Once the speech had ended, Gaster emerged from the shadows it had submerged itself into. The last month went by rather quickly, for it at least. It had spent most of the time just floating around the academy, annoying the odd student here and there, when it wasn't battling at least. It'd grown quite a bit stronger, even with the few defeats it had gained early on, most notably to that Mawile, before it had started to truly shine. Though the defeats usually didn't matter much, Crescent had run through the opposition with ease after it had falled. The Absol was pretty strong when it actually decided to actively fight instead of being lazy and just sitting there. The idea of the trip did interest it a bit however, a new team member was usually a good thing. Maybe it'd have something to hang around aside from James.
Well, I'm still not all that interested in getting a dragon type..but maybe a Bagon or Dratini would be cool to have on the team.. James stood up and started walking to the exit, Crescent trailing behind while Gaster had vanished back into James' shadow, only a slight red glow being the only thing that could even hint at his presence in the shadow, ever since the phantom had learnt Shadow Sneak, it'd taken a liking to presiding in his Shadow, at least he knew where the thing was instead of it just turning up at random times. So far the year had been alright, the amount of tests they had to take were annoying but he didn't have all that much difficulty in most of them. "Well, time to go pack my bag...and your snacks Crescent, yes I know..." James added at the end when he glanced at the feline and noticed the Absol giving him one of those looks.