Angie, the friendly face of the Montréal enclave, is keeping an eye out for interesting looking people to invite on a supply run.
"Mhm, let's talk mana gathering strategies on the way down or after, if we're going to do that," Angie suggests, starting off in the direction of the door.
Alex wraps an arm around Zed's shoulders for a moment, squeezing, and then nudges them after her.
They start walking towards the doors.
"The spell takes about a minute to get through, everyone should have what they want to find in mind during. I'll start it when we get closer."
Alexius heads that way too. "I can take point if Lily wouldn't mind letting me test out one of those shield bracelets, just for this run. I'm a tad more resilient than the average thanks to my affinity and I have a darn good envelope shield. Will be casting in Latin, FYI."
Alexei slips their shield bracelet around his wrist for now, and sets to circling the group with a focus on the back, if Alexius is planning to take point.
Tomonori will focus on his list and look for mals.
He will only see a mal if it is within visual range so it's not that helpful.
Alexius puts on the bracelet, makes sure no one is listening who doesn't want to be, and recites a poem in Latin. There's a faint shimmer around him, indeed looking a bit like a wetsuit, and he grins. "Oh this is nice. I can be the first one to open toolboxes and such. Combat folks, please blast anything that tries to nom me. I'm decent at close combat but more defensively oriented than offensively. I believe the hip young video gamers call this strategy tank-and-spank."
Onward.
(Sara, the Montréal junior, takes whatever side Alexei is neglecting, along with occasional double-checks - she has more experience, after all.)
Well, if they're all going to be so nice about it Nia is happy to take the middle and watch the ceiling.
Miguel has no idea how to talk to people and he's starting to get the sense that's going to be debilitating, here. But he makes himself follow along. Maybe no one will challenge him on this?
"If you want to join, walk a little closer, think of what you want to find, and I'll add you to my spell."
Oh good that's a better outcome than expected. She's pretty and friendly and doesn't look like she's stunningly rich and has been her entire life, which a lot of the kids do. Is that a standard English greeting or is she not a native English speaker either? There are black people in America. Is she even black or is she Indian - "Nice to meet you to," he says, before he can further overthink this.
"Uh, yeah," he says to the other guy, even though he's not sure what spell that is or if it's a good idea. He'd like to find.... canned food? That trades well at home. He doesn't know what trades well here.
"I think we agreed to look for school supplies first," Angie tells him as he moves in closer. "Zed knows the way, but they also have a spell to point us to the best supply room. Hopefully one that hasn't been overpillaged..." On the first day, with a group this size, that should be safe enough.
Here, paper paper paper. Some cardstock and Sharpies would be nice, too, for signs and making his own cards. Check for mals, check for mals, check for mals, knife scuttling thing before it bites his ankle. Envelope shield is nice but no sense being wasteful.
Here, paper paper paper.