[EVENT] Fairy Festival Battle Broadcast/Judge Booth [Judges/Commentator Only]

It certainly was to be a strange day for Samira, or that was what she thought originally once it had started. Being selected as a judge for competitive wizard duels was not something she ever considered happening to her. She wasn't exactly competitive and not really one to partake in duels of her own. Perhaps that was the reasoning, or maybe there was a mistake in the paperwork and the Fairy Tail guild was just rolling with it since it was too late to call the real judge. Whichever the case, Samira made sure to be at the judge's booth area before the fights began. She had taken her seat, as had her fellow Saints and judges. Sorano she had technically met. Sort of. Did a mysterious party where they didn't really interact really count as meeting? Not that Samira really wanted to acknowledge anything about that event ever happened. So, that was a no as far as she was concerned. As for Nessa, even though she may had been the newest Saint, her name and image was well known from her status of Rising Star. Samira was a Wizard Saint currently, true, but never was she a Rising Star. It had become an interest and habit of hers to keep up to date with all of the newest names that appeared on that list because of that fact.

Samira had greeted the small child with a friendly smile, one that quickly faded into a confused expression and a few blinks when it seemed apparent that she was not just some random child but the announcer and commentator. Or, that was what the summoner had concluded by the set up activities the little girl was doing. "Oh..." Well that was a thing. Her attention went back to the other two Saints. Nessa had introduced herself and greeted her, which Samira nodded and put on that same small smile she had a moment ago. "Nice to meet you, Nessa. I am Samira." Sorano seemed to be the quiet type given that she didn't really say much to the others that greeted her. Well, that was awkward. Was she always like that? Rather than a vocal greeting Samira just stuck with giving a nod her way to acknowledge her presence... and that was all. The fear and awkwardness of being ignored was not something that she wanted to experience at that particular moment. Honestly she was a bit uncomfortable around them all just as much as others seemed to be uncomfortable around her. Granted, she could fix the issue of her magic presence and the way it made people feel if they would just tell her about it! The woman genuinely thought that her magical signature was still the same as when she first became a mage. As for people fixing why she was uncomfortable that was just impossible. It was just a natural feeling that came with being around two other saints, being a judge for a dueling competition, having it live for all to see and hear, and being an obvious 'one of these things is not like the other' piece. She stood out, but not because of some higher power status people thought she had. More so because she was not a Fairy Tail mage, or even in another Independent guild like most of the dueling competitors.

There was very little room for small talk after the introductions. Before she could ask anything that would resemble her version of small talk, she and the other judges were instructed to give their mics a test run. Samira looked at the mic and gave it a tap. "This is a test." She then looked at the others doing their own mic tests to confirm that she even did it right. If there was one thing few knew about her, it was that she wasn't a genius at working such devices. It was a miracle she could make use of her iLac's basic functions. After that, the broadcast went into full swing with Arcadia starting it off like a pro. All Samira could do was sit back and remain quiet throughout it while trying to process everything that was going on, on the lacrima screens. Thankfully her mind was spirit free and she was allowed to concentrate properly with the silence. The unfortunate aspect of that was she couldn't grasp every quick detail like she would have if they were all helping her by relaying the information they noticed. Oh well. She would just have to make do with her own set of eyes.

Some of the duelers Samira recognized by their positions and status, others she did not. That didn't mean that they wouldn't be skilled or put on a decent fight though, and as the battles started and went on that proved to be very true. It eventually came time that Samira had to stop fully watching the fights and actually make comments like she was supposed to be doing. Right. Super important judge comments away! Her gaze settled on one of the arenas, Lemuria was its name from what she had heard of before. The contestants there being a mage with fox-like qualities that resembled many Samira had met in the past. The other being former Rising Star Althea Eventide. Thus far it looked as if the latter was not afraid of getting up close and personal to get an attack advantage in, and the former liked her distance. An interesting combination, but that didn't mean Kumi lacked any close quarter spells of her own or that Althea didn't have some long distance spells hidden away if she couldn't get close up again. "I believe the two in the Lemuria arena are just getting warmed up. Their battle may look basic now, but if this Kumi is like all the other mages of her kind then I fully expect her to have some interesting tricks to make a proper comeback for that first strike made against her. I anticipate in seeing how this fight develops, and how Althea manages."

