

... And tons of human civilians. [i]But [/i]taking care of [i]them [/i]was Gemini's job, really, not hers. 'Bout time they knew how the fuck it felt to try and protect innocent life when your enemy was trying to blow them up every chance they got. Might teach them some compassion, maybe. 

That thought, too, was pretty exciting.

Due to her excitement and the mandatory, mindless scrolling that preceded her getting some shut eye, Ciri had went to bed exceedingly late last night — and she didn't exactly [i]do [/i]alarm clocks. So, really, all things considered, she was pretty early.

Boteg, even when figuratively and literally lying low, was easy to spot from ways away, so Ciri veered thataway. She flipped her phone sideways and took a picture of the people present to mark the absurd occasion, then ushered her horse close enough for her to dismount. She did so just in time to catch the last bits of the briefing [i]and [/i]see the arrival of two familiar faces; Blue and the Knight of Murder. Huh. Neither seemed like the tardy type. Maybe they'd been too excited to sleep too.

With that said, Ciri's own excitement did die down considerably once she realized that her specific role would be to act as a [i]distraction [/i]while the Gemini got the glory of taking down the main target. Seriously? There was a zero percent chance they wouldn't take all the credit and deny Maverick had even been [i]part [/i]of the operation! Fuck that. Sure, she'd distract and deal with all that, but she would also, absolutely, definitely, get her ass into the center of the action once she got a modicum of chance to do so.

[color=#7e4393]"Thanks,"[/color] she nodded at Marrie as she was handed a map, just as every single other person present. How... organized. She figured she might as well take a glance at it, just to make the other Esper happy if nothing else. And yeah, she might actually need the map once she was done causing a ruckus and had to get her way to where shit actually mattered.

[color=#7e4393]"Alright, I was ready like... [i]yesterday[/i]. So 'bout revving those engines, we [i]actually [/i]cool to go now, or...?"[/color] she glanced up at Billy, eyebrow quirked, fingers twirling a gun. 
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