They offer to help

Lead man : "Hey ladies, You all are doing pretty good! We're with team Gorilla Gators offering pointers to any first years interested."

Beaver bears, gorilla Gators, you guess all the teams followed a naming convention. You imagine a hybrid of a gorilla and alligator and it looked pretty silly in your head. A beaver bear at least sounded like a more sensible combination.

Alicia was definitely getting frustrated with her own failure so far.

Alicia : "yes please, I swear my ball is defective."

Paul : "Excellent, I'm Paul by the way, and this is Albian and Corinth"

The lead man said indicating his fellows before approaching Alicia himself. Corinth walks up to Amber and Albian sets his sights on you. This left Trilia to continue practicing alone but she seemed fine with that.

As Albian came near you were struck by his masculinity and confidence.

Albian : "May I?"

He says pointing at the ball.

He's almost a foot taller than you and much broader in the shoulders. You feel very small in his presence, but also oddly safe. All this goes through your head while he waits patiently for a response. You realize you've been quiet longer than you should and say the only thing you could.

Jessica : "yes, please"

He seemed to find the whole thing endearing and proceeded to effortlessly lift his muscular arm as the ball made a similar ascent.

Albian : "here, feel my arm, you'll learn more about this in your classes soon but magic is all about resonance. The quickest way to learn a spell is to see what parts of you resonate with a person casting."

He's speaking very gently only to you. The softness of his voice contrasts with his imposing form. You do as he says and put your small hands on his thick forearm. The two of them together are just barely large enough to wrap all the way around. His flesh is radiating an appealing warmth and while it's certainly making you feel something you doubt the trick to geri ball is so adjacent to lust.

You get control of yourself and focus more on your connection and you feel something, a kind of vibration beneath the skin that you'd find impossible to describe. As if in response you feel something in your own arm that's hard to place but unmistakably in resonance.

Albian : "alright, now you try"

He drops his arm and the ball falls dead on the ground. You peel yourself off him, noticing you had moved very close while seeking resonance. You try to focus on the now missing feeling in your arm and extend it outwards to the ball. You think you feel something but aren't sure until you lift your arm and the ball follows your motion!