[center][h3][color=8F9779]General Cormorant Sanders – the Stands[/color][/h3]
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After spending a few moments watching the duel, Sanders turned back to Jamie, his face impassive.  [color=8F9779]“Are you asking that if our guilds compete again, my soldiers should not attempt to harm your members?  In a competition, both sides must give their all.  If your guild is not going to pull punches, neither will we.  However, if you are thinking that my soldiers might try an underhanded approach to...what's the expression?  Get even?  If so, you are quite mistaken.  We are warriors, not a street gang.  I have trained them too well to try and take personal revenge against any of you.  If there is even a hint of them doing so, I personally will discipline them.  Any reckoning will occur inside the arena.  Only three of them might even attempt to take Damian's challenge, and if so, they will be sportsmen about it, rest assured.”[/color]

He rested his chin in a palm, tugging his white whiskers.  [color=8F9779]”Your statement is curious, don't ya think?  You caution us not to take revenge on your wizards, and you say the punishment is you taking revenge on avengers.  If there is any foul play, the authorities will handle it.  Neither of us need get involved.”[/color]  

His next exhale carried a tony of melancholy.  [color=8F9779]”You know, I just heard back from my healer, Tsubano.  Hyun has lost the will to live.  Know that if the situation were reversed, and it was Damian who wished that he'd never awaken, I would not seek you out with thoughts of backlash, harm, and bonds.  If you want our guilds to share a strong bond, it is up to you, the perpetrator of the mistake, to reach out, not with a challenging, assertive fist but with an open, healing hand.  Will that be all, Jamie?”[/color]

[center][h3][color=FFCC33]Kumbha Yatta – the Stands[/color][/h3][/center]

As much as he wanted to be vigilant for Sanders during his conversation with the opposing guild master, Kumbha could not keep his focus off the current battle for long.  No lover of competition could!  The blond-haired brawler roared along with the rest of the crowd to see Shujin throw his shield into the air and transform it into not one but two enormous, floating cannons.  It was a display that caused the Gel Magic user to gasp in awe.  He hoped Jillian was watching this; if she could begin making cannons like those, he knew, the guild would be unmatched when it came to sieges!  Perhaps, Kumbha thought, he could invite Jillian to visit the Dragon Fang team afterward.  Knowing her, she'd be too focused on either a box of popcorn or flirting with someone from another guild to realize that there was an opportunity to increase her skill.

Kumbha refocused on the fight.  He watched Sasha as she prepared to unleash a devastating attack.  Though metal was harder and stronger than ice, he knew, it seemed that Sasha would win the battle.  Shujin had talent, but he was thinking one-dimensionally, and allowing Sasha's living ice sculptures to perform continuous actions.  Even if nothing else, Sasha was filling the arena with ice animals and constant ice attacks while defending.  Sooner or later, the combat enthusiast thought, the Metal Maker would be overwhelmed.  Despite his newfound bias against Phoenix Wing, the sight of Sasha running toward her opponent, surrounded by her own ice, made him think that she had this fight in the bag.