While whatever expression Irahl might have when Nikaro steals his prospective weapon is covered up by his mask, his eyebrows do visibly raise above his visor a little when a secret scoped rifle is revealed.

Yes, this will do. All is immediately forgiven.

With weapons secured, he immediately goes about disarming himself of his live firearms and swapping them for the paintball variety, then investigating the mechanics of them while teams are decided. Standing slightly off to the side as he does this, he doesn't seem to be paying much attention to the banter and the team rosters, but that is of course not the case.

He is paying very close attention to what is being said while giving away zero percent of what he thinks about any of it. It's the perfect introduction to how Irahl normally operates, even when he isn't plotting how best to hunt half of his own teammates.