Burnouts and Meetings - Social w/ Alicia

Alicia had a decent amount of knowledge about the inner workings of the engineering corps. Alicia knew they were a reliable lot, she had a fascination in lacrima tech and weapons, but her skill sets were far more suited else where. Alicia was far more proficient in utilizing said weapons in order to complete certain objectives, such as search and destroy, elimination of priority targets, and other missions and objectives that required a degree of fire power. Alicia had picked up a modified fire arm that closely resembled a colt .45, yet instead fire normal bullets it had been tinkered to have more magical properties yet still hold the same mechanical function and form of a regular fire arm. The hand gun was beautiful in its design the overall weapon was colored in gorgeous black, the barrel of the gun was accented with a shining gold color that complimented the fire arms outer exterior. The sights on the fine weapon were top of the line with enchantments already installed using the latest lacrima technology developed by the fruits and labors of the Engineering Corps. The weapon was customized perfectly to Alicia's specifications, she was excited to put her new weapon to the test. She was told many of the new tech implemented into the finely tuned instrument was the birthed from the brilliant mind Kyra Forte. Alicia wanted to express her gratitude, yet the talented inventor was not in the research and development faculties of the Rune Knight head quarters.

Alicia was told that Kyra was supposedly on her day off, and that she was seen somewhere in Era. Alicia graciously took the lead given to her and began tracking down Kyra. Thanks to the rigorous training the special operations branch, tracking down a specified person was not that difficult. At most it took Alicia about half an hour or so to find Kyra, what helped even more was the large mechanical apparatus floating about around Kyra. Alicia approached just in time to hear Kyra talking to herself.

"Even machines need time to cool off... a break every so often is always recommended Ms. Forte...." Alicia mused as she took off her military cap and set it on the table. Alicia was fully dressed in her spec ops uniform, despite her formal attire she held herself in a calm, relaxed, and friendly manner.

"Greetings Ms. Forte, my name is Alicia... I'm from the spec ops department... do you mind if I come and join you on this fine day?" Alicia asked sweetly as she smiled as she introduced herself, choosing to fully omit her last name in her introduction.

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Alicia laughed at the charm of the V-1 drone, she looked at the drone and admired it’s craftsmanship with her good eye. “It’s alright it seems you mechanical friend was simply doing his job.... it’s quite alright Mr. Drone....” Alicia gave a playful salute to the machine as if it was a living and breathing person. Alicia did not know if the drone understood her, but she felt it necessary to acknowledge the engineering marvel.

Alicia gave Kyra a nod of approval and sat herself down before seating herself in front of the beautiful and brilliant woman. She smiled gently at the Drone as it beeped and scanned her. Alicia assumed that it was some sort of safety protocol. Alicia crossed her legs and leaned back allowing her body language to convey she wasn’t here for work. Upon seeing the drone enter its power saving mode Alicia chuckled softly again before making a quick comment. “I think you friend trusts me.... ah no need Ms. Forte.... in fact I should be the one buy YOU a drink...” Alicia nodded with a smile upon her lips. “You may be wondering why I’m here.... well I just wanted to thank you for your brilliant work. I had recently just placed an order for a modified fire arm from our wonderful engineering department... and upon acquiring said weapon... many of the rune knights there sang praises about your brilliant work.” Alicia nodded once more, her face portraying deep respect for Kyra.

Alicia spoke comfortably at her own pace, often taking pauses to observe the woman that sat in front of her. Her tone was formal, the vocabulary she used was meticulously selected. However there was not a single moment where she seemed insincere. Her right was soft and gentle, it looked at Kyra with respect. While her left eye was adorned with a deep scar. The left eye was cold and void of life, as if one was staring at the gleaming glass of a scope of a loaded sniper rifle.

“Ms. Forte... If you would allow me to treat you today... a simple thanks... a sign of good will... and if you’re not comfortable with that... is there anything I could do to help further progress your research and development?... I may not be the most tech savvy... but.... I do excel in.... target acquisition... wether it be in the form of physical materials... or perhaps data... I’m quite confident I can get it for you one way... or another...” Alicia spoke in a polite and formal manner. With out breaking eye contact she lifted her hand catching the attention of one of the waiters.

“One black coffee... and three sugars... and if my lovely companion here doesn’t mind.... I’ll also be paying for her.... thank you darling.” Alicia finally broke eye contact and smiled sweetly at the waiter as she finished her order.

“Is there anything else you want Ms. Forte?” Alicia mused as she leaned over placing her cheek on her hand clearly curious and eager to befriend the brilliant inventor.

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WC: 512
TWC: 951
Group Word Count:1,733