The halls of the black order being rebuilt caused a stirring sound to constantly buzz through the rooms. The ticking of a clock passing by "tick" by "tick"
The shuffled footsteps of tired souls patted past a door. Empty stomach sounding off and limbs sore from constant battles in the hunt for innocence. Finally in the safety of home, and the smell of food gracing their senses, the groans and moans of the black order was finally shifting and waking.

Dressed in a plain hoodie and sweats, Lokota was propped in his bed, a pen waving through the pages of a leather bound book in silence. He was going through the ideas of fantasy, trying to describe the ideas the danced vividly in his mind so close that he could almost touch them, reaching to grasp what lay in his gaze.
A rasping sound on the door broke the spell though. A growl rumbling in his throat he found himself rolling his eyes when Lavi poked his head through. "Come on man, you can't stay in your room forever" A knowing smirk on his features were only met with the annoyance of blue and crimson orbs. "Yes I can, I was writing."
"You can write later, come on and meet the guys."

Being dragged through the halls Lokota stayed silent as Lavi happily explained what was going on. How they have new recruits besides him and that he was going to love it here.
Walking to the mess hall though all he did was break off from the red head, placing his books on a table and beginning to read. "Uh.Lokota, you going to get some food?"

"I'll get food later, I just want to read right now Lavi."

the "click" "tap" of red heels on hard floor echoed throughout the hall as Another recruit followed close behind a white haired young man, others called him Allen.
He was rambling on about the black order, Akuma, and this "innocence" as He lead the way to the dining hall, where apparently they were gathering.
However, Miharu drowned him out as she focused on her feet, She'd been giving him the cold shoulder ever since they left her home in Japan. Not that she minded leaving home, it was actually a relief. it was more the fact that she wasn't exactly given a choice that bothered her.

Upon entering the dining hall, Anxiety gripped Miharu as Many unfamiliar faces turned their attention to Allen and his newcomer. Her Face flushed a slight red as she met the glances of a few people. she couldn't help but fidget nervously with the frills of her dress as she slowly made her way to a table With as few people as she could find, and sat down. The Churning in her stomach would not allow her to eat. at least not around all the strangers.

Many people moved to greet her and she would simply nod politely in response, Very few words escaped her, despite the chattering of others around her. Said for the few, who like her, were shy newcomers sitting quietly and awkwardly.

"Hey pip squeak!" Lavi was already waving to the new comers, stuffing his face with his new forced shadow still reading. "Guess you got a new recruit? Nice, this here is Lakota, guy doesn’t talk much but he writes more than a bookman, might loose my job with the panda to him." Waving it off with a bit of laughter all lakota done was turn the page.

A sigh escaping his lips Lakota decided to look back up, closing the book in front of him and adding it to the stack. A gaze of ice and fire finding a girl dressed in red and looking to be as lost as he was. "So, you got dragged here? Sorry, guess not everyone gets a choice." Shrugging his shoulders he simply grabbed another book from the stack.
"Oh come on boomworm, let loose and get your nose up out of the pages. Least you can say hi to Allen."

"Hey Allen, I'm working and the loud mouth dragged me away. Nice to meet you all." Speaking with his head down he once again grabbed his pen. Writing down his thoughts while he was greeting everyone.

"the name's Allen!" The young man responded upon hearing Lavi's nickname for him, as per usual. He shouldn't be the one getting called pip squeak, Allen thought as he glanced at Miharu, who was even shorter than him. She looked almost like a Porcelain doll, he noted.
With A devilish smirk he returned his attention back to Lavi.

"ah, And Nice to meet you Lakota" He greeted the newcomer kindly before gesturing to Miharu "This here is Miharu, She doesn't seem to talk much either." Allen muttered awkwardly, Earning himself a glare from His newcomer.
There was a reason she wasn't talking to him. Though Allen didn't quite understand her reason for being so upset with him.

With a huff Miharu completely bypassed Allen And Lavi, Moving to greet her fellow Newcomer, And purposely Giving the two Exorcists the cold shoulder. Allen Glanced at Lavi in confusion and shrugged his shoulders, he swore he hadn't done anything wrong.

