Of all the students in the crowd, none had a bigger smile than Roland. While the beginning of the assembly gave him a slight panic attack, with Reiko basically calling him out at the start. His fear slowly turned to excitement as she continued, however, due to the grand announcement of missions. Missions. He couldn’t believe it. This early on they were about to get a taste of the Dawnslayer life. Even if he and Circe hadn’t figured out what the creature was, those nights in the library’s bestiary section wouldn’t go to waste now.
To no one’s surprise, Roland was the first out the door when Reiko dismissed them. He had to see if he was on the list. Surely his displays in Yurius’ class or even his devoted research were enough to prove himself. Stopping in front of the bulletin he quickly read the names of Team A. Nope. Not there. Team B. Nothing. Frantically he continued reading each team praying his name would be listed. Finally, his gaze reached Team U and the first name assigned to it was his.
“YES!” he exclaimed unable to contain his enthusiasm. Realizing his sudden outburst had startled some of those around him, Roland awkwardly chuckled and apologized before composing himself enough to read who his teammates were.
First there was Lumen, he was acquainted with him but only through Duncan, so friend of a friend really. He did remember having a strange feeling around him despite there being no sign he was undead. Perhaps now he could figure out why. Next was Ceiran, while he didn’t know him personally, he had heard rumors of this guy acting a bit strange at times but no one knew why. Hopefully that wouldn’t be too much of an issue. Then there was Circe, Roland’s study partner. Despite spending hours upon hours every day together, Roland actually didn’t know much about her. Most of the time they just exchanged notes and ideas on monsters they had read about. They never really took a break to just talk. Maybe they could get to know each other on this mission?
Accompanied by Mako and Yurius, their task would be to identify an unknown creature causing issues in the abandoned industrial district and stop it by whatever means. Sounded easy enough. Probably would be considering it was assigned to an entire team of first years. Still, Roland wasn’t about to complain even if this did turn out to be a simple rat problem. He wanted to help the Dawnslayers, and if that meant doing the tedious work for them to focus on the important stuff, then so be it.
Wanting to get a jump on things, Roland looked around to see if he could spot his teammates. Lucky enough, Lumen and Ceiran were already together by the stairs. He pushed through the crowds to get to them just as Lumen expressed his hope of not bringing the team down.
“Don’t sell yourself short.” Roland said giving Lumen a pat on the back.
“You wouldn’t be on a team if you hadn’t already proven yourself.”Checking behind to see if he could find Circe, Roland spotted her just in time to catch her walk by and signal for him to follow. Giving her a nod he turned back to Lumen and Ceiran.
“One second guys, I’ll be right back.” He held up a thumbs up before chasing after Circe.
“Hey, what’s up, teammate?” He asked with a playful wink. Roland was having a hard time holding in how much he was looking forward to the mission.
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It was rare for a teacher to be as surprised as the students when it came to the announcements. But today proved to be one of those times as Kromric’s eyes widened at the announcement of missions. They were only in the first week of school yet they were sending the students out on missions? Something told him deep down that this would not end well. He hoped his feelings to be wrong, but with that thing still on the lose, it was hard to not to be concerned.
While the students chaotically ran out the doors, Kromric lagged behind with the other teachers. The lists would still be there after the others had read them, no point in rushing. Slowly the crowd dispersed with many leaving disappointed. The teachers usually brought up the names of those they thought gifted to Aria, and it seemed they were the ones she selected for these missions. Once the bulletin wasn’t as crowded, Kromric moved forward to see which group he’d be watching over.
There was Duncan, a centaur, if he recalled, who knew how to shoot an arrow and could keep up with one too. Sonia, an arachnid with a truly gifted head on her shoulders. And Trey, the only human in the lot but one that could move like a shadow on the wall. The other teacher coming with him was Tholl, a teacher Kromric was well acquainted with as economics and equipment management went almost hand in hand. All in all this was not a bad bunch even if they were all first years.
Unable to look over the crowd for obvious reasons, the dwarf followed Yurius’ example and stood to the side of the board. There he waited eyeing every student who walked by too see if they were one of his.
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