Enough time passed since Rio left the group to find herself sitting on one of the benches in the academy's courtyard, staring blankly at the sky above. Her mind kept re-playing how the day went, trying to figure out how she found herself in this situation. She was an idiot not to join a team earlier- she shouldn't have dawdled like she did. Now Rio found herself in a barely functional team, of which one member got on her nerves to a painful degree. But what did she really think of all her new team members?

Atlas was the only person she's ever really interacted with in the past, and now her current team leader. His skills were nothing to sneeze at, but it made her angry when she thought back on how he made a fool out of her. Even more so when he keeps trying to be humble and play his own abilities off as nothing special- rubbing salt in the wound by implying Rio's skills are subpar. But he's the only one she can't argue with, as much as she'd like to. His actual leadership skills also left something to be desired- why did he bother reviving the team if he wasn't up to the task? The more Rio thought about it, the less she seemed to like Atlas...

And then... Laudat. He is every bit as indecisive as she'd imagined, slacking off at every opportune moment. Well, it didn't seem to hamper his skill in the simulation at least. As long as Laudat kept performing, Rio shouldn't have to worry about that slacker. There was also Sara, who seemed to be the only reasonable one out of all of them... and also the only female besides Rio on the team. Figures. She had her head on her shoulders and seemed engaged enough, which makes Rio wonder how she ended up on a disfunctional team like theirs to begin with. Considering her skill and the sponsors she claimed to be able to get, it was surprising that the girl hadn't been picked up by another team...

Then the last person of the merry little band was... Gurevich. A snide know-it-all who's got it all figured out. If they were such a hot-shot then Rio would have preferred them to have found some other team befitting of their 'genius' and 'talent'. Still, she was stuck with them... the best she could do was avoid talking to him when she could. Still, with a team like that... their chances looked slim. They couldn't even form a cohesive unit against level forty AIs... most teams at this point could easily take up to ten levels higher.

Rio shook her head, dismissing those thoughts. They were freshly formed and had no idea what each other's GEARs were capable of, of course they'd be disjointed. She pondered calling off the meeting- it's not like Rio was in any rush to take over the family business. All her father would be trying to accomplish is giving her a taste of the experience, anyway. Plus, she can't defend her own performance out there. It was frustrating to think about, but she struggled with a single brawler while the rest of the team cleaned house around her... she was [i]not[/i] going to be the weak link. She's tired of always being the weak link...

A buzzing from Rio's pockets snapped her back to reality, seeing it as a text from her roommate. Seems they were out for a while, so Rio had the room for herself for a while. Since she had nothing better to do, Rio headed back to her dorm to get some rest and put this hectic first day behind her.