She felt sparks as her eyes met Diego's. It was so brief, but she wanted to exist in that moment forever. If she wasn't here to do her job she might even have tried to get closer with Diego, but...

Right! Bakuretsu, Mummy, Dragon... She should report back what she had gotten so far, but none of this was incriminating enough to hold up in court. Right now it was basically her word against his, she needed more concrete evidence. Right after she finished clinging to Diego some more. ''I'll let you go for now.'' She smiled up at Diego as he got out, sticking her tongue out to tease him. More and more the alcohol was making her loosen up and slip into being her usual self instead of the Lucia she had been going undercover as. She quickly took out her phone and to be less conspicuous, she opened a note and only typed in 3 emojis. Bomb, Bandage, Dragon.

''Huh?'' She looked up with a bit of a start as Momo addressed her, quickly putting her phone down because it probably looked rude that she wasn't socializing. ''U-Um, yeah!'' She was a bit crushed to learn that he had supposedly told Amano that he was already interested in some other girl, but she couldn't exactly not be true to her emotions. ''Is that so? We'll see, then!'' She returned a smile, but in actuality she was feeling those anime style rival sparks between them. She wasn't going to lose! ''If you'll excuse me, I need to go outside for a smoke.'' She didn't actually smoke, but it was always a great cover for when she needed to dip away for a moment.

The fresh air hit her hard as she put a hand up to her head. ''Been drinking way too much.'' She muttered to herself. The absolute pain of not being able to taste beer but only feel the side effects. To clear her head she took out a small juice box which she always kept on her person. It looked like just a regular drink, but it was actually filled with blood. Normally she kept some on her in case she needed to recharge her quirk, but after a night of drinking and eating normal food she needed something refreshing. ''Where did Diego go anyway?'' She wondered as she continued sipping until she made a disturbing realization. He wasn't using the bathroom excuse to sneak away from the party quietly, was he?

She hoped she was wrong, but she couldn't help but circle around the building to check one of the nearby back alleys. Expecting to see Diego there or maybe just a stray cat, Luci quickly backpedaled when she walked in on what looked to be some kind of secret deal.

''Anyway, that's the sitch.'' One of the masked figures who Lucille could recognize from a glance said confidently. He was carrying a sword on his back and went through great efforts to hide his civilian identity. The villain known as Grime was a smalltime villain compared to the names Nanba had mentioned at the party table. She had captured him before, but bringing him in had always been an issue since he had friends in high places. Was this his idea of working his way up to becoming a more serious villain?

Wait, she needed backup, but not other heroes, she needed someone who more or less understood what was going on. She looked back towards the window, the party was going on right on the other side. How could she alert Diego without making it super obvious or embarrassing? She dreaded the office gossip at the idea of her walking back in and pulling Diego outside with her. She probably couldn't call his old, old, old phone number either.

A clue only he will recognize... It took her a moment but then it finally clicked. Assuming he had gotten back from his bathroom break, or would spot it on the way back, she prepared the emitter part of her quirk to spit a little bit of sludge onto the outside of the nearest window. Her sludge was sticky, but not destructive, and with the party being so loud the odds that anyone heard it hit the window were small. Hopefully Diego would recognize it...

Diego Ibarra