In the various classrooms amongst first years, they were being given instructions by their professors. These instructions included how to bid on a student in order to fill out their class roster. The details were that a sheet was given with the names of all seven students, with a section for priority as well as a section next to each where you put the amount of Crowns they were most willing to spend on them. After all bids were delivered, Headmistress Sarina Finnel and her assistants would go over them, assigning the students to classrooms based upon the priority and amount of Crowns being spent. In the event of two or more classrooms with the same priority level of a student, the classroom that received said student would be the one which was willing to spend the most amount of Crowns on them. This was fairly simplistic. 

 

To make matters more complicated, however, a caveat was thrown in stating that the minimum amount of Crowns to be bid was 100, and the increments must be in 25 Crowns. Furthermore, a percentage of the Crowns spent would be given back to the students individually. While the actual percentage wasn't declared, even if it ends up being one percent each, at minimum everyone in the class would receive 1 Crown; the odds were good it was more than that, however, so it made some classrooms want to spend more to acquire the student they most wanted. 

 

Among the multiple documents detailing the seven students who just participated in the first event of their Academy, different reactions and priorities were being seen. 

 

In Solar Class, the students were less discussing scores and combat potential and most enthralled by the looks of a certain red haired young woman. Chloe Cooper seemed to be their first pick with Katrina Brink as a close second. This, it seems, is largely due to the overwhelming male to female ratio in the class. Unable to persuade the male population, the women were fed up and had no choice but to leave it to them with the condition that they don't spend more than a half of their total Crowns.

 

Order Class, however, was trying to decide how much to bid on certain individuals they would like. They narrowed their candidates down to Aisha of the Northern Grove for her fine display of combat, and Remi Naslund for not only combat, examination scores or Magicka Theory knowledge, but also due to him being particularly handsome. In this class with mostly women, a dashing young man would be most welcome. Issac Hughes was a second candidate. Their talks devolved into debates of how many Crowns to bid, as they do not know when or how much more they will receive or how to earn them, nor how they might be forced to spend them in the future. 

 

In Chaos Class, their discussions were mostly logically derived upon examination scores. They discussed which of the seven students would excel in certain events should they happen. Knowing some of the school-wide ones already thanks to talks with their professor and some of the Council upperclassmen the students happened to have earlier in the day, they had a leg up on the other classes. They also had knowledge that certain rare usable pillar combinations could prove extremely beneficial in the long term. Using this knowledge, their first choices were Remi Naslund for his Restoration Magicka capability or Katrina Brink due to her use of Order and Chaos Magicka, both of which are quite rare to find, especially in Invokers. They are exceedingly rare Magicka users. Those two choices were followed by Aisha and Richard Rosmith. This was due to the latter two of them having multiple first or second ranked exam scores.

 

From the Spirit Class, talks were about those who would bring them in for the cheapest amount of Crowns. They, as a class, decided they were well rounded enough to not really care which of the seven they received. The threw modest amounts of Crowns at the candidates they'd like, but with a minimum of 100 Crowns, they decided not to spend too much for whoever it is they received. Their highest bids went to Remi Naslund and Issac Hughes. 

 

In the Element Class, they were discussing the merit to purchasing one of the students who were adept at combat. This was due to their discussions detailing that not many of their class has much Magicka combat experience, so they would love to have someone who they know is capable of being their class Ace. Of the three high rank candidates, those being Katrina Brink, Remi Naslund and Aisha of the Northern Grove, they decided it didn't matter, so they bid equally on each of them and the minimum amount on the rest. 

 

Meanwhile, in Lunar Class...

 

 

"You're not being reasonable with this, Miss Naslund!" A young man who had gentle facial features and long black hair with brown eyes, Jessie Holmes, protested. "You can't expect us as a class to spend all of our 1000 Crowns to purchase a student. That is insane! We have no idea what happens if our classroom runs out of Crowns, do we Miss Fairefield?"

 

Their professor shook her head with closed eyes. "No, that information has not been provided."

 

Not moved by the protestation whatsoever, Rem just rolled her eyes as she was hearing the same argument as earlier. 

 

"I didn't say we should bid 1000 Crowns on just any student, only my brother. I assure you, it will be well worth it. You saw his strengths in that event, didn't you? As well as his combat rank they gave him and his examination results?" She held her right hand out toward the documents on their professor's desk they were crowding around. "Also, even if we only get a one percent return on our investment, that is still 10 Crowns for each of us. A decent start, don't you think?"

 

Some people agreed with Rem, but others were adamantly against spending such a large amount of class Crowns, let alone all of them.

 

"Look, I know you probably want your brother in this class because you're a complex case, but..." Edward Locke started speaking, the fit young man with shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes. At his statement, Rem was flustered and Kari's eyes narrowed. "I don't mean to be rude, but think of these other candidates. Sure your brother is the only one who received a combat rank of S, which is definitely astonishing but there may be others out there with the same. I myself think I could put up a good fight." 

 

At this, Kari gave a chortle while Rem just stared at him silently while some other students started quietly agreeing and disagreeing amongst themselves.

