"Hello! Welcome back. It's Kaede, right?"

"Right! How's everything? I see Terrana shared her cake."

"I think everything is pretty great. It's been a real uplifting week in terms of magic news. Terrana's back - I can't thank you enough for the part you played in that - and the monthly monster attack statistics came out and they're the lowest in three years, and the Evertree was driven back into the mountains with no casualties."

"Oooh that's amazing! Who did it?"

"I think the biggest factor was Starfire, Meniscus, and Chromadyne managing some kind of... Combined attack from far enough away that the tree wasn't damping their magic at all."

He beams.

The receptionist gets a bit of a playful expression. "Chromadyne's right over there if you want to talk to her, you know." She indicates the person with the rainbow armguards.

"I'll probably ask her, yeah," he says. "Should I leave any official things for later? Seems like you're having fun."

"It's alright, I'm still technically working. What do you need in terms of official business?"

"I've recently become a spirit bearer."

"...You're pulling my leg. Raiment, let's see the raiment."

Raiment!

"Oh my god this week is like something out of a novel. White, that means light, and a vest... Huh." She tilts her head, probably noticing the moderate androgenousness of the raiment. "Okay. How'd you get magic? If it's another genie I'm going to start calling you the genie whisperer."

He laughs. "Nah, it was the same spirit as Terrana."

"Nayalu of the northeastern rivers and lakes. Okay." Typeity type type. "Let me go grab some forms. Be right back!"

The group in the corner looked over, interested, when he started the transformation. Now they walk over and approach him. Someone who isn't Chromadyne says, "Welcome to the fold, since I'm assuming you're here to join the association?"

"I am, and thank you!"

"I'm Rey Carter, or more formally, Kalendra."

"Barbara, but call me Chromadyne." She flashes a wide smile. The third member of their little troop just waves.

"Kaede Park, no codename yet."

"Hmm, light elemental, huh? Could be good."

"Yeah," Chromadyne comments, "There's not a lot of us and light usually makes for nice ranged attack magic."

"I only have the one burny light sphere," he says, apologetically. "Doesn't do much yet."

"I started with a sort of lightsaber thing. Well, you're new. Everyone starts off with tiny weak attacks. You should spar anyway, we know how to hold back."

"Sounds like fun!"

"Want to go hit up the practice arena right now? I bet you'll learn a lot about dodging."

The silent-until-now party says, "Don't intimidate him, Chrome."

"Also I think I have some bureaucracy to go through first."

"Right, right, that stuff. You'll be tied up for days. What are you gonna do with your magic? Monster hunting, activism...? I guess that depends on what your first spell is and what other spells you get."