- Brave sir Elliot faces the... flock, I guess?
- Kindly old Rich, what a guy!
I was intentionally going for "a bit rude" with "flock", but I'm not sure what, if anything, I would have used in its place other than "group". "Group" doesn't sound fancy, and I'm trying to be a fancy writer person, so I'm genuinely going to look it up right now as I'm writing this.
…A "bevy" of women? According to Merriam-Webster, one definition of bevy is a large group or collection, and it can also refer to a group of animals, in particular quail, which are migratory game birds…
If you say so, search, but I think I'm going to explore my options if it ever comes up again.