Calvyn finally extracted herself from the fishing platform crowd, waving goodbye to like 6 or 7 people simultaneously, and crossed toward us with the kinetic energy of someone who had not slowed down at any point in the last several hours and was not planning to start now.
"Ahoy~! Hi guys!" She raised one hand as she approached. "So listen, before we go up— do you want to hear about the time we encountered a seven-tentacled— "
"Weren't you supposed to show us to our rooms?" Jisoo said. "Kaia mentioned it."
Calvyn blinked.
Then looked guilty about the fact that she made us wait, which told me everything about how long she'd been planning the tentacle story. "Oh. Yes. Sorry, sorry— it's just been a really long time since I talked to people from an actual… you know what, you're right. Follow me. Sorry for the wait."
She turned and walked back toward the plank, and we fell in behind her.
"Calvyn, right?" I said.
