Verily, the students were gathering. He saw each and every one of them, nodding to each one as they entered. They all seemed interesting in their own ways. The American looking girl (or some gal who had dyed her hair and used contacts), the truly euphoric looking trilby/fedora (which is it?) hat wearing gentleman, the... Girl or boy who seemed to be a bit twitchy, the smaller gentle looking boy, the relaxed orangeish brownish haired boy, and so on and so forth. They all radiated of what they had been taken here for: Talent. Talent to save this world from it's doom.

Hahah, he should remember that for the next meeting. The world wasn't doomed yet, and together they all could better it. A group of ultimates could end a whole war if they just put their mind to it. At the beginning he had been wondering... Why him? His talent was not too useful for helping the world, but then he had realized: He had the skill to lead. He had the largest Live Action Roleplay group in the whole of Japan, and if nobody else here could lead, then he could.

But maybe he was just being a tiny bit selfish with that assumption? For all he knew, he was invited here just because. Some others might have been as well, and... This drives a point. Why only a limited group of students? And why not any teachers, seemingly? Except for the organizers, obviously, but some teachers to watch over the student should...

He had to be overthinking it.

Rin smiled towards Paris, seeing her loosen up. "'Paris'...? That's such a lovely name, Miss. Much like the city!" he said softly, with a slightly sheepish laugh. "Um... I'm Rin Shirayuki, and you can refer to me by whatever name you'd like." he said, looking up towards the second floor.

"I'd imagined that this building would be large, but its sheer scale on the inside is a bit daunting. It appears to have four floors, and perhaps there's a lower floor below us. It's quite old, I hear... but whoever designed this place had something nice in mind, certainly."

Victor ran up excidedly to the large yet slightly intimidating house in front of him. Smiling happily and admiring the banner, he clutched his cow plushie tightly. "Well pa, here I am!" He said excitedly, nodding his head. For the occasion he had worn he best flannel shirt and jeans, which were still pretty dirty anyway, and his favorite cowboy hat. The trunk he carried behind him was seemingly packed to the brim with similar clothing.

Carrying his things, including a paper bag of hamburgers inside the building, he saw that there were a bunch more people inside already. Looking them over smiling, he made his way to the friendliest looking one (in his opinion) a girl with pretty cool goggles and a bomber jacket. He made his way over and when he got there he had an even bigger smile on his face.

"Howdy!" He said politely to the girl in the goggles.

Paris looked down, laughing quietly. "Thank you! I, um...my parents said it's where they met, so they wanted to name me after Paris. Your name is Rin, right? It's nice to m-meet you..." She held out her hand tentatively. Don't freak out, she thought to herself.

"You know, five floors seems kind of weird...but I guess some of us might like to explore. It's a little too labyrinthine for me, I don't know about you. I wonder, though, do you think an Ultimate built this mansion...?"

Hearing the America accent, the already excited girl got even more enthusiastic upon being greeted by Victor. She smiles brightly and gives him a small wave in return.
“Hey, dude!”
She threw her jacket back onto her shoulders, placing her thumbs in her pockets.
“You sound American! What’re the odds!” She giggles at this information. A lot of the other students were either Japanese or European. So getting this familiar home-like vibe from another blonde made her feel a bit more comfortable in this situation.

A faint red tint dyed Junichi's ears when he was recognised.

"Yeah; glad to meet a fan! Junichi Kichise, Ultimate Utaite and the voice provider for JK." Slightly stunned by the girl's regal appearance and flowing speech pattern, he continued: "You're the artist, right? A pleasure, both of you."

Happy to be making conversation with two people, he gestured towards the Fencer, inviting her to join them. It wouldn't be right to leave her alone when there were three others for her to talk to -- at least, once she put down all of that equipment she had with her. Truthfully, he felt even smaller than he already was in comparison.

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Junichi paused when he saw something flash red not too far away from him and then waved at Hikaru Sekigawa also.

"That's right." replied Minako with a small grin. "Hope's Peak labeled me as the Ultimate Painter not so long ago... I'm currently painting a series of wild animals that live here in Japan. The Iriomote Cat in particular is the work I'm trying to complete now... if all of them sell, I can donate some of the proceeds to an environmental society! I have to finish the whole ten-piece series by June, though." she specified. "I hope that the committee here lets me keep working while I'm at the mansion, since missing my deadlines would be really, really awful."

She laughed in a slightly nervous way.

"I'm so happy to be in a room with other Ultimates. Everyone likes to assume that a career in art is so simple, but people like you understand how hard specialization can be! Whether it's law or music or sports, it's all very tough to be the best in..."