[Damian]

Damian entered the hotel and stopped at the front desk, watching the person who had been following him from the corner of his eye as he spoke with the manager on duty. After a brief discussion of the accommodations available to the Phoenix Wing member, he heads for the stairs leading up to the upper floors, intending to keep his tail off guard in the halls and hopefully loose him. The armor was silent, which spoke of being magical in and of itself, but he was not in a position to have to fight both the imposter and the tail, and so he sought to handle one problem at a time.

Damian already knew his contacts he'd spoken with about the imposter wouldn't say anything about him being in town, that much he had made certain of. Rounding a corner on his floor, the third floor, he moved quickly down the hall then took a left, taking a right at the next intersection, then another right, a left, another left, a right, a left and then to his room. Stepping inside quickly, he closed and locked the door and waited. Once he was certain he had shaken his tail, he went to the desk and sat down, pulling out his lacrima and calling Master Jamie. "Master Jamie, are you there?"

[James]

Rumors that the Blade of Phoenix Wing was in town had been the most interesting thing that James had heard all day and he simply couldn't resist the chance to investigate one of the single most powerful wizards in such a prestigious guild. Finishing up his job, which was guarding a shop until it's owner had gotten all the deliveries on their way, he immediately set out to find the Blade. It had taken a good chunk of the day to find him, going all over the place inside the mall and even investigating the art museum before he spotted him heading for one of the hotels. [i]Not nearly as tall as the rumors make him sound. Of course, they ARE rumors, so I shouldn't be surprised.[/i]

Matching the Blade's pace a few feet back, James does his best to avoid being spotted and feels that he's pretty successful since the Blade never turns to confront him or anything. He keeps up as the Blade stops to talk to more people as he goes and even follows the Blade all the way back to his hotel, waiting in front of a viewing lacrima that showed a scene of a beautiful forest until the Blade heads up the stairs. [i]I'll talk to him up there. But I do wonder why he's here...[/i] Following him, James exits the third floor just as the Blade vanishes around a corner. Hurrying to catch up, he tries to find the Blade, but is unsuccessful and sighs. "Damn, might have to make the trek to Magnolia WITHOUT that recommendation..." Turning back to the stair, he heads back down and to a nearby restaurant. He was hungry after all.