[Damian]

Damian had been up an hour before the sun, his old military habits taking over on the eve of the battle with the council. After Master Jamie had left, he'd gotten all the newbies and other members he didn't know in the main hall had gotten everyone to introduce themselves to each other and he'd made sure they knew, well, had a rough idea, of what they were getting into both by joining Phoenix Wing and by joining them in the assault on the Magic Council. They were all determined to do their part. [i]Just like me and Sasha and all the rest of Phoenix Wing. Seems they found where they belonged.[/i]

Hearing Sasha moving around down in the main hall, Damian stood up, slid a hand over one of his cutlasses, hanging in a cross on one wall of his room, and then headed down to the main hall to see Sasha enjoying a drink. Walking over, he sits and smiles, summoning a small knife blade and spinning it on his finger tip. "How'd you sleep, Sasha?"

[James]

James had gone up and gone to bed almost immediately after Damian's little meet and greet, not up for too much talking before the big day the following the Master's announcement. When the sun finally rose, however, he was already up and kneeling, saying a prayer, a battle hymn if you will, before he began his day in earnest. "Lord, give us our strength this day to strike down the enemies who would use the Shadows as their weapon. Let us use the Light to erase them from this world and send them to you for righteous judgement. Amen." Standing up, he opens his door and heads out to the main hall where he see's Sasha and Damian already are. Getting a drink before joining the pair, he sits down with them and takes a sip.