It seemed people had already divvied up into their own groups, which left Maria at a loss. When Eileen had called out to look for friends for the five star bounty, the blonde shook her head when their eyes met. Even if she wanted to (and quite frankly, she didn't), her powers relied so heavily on others that she didn't exactly trust everyone to watch her back. Logically, she knew that they were all one team and all that crap; but old habits are hard to break. Not to mention that most of Blue Empire's members were probably used to doing their own thing during a mission, and would probably get thrown off by her getting attached to them by the hip. It was the main reason why she'd stopped herself from going after higher ranking bounties, and why most people still had very little idea of her abilities until now.
She studied the room, looking for any other groups she could join. From what it seemed like, Geraldine and... she frowned. His name escaped her, but she did know he wielded fire. From what Maria could hear of their discussion, it sounded like they planned to go after a four star bounty. Unfortunately she hadn't gotten the chance to even look at the bounties, much less look the creatures up. Such was the life of someone who moved too slow.
The temptation to sit back and simply pick up one of the lower star bounties was tempting. But if she wanted to improve, she'd need to challenge herself. She bit down on the rest of her treat, and moved towards the strange pair. "Geraldine, if your group still has room, I'll join." She inclined her head in greeting towards the fire-manipulator, who until now she couldn't remember the name of. "We should be allowed a three star at the very least, and I don't have a preference as to what we go after."
A smile formed on her lips as she made her usual request before any bounty. She'd never worked with Emery before, so he wouldn't know about it but at least Geraldine would. "I'm going to need to borrow something from both of you though." Hopefully his fire magic would be somewhat similar to Rialto's.