As usual, Shadow Mari started her morning routine following the main streets where her counterpart used to walk whenever she had errands to run. It was a good way to avoid getting anyone suspicious, in case someone decided to follow her as she left, and it wasn't much of a problem, since she could reach the places she used to go to from one of "regular" Mari's usual paths. Only when there was no other way, she would finally deviate and take another path to wherever she really wanted to go.<br/><br/>That morning was a really important one. An actual meeting with the boss. Up to this point, all of Shadow Mari's meetings had been with underlings. Now she would finally meet the Big Man in person. Checking the address she had, Shadow Mari finally found the place she was going to. It was a plain office building, like any other, with nothing special. Going to an office on the fourth floor, she announced herself and waited for someone to open the door. Seeing one of the men she had met at the train station, Shadow Mari nodded. "Well?"<br/><br/>The man didn't answer, just pushed the girl against a wall and checked to see she wasn't carrying anything dangerous. Only when she was released did he talk. "All right, go in, boss is waiting."<br/><br/>"Thank you<span style="font-style: italic">very</span>much", Shadow Mari answered, in her usual slightly sarcastic tone. Entering the other room after knocking twice, she looked at the "boss" before sitting down. "Well. I'm here, as you can see." The man looked her up and down and nodded. "All right. Here is what I need you to do..." He got up and picked up something similar to a button from a drawer. "See this? I need this to be placed as close as humanly possible to the target. After you do that, you talk to one of my employees, and he will give you the next step. Is that clear?"<br/><br/>Shadow Mari made her best feigned innocence face. "Gee, I don't know, sounds so<span style="font-style: italic">complicated</span>... I'm a blonde, remember?" She shook her head before he could answer to these words. "Yeah, it's clear. I'm not<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>stupid, you know. And living in there, I'll have plenty of opportunity to do it unnoticed. Anything else?"<br/><br/>The man wondered for a moment, while he consider if there was any other instruction to be passed at the moment. While he thought, his gaze stopped on Mari's arms, where a bruise had started forming. "What happened to your arm?"<br/><br/>Shadow Mari shrugged her shoulders. "Just some rough play. Is that all? I don't have all the time in the world."