A small Sigh escaped Miharu as she sat near Lakota. "Well, I wasn't forced to come here, But I didn't exactly have a choice either" she Responded to Lakota's comment

@LunayMochizuki (Sorry, was getting ready for stuff tomorrow)

"Oh come now, once a pip squeak always a pip squeak. Though I have to admit Miss Miharu here is on the small size." A smirk on his features he gave a cat like glance to Allen. "Least her hight fits her."

Looking at the small woman Lavi gave a frown, he tried to say hello, a smile for a moment only to realize that she was not having anything to deal with ether of them. "Jeez Allen what did you do to the lady? Shes colder than Yuu"

Lakota watched the woman with a brow raised, sitting down as he listened to her words. "Don't think any of us do, its one thing or another." His eyes were scanning over the words as he spoke, as though he were speaking to another. "Came from Germany, I was lucky enough to speak the common tongue here..you?"

@CloseEnough (ah that's fine ^u^)
Allen shot Lavi a warning glare upon being called pip squeak again.

once again, Allen Simply shrugged "i don't even know to be honest.." He muttered to Lavi, careful to be sure Miharu couldn't hear. "it's not like she resisted coming to the order or anything.."

Miharu scanned over the stacks of books as she listened to Lakota speak. " Germany huh? I'm just a rich kid From Japan. with the rich Family and the Extremely high standards, I was forced to study, Alot, Including different Languages. I never thought I'd actually be putting that knowledge to use though." she muttered thoughtfully. Although she'd often found herself dreaming of going on Adventures. Who would Have thought her Dreams of adventure would come true.
She only wished it were on better Circumstances..She'd rather not have to fight.

"Well how did you ask? Did she say anything like she had something to do? you gotta be careful when working with the ladies Allen. Their delicate when it comes to leaving." His voice a whisper he kept his gaze on the two new comers, "least shes talking to someone. Lokota here only reads, never gets his face out of the book."

"Rich family? That must be hard. Guess you can say we were well off." Raising a brow at the comment of knowledge he finally looked up. He was a bit different, one could tell he was a foreigner with slightly curly hair and mismatched eyes. "You really never thought you wouldn't use other languages? Sorry but I have a hard time coming up with a explanation on why you would think that."

Closing the book he sighed, the leather bound beauty held carvings of just about everything, ribbons and pages of old sticking out of the side with a copper lock that bound it cover to cover. "You should eat, I hear they push you to missions the same day they figure out how strong your innocence is."

Allen shyly Scratched his head "well, no she didn't say much. Maybe I was too insistent..? But, she seemed like she Wanted to leave.." a sigh escaped the poor boy "why are girls so confusing..? I'm hungry."

"Well, I was supposed to be the next head of the family. I just never thought I would be leaving home at anytime, so I assumed I wouldn't be putting anything I learned to use. when it comes down to it, it's really the servants and assistants that do everything." Miharu stated plainly, shaking her head when Lakota insisted she eat something. "I'm really not Hungry." She argued, her social awkwardness still making her stomach churn.

"So how are they supposed to figure out how strong our Innocence is..? They wont send me off right away will they?" Miharu Inquired worriedly. Yeah she'd wanted adventure, but to be sent out to fight These, Akuma they speak of, right away, without any experience? They'd be sending her to her death.

@LunayMochizuki

Lavi had to give out a small laugh to that. "Your always hungry, anyway Lakota, don't get into any trouble, you see a guy pretty enough to be a girl than leave him alone, name's Yuu."

All the male done was shrug his shoulders, the idea for food starting to become a little more appealing till he saw the uneased look from the girl next to him. A brotherly instinct he gotten for his sister starting to show, his eyes softening from cold orbs to that of a guardian one would say.
"Don't worry, I hear its a test that is something like a screening in here. I doubt it would be anything that dangerous." Putting th ebooks aside he stood, leaving for only a moment to get a drink. His footfalls fading for a second he came back with two cups, placing one next to the girl without a comment till he took a drink himself.
"Least you should keep yourself hydrated, that part is more important anyway when it comes to staying alive."

Upon His return, Miharu would thank Lakota for the drink as she picked it up and took a sip. setting it back down before she spoke again, her eyes solemnly glued to the table.
"I'd always dreamed of adventure of course, but I think, this kind of adventure might be too much for me. I'm smaller than most people here and I'm really not that strong." she muttered before taking another sip.
this kind of Adventure would no doubt throw her into a lot of life or death situations. talk about a rude awakening..