Maelynn stopped in front of her targets. Intense and curious eyes stared at her. Maelynn, despite choosing her targets based on their overclock state, still managed to get a table of handsome Espers. At least, much handsome than the surrounding Espers.
'If I didn't know they were a team of Espers, I would have thought they were some newly debuted idols.' Maelynn thought as she greeted the group with a smile.
"Hello, I'm Maelynn. I'm going to try and guide your group." She then politely bowed her head.
"Hello, Maelynn! Glad a Guide came over to us. I guess our faces are still useful." An Esper, with a head of curly brown hair and amber eyes, grinned as he pulled a chair for her to sit over.
Maelynn accepted his gesture and sat down, and shook her head at his words.
"Among all the Espers in this medical room, your team is in the most dangerous state right now. Almost all of you are overclocking. You've must have faced stronger monsters in the portal for your ability usage to be in this stage. All of you have strong wills." Maelynn stated her observation and complimented the team.
Maelynn knew how strong their wills are, being able to still act normal despite in a state of overclock. She have once witness her Aunt's Espers losing control because of overclock.
She then asked one of her Aunt's Espers to tell her what overclocking feels like; She was told that overclocking feels like one's head is being repeatedly pounded on the cold, hard floor.
And for the team who was acting like everything was normal while overclocking in front of her deserves respect.
"Oh? You can tell?" The Esper sitting on her left raised his brow.
"Yes. All of your frequencies are going too haywire for me to ignore." Maelynn straightened her back and seriously spoke to the team of five.
"That's enough chit-chat now. Can I know the team name or number and your names? And I would also like to know if you're aversive of physical touch or has a trauma related to it? Please do say so I can cater." Maelynn remembered what her Maternal Aunt taught her and applied it right away.
Seeing the stunned silence, she lightly knocked on the table.
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Flynn blinked hard. The woman in front of them seems to have the shadow of a veteran Guide rather than a newbie.
Seeing even his leader's rare speechlessness, Flynn decided to answer on behalf of the team.
"We're Team 13, we haven't settled the team name as of now. My name is Flynn, an A+ Level Esper; The one on your left is Aki, another A+ Level; On your right is Zio, an S-Level; Next to Zio is his fraternal twin, Xio, another S-Level; and finally, our team leader, Zander, an S+ Level Esper."
"Figured." Flynn, with sensitive ears like the rest of the team, heard her little mutter.
"The capable has to go deeper the portal and fight more, make sense why your team's overclocking."
Flynn blinked at her comment and continued to talk with a smile, "None of us are aversive to physical touch or has trauma about it, we just don't like it if it's sudden."
"Noted." Maelynn nodded with understanding. Since it's like that...
"Who wants to go first?" Maelynn gave them the choice.
The espers glanced at each other and four fingers simultaneously pointed at Zander.
"Okay, the leader it is then." Maelynn understood and stood up from her seat.
"Mr. Zander, do you want contact or non-contact guiding?" Maelynn walked to Zander's seat, just stopping beside his chair.
The man, with the softest and faded blonde hair, narrowed his green eyes.
"Whatever is more convenient and effective for you, Guide Maelynn." Zander softly answered.
"Contact guiding, then. Do you mind intimate touching?" Maelynn patiently asked.
"No." Zander answered rather quickly.
"Okay." After the questioning, Maelynn didn't hesitate to sit on Zander's lap.
With one hand, she pulled his chin and stared at his eyes.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but this is my first time doing contact guiding. Please be patient." After saying her piece, Maelynn softly placed her lips into his, gently grazing. Stimulating her guiding power, she discovered that her power is being sucked quickly, indicating a high compatibility with the Esper.
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Team 13 looked at the Guide that has chosen them with shock. Flynn gulped at the bold move of Guide Maelynn.
Zio ans Xio exchanged glances and Aki dazedly looked at the woman sitting on their team leader's lap.