“I’d like us all to do a quick introduction before we begin. Our names, appropriate name for our race and where we come from.”
I felt like this was necessary in order to get things rolling and everyone would address one another in a way that wasn’t offensive.
“I’ll go first. My name is Hinotori Hyakkiyako. I’m a… um, shadow bird and I come from the West. Who next?”
I hesitated to tell them my race, and ended up giving them a small portion of the actual name. They all looked around, looking for who to go next, then Reiman stood up.
“The name given to me by my master is Reiman. I am a rat man as you can see and I am from the West.”
He then sat down. Afterwards the captains, Tsuna, Nukeme, Yuuna, Taiku, Oki, Shiroi and Yokino introduced themselves to the others. Diane and the sprites in the room acted more like maids than guests. She refused to allow others into the tree to serve the food, so I really had no choice. I could see the intimidation in the eyes of the others.