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Sari watched, semi-interested as the leader person started to explain, then stopped as he looked down at the ice queen and saw that she had uncovered a letter - S - carved in blue. S, Sari thought absently. For me. She smiled at the narcissistic thought, then glanced over her shoulder at the sound of a very intriguing accent.

A smile spread across Sari’s face. Her little cutie had come down – and it seemed that he was very happy with the fact that he was still alive. It made him even cuter, and it was nice to have a guy around who wasn’t all about bravery and courage – weaknesses were good. They always provided a conversation starter, and they made for excellent entertainment. Teasing was never off the table.

Before Sari could respond, the ice queen said something. Sari looked at her with a raised eyebrow and then grinned. Ooo ~ competition? How fun ~ She waited a moment, then directed her grin at the man, who seemed mildly windblown and red-cheeked. “Aw, I’m so proud of you.” She widened her smile and tilted her head, a bit flirtatious. “Maybe next –”

The ground started to shake.

“Oh – dear,” Sari said, in a voice much too light for the situation as she slid her feet further apart to steady herself. Her attention flickered away from the cutie, and she fixed her attention on the leader guy, who had just lifted the steel up. Everything trembled as the earth began to fall away, something that almost unnerved Sari at first, but the feeling quickly passed as she saw the very consistent shape that disappeared down – a neat spiral, a bit tight, but unmistakably, a spiral.

…How fancy.

She watched, bemused, as the leader guy trimmed the bangs of his hair, and listened, amused to her sister’s reaction to it. “I’m sorry, Monmon. Just remember that he is hot, and try not to massacre him?” Sari gave her sister a light kiss on the cheek, and then turned her head to glance at the sight that had made Anemone stop short in the middle of a sentence.

Ice queen had almost stabbed someone – an old man, who identified himself as Dr. Helix, the creator of CHIPS.

So she really does have issues. How boring. The ice queen quickly slid from Sari’s mind as she walked down the stairs behind her sister. At the bottom was a large vault door. Sari watched as Dr. Helix walked on to a scanner station, his whole body glowing faintly before the vault doors opened.

On the other side, flanked by two other men, was a large soldier, who, Sari assumed by the badges that he had on his uniform, was probably pretty high up. Of course, none of that really mattered to her until he began to talk.

Oh, hot voice. Hot voice, hot voice, hot voice. She blinked up at him as he inspected them – and eventually her – and then walked out. Glancing at him, she restrained the urge to call ‘marry me’ to him and turned her attention back to the room at large.

Aside from the soldiers, there was one other person in the room, who now got up and came over to examine them. Sari’s eyebrows raised immediately. She was beautiful, and judging by her words, a bit acidic too. Lovely combination, Sari thought, and then, Lilian. Hacker. She smiled. I’m going to have fun with you, Lilian.

She lingered a moment on the hot hacker and then turned her attention to the leader guy – Dante Raize. Her mouth twitched, and she glanced at Anemone. The name ‘Dante’ held a special ring for both of them. She glanced by at the current Dante and tried to imagine him with an innocent air and wide eyes.

Oh dear Lord… Sari had to take a moment to pull her own cheeks to stop the laughter before she could concentrate on the next introduction

It was the ice queen – Ava. Boring person. Boring name. Not surprising

Then, the blonde. Kai Crosshaw. And a pretty accent. Fun ~

And then, her cutie. Her eyes widened in delight as she realized that he was French – something confirmed both by the accent and by his words. Alberto Leroy… Sari felt her mouth stretching in a smile, and her mind began to run in circles so fast that she almost missed Zeren’s name. Almost, but not quite. She never missed interesting names.

Sari smiled at Anemone’s introduction and then stepped up herself and gave a mocking bow to the whole group. “Nice to meet you. You all have – lovely names,” She said, keeping a semi-smile on her lips as her eyes flickered from person to person, lingering briefly on Dante – Oh dear Lord, this is going to make me laugh everytime… – and Alberto. “I am Sari Breuer. Tracker.” She let her smile spread for a moment, then bowed her head again and stepped back into line, slipping an arm around her sister’s waist and lowering her head onto her shoulder.