Nothing, absolutely nothing would have convinced Ametrine to stay at home, even though her ankle was throbbing ever so slightly. Slightly, because she'd taken a reasonable dose of painkillers, and wasn't feeling much of anything pain-wise. Throbbing, because they weren't powerful painkillers, so while her ankle did not ache, she felt it. But she was not going to remain in the dorm to cool her heels, no. Not Lt. Ametrine. She had a duty to do, and she was not going to fail in it. It was a night like any other, a night when she would be required to find a victim, someone whose starseed she could collect for her superiors.

She wanted to please them. Pleasing them was a surprisingly strong drive, when she had thought that all she wanted was to protect the people she loved. Apparently she was more impressionable than she had thought, but she didn't mind. It made a difference, kept her from making more than the usual allotment of stupid mistakes, and she was grateful for that. Still, she knew that eventually she would mess up, and it would go badly for her.

It always did. Inevitably, there would be one thing that she hadn't considered, one flaw in her perfect plan. It had to be that way, because Ametrine was no more able than her teammates, and they ran into troubles of their own. Or at least, she thought that she wasn't. Arrogance was not a good quality to cultivate. Arrogance could get her killed. So she wasn't arrogant. Pride could not be helped, but surely she could learn not to let it get the best of her. Surely.

So it was that when she skulked along the streets near a particularly popular club, she was careful. More careful than usual, but then, she had learned that even falling the wrong way when she was powered down could really hurt her. What was the extension to that when she was powered up? She paused, hearing a sound, and ducked around the corner, pressing her body to the wall. Who... what was that? Her pitchfork gripped tightly in hand, she made for a residential area, veering off from the alley that the club fed out into.