 

"What, you all don't think so? You don't know me at all." He said as such in a defiant manner and crossed his arms. "Anyway, like I was saying, he only got the top score on the Aetherik Manipulation & Control exam. While admirable, in my opinion, it pales in comparison to Chloe Cooper's two top scores of Spell Chanting Concentration and Languages & History. For Languages & History, especially, as we discussed amongst ourselves earlier, no one in this class did very well. What if an event in the future requires us to have a student translate old texts or something? Also, we need people to help curve our lousy exam scores in the future."

 

"You just want her because she's pretty!" A raised feminine voice rang out, and eyes turned to Monica Aube, the daughter of a baronet in Ebonpoint. She was clutching her blond, weaved ponytail in her hands. "What are the odds some sort of event like that will take place? Do you know, Miss Fairefield?" 

 

Roslyn Fairefield smirked at her discordant group of students. "We haven't been given a schedule of the planned events for this year just yet, but I can say with certainty there was one such event the year before last, if that helps move along your decision."

 

"See? It could definitely happen then. I say we go all in on Chloe!" declared Edward. 

 

Some people agreed with the sentiment, while others were against it, leaving yet more uncertain of the whole ordeal.

 

"Now is not the time to be shy. Anyone with ideas or concerns should be speaking up. You all have roughly an hour before the deadline, so be quick about it." Their professor lectured them with motivation to continue their discussions.

 

"Listen, objectively speaking here, I think Miss Naslund and Lady Kari's brother is the best choice on paper." A new voice spoke up, belonging to a young woman stepping toward the desk. She had wavy, grey-blonde colored hair that reached her lower back, with dark olive skin. She pushed up on her glasses, fitting them into place as if framing eyes the color of crimson. Her name was Sonja Rosman, and she is a Kaleyni, or commonly referred to as a Blood Elf -- a nomadic tribe of elves from both Kalnori and Estes. She did indeed have pointed ears, longer than the twins' but shorter than other elves.  

 

"I say this due to three main points. First, he is an Invoker, as we saw in the match we witnessed earlier. Rare enough as they are, it is genetics that make this possible. I am willing to bet our own Miss Naslund is also an Invoker, right?" Sonja cast her gaze upon the half-elf who was sitting with her arms crossed at her desk. Rem did not confirm no deny this. 

 

"If Miss Naslund is an Invoker as well, why do we need another one? We already have a large advantage over the other classes that way!" Jessie tried to argue against picking Remi once again.

 

Sonja didn't hesitate and fired back. "Even if Miss Naslund is an Invoker, I would argue that having two would be better than one. Think of Magicka based events that might encourage speed, wouldn't having two Invokers be incredibly advantageous? Also, regardless of him being an Invoker, there are many things we can benefit from having him on our roster in regards to multiple events, especially with his top scoring exam being Aetherik Manipulation & Control. We could also stand to learn from him as a class, right?"

 

Bringing that argument to the class, Sonja stirred up some thoughts of being able to learn the most important part of Magicka from the best among the first years. Seeing that, she continued to make her case. "Second, his combat potential is a rank of S. They don't just hand out that kind of ranking lightly. Think of an S rank demonic beast or Horror in the wild we've learned about. His capability is considered on par with those creatures." Kari and Rem just smiled, their faces looking as if lost in a reverie of times past. A few classmates noticed this, giving rise to pointing and hushed agreement. 

 

Their professor took the moment to interject. "Miss Rosman is correct. In my years of teaching here, and in the numerous years I spent at Ostes National University before graduating, I've only seen six other students hold a combat rank of S. One is currently a 4th year at the Academy. That said, sometimes things slip through the cracks and rankings from the administration can't be relied on, as ranks fluctuate. Take it as a guideline rather than something set in stone." She agreed with Sonja's assessment but gave her own thoughts on the matter. 

 

Nodding to Miss Fairefield, Sonja pointed out her last argument. "Third, and this last one is my own personal opinion speaking here but it stands to reason, he seems to be a kind and selfless individual, probably easy to get along with. The reason I state this is due to his capability to use Restoration Magicka, as some may have seen after the two matches. He didn't have to go out of his way to do so, and yes he may have been trying to show off his abilities to get a higher evaluation from the classes, but that, to me, was a gesture that goes a long way. Kindness is often lost among the strong, proud Magicians."

 

Though her final argument was her opinion, a lot of people agreed with the sentiment. Others scoffed or rolled their eyes, muttering that he was probably just trying to look good, but they were fewer in number. 

 

"As I said before, I believe he is the best choice on paper. I also believe that he will be the highest priority and highest priced individual among the rest for that very reason; other classes will notice the same. If we want to obtain him, we will need to spend the Crowns to do so. If we want to save our Crowns, we should go with another. I also think that woman, Katrina Brink, will also cost quite a bit, as her combat display as an Invoker and her exam scores for Science and Magicka Theory will fetch a high price."

 

Sonja concluded her arguments and the talks continued for a time. A lot of people agreed with her objective assessment, but there were many other arguments to be made for the other candidates as well. In the end, time had run out and the various classes submitted their bids.