Next up for her focus was Arena Mu. One of Fairy Tail's Aces was competing there as was another Fairy Tail member. Huh, that was interesting all on its own. Not because they were both slayers but because they were both Fairy Tail members. Samira had thought based on the other match ups that it was supposed to be Fairy Tail versus a member of another guild. Was this Rina Everglades so powerful and spectacular that the only one that would take her on was the one called Mia Liu? Was she just as amazing? Was there some sort of rivalry? Was there some hidden backstory drama that could only be settled if those two fought in a duel to determine who was the strongest? What was the story behind this?! Eh, really Samira was probably just overthinking it and so chose to not bring it up. Just in case there were other reasons for it that were much less interesting.

Samira noticed Rina with the spear and waiting for her opponent to make the first move. Mia had summoned a sort of fire-based pony, likely a creature that would aid in her power if Samira had to guess by the fact it remained there instead of attacking on its own after having been summoned like her own would have. A fire beam attack was sent towards the Heavenly slayer where it made impact, thus the first hit credit was placed on Mia's corner. That would not end there though. Rina took the fight a few notches forward in difficulty. Clones had been conjured and from that would come the strategy of confusion as more spells and abilities were used. "It would seem Rina is already raising the difficulty of the match. I wonder if Mia has a tactic that will help her overcome it. She is going to need to think quickly if she has hope for any chance of winning."

The fight of the Saints came next. There... wasn't much to say about that really. It was a battle between two Saints! What were people expecting other than a good show of impressive power and counters?! Honestly. Samira recalled Nessa's comment about insurance and thought it was pretty amusing. A battle between Saints usually required a bit more than insurance. Wasn't there some joke somewhere that a battle between two Saints could cause a cataclysm? Well, a good thing that was either not true, or the two were not pushed to their absolute limits just yet. Actually, that was kind of concerning and brought a frown to the summoner's face. "I am not certain on the competitive levels of these two, however, thus far they are both proving their power behind their Saint status. There are times when competition can bring out even more power and determination. I only hope things do not get too out of hand should they get lost in their battle and forget the rest of us are even here." Things seemed a bit bad for Mura at that moment. Johann seemed to be as much as he started when it came to his energy and vitality, while it was apparent Mura was the opposite. Still, Samira did not count him out just yet. There may yet be some other abilities that had not been used just yet. Although, the same could be said for his opponent. An impressive battle that made her glad she never participated in such fights. Watching was more entertaining.

The last fight was between a Fairy Tail mage known as Aven Alveron and the most recent guild mistress of Silver Wolf, Leona Jarnefeldt. Samira had known the original founder of the magic research guild and so she had high expectations for Leona. She was sure Leona would be able to prove her power and represent the guild well. As for Aven, Samira did not recall the name, but seeing as all the other Fairy Tail competitors were skilled she did not doubt that he lacked any himself. It must have been why a guild master was his opponent. From what Samira could tell during her previous looks over the fight, skilled may had been an understatement. It was getting to the point Samira was worried that Leona wouldn't be able to make much of a comeback if she waited too long to pull out her own big moves. Then the battle took a turn she did not expect. Something went wrong with Aven's magic circles once Leona tried out a plan that she may have hoped would stop some of their power. Leona was in trouble if she didn't have a very good defensive plan, it was obvious. Yet, rather than be struck with the dangerous number of powerful missiles everything just stopped and dissipated before there was a magical backlash that sent Aven on his back and depleted what must have been a great amount of magical energy from him, if not nearly all of it. The winner at that point was obvious. One mage was still standing and the other could not continue.

Sorano had asked for additional opinions on the event that happened with the match. "Indeed. The battle took a strange turn I did not foresee. Unless Leona had a spell capable of protecting her against those attacks then I believe the match would have gone to Aven. From how the circles reacted and then vanished he either stopped them himself or he ran out of magic energy to control them. I am not familiar with his type of magic to be sure. However, this is not a competition that allows for what ifs or for theories. We have one mage still capable of fighting and one that cannot and has even surrendered the fight. The match is over in my opinion, and we have a clear winner. That is not to say Aven did not do impressively well by my standards. I foresee him being a tough opponent for any Wizard Saint one day, but first comes learning from this experience and mastering his magic so that whatever transpired here today does not repeat itself."

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