Getting paid to do nothing is pretty nice, but… A soft sigh escaping the lips of a brunette as she sauntered down the streets with a sullen expression and a drink in her hand, while she might have preferred it to be something a little bit stronger than a slim necked jar of cola, unfortunately the dull circumstances that Nikki Marcello found herself in demanded something a little bit more ‘respectable’, and that was only adding to her woes really. Not on her usual routine of chase down the bad guy and bring him in for the big buck but rather chasing after what felt like the closest thing she could ever find to a ‘steady pay check’, while she had the option of going back onto her old game whenever she wanted, right now the warrior woman was trying her hand at what they might call a day job, and thus far was not particularly impressed with it.
It ain’t half boring? Sure, the idea of rocking up to the back streets of Crocus and keeping an eye on the place for some easy coin seeming like a good idea at the time, in all honesty our heated heroine had hoped for a little more excitement while doing it. So far only seeming to settle squabbles between neighbours and clip the ears of kids for pinching sweets from shops, while her day had been rather simple, it had also been more tiring than any that she could remember.
I mean I get that for these fools it’s nice for things to be peaceful, but… A girl like me feels like she’s dead when her blood ain’t pumpin’? Certainly feeling that she was not the sort of soul who was suited for the doldrums of daily life or at least working like the common man or woman would, all that the black beauty could do was sigh and sip on her drink as she swaggered around the sweets, feeling like the sweet set of shades she sported for the occasion were completely going to waste while she did so. Not exactly excited by the prospect of acting as a town guard even in the beginning but holding a certain ironic amusement in the task, even that was starting to wear thin for her, though there did still seem to be at least a few highlights left…