Damn right he stood corrected! Rika huffed and didn’t show much in the way of a softened expression when he chose to depart, preferring to get some space from his sort. People that threw wild accusations around without facts were one of her strongest pet peeves, almost always in regards to her when they had nothing to fear. She entered that warehouse without alerting anyone, even got through the portal with none of them able to notice her, and if she wanted any of them dead they’d be dead by now. Particularly disdainful towards Tristean right now, Rika turned her attention over towards Ace, hearing him mutter exactly what she had mentioned before: Undermine on principle. As though challenging him to say something else, a nasty glare was directed at him for just a moment until her gaze went to Shizuka, softening at the girl’s attempt to measure her. Where did she even get that ruler in the past several seconds? With Ace’s departure it left the girls alone, Shizuka trying to bring mention to Ace being Ace. 

[b]“Ace wasn’t even the problem. That son of a bitch had the gall to say he’d ‘hunt me’ …HA!”[/b] Rika exclaimed, causing most of the injured to flinch and the doctors to panic. Waving her hand in apology, the foxy thief took notice of Shizuka showcasing her own ability. It appeared she could change her body to adapt to whatever texture she touched, causing even Rika to be impressed. [b]“That’s a pretty cool trick, but don’t think I’ll tell my secret just yet. I don’t have the job.”[/b] Ace had returned quickly, holding a strange device in hand. Shizuka had stepped back upon seeing it, and that prompted Rika to follow her, uncertain if this was another strange portal device that would suck them all elsewhere. With a strange scanning light doing a sweep of the room, a holographic image appeared with the man Rika believed to be the leader. After a quick exchange between Ace and the middle-aged man, the latter had looked to her and said his piece. That left Ace to mention what the fee would be, and before Rika could get into details it appeared the strange communication badge had gone off for him. 

Hearing mention of fire, and easily recognizing that earlier prick’s voice, Rika yawned quietly and stretched her body out freely. Armed raised in the air, her eyes moved across the room for a moment, watching as medics tended to the wounded. A few of the men had eyed her, quickly averting once she had looked in their general direction. She counted at least five pairs of eyes that were consistent, and if they weren’t in pain she’d wager it might be triple that. It was difficult to think about the opposite sex when you had injuries, but some of the best could make such a handicap still work out for them. Seemed the Unbound Heart’s just didn’t have the men capable of it. The conversation between Ace and Trisean was leaving her bored, especially when it wasn’t anything relevant to her.[b] “Hey,”[/b] Rika would interrupt any attempt Ace would make in responding to that guy, who went on to mention some Asuka character. Whatever. [b]“I don’t know who this ‘Nomis’ guy is, stupid name by the way, but I believe we were talking about my fee? Let me determine it through your next raid after I recover the data, and don’t expect me to be cheap just because you’re the ‘good guys’. A gal’s gotta eat~”[/b] winking at Ace for no particular reason, Rika hoped he knew that any cut of the spoils would go to her should he require it. She was well worth the sacrifice. 

[b]“Anyway, I got the little badge thing so I guess I’ll hit the streets and start finding that information now. You two stay adorable, kay?”[/b] Patting Shizuka on the shoulder, Rika would proceed to find her own way out of the bunker and make her way into the busier parts of Hollow Bastion in the early morning.