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</div></div><br/>"Grimm Studies, you say?" Akena looked a bit more closely at her schedule. "Yeah, look like we're at the edge of the emerald forest for this one. We should probably.."<br/><br/>Akena looked up to see Karmyne already rushing ahead. Actually she'd raised a good point. Did Nekro have a scroll? Would he even know that he had another class, where the class was, or how to get there? She looked at her two remaining teammates, and shrugged. Well, it would probably work out for the best. "We should head out as well. It's out first day, we should at least try to be punctual and pay attention. It's good to see our competitors too - sorry, classmates. Well, they're both, but you get what I mean."<br/><br/>Akena began walking to the class location, retreating back into her head. She'd been feeling a rather annoying despondence in her mind since this morning's workout. A sort of malaise with the leadership position, with the other teams, and mostly with herself. The solution in these cases was typically to go exercise again and work off the ennui, but she'd need to get through the full day of classes first. Nyx Astra felt a tad heavier in her case, even. Honestly, some good competition<i>would</i>be nice. Maybe a sparring match. She eventually made it to the forested meadow where their next class was to begin. There were some stone structures, now in disrepair and falling apart, littered around the forest. Older civilizations, perhaps? Or just decoration? Akena waved to Karmyne as the swordswoman scooted closer. Nekro was around too, thankfully. Maybe the puppy just had good instincts.<br/><br/>"Well, given our previous experiences with grimm at this academy," Akena couldn't help but roll her eyes as she said this, "they'll either throw some at us, or tell us to hunt in the forest. I don't mind either, but my guess is that this'll be our first real operation as a group. Or it could just be a relaxing outdoor lecture, who knows with this place?" Despite Akena's mildly sarcastic tone, she gave Karmyne a reassuring smile. They'd probably be fine even if they did need to fight, especially now that Akena had seen some of Robin's and Nekro's abilities. The fewer unknowns, the better. She drew her coat around herself as the breeze picked up. Her leggings were not doing a good enough job under the skirt. She made another mental note to get some pants.<br/><br/>Akena took the chance to scan the other team. LITE seemed to be a fairly cohesive bunch, and the four of them all seemed to know each other well, or were comfortable enough around one another. If their teamwork was good to match, then they were likely to be a strong opponent. WRTH was still an enigma, but Akena felt like that team could end up too reliant on individual strength, their members didn't seem like they got along. if LITE had individual strength and were strong in a group...by Akena's wild extrapolation, ARKIS would probably get crushed in a straight competition, even if their own members were incredibly strong. ARKIS, at least for now, just didn't have that cohesion. She felt a bit of a shiver run up her spine, an unpleasant one, accompanied by a jolt of indignation. This was her team, if they weren't the best, then she'd drag them to the top. Like grandma had told a young, 4-year old Akena, sometimes you just need to push birds off a cliff to make them fly.