Tea Break?

[Wesker]

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Location: Planet New London, New London
Date: 5 April, 824 A.S

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A few bottles of gin, some bread, and some water were all Nicole needed for the days ahead. She bought a fine apartment outside the capital, the constant acid rain and fog made indoor life much more comfortable than outdoors. Her skin was going a bit more pale from being inside for so long, combined with her family genes. Despite being miserable from drinking after her demotion, she still appeared attractive. Her face was -luckily- untouched from combat on Planet Leeds, her arms and legs suffered no injuries. Her shoulders however bared surgical marks and scars from some minor shrapnel wounds. All in all she got off lucky, most of her companions from her original squadron on Planet Leeds were killed, or worse. The freedom of R&R left Nicole without a purpose, she changed her appearance, never wearing her uniform out in public. She let her hair grow out just past her neck, standard military dress code had every woman with short hair in a bun, but Nicole hated the consistency of keeping her hair so short. Still, some traits from the military stuck with her, she never wore any makeup, or dressed as fancy as most other women on New London. She walked, spoke, and approached people like a soldier.

Nicole's drinking habit wasn't just a result of her demotion but more or less the growing PTSD from Planet Leeds. Nicole had never seen people killed in person before her eyes. Amputations, seeing her colleagues ripped apart by mines and gunfire left what seemed like -a permanent scar- in Nicole's head. Drinking changed her, the more she drank the more she began to feel a sense of guilt for the loss of her friends. She would keep drinking until she passed out, and would find herself hungover as fluff the next morning.

Nicole sat on the tram wearing casual clothing looking out a window across from her. She had 3 bags of groceries sitting behind her, the tram stopped and she went to stand up. The rest of the passengers kept seated as she began to make her way out to the door before seeing two men walk in the tram cutting her off. As she went to walk by them one of the men grabbed her shoulder to pass by, and held on unnecessarily long. He winked at Nicole as she made her way out of the tram, she ignored him, she wanted to drink and get some sleep. Nicole strolled down the entrance to her apartment, the fog made it impossible to see anything more than 8 feet ahead, and the rain came down as if the planet was being hosed. As Nicole went to open the door, she heard a voice from behind. Hello there pretty lady. Both of the men stood behind her with guns. Now, its your money, or I could take something else, something much more satisfying. Nicole looked back, she put the groceries down, reached for her wallet, she walked up towards the two men, now convinced they were going to get her money. She dropped her wallet, and snapped her hands together against one of the guns, the gun seemed to vanish out of the thief's hand. Before the other thief could process what had just happened Nicole grabbed the other thief as cover and shoved him into his friend. She punched the other thief in the face, grabbing his wrist and disarming him. She emptied both the guns and tossed them aside, before she could move to swing at them, two policemen arrived on the scene. POLICE! YOU TWO ON THE GROUND! MA'AM HANDS UP! they screamed at Nicole and the two thieves, she raised her hands. Several officers swarmed in, wrestling the two thieves on the ground while another approached Nicole. Ma'am this isn't the first time these two have made trouble, they've been arrested on separate charges, what happened here? Can I see an ID? Nicole picked up her wallet and handed it to the officer without saying a word. Upon reading the ID, he realized she was with the Armed Forces. My apologies for your time Ma'am you're free to go, however if we need some questions answered... You can stop by anytime. She cut him off before he could finish his sentence, she nodded at him walked back to the door, picked up her groceries and entered the apartment, it was time for some extra drinks.

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