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</div></div><br/>Akena stood listening to the two admin's speeches, only half-way paying attention. She had a gash across her abdomen, and the other members of her team were hurt and worn out - looked like Nekro and his partner weren't doing super hot either. Then again, that was probably what the staff expected from them - able to carry out their duties, even after a stressful fight. Akena blinked at the other two teams - they seemed capable enough, but what was said next caught her entirely off guard. Team ARKIS? Five people? And she was the leader?<br/><br/>Akena bit back a groan. Sure, she had taken charge in some way back there, but she was hardly leadership material. She was more of a 'leave me alone so I can do my thing and I'll do my best to help' kind of person. Coming up with plans was her forte, but this felt a bit too much. She'd always imagined being in an advisory role, the power behind a throne, or something like that. A housing memo pinged onto her tablet, grabbing her attention. She read over it, aware that the team was waiting for her to say something, trying to push it off as much as possible. She was nervous, and she had to catch her breath before she would say anything. Was she expected to be authoritative? To lead them in exercises? She barely knew them, having just met them. The one who was with Nekro she didn't know at all. Akena told herself to calm down. These were the expectations placed on her, just like the fight she had gone through.<br/><br/>"I'm Akena Maris, as you've heard. You can just call me K for short." She turned to the team - her team, she thought - and started speaking, ignoring the fact that she was also shorter than all of them. Akena channeled a bit of her grandma. After all, who better to base her leadership on than a cranky old crone that kept an entire crime syndicate under her ornery heel? "Just for starters - I'm not gonna micromanage you." She forwarded the message to her team's tablets. No reason why they shouldn't have that info on hand. "And as important as it is for us to get to know each other being a team and all, we're worn out and beaten up. Introductions can wait after we get ourselves looked at and settled in. I'm gonna head off the to infirmary, but you're all free to go - you know where the dorms are now. It...looks like it's all one single room, so we'll have plenty of opportunities to talk later."<br/><br/>She tried to gauge their reactions. Akena wasn't trying to exert any authority, and wanted to make it perfectly clear what kind of leader she was going to be. Everyone was free to do as they pleased, but they were still a team and should work together. She'd give them what they needed, and try to be as clear as possible. It was a good start, she hoped. Nekro was the one she knew the best, but not by much, and he didn't seem like the type to really listen to directions - which was fine, independent thinking was important. Red was dependable, that much Akena knew after being in a fight with her. Glasses was tenacious, and a good tactician at that. Nekro's partner - she tried to look for some kind of discerning feature on him, eventually just landing on the way he had been avoid eye contact with them before the trial. Mr. Eye Contact she didn't know, but if he got through the trial, then he was obviously no slouch. He'd be the first one she'd need to learn more about. Well, everyone, really, but she had no bead on him whatsoever, and that bothered her.<br/><br/>"I'll see you all at the dorms. I'm gonna go get this looked at." She gestured at the now scabbed-over gashes across her stomach, framed by her torn silk shirt.