With all of the hype and happenings that Dahlia was experiencing, she couldn't help but smile. Experiencing new things was always fun! Really, she couldn't overstate how excited she was for this. The initial ice had been broken, and all that was left were the showings of grandeur and vaudevillian action, then Dahlia would be (albeit probationary) adventurer! Really, nothing could go wro-

THWACK.

A major collision struck Dahlia and pushed her into the goddess. From there, the three of them had contorted into a human ball and rolled across the floor, only to stop when they collided with the wall. Dahlia made no effort to get up. Really, she thought that the people of the Athena familia just had very strange greetings for themselves. Not to mention, Dahlia was 100% in a comfortable position, resting gently between two others. She had slept in worse positions, definitely. She was in no rush to get out.

THWUMP. PLAP. TWUMP. KROMP. THROOLP. BOMP.

Now afflicted with groovy spine syndrome, her body resembled more of an surrealist painting than an actual human form. The six following collisions had contorted her body into a gross mix of pain and suffering. Still, she didn't move except for forcing her spine to not snap in half. What a strange greeting the people of this familia have, she thought. She'd mark this down in her encyclopedia, filed under "non-standard greetings of adventurers".

"So, urgh, hello-ow to all of you. Do you happen to, argh, know the cultural history of this greeting?"