[h3]Katenka Makiri[/h3]
Well, there were a lot more people than she thought there'd be, that's for sure.

Katenka couldn't help but feel nervous.  To think that she'd been called for something like [i]this[/i], despite the fact that... Well, she wasn't exactly all that exceptional, or at least she didn't think she was.  Was she only here because of her great-great... She forgot how many greats there were... Grandfather setting up the original system at work here?  Not that she was going to go around admitting she was related to that... [i]Thing.[/i]  She hadn't even told anyone her name yet, just in case they made the connection.

Really, she'd just been trying to keep to herself for the time being, and so it was a bit awkward as she shuffled into the room, clutching a shard of wood to her chest as she headed towards a free circle.  It was something her great-grandfather had taken with him when he fled to America, something stolen from that abomination they both shared the blood of, supposedly a splinter of some artifact found in Britain.  Maybe it would help her get a decent Servant, although she doubted that.  She just knew there was no way she'd get anything other than the worst Servant, but she had to try anyway.  Taking a deep breath, she laid the wood shard in the center of the circle...