Nathaniel just watched and waited as the people arrived.  There had been no reply to his simple ‘Hi’ other than a smile before the woman backed off, seeming a little scared of him.  That hurt, but his thoughts were along the line of<span style="color: SeaGreen"><i>‘Good, she should fear you with what these damn things can do’.</i></span>He just studied her rather normal appearance for a moment more before there was a knock on the door and another woman entered, again around his age by her appearance.<br/><br/>What stood out about this one though other than the dirt that she tracked in on her shoes, was how underweight she looked from what he could see.  It looked like she rarely are at all, never did any form of exercise, and then add on to that her punk look.  He wasn’t sure he could trust her or rely on her for much of anything, ant that lack of trust in her showed in his own eyes as they met hers.  She was studying him like he was her.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“No, no idea how long we will wait.”</span>He answered her.   But what she sat next to drew his attention away from her with a double glance.<br/><br/>A purple and pink cushion or furry thing was there in the corner of the room.  It had not been there when he had first entered the entry hall and looked around.  When had that thing gotten there?  After a short moment Nathaniel closed his eyes and focused to send out a short pulse of energy out from his arm, eliciting a small quiet spark from the covered blue crystal in his arm that reached out of the cloth he covered the arm with.    You would have had to be watching to see the spark, but the energy pulse was invisible to the eye.  Only those sensitive to energy would even feel it.  The results of the pulse though showed bright auras around all the people, and proved that pink furry thing was indeed alive.  Nathaniel moved a bit so that the furry thing was always in sight after the initial surprise of it just appearing.<br/><br/>The pulse before also showed him the aura around the new woman that appeared through the door.  The glow around her also illuminated what appeared to be a hunchback under her trenchcoat that he saw when he opened his eyes.  Whatever she was covering up was alive as well, and was part of her by the color of her aura.  Was it shifting a bit as well on its own?  Great, he was going to be part of a freak show?  Too bad she was wearing the trenchcoat, he couldn’t see any more details on her body since the image from his pulse was wearing off now.  But he could guess she was around his age though as well.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Yes, we were also invited to EAP as well.”</span>He could see though by her actions that she seemed very hyper and cheery… completely different than everyone else.  Yeah, the bulge on her back definitely squirmed while he was watching it.<br/><br/>At the question about the purple and pink furball though, Nathaniel’s attention moved to it from the newcomer.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Same, that corner was empty when I walked in as well.  But it is alive and not some plush cushion.”</span>He answered as well, not elaborating on how he knew it was alive.  But that inspection ended when a new person entered, a very tall man in a not so cheap looking suit.  He was at least half a food taller than Nathaniel, but just looking at him it didn’t look like he had the allover athletic build and muscle that he himself did.  It looked like this man only ever really worked on his core, and not his whole body like Nathaniel.<span style="color: SeaGreen"> “I think we are waiting on three more.  There are nine packets on the table she is sitting on.  I think we each get one”</span>He answered, like everything else he was saying, ne did his best to make it sound neutral, not friendly, but not aggressive either.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>