“I hear the other group finished their exercise before they got attacked.” Priya responds to Nicole, shifting from her seat at a nearby table to scoot closer to the Laurus group. The girl has a few small cuts across one of her chestnut colored cheeks, but she seems in good spirits. He chair makes a few rumblings of protest as she slides to settle next to Nicole’s couch.

“Only two of us finished before we got attacked, though.” Priya continues, “But Amanda rushed in, even though she hadn’t done her trial yet. It was so cool-—she transformed right there!” 

The blonde-haired girl, seated at the table that Priya left, glances up briefly at the mention of her name. She returns shortly after to a magazine in her hands, scanning the pages and showing a general disinterest in the ongoing conversation.

It doesn’t stop her friend from going on: “And I got a sword! Just like I wanted, remember I was telling you. It’s, like, one of those long, thin swords--“ The girl continues to describer her weapon in painstaking detail, pausing only when interrupted by a distressed puff of air from Cara, who also has decided to scoot nearby to join in on the conversation.

“You guys are lucky.” She complains, “I wish we saw one of those big Voids. The small guys didn’t even put up a fight.” 

As the conversation goes on Penny is able to pull up information on Void classifications and the NOI’s official ranking chart:

[b]𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚂[/b] – 𝙴𝚡𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝． 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚂 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗． 
[b]𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝙰 [/b]– 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢． 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙰 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜． 𝚁𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚒．
[b]𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝙱[/b] – 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢． 𝚁𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚒． 
[b]𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝙲[/b] – 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢． 𝚁𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚒．
[b]𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝙳[/b] – 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕， 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍． 

“So,” Says Cara, “I hear they’re finally going to let us out in the city, now that we’re full-fledged Ars Magi and everything. I didn’t get to see much of it on the way in, but I’m sure they’ve at least got a burger place or something out there. We should go, when we can. What do you say?”