Welcome to Gaia! ::

Maybe there was something about the new batch of trainees, because Reine was noticing a pattern, they didn't seem to like giving their names, and they all spoke in really weird code. To the point where she was left wondering if she'd missed some kind of memo during the days she'd stayed in her room.

She was starting to feel distinctly uncomfortable now, clearly she needed to read up on something and she hadn't the slightest clue where to start. Deryk was no help, either, and with an exasperated sigh, Reine helped herself to a plastic cup of soda.

What was DPS, what did 'raid' refer to.. had the place really changed so much in three days?!

Lambs huh? Cute, so the were the lambs led to slaughter, (not so cute)? But hey, it fit in some ways. "MIA? Jesus the guy ditches us then vanishes. Maybe he's off fixing his hair." Truthfully Marcus wasn't worried about the death hunter. He'd vanished before and come back bitchy as usual. "I am going to take a shot in the dark and guess the new guy is just as likely to b***h us out? No offense Deryk, death is kinda-" Kind of PMSing. Probably why Julie tried to have him deliver maxi pad to Caelius's room. The new girl got a shrug. Was it the new thing yet was hard to tell. "Speaking of Death, sup Wilson?" Reine got a small wave before-

What the ******** was up with these new trainees. Like, they were a little weird but these guys were taking the mental health crazy cake. ".....You're strange alien language aside, it's nice to meet you. I'm Marcus, moon division. Fair warning, if you see the moon division assistant, Julie, and trust me you will see her, run. Her coat has hearts on it and she tends to wear rainbows. I don't see any sun or mist trainees around, but they could probably give you advice about their own divisions."

A chuckle. "Unless you're all death that is."

"Hey!" Bix rounded the corner, actually fully dressed for the first time in a few days. "Julie is not that bad." He pointed at Marcus. Did Bix have a lingering fondness for Julie? YES.

Christmas had been too magical to handle.. and Julie was a part of it for him. He'd never ever say that out loud. "She's fun at least. Hey guys." Bix waved to everyone and sidled up near the pizza.

"I heard there's a WoW guy here." Bix's eyes pinned the only guy he didn't know. "You him? ANY NEW PATCHES OR EXPANSIONS?!?!"

Bix had no idea how long the guy had been in his pod. He didn't really care. GEEK OUT TIME.

Another new girl entered, and Reine waved at her, before noticing Marcus. She followed behind him, moving back to the group that had gathered in an attempt to follow the one thread of conversation she'd managed to grab at.

Caelius disappearing... hrm. She was sure he was.. somewhere, probably; if the death division leader couldn't handle one horseman, how were they supposed to stand a chance against all four, if it came to it..? Shoving the thought aside, she took another gulp of soda. Tori had found her way to the gathering, as well, and Reine was glad to see her friend around.

"We're just meeting the newbies," she explained, smiling. What was going on? Reine had no idea, honestly, and so she nudged Deryk, the only other person who seemed to understand all this strange talk, and was even contributing to it- maybe he could clue her in.

"What're they talking about?!"

He smiled and waved at Reine. “Hey!” Then Wilson took a large bite out of his pizza and as he continued to chew added, “Dunno. I’m sure the other newbies will show up soon.” A shrug before he leaned over to retrieve a cup of soda.

“Hasn’t returned yet? I wonder if he’s alright.” Wilson frowned. As much as he disliked the man, it wasn’t enough to be joyous over Caelius’ possible death, especially when his absence did not equal a new, nicer Death leader. Stacey didn’t sound all too promising in that aspect. Sigh. At the mention of raid group Wilson paused his eating and followed Deryk’s gaze at Justin and Ofelia. “Raid group?” He repeated. What kind of jargon was this man spewing? Deciding that he wasn’t going to ask at the moment, he noticed Sydney and waved her over. “Hey! Nice to see you again.” A couple other familiar faces entered the room and Wilson politely wave to both Bix and Tori.

Then Deryk started explaining. Wilson kept smiling, but it was clear the death trainee was only spewing more jargon to him. “That’s uh…great Deryk, really great.” He was just going to stand here and eat pizza while you talk about WoW and whatever.

"I'm surprised there are so few, honestly," she shrugged at Wilson. "I think there were more of us? I don't know how many to expect in terms of numbers, though." There wasn't a single person she recognised so far, from the trial; and she had been on pod duty long enough to be able to pick out their faces once she saw them.

Probably not a good idea to tell them 'I was watching you sleep,' she thought. Creepy...

Deryk's explanation made things slightly clearer.. just slightly. It was probably the same as if she tried to explain PCR to them or something, the difference was that she didn't pepper her normal speech with all those strange terms...

"Still sorta.. uh, recovering from the last.. raid, yeah," she tried, looking at Deryk to see if she was getting the term right.

Deryk stared at Wilson and Reine. They didn't quite look like they got it. Oh well.

"Don't try too hard," he said to Reine. While she had used it right, it sounded kinda forced.

Sydney gave Wilson a small wave and a hint of a smile as she headed for the pizza as well. It seemed that this party was meant for her and the others who had recently awoken. That meant it would be impolite not to at least take some of the food.

Izy said.

If you're teasing me, I swear--



She inwardly sighed, feeling a headache coming on from all his double speech, then grabbing a plate as she decided to ignore him. She didn't realize that she hadn't said a word, thanks to the ongoing conversation with her partner.