"What do you think it could mean?" Kotone asked, looking at her own tally. "I don't know who this is..."<br/><br/>"I got Nara Naomi." Makoto said, pinching the tally with a tiny grabber protruding from one of the 'weapon bays' located on top of her puppet.<br/><br/>"Please go inside." One of the Chuunin offered, extending their hand to the door. Maki left them with a warm goodbye and good luck, and the Sand nin entered through into a hallway, which was blocked off at the center with the barricade hosting a sign that pointed to a doorway on their right. 'Chunin Exams Written Portion' was neatly printed next to the arrow pointing out the classroom.<br/><br/>Before they even entered, they could hear all the other genin talking over each other. Inside the classroom, there were at least a hundred of them. Some seated, some standing... but there were six separate groups of chairs. One, it appeared, for every village, and another for the minor villages. Yuki saw Kasumi with what must have been her teammates- a pale-blue skinned girl and a woman with white hair.<br/><br/>Bakumi was there as well, chatting up a giant of a man over at the Iwagakure group. Makoto made her way over to the Sunagakure side of the room, figuratively elbowing her way through some crowds. There Yuki spotted some of the faces he had gotten familiar with over the years- the sand sisters were of course the center of attention- two gorgeous blonde girls, one a master of Iron Sand, and the other a master of Salt.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Why would they split us up?" Kay asked, holding her own tally, "All these things are about teamwork... how're we supposed to work with a team of people we never met?"<br/><br/>"I got someone named Haitsuchi." Kurai sighed, "Never heard of 'em."<br/><br/>"Please follow the hallway down to the classroom on the right." The Chunin answered Jin-Ryu, not bothering to answer his question in any detail. Tarui lazily bid them farewell and the trio entered the room to a mass of genin talking amongst themselves. The crowd was divided into six groups, by all appearances. The color theming of their clothes indicated that the division was by village, with a final group for the minor villages altogether.<br/><br/>It was almost hard to hear one another over the sound of everyone's conversations, but apparently the exam hadn't yet begun in earnest. Jin-Ryu spied the sand sisters, moving out of the way to accommodate a team that included a girl in a giant puppet of all things. Among the minor village group, red-eyed Mibu Niwa sat between her two 'chaperones', looking quite thoroughly unimpressed.<br/><br/>He saw familiar faces among the Kumogakure group, though they still looked at him with the relative coldness that anyone regards an 'outsider' with.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">I know it's all known OOC already, but Jin-Ryu's assuming a lot about splitting up the teams this early. :P</div></div><hr/><br/>"Could be." Kodoku said, scratching his cheek, "Everyone has a target and everyone is a target? That sounds more like an individual event, though..."<br/><br/>"Maybe they're doing something new this year." Teru flippantly offered, patting Shiromaru as she looked at her own tally.<br/><br/>"If you would, please continue down the hallway to the room on your right." One of the Chunin offered. Hanabi closed her eyes with a smile and wished her team one final good luck. The room was bustling with life even before they entered, a myriad of voices all in cacophony from behind the doors. The genin were divided into six groups of chairs, one for each village and another for the various minor villages in attendance. Predictably, most people preferred to keep to themselves.<br/><br/>Azuki spotted the shark-looking girl, looking utterly bored of existence, sitting next to a striking young woman in a bikini and a white-haired princess-type. Haitsuchi was sitting down, though he still towered over some of his comrades in Iwa. He was talking to a wild-haired woman in a brick-patterned skirt and a midriff-revealing top. Over at the Konohagakure group, she spotted some familiar faces- Himawari and their old academy peers.