[This isn't the usual type of mission Ai Thao Kha, esper extraordinaire, signs up for. In fact, she didn't voluntarily sign up to be a bodyguard of a wealthy individual because in a way, she was overqualified for the position. But her superiors had pushed her into this role, mostly to please their client and no doubt receive generous monetary support in return, and partly to have Ai Thao lay low with a supposedly boring job.
Ai sighs as she stands near the buffet table with a flute of champagne in her hands (drinking age in the U.S. be damned, no one asked her). She's dressed in a plain, but nice black cocktail dress, looking at the other guests who are mingling about for the charity event that's currently taking place. She just looks like a random guest because that is the intent; the client's bodyguards look like the usual large men in dark suits, wearing glasses and ear pieces, talking into them while they stalk around the mansion, keeping an eye out for anyone who is out of place. But if there was someone who was trying to sneak in to raise a fuss, Ai would unknowingly be the one they would have to contend with.
Everyone seems to be having fun and enjoying themselves, but she certainly isn't. She's alone, she has to keep herself from trying to eat because she'd be engrossed with filling her plate instead of keeping alert and doing her job. And what's worse, there's no one to talk to. The other guards have disregarded her, making her feel more forlorn than usual.
Another sigh. Ai Thao feels like she's going to spend most of the evening doing that; a sad state of affairs indeed.]
I wouldn't even mind having Lien around... I wish I didn't have to be here.
party crashing!?
Ai sighs as she stands near the buffet table with a flute of champagne in her hands (drinking age in the U.S. be damned, no one asked her). She's dressed in a plain, but nice black cocktail dress, looking at the other guests who are mingling about for the charity event that's currently taking place. She just looks like a random guest because that is the intent; the client's bodyguards look like the usual large men in dark suits, wearing glasses and ear pieces, talking into them while they stalk around the mansion, keeping an eye out for anyone who is out of place. But if there was someone who was trying to sneak in to raise a fuss, Ai would unknowingly be the one they would have to contend with.
Everyone seems to be having fun and enjoying themselves, but she certainly isn't. She's alone, she has to keep herself from trying to eat because she'd be engrossed with filling her plate instead of keeping alert and doing her job. And what's worse, there's no one to talk to. The other guards have disregarded her, making her feel more forlorn than usual.
Another sigh. Ai Thao feels like she's going to spend most of the evening doing that; a sad state of affairs indeed.]
I wouldn't even mind having Lien around... I wish I didn't have to be here.