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Gretel had looked at the hand reached out to her for quite a long time before she shook it, barely touched. Her eyes twisted as the word "speed date" entered her ears, just a flash hard to catch. The trainee found Arland's words hard to follow, she'd understand each word when they are said separately, but not put together. She adjusted her lavender colored frame, slightly confused for how simple the task seemed to be. It felt weird but if it was needed for her workplace, she would do it.

A random talk for five to ten minutes, Gretel guess it would be fine. When the man tossed her a question, she immediately changed her mind. "Um." She touched the bridge of her glasses again, not sure what to say. "I-Iron man, maybe?" She frowned in uncertainy, it wasn't something she had thought before. She dropped her hand, "I admire his intelligence."

In normal situation, she knew she should ask him back, so she awkward added, "and you?" after around five to ten seconds later.

"Never did speed dating either." Ever shook his head a tiny bit, shifting to drop down opposite Ace. He didn't lounge, exactly; didn't have that same cool elegance that Ace seemed to. Instead, Ever leaned forward, arms looped loosely around his knees, boots carefully off the pillows.

"Mostly just bars or clubs. And then Tinder, once someone explained it to me...and very few of those were actually really dates." The idea seemed to amuse him, head cocked to the side as he took in Ace's expression. "Your eyes look amazing, by the way."

Nick had indeed noticed the slight gender assumption, but was entirely unphased. It was more accurate to assume she was a guy anyway, rather than a girl who did all those girly things like hair braiding and friendship bracelets... Why sit around painting your nails when you could go outside and actually DO things?

"'Sup," she said again, this time including the other three, and still working hard on this whole not swearing too much thing. After a moment of awkward silence, she glanced down at her clothes. What even had she decided to wear again? Slowly she looked back up at Lena.

"Good, you've got fuc- uh... cool hair," Nick finally replied. Wow this whole polite social thing was hard.

It might be that she was in an unfamiliar situation that she didn't realize she was being pried on. It would be an uncomfortable thing for Gretel if she was aware of it, however Land had made it worked somehow.

The one name from the man's mouth was gladly someone she knew a bit of, thus she could nod and add a comment like "He overcame his fear by himself, he's a brave man." However the second one was less familiar and she had to guess, "The - poker man.....? The mist trainee was relieved when her partner quickly changed the topic.

"Ravenclaw." Her answer was of absolutely certainy and confidence. The speed of her reply was within one second, it seemed to be something she knew so well. Who would hate Harry Potter series, seriously? The concept of hunter and sentiment weapon were magical enough and after joining, she learned that Halloween truly existed.

Based on the little information she had about Land, it was impossible to guess which house he'd be. "By the way, I'm from the mist division." She gave the hunter a glance, quietly waiting for him to give his part of answer.

Jolene gave Joy a blank stare, had this somehow not been a top ranking outfit? It seemed like a top ranking outfit to her. In any case she tried to just smile and nod then focus elsewhere in the conversation. "To tell you the truth, I thought it was just a meet and greet thing."

"Maybe it's simply a misnomer?" The pillows and lack of actual seating though made it seem like it was a dating thing, too, but she decided not to chime in about that thought. She went over and tried to very uncomfortably sit on a pillow. This was definitely too low to the ground but she pretended it was okay for now.

"I've never experienced a regular date, let alone a speed date so um... I don't know honestly? Do we just talk?"

In Gretel's mindset, the speed dating was a sort of orientation and it was strange not allowed to talk about their division. She didn't even realize she had broken a rule, the huntress gave Land another glance considering if Hufflepuff was a serious answer.

She felt strange when the hunter suddenly checked around and told her his division in the form of a whisper. Gretel nodded at the weird rule and agreed to keep it a secret. From his words, she was unsure if he was making compliment of her vigilance and chose not to reply.

He mentioned about her shoes, so she looked down to give them a look. "Uh huh. I like their neat and classy design. It's easy to mix-and-match. They do go well with formal wear." Gretel nodded sincerely, she didn't bring much with her when she left her home, the oxfords were one of her favourite.

Her eyes quickly caught the colorful bracelets Land was wearing and tossed him a question. "You know how to braid bracelets?"

Ace nodded while imagining as Ever explained the objective of speed dating. As an orphan, bar or club wasn't a luxury he could afford. He worked at one before though, that helped him perceived what it was like and followed the man's words without much difficulty.

He laughed, "Of course not me. People in general was what I refer to. But - I guess it does not apply here. A drink would be great, I would say the host do it on a whim so everything looks rushed. At least he's considerate enough to give us name tags." The tall trainee pulled his shredded tank, the sticker had limited area to adhere onto the fabric.

"I might be one of the few people who tried to talk to the shadow, got it angry and burned down where I lived." Ace leaned close, whispered near the hunter, his warm breathe blew against the hunter's skin. It was supposed something they should not be talking thus the trainee told quietly. He said it as an example of "weird".

It luckily didn't last long, "A homeless man thus became a hunter." The tall trainee leaned back and shrugged casually.