[color=a0410d]"Splendid."[/color] The man in the coat smiled as PN61A agreed to include him in the show. He listened intently as she instructed him further, requesting his name and a fact. At this point, the applicants were watching with mixed emotions shining through their eyes. They were battling between impatience and the desire to begin the task they were so desperate to complete; more so now then they were upon the start of their trek to Roontah. Now the man's eyes moved from PN61A and focused on the group of weary applicants. [color=a0410d]"Very well then."[/color] Removing his pipe from his lips, the man blew smoke from his mouth until a giant cloud formed above everyone.

[color=a0410d]"You can call me, [i]Smokescreen[/i]. And as for a fact-I am the official examiner of this triennial Arc Academy Associate Test!" [/color]

Those who had left the crowd earlier now rejoined the group as they were made aware of the examiner's presence. 

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"It's about time."[/color] One of the applicants grumbled as he made his way to the front of the crowd, though he didn't seem particularly exhausted nor upset. Rather, he seemed like he was bored. He was also one of the first twelve to arrive at Roontah.

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[color=a0410d]"I congratulate you all on finding this location. This was a rather difficult challenge."[/color] Smokescreen continued. [color=a0410d]"If it is not already evident by the difficulty of the preliminary requirement of locating and reaching the city of Roontah, I am reaffirming now that The Arc Academy Associate Test will be extremely challenging. The tasks before you will only become increasingly more dangerous. There is a chance that you may lose your life, though I hope we can complete this test without any deaths!"[/color] Smokescreen had a sincere smile on his face still, his warning of danger entirely honest and without exaggeration despite him being equally genuine about wishing for everyone to survive.

[b][h3][center][color=ed1c24]Kenric[/color][/center][/h3][/b]

Kenric felt a sense of relief, though it was short lived as it was overwhelmed with his eagerness to start the AAAT; his gradual build up of determination and whatever energy was left in him. This was the moment that he and everyone else had been waiting for. He wondered how longer the examiner had been there watching them though. Did he really appear when they saw him? Or had he been hiding the whole time? [i][color=ed1c24]Did I get here too early or was he assessing the candidates after we all arrived?[/color][/i] But then, if that were the case, that would mean that those who arrived while he was observing had arrived too late and failed. And he didn't mention anyone failing the test just yet.

Shifting his gaze from the examiner back to the girls, Kenric wondered how capable they would be as actual candidates. They seemed to be bustling with a good amount of energy still, Miki leaping over the crowd without any reservation. Roxy arrived a bit later but she was still shouting her lungs out and giving her full effort to tasks that had nothing to do with the AAAT. PN61A . . . well she obviously wasn't quite a normal human being. Kenric really didn't know what to expect from her. Considering them and the rest of the unique crowd that had gathered here, this test would be just as interesting as it was challenging.