[center][h3][color=8F9779]General Cormorant Sanders – the Stands[/color][/h3]
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Sighing deeply, Sanders attempted to tune the opposing master out, but he could not prevent her rebuttal from getting through.  The part attacking him about what he referred to his members as was particularly cutting.  It seemed that it was physically impossible for Jamie to not have the last word, or to respect another person's wishes.  He made a mental note to visit Hyun later and, if her condition was unimproved, to use his own magic to increase the odds of a recovery.  The general didn't know what, on earth or beyond, could heal a broken heart, but if a remedy existed he could help find it.

Hearing Nolan speak did, however, grant him a little gratification.  It seemed that he wasn't the only one who found Jamie's attitude at least a little bit caustic.  [color=8F9779]”I'm glad to hear that she has not forced her ideals down her own guild members' throats.  Though I must ask you a question, one that has me curious.  I know Jamie is a shapeshifter, but why do you, and many of her members, constantly swap around what pronoun you use in reference to her?  It all seems a bit...confusing.  Today she's in the shape of a woman, so I see no reason to refer to her as anything but.  Maybe that's just my age talking, though.”[/color]

At that moment, the duel was resolved, not by a victor, but by a timer.  Sanders couldn't help but think that such an ending was anticlimactic, but he did not care so much.  Personally, he thought that both Make wizards had done a fantastic job, and that breaking the seemingly intuitive rules of a 50-50 split on a whim seemed a little unfair.  No matter—it was only his guild that concerned him.

[color=8F9779]”Again, I am glad to hear that you will remain a sportsman to my soldiers.  There are no more burning obsessions that must require a match to be so serious in the future, so the way is paved for friendly but intense challenge, with neither side holding back.  That is what it means to compete.”

“Meeting you was a fine experience.  I won't keep you away from your friends any longer, so let me just say this: you seem like a man who would thrive in a guild like Frenzy Plant.  That is all.  Hail to you,”[/color] he said, ending with a somewhat uncommon expression for 'good luck'.

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

No contest?  What a rip!  With powers like those at play, Kumbha thought, to not declare a winner seemed like a big mistake.  He did feel vindicated, however, when Sasha the Ice Make mage got off with the lion's share of the points.  [color=FFCC33]”I was half-right, then,”[/color] he told the person sitting to his immediate right, a certain Bytan Brass, who didn't know what the Gel wizard was talking about.

He thought about getting up to fetch Jillian and bring her to talk with Shujin, but he couldn't help but feel that now wasn't the right time.  It might seem...well, awkward.  He had to admit, though, that Shujin had style.  Until now, Dragon Fang had been a hazy, distant entity to Kumbha; experiencing their power and skill firsthand brought those far-off legends to life.  For a lover of competition, such a thing was exciting to the max.