Satus had caught the other half of the peeled orange that had been tossed back at him. It was disappointing. Satus was disappointed. It would have been a spectacle to hit a member of the Black Class with an orange. At the same time though, he was somewhat confused. Despite completely nullifying the threat of the orange, Kaede didn't appear to launch any attacks towards him. Not only that, but the talkative Third Year had just made minor conversation with Kaede, albeit a rather hostile one. He had also suggested that he and Satus take a contract one day before leaving. Satus didn't have the student's name, making it rather difficult to follow up on the offer. Maybe the Satus would find him later and ask for a name.

However, the ninja was back at an impasse. He had no intention of entering melee combat against a Black Class member, but not doing anything would let the timer go off. In the time it took for him to consider his options, the timer [i]did[/i] go off. The piercing alarms had caught Satus off guard for a split second, although he quickly regained composure and braced himself for [i]something[/i].

[b][color=9e0b0f][center]"Congratulations! Welcome to Riddle Academy!"[/center][/color][/b]

Satus awaited for something aside from the greeting, but it never came. Satus considered the implications of the misinterpreted event. Students fighting each other, hindering each other and possibly coming close to killing each other over a greeting. Granted, Satus had assumed there would be some sort of explosion, but apparently not. Thinking about it rationally, it wouldn't really make much sense to blow up a portion of the school for that, but panicking seemed more appropriate at the time. 

Even so, the ninja had managed to gather something useful out of the event. It showed how some students react to "deadly" situations, although he wasn't able to pick out any particular students who this applied to; He had escaped before things went entirely bad, and took solace in the fact.

Barring the conclusion that Satus had made, he assumed that the greeting also signified the end of the introduction. More importantly, the two students speaking with Kaeda had managed to stall the fight long enough for the countdown to go off.

[color=7ea7d8]"Kaede."[/color] The boy said, trying to get her attention.

[color=7ea7d8]"I assume I can take my leave now?"[/color]