"Yep, it certainly could've, Izzy.", Nathan leisurely observed as he watched the two new members get comfortable. Somehow, this felt refreshing. Blair with her reserved, acutely smog self and Kisha with her hyperactive motormouth antics were quite a pair.
Oh, right, they'd have to assign pair now that Mauve wasn't here. However, that train of thought immediately derailed with a somersault as food was presented to Nathan. His eyes zeroed in on the target with bewildering intensity, before he simply walked over and grabbed as much as he had the right to - that is, approximately a quarter of the box's contents. Not a ingle more, Ismael would've never let him hear the end of it. "Don't mind if I do." With that, he hurriedly brought the small pile to his bedside table after gently nudging Ergia's charger aside before popping one in his mouth as he walked back to his previous spot.
Not that he hadn't listened to the flow of words, spewing forth from Kisha, but damn, what do you reply to stuff like this? 'Yes'? And as she kept on talking, Blair interjected. Well, weren't you the adorable one. His facial muscles contracted into a short, small smile, but his face obstinately refused to allow it to show. Although, it begged the question: where the heck did she spend her life before Beacon?
Following that, she too had gifts for all. Namely, statuettes. Wooden, lacquered, hand-carved, outright exquisite even by Nathan's standard. He took the wolf with a small "Thank you." before going back to his bed to set it right on top of Ergia's cylindrical form. The chocolates took all the rest of the available space right now. Then he once again came back to his spot. He understood the reasoning behind him getting the wolf from Blair's explanations - it had leader in it - but he wondered what that meant about her perception of her other teammates, if it meant anything at all.
Now, he wasn't the most talkative one and he was fairly certain Izzy had his lot to say. So, for now, he made a mental list.
- Assign partners after discussion or wait for initiation (his 4th or 5th)?
- Where had Blair been, that she'd never been armorless 'when males are around'?
- These chocolates are super good.