Chapter 6:
ENTRANCE TO THE OFFICE BUILDING-
All participants grouped up with their respective squads in a line waiting to register-
Office Clerk: "Squad 1: Consisting of Player 102: Antonio Lucci, Player 69: Trixie Godstar and Player 100: Captain-Jason King."
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Office Clerk: "Weapons: Jason: Helios Flame Blade , Anthony: Triton's Gauntlet..... Trixie: Guns, Grenades and Daggers...that's all?"
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Jason King: "Yes that's it. Can we go now ???"
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Office Clerk: *smiles* "Yes sir. Here is your room key...please head to the 20th floor using the elevator or stairs. Goodluck!"
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Jason King(Flame Elemental): * grabs key* *spits on the ground* "Next time don't make us wait."
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Antonio Lucci(Water Elemental): "I'm hungry...I hope there is room service up here..." *walks off*
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Trixie Godstar: "BYEEEEE! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!" *waves to the office clerk*
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Office Clerk: *sigh* "I don't get paid enough for this shit...."
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STRAIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE LINE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING-
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*BEAMING SUNLIGHT*
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Iris Leos: *sweating profusely* "I don't know how much more I could take....I can literally hear my flesh sizzling....Ari, how many more squads are there ?"
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Charlie Vio: *breathing heavily* "For the love of God....please...how much more..."
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Aries Marie: "Hold on boys..." *counting on her fingers* " 18…19…20! 20 squads left!" *chuckles*
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BACK TO THE OFFICE BUILDING ENTRANCE-
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Office Clerk: "Squad 14: Player 10: Tom Creed, Player 12: Thomas Creed and Player 11: Captain-Jack Creed."
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Office Clerk: "Weapons: Jack: Dual Hell-slinger Flintlock Muskets, Thomas: Ivern Quake Ring, Tom: Nami Necklace…. will that be all?"
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Jack Creed(Flame elemental): "That will be all...thank you."
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Tom & Thomas Creed (Water elemental & Earth Elemental): "You're really pretty will you marry us?"
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*BANG!*
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Jack slams their heads together.
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Jack Creed: "I apologize on behalf of my little brothers."
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Office Clerk: *smiles* "You did not have to do that.... it's fine, I am actually flattered...here is your room key. Please head to the 20th floor using the elevator or stairs. Goodluck!" *winks*
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STRAIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE LINE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING-
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Iris and Charlie both said in unison: *sighs* "How. Much. More."
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Aries Marie: *continues counting on her fingers* "11….12…13! 13 squads left..." *slowly falling asleep*
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BACK TO THE OFFICE BUILDING ENTRANCE-
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Office Clerk: "Squad 21: Player 44 Maia Chun, Player 76: Rue nickels and Player 01: Captain Sienna-Mae."
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Office Clerk: "Weapons: Maia: Nun-Chuck, Rue: Brass Knuckles...…*confused* what about your weapon Miss Mae?
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Sienna-Mae (Earth Elemental): "I don't need any weapon ma'am. From the age of 4! I have trained with my father and mother every…single…DAY! With high hopes of becoming a great asset to this country one day. Willing to put my life on the line at any given moment-"
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*Rue nickels covering Sienna Mae's mouth*
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*Sienna muffling*
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Maia Chun (Healing Elemental): "I apologize… she always gets a bit carried away…."
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Office Clerk: *chuckles* "No problem....every squad today has been really interesting. Honestly. Here is your room key. Please head to the 20th floor using the elevator or stairs. Goodluck!"
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Rue Nickles (Earth Elemental): "Thank you! *struggling to pull away Sienna before she could finish her speech* Come on....let's go."
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*Drags Sienna upstairs* *Sienna muffled noises*
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FINALLY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE OFFICE BUILDING-
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Iris Leos & Charlie Vio: *yawns* *cracks neck* "We finally made it..."
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Aries Marie sleeping while snuggled up on Iris' back.
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Office Clerk: *smiles* "Awwww. She is so precious!!! What the hell! It must be really nice being that cute and accompanied by two handsome young men."
