Scion meets the other knights.

While Scion's family had always been a part of the Rune Knights, while Scion herself growing up under her mother and fathers teachings, grew up running around these very halls, this would be the first time that the girl would present herself as a Knight. To say that she was nervous was an exaggeration... what if they took one look at her and decided she wasn't good enough? What if they saw how nervous she was and took it for weakness.

She licked her lips gently out of nervousness, then brought her hand up to her armored chest and could still feel her heart beating powerfully behind it.

"I can do this..."She muttered to herself before taking one step after another into the compound, attempting to keep her head high as looked forward to meeting new people...

Dederik had spent all of one hour working on his masterful plan the evening prior and now it was finally time to enact it. Or in this case attempt to enact it as he tried to carry a stack of papers so high that they went well above his head and they were seemingly only held together by the strips of leather running across their sides to form a cross shaped pattern on the top and bottoms of the stack. [i]“This, was not part of the plan.” The whitehaired male thought to himself as his red gaze attempted to peek around the sides of the stack of paperwork, only to have more than half his vision blocked on one side no matter what he did.

Clad in a Prussian blue military uniform with black boots and an iron cross on his tie Dederik stood idly just a few feet into the compound as she looked forward with a furrowed brow. A baby, yellow bird resting on the top of his short hair as it napped peacefully. “How to navigate a compound vis out dropping zis.” Dederik pondered outloud to himself as he tilted his head in thought. “I have to get it to zee lieutenant before her lunch break shortly…”

"U...uhm. Excuse me, sir?" Scion said softly, as she attempted to peer around the large stack of papers the Knight was carrying. Whenever she came into the man's view, she stood up a little bit straighter, adjusting her posture before she steadied her voice before speaking again.

"Can I help you sir? Those papers look like they are about to bury you." She said kindly, her mouth twitching into a smile that she was trying to control. The young girl wasn't wearing the classic Rune Knight uniform, however judging by the crest on her armour and shield, there would be little doubt that she was part of the order. She wore a chest plate that bore a guard that protected her neck, the rune Knights logo engraved into the chest. Her arms and legs were covered in the same metal while two pauldrons hung at her side, covering the lavender dress that she wore. For a knight, she looked rather cute.

A sudden though occurred to her... What if this man was a high ranking officer and she spoke completely out of line? Of course he would let her know if he was."I'm sorry it that was out of line Sir..."

It had been a while since Kocho had been to the Rune Knight headquarters. She was spending a lot of time at home, reading. She was preparing her mind for more jobs, trying to become more stable, as she was kind of an emotional wreck when it came to her spirits, but, who could blame her? She cared for them deeply. She was walking around the HQ after she entered quietly. She saw two people that she had never seen before. She ran toward them yelling, "Hi!"

At the sound of a meek voice speaking up nearby Dederik started to turn slightly to try and see who it was, moving his head from one side of the massive pile of paperwork to the other before settling on the image of a beautiful, youthful looking woman addressing him as sir in a kind tone of voice, when in reality he was merely a Private. A wide smile immediately swept across his features as his red gaze looked over at her, taking a single step forward as he spoke up in a friendly, yet commanding tone of a superior officer. “Ah, sank you Private. Hold out your arms und be prepared to follow, a man’s life may very well rest on zese papers reaching zere destination without any accidents. I shall le-“ Dederik was saying in his foreign accent before the sound of a young voice yelling greetings drew his attention, watching a young girl make her way towards them. “… Does she belong to you?” He asks as he turns his attention to his new paper carrier.

Towa had been watching Dederik play the role of officer to a possible new member, she sighed and got up from he desk and walked over. 

"Private Vonkaiserblitz if find myself in need of some coffee." she walked up behind him. "would you be ever so kind as to get me some." She turned to the new girl. "Lieutenant Towa Lamira." she held her hand as she spoke. "don't mind him he would be equal rank to you." Towa shot Dederik a look. 

Towa three alter selves came up to investigate what was going one. 

"So who the now lady?" Naomi said as she approached. Towa turned to see the three of them and smiled. 

"Good that your here, i have not even got her name." she turns to face the new girl again. "this is Naomi, Sariel and Izumi." she points to each in turn.

