It wasn't like Beatrix [i]needed[/i] a power up or anything.

After all, she was already the best esper ever, even if everyone refused to acknowledge this for some reason. She was also super rich, which was cool. Anything she could ever want was well within her grasp (except puppies. Why were even her parents so adamant about refusing her a cute sidekick?!), and she was so secure in her awesomeness, that all this silly "level up" business was just a laughable legend for the weaklings in this city.

So the only reason she was standing outside this alley was to mock anyone that searched it. Totally.

Almost unmoving, the small blonde in the white, frilly dress practically glared at the darkened pathway, and had been doing so for just over ten minutes now. There was absolutely no way she was terrified of entering this alleyway, because that was just absurd. The great, mighty and ultra-cute Beatrix, scared of tall tales like this? Ha!

Still... there was an awful lot of shadows... and maybe she should have bought a drink or something. For some reason, she was succumbing very quickly to the heat, even though she had smartly avoided black clothing this time!