Damian Gerard|Grand Magic Games Stadium
Damian didn't say anything when Joshua left without a cloak, but he did shake his head. The idea was to show the guild was unified when they walked out on that field, but already Phoenix Wing looked like a group of individuals, despite them all having the cloak. Well, most of them. Penny hadn't even given the others a chance to match her step or her pace and was the first, with Nolan close behind and then Trinity. Joshua had been the fourth out to their insignia, but Damian lingered in the back, looking over the other teams before settling on his own. Nolan had said that cloaks were flashy, which might have been true to some degree. They certainly stood out amongst the more or less disingenuous competitors there. But every guild stood out in their own way, Frenzy Plant for the militarism that had them calling themselves the War Guild, Phoenix Wing for it's familial qualities that made it welcoming to young mages, Dragon Fang for strong bonds and power hitters with finesse, to list a few. In the end, it would come down to trusting your team, and Damian trusted his.
He smiled though, patting the cloak on his back and stepping out, walking out to join his team where they stood about half way across, he undid the clasp for his cloak and held it up into the wind and let it go, allowing it to be carried away. The motion would surely catch everyone's eyes, and as they followed it up into the air, Damian kept walking. When his right foot hit the Phoenix Wing symbol, however, it erupted into brilliant flames, showing not the lone Phoenix Wing emblem that everyone had been expecting, but the emblems of all the completing guilds lined up under a single word in ever shifting flame:
UNITY
He stood at the front of his team with Penny and looked over each person on the other teams. His stance said he would give it his all, but his demeanor said that the winner didn't matter, so long as they stood together when the dust settled.
"Good luck out there today everyone. Give it your all." And then he waited, silent and ready.
Jack Goran|Grand Magic Games Stadium
After a discussion with his competitors, it was decided that Shujin would be allowed to sit out for the day while Jackie too his place. He did, however, put her twin in charge of keeping an eye on her wounds and to inform him if they started to act up. With that decided, Dragon Fang arrived at the Stadium in a timely manner. Jake, Ammy, and Hunter lead the way into the stadium, with the Jade Dragon Slayer unable to help himself and doing a sprinting backflip to get the crowd going. As they reached their spot, they watched Damian's cloak fly up before erupting into a show of unity and Jake grinned.
"Well, if that's how the man feels about it."
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