<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/><strong>Name:</strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>Adriano Guillermo</em></span><br/><strong>Title:</strong> The Informant<br/><strong>Location:</strong> At the starting line<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> Tipene, Cori<br/></span></span></div><hr/><div class="floatright">(https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDx5aF-CrEImja-ATW2GktOFHjgwZjkP_QIoXF3IfpjD9xXnXz)</div><br/>Adriano sat in his car, listening to the music as it played. He had it turned up a bit, so that he could still hear it after his engines were roaring, like they would be during the race. He watched the other drivers as time ticked away. Everyone seemed on edge for some reason, except for Cori and Tipene. Typical. Adriano let his muscles relax for a second before gripping onto the steering wheel and starting to rev his engine. He was ready.<br/><br/>As the cars started revving, his car flew off the starting line first initially, but as he fumbled with his gears a little, he fell behind in the next few seconds. "Fuckin' hell" he swore to himself, as he fixed his mistake and accelerated like the rest of them. He usually wasn't on edge either, but something had gotten to him. The weeks of increasing pressure, everyone else being on edge, Tipene's message from the Triad. He pushed those out of his mind, though, as he focused on his vehicle.<br/><br/>Even after his initial mishap, he had still started quickly enough, and recovered quickly enough from his mistake, that he was firmly in the middle of the pack. Right next to him was another racer he knew to be vaguely associated with the Triad, although perhaps that wasn't actually true. Adriano didn't bother taking a second look at him, he knew that racer wouldn't have the nerve to keep up with him if he could push the hard turns as quickly as he normally did. The turns were really his favorite part of the race, not the long stretches. Although in a race like this, the long stretches were pretty important as well.