Snippet #2347381

Songrose knew Ciel meant well, but still, saying that sort of thing, so the rest of the team could hear him, made her seem far too reliant. Probably affected how the rest of the group saw the leader. Khalid gave Ciel a brief glace, but quickly turned his attention back to the rest of the group. He didn't think he should be making himself a crutch for a team leader, even if he was her brother, but knew he couldn't do anything about it; not without upsetting Songrose. Instead, he nudged her leg again, urging her to continue, and to try to prove herself to be a leader, like she was supposed to be. Songrose took a deep breath as quietly as she could, then glanced at her paper and continued.

"Right, now that's out of the way...let's get ourselves out of this crowd and...find our groups room. Our dorms should be connected to it..." She hesitated, and was again shoved by Khalid. Why did she have to be a team leader? The teachers all knew how hesitant she was, and since she had been assigned that position, Khalid had gotten more and more insistent on pushing her to show more of a backbone. She glanced around at the other groups, then looked over her own group again.

"If you'd just...follow me...we'll head to the room...and get ourselves settled. We can...probably talk a bit easier there...maybe get to know each other better..." She glanced at Khalid before turning to lead the group to the room. As she went, she kept turning to make sure the whole group was following. She couldn't lose any of them, not on the first day. She tried to start some sort of conversation on the way.

"So...there's already a couple of missions floating around...we might be assigned one...if we can prove that we can all...get along..." She shook her head and bit her lip. Not much to go on, but really, what else could she try? Starting conversation wasn't really her strong suit, and she probably shouldn't have tried. Maybe someone else would have more luck with that. Khalid let out a low growl and swung his head into the side of her leg, making her stumble as she walked. She should have expected that much.

She was relieved when they finally found it, and was glad for something to do as she unlocked the door. It was basically a kind of living room, with one door for each dorm room, one for boys and the other for girls, and obviously the entrance. One bathroom in each dorm, too, that they would have to share with each other. Songrose glanced around the room, and nodded to herself, satisfied that everything was where it was supposed to be. She set her paper on the table in the center, then turned her attention back to the rest of the group.

"I guess...this is where we'll be staying...for a while. Let's try to not have too many...arguments, okay? We can't afford to be fighting each other all the time; not when...we're supposed to be fighting...whoever is making these...shadow Pokémon...and releasing them...to fight everyone else..."