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My my, what was this? So many people! "Definitely looks like some kind of party," Eva chirped up from behind Otto, propping her hands up on her hips, "Why don't you go make some friends?" She reached up to pat his head before slipping past him. A particular conversation had caught her attention.

"Oh ho, there are even more Epsilons here?" She spoke up, raising her hand in greeting to Vanessa before her gaze slid over towards Candace, "I was wondering if any of the Epsilons woke up in the previous batch. I am--was?--E4." Or "Effort", as she remembered one particular Beta calling her. Had that guy woken up as well, she wondered? He had been a pretty funny guy, and his aim was...well, it had been remarkably accurate, considering that he hadn't been attacking intentionally.

She shook her head. Since she had missed Candace's introduction, she stuck her hand out to the other young woman to shake. "I'm Eva. And you are...?" A pause. "Did you say that E13 woke up too?" Ah ha, she remembered him!

But really, wow, there were so many people out here. A few faces she recognized--newbies like her--but there were plenty of people that she hadn't met yet. When she spotted Gale among the group, she shot him a grin and a wave.

The pressure on his head lifted - thank heavens - and Gale straightened, tilting his neck from side to side to get rid of the slight cramp he'd gotten from hunching over.

Except then he realized just exactly what Candace had called him.

"...chipmunk?" Gale repeated, sounding vaguely horrified. He cast a slightly panicked glance at Ryan, hoping no one else adopted the moniker, but then Candace's gaze was diverted towards the newest arrival - a hunter with a torn green coat.

"Er, no idea," he replied. "Never seen him before. I've only met a few of the new hatchlings."

Gale held up a hand, counting off on his fingers. "Ryan, Eva, and Otto are the only three I've talked to so far," he said. "Ryan's here, haven't seen Eva or - "

"What the hell is all this? Block party?"

" - just kidding, there's Otto."

The one with the boomerang had arrived - with a "boom," no less (pun intended). Clearly this particular hatchling held no qualms about arriving loudly and for all to see.

Or hear, in this case.

Another figure had appeared, though this one was much more familiar. Grateful for the chance to slip away (and hopefully abandon that absurd nickname), Gale quietly ducked out of the rapidly growing group and made his way towards the young man standing by himself. On his way he passed Eva, returning the wave with one of his own, along with a wide smile, before turning back to the hammer wielding hunter.

"Hey, Jordan."

Otto's brows arched angrily as Ea's voice rang behind him. He narrowd his eyes at the girl, ip curling at the affectionate head pat. "Make me." He snapped back at her, letting her flit off to 'make friends'. Feh, that chic needed to brought back down one of these days. Maybe he could fight her somewhere..

His attention snapped forward as Candace approached him. Icy eyes focused on the girl, unblinking as he crossed his arms. Was she sizing him up/down? Was she?

"I ain't offered nuthin, lady." Otto snorted.

Hatchlings. Wilson shot Candance a questioning look. “Is that what we’re called?” The group slowly grew larger as more people joined, some he knew and others he didn’t. “It uh, came that way.” He answered, turning toward Derryk as he smiled and shrugged, clueless. “I’m not sure how or why my coat’s torn, but it is, and I dunno if it’s appropriate to ask for a new coat. Probably.” Wilson grasped part of his coat before he quickly dropped it. New coat and it was already damaged. Lovely.

“Oh! Yeah, I found my partner too.” Grinning, he lightly pulled at the goggles around his neck to show to Ryan. “Meet Gramps.”

[And I’m telling you, stop calling me Gramps! It’s Dabir!] The weapon attempted to yell, but somehow Wilson managed to ignore it and continued to smile amiably.

“Ah, no. I think there’s an Alpha and a Zeta…” His voice trailed off as he attempted to remember the secondary names, it was kind of a lot to memorize in a brief amount of time. “Oh! And I am—was?—Delta Twelve.” Wilson sincerely hoped at least one other Delta had woken up already.

Wilson looked at Leon as he came over. “Thank you! Uh…What’s your name?”

After coming back up from the Cove (and discovering that the huge axe could actually somehow shrink down to something about the size of a large cell-phone charm thingie), Tedan had headed into the Dorm building to figure out which room was his. Thankfully, that hadn't been too hard ... and once there, he'd passed out for a while - taking a nap of his own.

Also thankfully, the snoring from Ardavan seemed more muted while he was in that smaller form, kinda like white noise. Soothing, actually. Though Tedan had the feeling if he told anyone that, they might laugh at him.

Eventually, though, some kind of noise from the hallway started to filter through the door and woke him up. He was ready to be all pissed about it, but apparently it had woken his weapon as well.

came the slightly sleepy 'voice'. Tedan raised brows at that. Oh well, that was ... interesting. "Why don't we join the party then?" he asked and swung his feet off the bed, then reached for the coat he'd seen hanging up earlier. Some kind of uniform - definitely cooler than most uniforms he'd seen though, so he didn't mind wearing it.

Poking his head out of the door, he grinned and headed for the group of people down the hall. A few of them he recognized from the classroom earlier, but definitely not all of them. Better make a good impression.

"Hey guys," he called out as he came walking up the hall, just a bit of a swagger to his steps. Spying Eva and Otto first, he nodded in their direction and then turned to those he hadn't met. The ones who'd gotten here before. "Name's Tedan, though back on the Island, I was Fiver. Still am really. So if anyone still wants to call me that, I'm cool with it."

Clearly this was the day where everyone treated Gale however they bloody well pleased.

Leon's appearance had earned him a noogie.

"Ow."

With a sigh, Gale reached up and pushed the muscular hunter's arm away from his head, scowling up at him with an expression that clearly said This is not Pick on Gale Day. Candace had already come up with that ridiculous nickname for him, and now Leon was ruffling his hair like a kid.

Oy vey.

At least Jordan wouldn't try anything. Gale leaned back against the wall beside the other and folded his arms across his chest, his gaze moving from one new hunter to the next.

"Yep, these are the new ones," he said. "I've met two or three of them. They seem pretty cool."

"I ain't offered nuthin, lady."

"Er, except for that one."

Marcus's face went from neutral to grinning as Cas made her way over to him. What could he say, having his girlfriend near was enough to brighten his day anytime. Gale's appearance and wave got one in return, as did Candace. And... ah ha! Final, new blood spotted. And- judging from his coat and with the verbal confirmation, a moon hunter at that. About time they got more moonies up and out.

Moonies?
Problem?
Sounds gay.
...
I like it.

Of course you would Dis. Soon, more new bloods began to trickle in. Marcus's smile went up a notch. He did frown at a familiar term. Epsilon. Did it really matter? Maybe it was because he spent most of the trial on his own and just not giving a ********, but riding off the 'name' given was kind of dumb to him. "Does it matter who you were? You were given a number and told to survive. Then you died anyway. Now you're awake and really, the trials stuff doesn't effect you unless you want it to. I was Beta one, but I prefer to identify myself as Marcus Hassan, a hunter. Not a hunter candidate... you know?"

He shrugged arbitrarily, noticing for a second the one in the shadows. Giving Jordan a bit of a salute, he hoped the guy would join the party brewing. And... damn they were like daisies, popping up all over the place. One guy seemed like trouble, and got a disapproving look before Marcus figured he'd actually introduce himself. "Anyway, like I said, I'm Marcus Hassan, moon division. And this lovely lady," he smirked at Cass, "if my girlfriend, Cass"

He smirked at Leon. "Official now and all that."




((AND I LOOK AWAY AND THE THREAD EXPLODES FFFFF /behind OTL))