"I must admit, I'm not particularly familiar with big city traditions like this. Personally I think I'd prefer the formal version, although this has proven entertaining at the very least." The thought occurred to him to look for hidden cameras, as though they were being manipulated into performing for some kind of TV program.
Time was called shortly, and a new set of instructions came in. Initiates who believed they had found their teams were to gather before a woman with a clipboard left of stage for verification. They would then be admitted for official acknowledgement and assignment by the man from earlier, who was standing before a large screen with four images of empty picture frames.
Based on their position in the room, the group found themselves close to the front of the line with only a few teams ahead of them. The rush to get in line was just as frenzied as the rush to find teammates, with one group in particular shoving their way past Hagane to position themselves towards the front. "Joke's on them," Hagane muttered to his team. "We shall all have to remain in this room until the end of the ceremony regardless of who goes first or last."