A young woman stretched her arms over her head, rolling her shoulders to loosen her slightly sore muscles. Today was the first day, after all. She needed to look sharp, think sharp, act sharp. She was one of the rookies to be assigned a partner, and she needed to make a good impression. Expectations were high, especially since she graduated the top of her class. Being on the force had been a dream of hers, and that dream was going to become reality in less than two hours. Standing firm in parade rest along with the other rookies Marceline Abadeer jutted out her chin proudly as the chief of police entered the room. The chief was then followed by older looking men and women, wisdom and experience gleaming in their eyes. One of these people was going to be her partner, and the graduate anxiously waited to see whom it would be.