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Iris Leos & Charlie Vio: *turns away, whistling & blushing*
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Office Clerk: *smiles* "Right. So last squad of the day! Squad 34. Player 101: Charlie Vio, Player 88: Iris Leos and Player 04: Captain Sleepy- Aries Marie."
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Office Clerk: "Weapons…weapons...where are your weapons?"
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Iris Leos: "Oh right! Charlie, Aries' weapons are in her bag…."
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Charlie Vio: *looking through the bag* "Found them and... *ruffles* mine is supposed to be right…..here! Got it!"
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Aries Marie: *wakes up* *grabs her weapons from Charlie*
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Aries Marie: *Sméagol impression* "My precioussssss!"
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Iris Leos & Charlie Vio : *baffled*
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Office Clerk: "It's alright sweetie. I just need to register them in the system....."
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Aries Marie: *nods* "You are pretty so I trust you!" *giving her weapons to the Clerk*
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Office Clerk: "Weapons: Aries: Twin Air Pressure Guns and Charlie: Boreas Spear: Storm Bringer…..is it that all?"
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Aries Marie: "Wait!!! I just remembered... *ruffles through her backpack* I have something in here for you Iris."
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Aries Marie: "TA DAAAAAHHHH!!!! *Pulls out a replica of Iris' Mother's Legendary Dragon Staff* "This is one of the last things I made with my uncle, Jim Marie....I've always had it in my backpack since there is enough space to carry anything. I thought about giving it to you ever since you saved me earlier….. I know it's not the original but it's special to me…..like you."
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Charlie and The Office Clerk in unison: *smiles* "Awwwwww."
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Iris stood there lost for words
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Aries Marie: *Pats Iris' head* "It's okay. *smiles* You don't have to say anything…"
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Office Clerk: *blowing her nose* "Please head to the 20th floor *sniffles* using the elevator or stairs....oh to hell with not being biased...I HOPE YOU GUYS WIN THIS THING!!!! GOODLUCK!!!! I'LL BE WATCHING AND ROOTING FOR YOU!!! SQUAD 34!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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Iris, Aries and Charlie ran up the stairs, smiling ear to ear. All fired up after moving the office clerk's heart and gaining their very first supporter...shortly afterwards, they reached the 20th floor-
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Everyone looking at Squad 34.
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Jason King: "Tch...seems like they saved the worst for last this time…"
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Jack Creed: "There's something strange about these guys…why is the number one student with two healers ???"
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Tom & Thomas Creed: *shrugs*
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Maia Chun (Chinese): *whispers to her teammates* *looking at Charlie* "Guys in my country are never that hot…"
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Sienna Mae: "You know what's even hotter ? The flames that burn within me. Within my heart. An expression of my burning love for this country-"
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Rue Nickles & Maia Chun: *sighs* "Not this again..."
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Marilyn Fearstriker:(Attack Force Commander) (Flame Elemental) (Earth Elemental) (Wind Elemental)
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Marilyn Fearstriker: *drinks whiskey out of the bottle* "Phew. That is some good shit. *cracks neck* I'm Marilyn Fearstriker. Your principal's older sister. I honestly… *stretches* Don't give a rat's ass if you are dead or alive *yawns* but my precious little Don-Don (The principal) asked his favorite big sister to be in charge of you weaklings and ensure that none of you dies….."
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "But of-course if anyone has a problem with that… you are free to settle it with me right now."
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Ominous Aura began omitting from Marilyn's body...gradually increasing the atmospheric pressure as she pierced through their souls with her stare.
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*GROUND SHAKING*
*FLOOR CRACKING*
*SCORCHING HEAT*
Unique Ability: Pheonix Spirit Activated.
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "Now then...who still dares to challenge my authority?"
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*Marilyn walking through all of the participants*
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*Each participant groveling , struggling to get off the ground*
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*Sienna Mae stooping with her fists planted on the ground*
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Iris Leos: "Charlie….I have a really important question...why the fuck are you holding me down when I can still move…?"
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Charlie Vio: "Give me a chance to explain….I have known this woman for years…she is basically my aunt. This is more than likely kind of a pre-first test and if you stand up showing resistance...she will up the pressure even more… potentially killing at-least half of the people here…. so please just-"
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "CHARLES! Why didn't you come say hi to your aunt *turns off Phoenix Spirit* *Grabs Charlie and hugs him *soft toned voice* I would have exempted you from that awful test."
