25 Temporary Party Established (2/2)
”Oh, hey! Great to meet you! I'm Belinda. I'm good at hitting things with my hammer.” Belinda said with an amicable smile. Her freckled face and large smile gave her a comforting and warm feeling. Although she wasn't the most beautiful woman, she gave off a village girl or girl next-door feeling. However, her words seemed to give of a different impression as they made her seem hyper and somewhat invasive, in a good way… probably. ”Is this your entire party? It's crazy to think that every member uses combat magic.”
Elric just lightly scoffed, ”Without a tank, your party is doomed to mediocrity. A party of only fragile rearguards will lead to your party being wiped one day.”
Belinda just ruffled Elric's hair and said, ”Don't worry about him, he's just being shy.” Elric seemed to be highly offended by the action and swatted away her hand with a large blush on his face.
While the two of them were fighting, or rather while Elric was complaining to Belinda and she just stood there with a large grin on her face, Rain approached Kalin, Artemis, and Yami. ”Greetings,” She said with a calm and soothing voice, ”my name is Rain. I am the only combat mage in the group. I specialize in fire magic, but I am also trained in frontal combat.” She had a calm and motherly aura about her, as her eyes seemed to be filled with a type of unconditional love for people. Approaching Kalin, she lifted him into his arms into hug. She rested him onto her breasts and placed her own head on his before sniffing his scent. ”Young lady, you smell much like my homeland. Do you perhaps hail from the north?”
Strangely enough, this strange action didn't make anyone present uncomfortable, maybe because of the natural aura she had about her, giving off the presence of peacefulness and beauty, like a field of flowers. Kalin just smiled as she gave him the warmest hug he had ever been given. ”I'm sorry, I've never been in the north. Moved here from a town about a half-day south of here.”
Deciding to release him, Rain walked over and hugged both the twins as well, causing Artemis to blush and Yami to yawn, threatening to fall asleep in her arms. Both girls wore their hearts on their sleeves, giving off their own adorable reactions to the over-familiar centaur. The seven of them started to talk to each other and get to know each other a little better as they waited for their last companion to show up. Well, it would be more accurate to say that six of them talked while Elric acted like a grumpy teenager, even though he was the oldest in the group.
As Vin was in the process of orating how the members of the party met, a knock was heard from the door as the last member of their party made themselves known. Wearing a full cloak covering her entire body, a dark-skinned woman with black hair entered the room. The hood of her cloak was down, revealing her face, but covered the rest of her body, save a hand that was holding what looked to be a large cloth-wrapped polearm, spear, or even battleax. She had a wild look in her red eyes and deep violet hair. She opened her mouth and spoke a single word, ”Iola.”
Taken aback by her introduction, the mood in the room got a little awkward. Though some people such as Yami and Rain didn't seem to notice, and Kalin didn't seem to care as he walked straight up to the woman and said with an outstretched hand, ”I'm Kalin, it's great to meet you, Iola!”
The amazon woman stared at the outstretched hand for several moments, the only sound in the room being that of the mood freezing. The air got tense as the rest of the members waited to see what would happen. Seconds passed by, maybe minutes. It was unclear as time seemed to pass by unbearably. Kalin just stood there with a crooked smile on his face with his hand still outstretched, as the Amazon woman just examined him up and down, seeming to judge each minute movement of his muscles.
After what seemed to be an eternity, she reached out her own hand to meet his own and grabbed it with a firm grip. Without speaking another word, she simply nodded.