<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/74/Siren2.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Aline Myobi -</strong> <em>Begrudgingly awake...</em></span></div><br/>Despite most assumptions, Aline was<em>not</em>what one would refer to as an 'early bird'. Which may be why her alarm was set to go off at 5 AM...only to get blindly knocked around as she groped for the snooze button. The process repeated itself at 5:30, then 6, and usually by the time 6:30 rolled around she was usually out of bed and trying to disable the damned piece of machinery.<br/><br/>By the time it was 7:30, Aline's tangled mane of bed-hair had been tamed into a sleek ponytail and her eyes were no longer glued shut but somewhat alert.<br/><br/>Somewhat.<br/><br/>Dressed in dark gray leggings, and a bright red tank-top, she threw on a beige sweater that could pass as a robe to ward off the morning chill. Padding down the stairs (she'd actually slept in her bed that night) in a pair of fuzzy slippers, the sounds of her rummaging through the kitchen could soon be heard within the quiet studio. The cracking of an egg, the sizzling of bacon, the popping of the toaster.<br/><br/>Maybe it was the meal she'd had with Bastiaan the other day, but for some odd reason Aline actually felt like eating something besides a breakfast bar or a bowl of cereal. For once, she was eating something that could be considered 'hearty', and it felt good to be cooking something again.<br/><br/>8 AM rolled around to find her curled up on a corner of her couch in the office, nibbling away at the plate of food while watching the morning news. The low clouds outside her windows had warned her from enjoying the meal on the balcony. Reaching for the glass of orange juice, she sipped at it and noted the time. Almost 8:30, Avarice should be showing up soon for the morning shoot. She'd left the office door open and waited expectantly for the familiar sound of the elevator arriving.<br/><br/>Idly, she hoped that Paul wouldn't be a bumbling assistant like Kunoichi. Then again, what were the chances of that?<br/><br/>...Better not to jinx it.