[center][h3][b][color=ec008c]JURI HAN[/color][/b][/h3]
Level 5: 31/50
Location: Mafia Town
Word Count: 854
Points Gained: 2
New EXP Balance: Level 5: 33/50[/center]
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	Juri Han was good at a lot of things. But the thing she was best at was crime. Turns out, she was the hardest criminal in this entire city, so it made her work a lot easier and lot more fun. It wasn’t that much of a step up from Carnival Town, unfortunately, but it was enough to sate her boredom. And now she was really getting paid, and they even gave her a big gun, which was currently strapped over her shoulder. One of those old school American type guns, big and loud. Probably not the most effective tool in her toolkit, but certainly an entertaining noisemaker and more than capable of blasting some holes should the need arise. The identical mafia goons were easy to boss around. This was the ideal place for Juri, a freelancer with authority! She didn’t take orders from anyone without getting paid by the act, but actually trying to be a responsible leader was just way too boring. 

	Juri had kept to herself from the others, to the degree that one might suspect she had just hitched a ride to find a new place to commit crimes. As she carried out various deeds for the Mafia, she ran into Miss Fortune a few times and they got to play on opposite teams. Why the Seekers went to Mafia Town and chose to still be goodie two-shoe salary workies, she literally couldn’t even imagine. It was fun to break stuff, steal stuff, and earn a boat load of cash in the process. Money was going to be important on this little adventure. Money was the multiversal language. Info, supplies, equipment, weapons, vehicles, bribes… all of it. 

But despite doing her own thing and even actively attacking any of the Seekers who got in the way of her mafia business, she was still taking her job seriously. This was all in the pursuit of not just a good time, but finding the Guardian. At least, certainly more seriously than that goober Miss Fortune, who Juri was currently coming to visit. She figured the other Seekers wouldn’t be too far. She had a potential Guardian lead she thought was worth looking into. As far as rumors and intel went, nothing beat the criminal underground. The cops are always trying to play catch up with what the crooks of the world already know. There were underground cooking rings here, using ingredients from endangered and rare species. Poachers and pirates came and went, and when their palms were greased they spoke of a gargantuan bird. It was spotted in the distance in the Twilight Forest, easily large enough to blot out the sun, or so they said. That area’s Guardian hadn’t been eliminated from what Juri heard in the meeting. And so far a lot of them had been big scary monsters. A massive bird fit that description. Needless to say, she was pretty smug about hearing that little tidbit, so she was eager to share it with the other Seekers.

	Juri’s hair was still in its new asymmetrical undercut ponytail hairstyle inspired by Sombra, and her slightly darkened skin tone had only tanned further. Her outfit had changed as well to fit the maritime mood. Though Juri’s idea of swimwear seemed to be some kind of [url=https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/as/character/costume/jri/swm/001.png?h=f1cfecf8c9af5741991a5d5f38998615]leather biking outfit[/url] but without the pants. There was the crowd of simple minded townsfolk, and then there was the space around Spider, like she might bite out at them if they accidentally touched her. Which was only a partial exaggeration of the imagination, really.

	[b][color=ec008c]”Oh, [i]boy,[/i] I can’t wait.”[/color][/b] Juri said with a grin, her voice carrying through the bustle of the crowd as she pushed her way inside. [b][color=ec008c]”I want somethin’ fresh and spicy!”[/color][/b] She demanded, taking a seat on a barstool. Obviously, she was going first. None of the other customers were going to object.

[b][color=ec008c]”Then maybe we can chat business on your-”[/color][/b] She stifled a laugh. [b][color=ec008c]”On your [i]lunch break.[/i]”[/color][/b] She giggled. Clearly amused at the prospect of Fortune working a regular job. 

		[b][color=ec008c]”The customer is always right, y’know.”[/color][/b] She said. 	[b][color=ec008c]”So I better not see any hairballs or hair strands or anything gross like that.”[/color][/b] She wagged her finger. [b][color=ec008c]”And when I say spicy, I [i]mean[/i] spicy. ”[/color][/b] Juri leaned over the bar.

		[b][color=ec008c]”...But not too spicy.”[/color][/b] She added, cheekily, sitting back down. Apparently done with her order, she tapped her hands and looked around at the place. All the ingredients here were found in the magic hole that was too stupid to make up its mind as to what kind of ocean it wanted to be. This place would need to up its military force if it didn’t want some serious pirates to roll in and claim the place for itself. But maybe this stupid ‘endless conflict’  Galeem had put all its stooges up to meant that nothing actually changed…what a joke! 

The Spider was no one’s action figure. Juri would never abide by such a thing, so her conviction for being with the Seekers were real, even if her methods and attitude might leave a bit to be desired.