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A considerable amount of time had passed since Abbi had last been sent on an honest, off Island mission, enough that when she was initially handed the folder of information she was at a loss for what to do. Thankfully she recovered quick enough to prepare properly, of which required a customary packing of her favorite lilac bunny eared backpack. The mission seemed pretty straightforward so anything frivolous like an additional change of clothing or books seemed unnecessary, but the essentials were.
Which meant Abbi arrived at the Portal with her pell-mell pieced together, and very pastel, first aid kit, alongside a considerable amount of snacks. One never knew when low blood sugar would impact a mission! And, in an attempt to impress, she had donned a particularly adorable outfit. It was best to appear as cute as possible in any and every occasion, especially missions.

Normally punctual to the point of being ridiculous about it, Abbi arrived first to the portal and waited with all the ease of someone who didn't mind being early.
And by that, it meant she relentlessly pursued the portal techs on hand for conversation, despite their bored faces that indicated otherwise.
"So like, ok favorite Final Fantasy game. And you can't say VII, unless it came out when you were like, yanno, a kid or teen. None of this pixel-nostalgia either. Go big, or go home." She paused and blinked wide eyes at the particular portal tech she had cornered. "Besides the fact that that's impossible, you know what I mean."

Shu would find herself the winner of a candy, as her bet proved true: after a few more minutes--almost late--the third member of the party stumbled up to the portal, stifling a yawn.

She had not gotten Abbi's memo about her cutest clothes, but had apparently gotten Shu's about wearing things relatively easy to move around in and none-too-treasured: there was a hole in the knee of her tights.

It was probable she had slept too late, although that hadn't stopped her from putting on what might be considered too much eyeliner, nor from wearing a ridiculously incongruous bear-eared headband. Certainly she gave her two companions a bleary-eyed, drowsy look before registering that these were her teammates, at which point she perked up considerably. Something about the composition of her mission squad was even better than coffee.

"Oh," she said. "Hey! I guess it's just us girls." She gave them a considering look before pointing at them in turn. "Shu? And Abbi? I think? From Twitter," she clarified, suddenly shy, a blush surging up under a generous crop of freckles. "And from what Peyton told me."

The sparkly eye competition that started in no time, Aquamarine versus Citrine underwent smoothly without anyone notice. Shu was as excited as the pretty redhead, she was in quite a bad mood lately, conversation about games and going with a friend lightened her dim soul for a bit.

The incoming girl with likable aura announced Shu's victory. Rewarded and hid the pink sweet candy into one of her cheeks, she nodded for Astrid's first question, followed by two quick affirmative nods. Peyton, the strong powerful Sun that she mentioned had Shu's eyes widened and flashed with realization. Continuing Abbi's enthusiasm and as supplementary note, "It's fine Abbi-chan~" She smiled. "D-o-n-g for Dong, S-h-u for Shu and L-e-i for Lei, Dong.Shu.Lei, that's my full name. I come from Asia, calling me Shu is fine." Her breathe smelt like strawberry.

The girl that looked younger than Astrid beamed with happiness, "You still have to visit me and play with my Duffy and JORB! He's a big big bear Roland got me on Halloween! Ah, then I can show you how my names is written if you're interested." Because of the minimal height difference, the petite Asian'd easily dragged the former into a hug, a little bear hug if she would perceive and feel the affection.

"I bet one candy again they're sisters." Shu sent Abbi a sideway glance with challenger's confidence. "Because you helped me win a candy, here's yours. Do you like strawberry flavour?" She asked, giving the girl with cute freckles a small round candy, tone as sweet as the candy she enjoying.

"I have the feeling that we're gonna be the best team EVER, as awesome as Powerpuff Girls! How can good friends not knowing each other right? I will start first." She cleared her throat, putting her head under her chin, pretending it's very serious and important issue. "I'm an intermediate trainee from Death, I love cute things and desserts. My hobbies include but not limited to playing games, watching anime and movies, talking and cosplay, I know elementary Japanese, am fluent in Chinese and fair in English. Hmm....my spirit animal should be a rabbit and I love pink and soft pastel colors." Thinking it was a good introduction, she stopped with a big smile, looking at Astrid's direction to inform it was the turn for them to know more about her.

Well, before she asked a final question - "Astrid, Norse origin, meaning divine beauty or strength. Such a lovely name, did your mom give you that name?" In their tradition, it was believed one's name will have a huge influence on one's life. Nowadays, it became more of parents' hope and blessings to the offspring.

For a moment Abbi's smile was replaced with a frown of concentration as she dutifully tried to commit Shu's proper name to memory, as it was only polite to call her friend by what she preferred. As if being rewarded for her care to details, Abbi was given another candy that she happily gobbled up.
"Oh man, we're totally perf for being the Powerpuff Girls too! Since I'm a ginger I'm Blossom, Shu you're Buttercup cause your hair is dark and Astrid you're Bubbles, cause you're blonde!" Maybe it wasn't the best personality wise given they were probably all Bubbles given how stinking cute they all were, but it was still a fun thing to point out.

Abbi was quiet and nodded encouragingly while the two girls introduced themselves, filing away the helpful information they provided into the little mental notes she kept about most people. It was nice of them to give it away so easily, it made her job of asking less necessary! That meant they could get right on with being friends yeeessssss excellent.
When Astrid looked at the last teen, Abbi hopped into the air excitedly.
"Ah! Ok my turn alright! Abbi Killian, Intermediate, Moon. Uh let's see, my specialization is in field medic, or as I like to call it, I'm gonna be a Battle Nurse. I like video games and like, yanno, anime and comics and I like to read a lot! I know bare bones French, my spirit animal is probably a rabbit too... Unless we're talking Phillip Pullman, The Golden Compass style animals then its probably a squirrel. And um, my favorite color is lilac but pink and green are good too and Oh! I like Disney movies a lot! Anna is my my favorite." Had she gotten everything? It felt like she had missed so much...

"Oh! The portal looks ready... Why don't we walk and talk?" She smiled at each girl before she buzzed around them, an attempt to gently urge them toward the now glowing portal and on their way. Didn't want to dilly-dally, after all...