"Of course sir, I am happy to help"She stated as she reached up to help him seperate the stack of papers so that he could see better. She then stopped and turned around when the voice of a younger girl came up behind her and she looked at the newcomer curiously.

"Oh hello miss... oh... no she's not with me I have not met her yet... forgive my rudeness, My name is Scion Fennes, I've officially just started as a Knight today and it's a little nerve racking." She admitted to both of them, smiling at the young blue haired girl seemed to be extremely innocent. Her smile began to face however as another woman walked up to them, suddenly scolding Dederik for pretending to be a higher ranking officer. Even though her smile was fading, she chuckled softly as the man was caught in the act. She didn't mind him acting as such, he really did need the help. 

She balanced the papers she had taken onto her left hand, extending her right to shake Towa's hand respectfully. "It is an honor to meet you lieutenant. My name is Scion Fennes and I am just joining the ranks officially today." When she was introduced to the other girls, she gave a polite bow of her head to each of them.

Kocho turned to Towa and saluted. "Hello Lieutenant Towa! It's good to see you!" Kocho said energetically. She wasn't sure of what would happen next, so she waited for Towa's response as she looked at the new Rune Knight. The girl looked to be nice, and from the little Kocho new about her, she could tell that they would get along.

Mary walked in the room with the latest batch of reports of the internal investigation that she was given. It was enough to make one's head spin in a circle of the list of corruption that she had to deal with along with the paperwork. Sighing quietly she proceeded to enter the room of her old boss that she used to be a team with. Was she upset? Not really, there was always a rift between her and the people around her. One gets used to it after a while. However it was always nice to see new members of the Rune Knights join the ranks. With a smile she hanged back in the background and simply watched the happy family of brothers and sisters in arms. They would be forged in the blood and fire of battle when the time came. For now though... Mary would have to work alone.

"So who is the new recruit? Fresh out of training or drafted?"

Dederik plopped the entire stack of papers down onto Scion’s hands. “Vell, you aren’t drunk on zee first day. Doing vell already.” Dederik replied with a smile that didn’t falter even when he heard Towa’s voice coming from behind in an attempt to flaunt her superiority. Turning around while keeping the smile he gave her a low bow with a flourish of his hands. “Nien, my vonderful captain.” Dederik said before raising from his bow. “I shall get us some und a lovely snacks to go vith zem.” He finished before turning his attention back to the woman, watching as she started to separate that stack that he had so carefully prepared. Reaching out he lifted the vast majority of it out of her hands, leaving her with just a small stack that was just hardly enough to let him see over the top. “Sink you. Now if you vill excuse me, I must get going.” He said, flashing all of them a smile before walking off; leaving Scion there holding a small stack of completely blank pages.

Towa watched Dederik with mild amusement then turned back to the new girl. "Well it was good to meet you." she turned to leave but stopped. "Oh and make sure you report to your barracks before the end of the night." she walked out of the room to go do other things. Towa never really came off as friendly.

"I just finished my training, although they said I should have finished a long time ago... Thank you all for the warm welcome. I hope I can work with each of you in time" The young Knight stated happily as she turned to face yet another new face that had arrived. She wasn't sure of this new woman's rank compared to either of the others she met, and felt slightly awkward. What if she just didn't give them the respect they deserved? She took in a deep breath before smiling gently and turning back to the Lieutenant when she spoke.

"Yes sir, I will" She stated with the best salute she could muster with all of the papers in her arms before Towa left the gathered group of Knights. She then turned back to Kocho and Mary, bowing her head politely once more. "I'm sorry for being so much trouble but... could someone maybe help me find my assigned barracks... I know where they are... but I don't know which one I was assigned too..." Knowing her father, her room was probably already all decorated in lavenders with her polishing kits ready and sitting on a desk for her.

"Sure thing, can you hand me open your papers Private so I can escort you on your merry way?"

Mary chuckled as she could probably take them and look at them. Based off the fact she didn't salute back to Mary clearly meant she was either the same rank or superior than Towa. Mary however was never about formality or a stickler about chain of command. So with a look she saw that she was yet another member of Alpha Squad. Whistling she said, "That room is going to get tight in a hurry. Where did you put the footlocker with all your items that you were allowed to bring? I could carry that."