Coby Duncan
There was a lot of back and forth over the decision, I mean a lot. Coby wasn't all that into it either, especially since he had to be the leader. Not that he was totally against it, but... Did he look like the kind of person who had the enthusiasm to be a leader? Not nearly. He'd, of course, do his best to make the correct decisions. He was silent most of the time since he seemed to be somewhat chastised. As well, he didn't even get the credit for his own idea! He didn't say "let's scout them out and collect information" he said "lets watch them or something" which was pretty much the same thing in his eyes. And of course you wouldn't hear, "Awesome idea, Coby!" you'd hear someone say "Why do you want him leading?" He kind of had to agree, but for the sake of himself was obligated to feel somewhat offended that he, apparently, could not lead. Coby looked over his shoulder, trying to figure out who even said that in the first place. He'd been in this little close knit group of grunts for a while, but that didn't mean he knew anyone's name.
It was a kid who'd introduced himself as Johnny Sylvester. He remembered the name and remembered what he looked like, but didn't remember him as a person. If that even made sense. He rode in on a Bastiodon, which was totally over the top, but whatever. Coby didn't give notice to him until after he was objecting to his leadership. Normally he would have probably requested a change in command if he'd asked nicely, but since he was so objecting he decided to keep it. You know, be spiteful for no real reason.
Yes, but back to the back and forth, which there was a lot of. People with alternating ideas and such. There was this one guy, Neo, who basically said what everyone else said, but with more detail, which gave Coby an idea. He sat up straight and looked around the room. He had to pick some people, everyone seemed like they wanted him to pick some people already.
So how many kids they had? Six? So they needed at least six people and maybe some back up people. He doubted he'd get any backup people, but whatever. When he looked around the room, he realized they didn't have six people, they had like five or something. Someone would have to double up.
"Uh... Hm." He took one last look around. "Zora, Neo, Johnny.." Uh, was there anyone else? Nope. He looked back forward at his two leaders. He smiled big. "An' you guys too!" What was with his calculations? That made six, if he counted himself. Leader your leaders... That was a confusing idea. Would he order them around or would he still take orders from them? Well, whatever. It didn't matter. If they decided to start telling him stuff he'd just give them the mission! "And I've got an idea," he added with mild enthusiasm. "Instead of just followin' 'em around like a buncha James Bond's, why don't we just... Talk to 'em?" Coby shrugged. "You know, befriend 'em or something. That way they'll tell us everything we need to know themselves. An' we'll be less likely to get caught." It would also make things a lot less boring. "They're knew here, right? Why wouldn't they be looking for more friends?"