With that signal, Foods were opened and shared around, board games were set up, and Ken's once-quiet room was now filled with laughter and joy
"What a coincidence that we ended up in the same dorm," Ken said with a smile
"y-yeah" Hanako replied
"So Ken, where are you from?" Mira asked as she poured herself a drink
"I'm from Zen island, it's located just outside Elenora"
"Zen island? I read that's quite the dangerous island, explorers have been banned from the island" Louis added on
"Yeah, isn't it filled with all types of dangerous beasts?" Koko spoke
"An island filled with dangerous beasts? Now that sounds like fun!" Leo grinned
"I agree, it'll be a great place to test my magic!" Drew agreed
"It was dangerous indeed, but I got used to it as I grew up"
"Who raised you on such an island? Sounds irresponsible if you ask me" Said, Mira
With a nervous chuckle, Ken replied "We'll you're not wrong there. It was my Grandpa who raised me, he also taught me magic and most of what I know"
"So, what are your elemental releases?" Drew asked
"Well, im able to use all five Primary Elements, but unfortunately, I have no natural secondary elemental releases, nor do I have any special releases" Ken answered
"Primary elements are common, but to have all five releases? Now that's something" Mira spoke
"Not even Louis has all five primary elements, considering how strong he is" Leo added on
"All five releases, that's pretty impressive" Said Louis
"Enough of the questions!" Koko spoke before taking a seat in front of Ken. In her hand was a plate with cake on it. "Since you are a new member, I've personally made a cake for you"
"Oh wow, it looks amazing. Thank you" Ken replied with a smile
Before Ken could take a slice, he saw the others waving their hands behind Koko. They were making weird gestures with their hands while trying to mouth something, Ken couldn't tell what they were trying to say, but he could tell they seemed concerned about something
"What's wrong Ken? You don't want the cake I spent so much time making for you?..." Said, Koko
"Oh, no, no, no, that's not it. Thank you again"
Ken picked up a slice of the cake, and as it came closer to his mouth, the others got more aggressive with their hand gestures and their soundless mouth movements.
Ken paid no mind to them and decided to take a big bite out of the cake, once Ken took a bite, everyone behind Koko, facepalmed themselves.
Ken was still confused about what they were doing, but after chewing the cake a few times, he finally realized what they were trying to say all along.
"...This is disgusting…" Ken thought to himself
"So, do you like it?" Koko asked
Ken looked over at the others behind Koko, hoping they would help him out, but his so-called "Friends" had all gone on about doing something else, leaving Ken to suffer
Ken continued chewing, holding in the urge to throw it all up.
"...W-Why…is it so salty…." Ken thought to himself as he continued chewing, every chew worse than the last
"Well?" Koko asked
Closing his eyes and swallowing the abomination he had just tasted, Ken replied "Y-Yeah…I-it, was Amazing…"
"Really? This is my best cake yet, I spent so much time on it, im glad you like it" Koko cheered
"...Yup so…amazing…"
"Well then, you should eat more," Koko said with a grateful smile
Ken instantly shook his head "I'm going to save room for the other food. Say you didn't make them as well, did you?"
Shaking her head, Koko replied "Oh no, those were made by Silva"
Hearing this, Ken let out a sigh of relief "Safe" he whispered
"Well then, who is going to eat the rest?" Koko asked
Looking at the others with a mischievous grin, Ken replied "Well it seems like there are enough pieces for everyone else to have a slice"
Hear Ken involve them, made the others snap their neck around death staring at Ken
"This is payback, for abandoning me" Ken softly spoke with a grin
"Yeah, that's a great idea. Everyone take one slice"
Everyone hesitated, before reaching out to grab a slice as their hands started to shake from just getting closer to the cake
"Look at that Koko, they are shaking with excitement," Said Ken
Everyone slowly started eating away at their slice of cake, making "mmm" noises to show Koko that they enjoyed it. Everyone fought with everything they had not to vomit. After what felt like forever, they finally finished, all of them letting out a sigh of relief
"I'm glad all of you enjoyed it," Koko said with a cheerful smile.
"R-Right…let's p-play some board games…" Louis said trying not to throw up what he just ate
Ken's room got louder and louder as the welcoming party went on. They played board games, card games and finally ate lots of delicious food that had been prepared by Silva. A few hours passed and almost everyone had fallen asleep mostly because they drank themselves to sleep, the only ones awake were Ken, Louis and Krow
."So, what do you think of the RisingSun members," Louis asked as he took a seat in front of Ken
Looking around at everyone with a smile "I think you're all amazing! I'm grateful for being put in such a lively dorm"
"You first years sure love to cause a ruckus" Louis chuckled
"Aren't you a first-year?"
"Oh no, I'm a third-year but everyone else is a first-year, just like you. So you all should encourage each other to keep moving forward"
"Right! I plan on graduating with everyone here, I'll make sure this dorm becomes the strongest on campus"
With a chuckle Louis continued to say "If I didn't know any better, I'd say your a follower of Xondor, you have so much fight in you"
"Oh no no, I don't worship any of the gods/goddesses or the Mighty Divines. Do you worship any of them?"
"I worship Remes, God of Magicka. This Academy has quite a lot of people that worship him, there is even an entire club dedicated to his worship, and of course, I'm part of it"
"Hmm I've read about Remes, if I remember correctly he is one of the few Gods that was born a mortal but made it to Godhood"
"Right, but over the past years, people have forgotten if Remes was originally a human or a High Elf, which created two separate factions of worship," Krow said as he pitched into the conversation
"So Louis, what group are you part of?" Ken asked
"Well my group believes he was originally human but he was trained by the Arcane Sages on Pandorious"
"And who are the Arcane Sages? I feel like I've heard of them before"
"The Arcane Sages are considered the strongest magic users in the known universe, they are a group of super old High Elves that live on top of a tall mountain on Pandorious" Krow explained
"Right but even their powers pale in comparison to Remes" Louis added on
"Ohhh that's amazing! I'm definitely going to do more research about Remes and the Arcane sages"
"Ken, how about a friendly duel? I want to see what you're made of" Louis asked
As soon as Louis asked Ken for a duel, Leo woke up from his sleep "a duel!" Leo said with excitement "Hey everyone wake up! Ken and Louis are gonna fight!!" Leo shouted with excitement. Slowly everyone started to wake up, and none of them seemed bothered; they all looked pumped to see us fight. Except for Kathrine, she was still very much asleep until Koko forced her to wake up
"yeah sure, that sounds like fun" Ken replied
Everyone walked out back of the dorm where a 60 meter by 60-meter wide fighting stage was built. It looked like many duels had been fought on it, due to the wear marks but it somehow seemed to be in almost perfect condition. Louis and Ken walked onto the stage and stood at opposite ends of each other while the others stood a few feet away from the stage watching.
"Whoever hits the other with a direct magical attack first wins alright" Louis explained
"Sure that sounds fair" Ken replied
"Alright, Fight!" Mira shouted