<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Rt2ECxS.gif)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Kevin Finch<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>City Streets<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Mallory, Kyless, Date, Ryusei (others)<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Hail Hail, the Gang's All Here, and Then They're Not<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Camos - like always . Including knife and pistol<br/><br/><hr/><br/>It was an odd reshuffling of things. Lily looking like she was bonding with Albion. Kyless being introduced to the pack, as it were. Ryusei being mad wasn't so new, but even Kevin had enough presence of mind in the situation to say, "Yeah - there are days like that. Though the smoother this goes, the happier I'll be. Anyway, whatever happened, don't let things get to you. Some people can be jerks." One not so oblivious as Kevin would be almost able to taste the irony there.  But all Kevin knew for sure were that things weren't right between him and Mallory. And he didn't know how to get back to the place he was with her. And everyone was noticing: Nerissa was saying as much, although most of the rest were doing their level best to avoid commenting on it. With one other notable exception.<br/><br/>Toshiro was spot on when he pointed out that Kevin was about ready to snap. And the only reason he hadn't was that he was trained not to - to take all his emotions and squeeze them into a tight coil that he could release later. Anger mishandled could only lead to more trouble. He wasn't lying about hoping this went smoothly. It wasn't only about Mallory not getting into trouble now. It was about him being able to be clearheaded in case things happened. He hated feeling this way; the idea that it might compromise the mission only made it worse. And what was that weird smell? He thought that the stores had stopped spraying perfume on people, let alone outside the door.<br/><br/>Toshiro started dividing the groups, and Kevin was quite all right with that being out of his hands. He needed time to think. So going off with the ever eccentric Date seemed the best route at the moment. "Sure. We can all meet up in an hour. That should be enough time, right?" Of course, Kevin, who lived in his camos, didn't need a whole lot of time for clothes shopping, though the mission would require him to change his outfit if he was going to blend in.<br/><br/>Once they were alone, he answered the question. "It's about Kyless. I'm not really happy with Mal having the extra responsibility as she's doing the mission. She's putting her neck on the line as is. Too much has happened to her to put her through this. I mean not Kyless - she likes Kyless - but you know being used as bait." He slowly fingered through the jackets, clearly trying to avoid Date's gaze.<br/>