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Well, that was not the reaction he had been expecting, he kept watching as, mhm... meh fuck it, Lily kept stammering half formed questions and sputtering panicked sentences, he was kind of impressed truth be told what with how long could she keep going between breaths. Sadly before he could clear the misunderstanding they had already arrived at the adventurers guild and were gawking at the establishment (himself included). Still, considering how their first two interactions went this last one had ended with top marks and a little sticker on its forehead to show how good it was.

He was great at the whole 'socializing' thing

[quote=The Guild Master Lucy]
"Hello there," she greeted as they approached.  The north-easterner Elf never forgot a face, so when she saw them, she immediately knew that they introductions were necessary.  Getting up from her chair and walking behind the desk, her little pet dog, Scribble, jumped off her shoulder ran past the party down the stairs.  "Lucinda Bottrill.  Call me Lucy.  How can I help you?"  After realising that they were greener than leaves in the spring season, she informed them that before she could offer the guild's services, they would have to register their party.  "I'll be needing you all to scan your crystals, if you please.  And I'll need your party name and your chosen leader, thank you. Then I'll be able to help you with whatever you need."
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He remained silent as his party went one by one registering and asking their own questions, laughed at Zell's failed attempts to set a party name ([i]Zell's Angels was kind of rad actually[/i]) and perked up in interest when Lily asked about the fallen adventurer, he could guess that was the ghost he had seen aiding her but he was puzzled over how many details she had picked, he just saw silhouettes.

However, his mouth set itself into a thin line when they decided who to pick as the party leader.

[quote=Second Chance?]
"As for the leader; you don't need two guesses as to who gets my vote.  My Mexican brother from another mother, the healin wheelin dealin light-beamin, James 'The Brain...' what is your surname?"

"James would be a good leader and I support it"

[color=gold]"I'll concur with Adam and James, James should be the group leader."[/color]

[color=Pink]"You would make a fine leader, James."[/color]
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Their enthusiasm and quiet acceptance of him was touching even if he was not sure about it himself, he would have personally voted for any of the others, in his opinion they all had more than enough charisma to fulfill the role and leadership was a skill that anybody could learn. But he wouldn't refuse the role if they all were so on board with it, maybe he would go wrong somewhere or perhaps everything would end fine, either way, he would make his best so no one else died again. It was the least he could do.

[color=6ecff6]"Well now yall made me blush, hope that was what you were going for"[/color] He tried to change his grimace into a grin, but failed [color=6ecff6]"Serious talk, I will try to be as good for you guys as you are to me, thanks for the vote of confidence"[/color] He stepped towards the Guild Master and registered his crystal, but her explanation about what they were caught his interest, was she being metaphorical or [i]literal[/i] because then that would have some pretty strong implications and some of them were slightly uncomfortable, he discreetly looked around and caught Zell look of startled comprehension, his quick look and quiet 'bruh'.

As Mac shared her Party name he agreed with her [color=6ecff6]"I like it"[/color] it was really fitting and sounded dramatic enough to not be confused with others,

He waited until the Guild Master finished the process and then choose to talk again, they had been promised this conversation for long enough. Part of him resisted the idea of what he was bout to do, as it would throw all ideas of subtlety out of the window and set the house on fire but he was sick of not knowing anything damnit! so he decide to take a calculated risk.

[color=6ecff6]"Speaking of cubes there is something else we would like to discuss, but I would like to add some context first"[/color] He met the eyes of his party member, both to let them interfere in case they had objections and to gather a little more confidance [color=6ecff6]"Aproximately a day ago my friends here, me and two others woke up on a little town I think west from here[/color] He gestured with his head towards Adam for confirmation or correction but didn't look away from the GM [color=6ecff6]" Hommas if you know about it, the problem is that we all woke up in what the locals described as 'stone coffins fallen from the sky' with no familiarity with -and I am not exagerating- this [i]world[/i], we asked the locals if they knew what happened to us as we were all disconcerted with what was going on but they were as baffled with it as we were"[/color] It was not the exact order of events but she didn't need to know that we were seconds away from coming to blows with the local guards minutes after dropping.

Now that he was recounting the events he realized how outlandish the next part was going to sound [color=6ecff6]"Before long, however, there was a call from the sentries that an army of undead was nearing the walls accompanied by a duo of ogres, we decided to help after the local Commander asked for assistance"[/color] He distractedly traced the links of the inert weapon wrapped around him, remembering how its original owner- its TRUE owner singlehandedly dueled one of the ogres [color=6ecff6]"The battle was grueling, the undead were too many and the ogres were too strong but we managed to eke out a win with some loses to the town guards, the thing that helped us win was that when the undead leader was defeated it dropped a cube that made all the others undead flee on fear. The commander told us we needed to bring it to the closes guild branch and sent us in this direction but on the way here we were ambushed by some fuc-!"[/color] He paused then took a deep breath, letting out his anger was not going something productive to the conversation [color=6ecff6]"by some person in armor who used water magic and possessed great agility and strength, we managed to fend him off at the cost of severe injuries and two of our friends lives."[/color]

He turned towards his party [color=6ecff6]"Hey guys I lost track of who was guarding the cube, could one of you kindly give it to her?"[/color] Once the cube was in her possession he let out a breath and directed his next words to her [color=6ecff6]"Please don't take offense but could you kindly explain what the [b]fuck[/b] is going on?"[/color] He tried to resist cursing but all his frustrations were simply too great right now, all the pain and grief he had accumulated over the last 24+ hours were at the forefront of his mind and he just wanted some answer. [color=6ecff6]"Please?"[/color]

Almost all their cards were on the table right now but frankly, any answer would be worth it, anything was better than the uncertainty.