thearena | Lightning Strikes Twice

There were no sign ups involved this time, this was an off-worlder idea which means the off-worlders clearly have every desire to see this through; you signed up with your consent. The mission is to be held in the evening, so the morning is spent preparing, stocking up the hovercraft with medical supplies, arming everyone, donning the now familiar all black attire. When the alert is sent out, it's simply to gather in the hanger and begin loading.

As promised, there's no sign of a 13-issued leader involved, it's on the mission team and it's assigned tactical head to lead themselves; all Webb gives the group is a chipper smile and 'Good Luck.'

The sun is just beginning it's descent when the hovercraft leaves the hanger. The flight isn't nearly as long as the one to District 3, but it's long enough that the sun has dipped below the horizon when the hovercraft stops. Stopping doesn't mean landing, however. The team's resident off-worlder pilot comes on over the speaker with given instructions: time to strap up and get ready to do a little sky-diving.

The plan is simple really. Should the hackers do their job, the storms will do as they're told and strike the dome below the hovercraft all at the same time, breaking the barrier and making a hole big enough for the strike team to carry out the rescue. Hackers strapped in and strike team ready to zipline down, the hovercraft's door opens to the windy outside, allowing a wonderful view of the bright flash and deafening crash a minute later as the weather codes carry out their destruction.

Time to move.

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Initiate didn't need to respond to most of what Psii was saying. Psii was going to say it (rather, write it) regardless, and Initiate would just have to chew on that. Psii's face twisted in anger at the last. His answer wasn't good enough. He couldn't just blow up the entire city, he had to find the individual people responsible, or at least do his best to keep them from his friends.

WHO from the Cap♊tol?

And why? To cover up Tribute involvement and consolidate punishment? To protect them even? Psii had seen slavers protect their property before, but this would have to be elaborate and involved.

His hands open and close, not for want of clubs for once in his life, but for want of making leave, doing something more, bowing his head. Either way, it's a gesture of anxiousness and he's aware of it, but not caring enough for hiding to bother.

He doesn't have an answer. He doesn't know. He didn't recognize the person, barely saw them really. They hadn't needed to be in the same room for them to speak and be heard and so reach him. His will was no stronger than stardust windblown at the time. He would have done anything. He did.

He shakes his head. They'd want to bring distrust in their number. Distrust in him, in their cause, in everything. He supposes he should be angry for that but he can't be. They'd want it all covered up. They hadn't wanted their people to know there was ever any dissent. Just like he had wanted of Signless and his following, once.

He's surprised, I truth. He's surprised that less people doubt in him.

Initiate's face carried that blank that came from calling up a memory that wasn't enough. Psii had no experience with lost memories other than concussions or a couple especially wild days, but his visions offered a similar frustration when they were especially cryptic and incomplete.

Th♊rteen2 lucky you and human 2teve caught the flack. ♊f they had come out and hacked the broadca2t2 earl♊er, maybe you wouldnt have rece♊ved that order.

He thought Thirteen had been fighting for the offworlders in the arenas on principle. Wasn't their whole thing to abolish the arenas and free all slaves?

Ha2 Th♊rteen alway2 been a b♊g fan of lett♊ng u2 take the heat?

Even so, Thirteen at least deigned to try rescuing the kids in this arena. A fair point in their favor.

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oh my god i thought i responded to this already

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