[You detect anything interesting about these guys?], I asked Voxea as I stood in front of the door to the arranged meeting hall.
Yesterday, I had confirmed with Malgorius and Malrena my participation in the upcoming exhibition match. They then informed that I would meet up with the rest of the participants for the upcoming exhibition match in order to, "adjust and plan strategies accordingly".
They gave me the time, the place, but it was up to me to get along with my new teammates.
[Well they are indeed stronger than the average students around here and a bit stronger than you], Voxea began to explain, [in terms of affinity...there seems to be a Verdant one , a Fury one that feels off, a Mystic one and an unusually strong Water binder! What an interesting cast]!
[Interesting...yeah that's one way to describe it]. While inside the drajule, Voxea could only see and hear things in relation to magic and aether. Meaning she could detect auras and listen in on magically effected conversations, she could not hear the cacophony of noises and arguing going on in that room...that was my privilege.
Taking a deep breath to steady my nerves,and hoping that whatever's going on in there isn't too violent, I proceeded to open the door and greet whatever was on the other-
"Duck".
"Gya"!
*Thunk*!
Evidently, I did not expect a hatchet to go flying pass my head and getting embedded into a nearby wall.
"Get back here"!
*Fwooosh*
Nor did I expect it to suddenly fly back. Picking myself up to look at the source of the conflict, it appeared two binders were currently arguing over something, a third was trying to get then to stop while the fourth was just reading a book.
"Did you just try to throw an axe at me?!", shouted one of the arguing binders, a blonde young man dressed like a sea captain. I couldn't help but notice that their hair looked like it was floating in air like how it does in water. On top of the fact that I could sense Water aether from them, probably meant that he was the Water binder and a Concordant on top of that.
"No, if I was, you'd be dead"!
The one shouting back was a tall dark skinned young man with wavy hair wearing a suit of bronze armor that had a wood-like texture and look, and a green cape. He was wielding the axe that flew pass my head earlier with one hand while her off hand was pointing straight at the captain-looking binder. If I had to guess, this was the Verdant binder.
"Come on guys, can't we all get along?", asked a tall girl in orange robes. I remembered from Voxea's lessons that he was in she what called, "a Monk's get-up". If I had to guess, this was the Mystic binder, but orange is normally the color of Fury aether...
"No!", the two shouted back in unison.
"Oh lay off them Lu Yan. They're just trying to expressing their deep-seated and complicated feelings for each other by arguing with each other. I give them about...six months until they end up together...or not! Kukuku...", the bespectacled reading binder girl commented, "Besides, shouldn't y'all be taking more of an interest in the new girl who just walked in"?
At the behest of the bespectacled binder, the two arguing binders and the monk girl stopped their activities and turned to stare at me.
"Uh...hi. My name's Silvia", I said with a small wave and an awkward smile. It's one thing to greet a stranger, it's another to greet a group of them and almost dying by accident because of said strangers.
"Well hello there", the captain said as he slicked his floating hair back into place. I couldn't help but notice him checking me out.
"The name's Brisbane Whalen. How you doing?", he said with a tone that sounded mildly flirty while presenting his hand in greeting.
[He seems like a flirtatious dandy], Voxea commented. I was inclined to agree.
"Ignore him", the green-caped knight said as he pushed Brisbane away from me by unceremoniously grabbing his face and pushing him away
[Straightforward. Reminds me of someone].
"My name's Kiero, a Knight of Clan Delvan", he said while proudly smiling and hitting his chest.
"The one behind me is Novice Lu Yan of the Steel Sisters", he said while pointing a thumb to the tall lady in the orange robes. She gave a small bow with her hands together as a sign of greeting.
[Must be the religious type].
"And the one reading is Delira, a Scholar of the Sky Sealers", Kiero said while pointing at the bespectacled girl with the book. In response, the girl just let out a creepy laugh while seemingly staring at me yet not staring at me. I'm not sure why, but I swear she was staring at my soul.
[Ooooh. I like her].
"You must be the fifth teammate Lady Malrena mentioned, right"?