Barred from entry?

Portobello had given herself a couple of days to take in the sights that this desert jewel had to offer, and besides a couple of mishaps here and there she'd been having an engaging experience throughout, she'd been so distracted as a tourist that she'd forgot the crucial fact she hadn't even met the partner she'd been assigned for the tournament yet! She only had herself to blame, if anyone knew how important it was to know your teammates it was her, yet she'd made herself scarce the moment she'd came down to do a little sightseeing. 

Well, she'd try to make amends, even if the day of the match was nearly upon her. From what she was told by the organisers, her teammate was to be someone by the name of "Zuqetta", she didn't know much else but the name sounded possibly Saiyan in origin. Regardless, she might be able to squeeze some info out of the staff or at least get them to let her ally know she hadn't vanished off the face of the planet. 

So that was why she was walking with purpose towards the colosseum, approaching the site it seemed substantially less busy than she was expecting, far less people milling in and out of the doors- likely due to the fact they were still setting up the insides for the big day, they wouldn't have the time to run any smaller matches to keep the populace satisfied. Still, she'd carry on towards the entrance, though just before she could pass the stone threshold she was stopped by a weedy-looking and possibly overworked konatsian standing guard, he scrambled to push his hand out to block her advance.

"No, sorry- uh, miss you can't go in! They're still setting up for tomorrow, you can come back then please!"

She'd been a little startled by the outburst, her fur spiking up momentarily before it settled down and she regarded the man with some confusion before attempting to put on a pleasant tone complete with a smile.

"Ah- no, I'm a contestant actually, I needed to speak with someone in charge about the status of my teammate."

For whatever reason this didn't seem to sway the presumed guard, if anything he was emboldened, now attempting to scoot past her to fully block the archway. Once again he would continue with the same nervous spiel. 

"No ma'am, those are the rules! No one can come in right now!"

Portobello's expression faltered, not only had she not expected this, she wasn't entirely sure if this was true- she was sure she'd seen someone come through this way not too long before she had and they'd received no such treatment so she wasn't sure what this worker was suddenly up in arms about. She tried to maintain her composure, even if the smile was more forced this time, and gave talking another go.

"Look, I'd appreciate if you could move aside, I don't have much time here-"

She tried to sidestep the man only for him to purposely move in her way, punctuated with a few no's and similar rebuttals. Getting rather annoyed with him at this stage, Portobello decided to step back in a huff, giving him a dirty look.