The Quilava was understandably nervous for plenty of reasons. Being a trainee on the verge of becoming a new recruit for the Alakazam Explorer's Guild was certainly one aspect. The other was the pressure and fear of being issues missions that he might somehow fail at, even if he did enter the Guild without a hitch. And then there was one of Helios's personal thoughts, that the Sylveon he had been taking orders from for the past while seemed a bit too... forceful? Drilling? It just didn't seem natural for a Sylveon to be like that, Helios thought. But that was for himself, and nobody else.

The other trainee Heli had been with, meanwhile, did seem to have any care in the world, and was bounding up and down like the floor was red-hot. The Quilava only wished that he could have that kind of enthusiasm, even if only at certain times. He was oh-so painfully shy, though; it had taken nearly all his courage just to apply for the Guild in the first place. But as long as Heli had gotten this far, he couldn't stop now.

There was a few moments of awkward, bated silence as the group gathered for the ceremony waited for someone: Alakazam, whom Sylveon claimed was going to deliver a speech. Despite expecting it as soon as it was announced, there was obviously a bit of confusion and a hint of annoyance at how delayed the elder seemed to be. She called out several more times in increasing volume, before finally her shouts and banging at the door caught the attention of the Alakazam. Helios was certain at least one person snickered at the situation.