Team MASC

Team MASC is a Beacon Academy team, comprised of Marina Nixa, Arashi Akakichi, Schwarz Hare, and Clover Surek. They first fought together in the Emerald Forest, before the actual formation of their team.

Trivia

 * The team is primarily formed of aristocratic, wealthy members though all of them come from differing kinds of wealth:
 * Marina’s family is relatively new money, meaning that her father and mother worked hard to earn their wealth, thus infusing her with the discipline that comes with that sort of process.
 * Arashi’s family has been well-off for a very long time, steeped in tradition and ceremony, and expectations that come with this sort of wealth.
 * Schwarz’s family has always been wealthy, is wealthy, and will always be wealthy. He is practically nobility, but this comes with varying kinds of internal politics and back-stabbing, which is why he distances himself so much from his family.
 * Clover’s family lucked upon their wealth and thus they lack the discipline to use it. This influences Clover more than some people would care to have the patience to deal with it for.
 * Coming from a mainly aristocratic background the name MASC is in reference to masquerade balls and other high-society events. This has a double meaning, too, as aristocrats often have to put on a mask (figuratively, as well as literally) at these events.
 * Every member of the team has had to figuratively put on a mask at some point in their lives:
 * Marina puts on the mask of pretending to be a confident leader when she still feels like the lost child that she was in the past because of her mother’s death.
 * Arashi has to put on the mask of being the hunter that his father always wanted him to be, even though he hated the role, eventually getting to the point of becoming the mask and embracing his role as a hunter.
 * Schwarz puts on a mask every day he lives in Vale, as he is not who he says he is, and hides from his past every waking moment of his time at Beacon Academy.
 * Clover feels that she must put on the mask of being cheerful and happy when she secretly (even to herself) feels that she’s broken inside by the tragic death of her sister.