Chapter I: Shinba Forest

Clumsily, as the dinner bell rang, Kaleb squeezed his way past his guildmates' chairs and sat as quietly as he could on the other side of Lunetta from Growlie. He was glad to see her again. He quickly situated himself at the table before looking up again to listen to Sunny.

Volt didn't know he'd have to say this in front of everyone.
It was probably only necessary.
"Well, uh, Miss Sunny," he began, standing up and taking a pause before continuing. "The mission did go well for the first half but then the rest, got a little hectic. We came across an aggressive Ariados, in which we had to fight them, of course." He said, liking how leader-like his voice sounded. "We specifically told Wade not to interfere with the battle at hand, we meaning Growlie and I, w-well, mostly Growlie, but you get the point. However, he did anyway and drilled underground, which was also another bad plan on top of not heeding suggestion.
He hit Growlie instead, and the spider ran off." He said, as if he was indifferent toward the whole manner. He actually felt furious.
"We did find the mayor though, thanks to Cecil." He added quickly. "Thank you." He also added more quietly, now sitting down.

Cecil had silently entered the room moments before Volt began his speech. Did he have to announce it so publicly amongst the others? It hadn't changed the outcome of the mission- making a bigger issue out of it seemed unnecessary. Nonetheless, he took a seat at the table clasping his hands together on its surface. There wasn't anything he could do now. His mood had settled by the time Volt finished, and his mind drifted to other things-... until a loud thud shook him from his daydream, causing him to gasp, and just as immediately clap a hand over his mouth.

Wade stood, wordlessly, and walked back down to the tall wooden doors at the end of the dining hall. He only heard a few whispers as he walked out. "I think he deserved it." Sounded like Volt. He pushed the door open and left the hall, letting the door loudly close on its own as he walked back to his team's room for the second time that day.

Volt ate gingerly when he sat down; he didn't want to say it in front of everybody, no matter how good it felt to feel like everyone was listening to him. "He deserved it," He whispered begrudgingly, lowering his tail. Volt kind of ignored Growlie's nudge, and he only listened to conversations around him when he would usually join in sometimes.
When they were sent back to their respective rooms, he inhaled deeply and exhaled, feeling lethargic.

Wade sat up suddenly when the door creaked and shut, making sudden eye contact with Cecil holding a plate with some leftovers. When Wade cocked his head in confusion, Cecil decided to move. He set the plate in front of Wade's bed and nodded, drifting over to his respective bed. Wade reddened, and picked up a berry from the small pile. "Th-thank you, Cecil." He slowly ate what he had been brought before setting the plate aside and getting comfortable in his bed. He looked toward Cecil with bright eyes before blinking and slowly drifting off to sleep.