(mild skip to in the cafeteria and getting food blah blah blah) 

As Rin walked to an open table she noticed how many unfamiliar faces there were in the crowd. Between the ground troops they had picked up and some recent pilot transfers there were quite a number of new people. 

Richard stood at the far wall, chatting with a few guys. His attention was snagged by two women, one a blonde. "I'll see yall later..."  he mumbled as he moved in the woman's direction. As he approached the table he grabbed a spare chair, turned it around, and startled it with his arms crossed on the back. "Hey ladies, I'm Catch." he introduced.