{Akari}
First up, that "dance" thing.
Of course, it isn't actually dancing. it's about making your mana flow match up with your teammates. We tried hard as shit to practice this for the last week and... I don't think we got that much better, to be honest. Between Lily being a total bitch about everything and Reina going out of her way to call her boring ass boyfriend every five minutes, we barely got any real practice in.
Plus...
[Yeah, my mana still feels like it's doing the macarena right now.]
"Crescent Moon team, please step aside," the announcer calls. "Honda Guild, you're up first!"
We move back, giving them the stage. Those floating platforms start arranging themselves into this spiral pattern while magical spotlights dance across the arena.
[Okay, that's pretty sick.] I look over at the excited, buzzing audience. [Feels like I'm at a concert or something right now.]