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[h3][color=b16edd]Reina Mori[/color][/h3]
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Nori's welcoming smile was having an effect on Reina--while the black-haired girl was trying to tell herself it was just a regular polite smile, she couldn't help but find it more sincere than that. Maybe she just [i]wanted[/i] to see it as sincere; it was a really nice smile, so much so that Reina had to keep herself from stealing glances at the other girl, using her brief explanation of her quirk as an excuse to look directly at Nori for more than a moment.

Reina watched Nori wordlessly pulling up her sleeves and crossing her arms, before feeling a light wind against her cheeks. The girl blinked in mild confusion, looking down at herself for a half-second before looking back to Nori, the air seemingly coming from her. 

[color=f49ac2]“If you don’t mind a constant breeze in your direction, then I don’t mind that gravity well of yours-”[/color] she said, still wearing her comforting smile.

Reina swore her heart skipped a beat. For what felt like the dozenth time, she quickly turned her face away from the girl, her hand moving up to play with the hair by her ear--an attempt to hide the faintest blush that appeared on her cheeks. There was no stopping the subdued, genuine smile that was brought onto her lips by the tickle of butterflies in her stomach.

[color=b16edd]"Th-that's fair,"[/color] she said with a nod, glancing to Nori. It felt like an understated response, considering how the girl's gesture had made her feel, but Reina figured Nori couldn't know how much it meant to her and wasn't expecting any other reply--besides, Reina wasn't even sure she could explain why herself, and certainly not in the heat of the moment. 

Waiting for her blush to fade, the girl threw a look around the room, meeting Tommy's eyes. He gave her a grin and a double thumbs up. The humour she found in the gesture helped settle her thoughts, and she returned a more subtle thumbs up of her own with a playful head shake.

Reina looked back to her group, finally letting go of her hair to stuff her hand back into her pocket. She noticed her own smile still hadn't left her face. The girl may not have been able to fully explain why she felt so comfortable with Nori's breeze against her, gently ruffling her hair, but just [i]being[/i] as comfortable and happy as she was even in such a new situation was enough for the moment. 

[color=f49ac2]“So now that our team is whole, what are your takes on that vote?”[/color]

Reina tensed up a bit at the mention of the vote, having briefly forgotten about it. Her smile finally began to wane. She hadn't wanted to leave a few minutes ago, and even less so now. A pang of guilt swept through her at her renewed selfishness--she wanted to spend more time with Nori. Tommy as well, for that matter. She wanted to see what the two were capable of, along with the rest of the kids. She wanted to grow with them all and learn from them, and do what she could to help them, if anything.

But if she wasn't good enough, she didn't have the right to do those things.

[color=b16edd]"I..."[/color] she hesitated, unsure if she should voice her thoughts. After a long second of mulling it over, she decided she wanted to hear Nori's and Fenrir's input. She could trust them. [color=b16edd]"I think it should be me, at least out of this group."[/color] She had to pause again, the words difficult for her to say. [color=b16edd]"I'm not really skilled or anything. I think Tumble... slipped up or something by sending me an invitation."[/color] 

The girl's brow furrowed as she retreated into her thoughts for a moment, her gaze shifting to the floor. She focused on Nori's soothing wind for a moment, before looking up again, her next words decided on.

[color=b16edd]"But I don't want to go,"[/color] she said with more conviction than either of her group members had seen from her thus far. [color=b16edd]"I want to improve quickly and properly earn a spot here."[/color]

She bit her lip, glancing around the smoke-encased room again.

[color=b16edd]"I don't really want to see [i]anyone[/i] go--if there has to be someone, it'll be me, but..."[/color] She paused for another moment of thought. [color=b16edd]"If we can't just refuse to pick someone, could we sort of... rig the vote? Make sure everyone gets one vote each--they can't kick us [i]all[/i] out on a stupid poll."[/color]

Reina caught herself, realizing she was being presumptuous in an uncharacteristic moment of what she felt was overconfidence. Nothing good ever happened when she let herself get like this, so she quickly reined herself in and tempered any forming expectations, her gaze shifting off to the side in some measure of shame and embarrassment.

[color=b16edd]"I mean, unless you two--you know--think that me or anyone else [i]should[/i] be gone and all..."[/color]

[i][@addamas] [@Leotamer] [@McFazzer][/i]