Every Other participant in unison: "Test!?!?!?!?"
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "Yup. *burps* I used around 25% of Phoenix spirit. Not enough to kill you but if anyone couldn't stand straight after I turned it off then they would automatically be disqualified. However, this year we have an exception…."
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*Everyone looks at Sienna Mae*
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "She faced the Phoenix spirit head on and her knees didn't touch the ground even once."
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*Sienna Mae struggling to stand straight*
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Sienna Mae: *voice trembling* "No matter the adversity against me...I pledged to always stand tall- "
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Sienna faints and Marilyn catches her
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "This girl right here had more balls than anyone of you. When this is over, I will personally ask her if she wants to join my attack force. There is exactly 24 hours till we reach the location: Deadman's Wonderland. Thankfully she will have time to recover..."
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "Listen carefully now. Every squad has assigned rooms in the private jet."
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*Participants Chatting*
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"Wow! I have never been in a private jet before!"
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"This is going to be awesome!"
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Marilyn Fearstriker: *Yawns* "Everybody shut the hell up.....as I was saying... in your assigned rooms, there are special black camouflage protective jumpers with your names and numbers. They reduce damage by 50% and emit a blinding light when a certain amount of damage is taken to avoid serious injury or death."
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "That's it. Go-ahead and board. Knock yourselves Out."
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*Everyone rushed in the private jet and settled into their rooms.*
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Meanwhile-
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Squad 1:
Jason King: *rolls eyes* "Why do we have to share a jet with these losers ?"
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Antonio Lucci:(Italian) "Calm down King…. it's only for a little while my brother. We came here for a reason no? I have something to prove..."
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*Trixie pretending to sleep*
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Trixie Godstar: *thoughts* "These guys are real assholes but I will have to bare with them...at-least until the first stage is over....or ditching them is always an option... *sighs* decisions decisions..."
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Squad 14:
Jack Creed: "Hey guys…. I think we should really brainstorm some strategies so we can have a head start in tomorrow's game…. "
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Tom & Thomas Creed: *Snoring*
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Jack Creed: *chuckles* "You guys are really hopeless but we should be fine because when you two get serious…. it's like an unstoppable force." *Jack tucked them into bed* goodnight..."
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Squad 21:
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Rue Nickels: "Mai….look at how peaceful she is while sleeping. You would never believe that Sienna is the same girl from earlier."
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Maia Chun: *sighs* "You got that right. I just hope she wakes in time for the beginning of the first game tomorrow… we can't do this without her."
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Squad 34:
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*Iris sleeping on Aries' lap*
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Charlie Vio: "Seems like our boy was too tired to even make it to the bed…."
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Aries Marie: "Yeah *smiles* he looks so harmless right now... *yawns* shit, we should really work on a strategy. I have an idea it's from one of my favorite movies called Ram-"
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*Charlie fell asleep on Aries' shoulder*
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Aries Marie: *giggles* "I guess you boys aren't that far apart…
Oh well...goodnight."
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MORNING OF THE FIRST GAME-
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Squad 34:
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Aries Marie: *Commander impression* "WAKE UP SOLDIER!"
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Iris Leos: *rubbing eyes* *cracks neck* *stretches* *yawns* "Damn...how long have I been asleep???"
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Aries Marie: "APPROXIMATELY 23 HOURS 29 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS PRIVATE!"
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Iris Leos: *shocked* "Shit….I need to get ready before we drop *yawns* why do you have black paint under your eyes like Rambo... and where's Charlie?"
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Aries Marie: "HE'S IN THE SHOWER WASHING HIS PRIVATE, PRIVATE!"
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Iris Leos: "Can you quiet down a little…?"
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Aries Marie: "WHEN YOU GET READY I'LL QUIET DOWN PRIVATE!"
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*Charlie walking out of the shower*
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Charlie Vio: "Go on and take a shower so we could get ready, Snow White."
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Iris Leos: "Don't rush me Ice cube."
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*Iris showering*
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*Iris walking out of the shower*
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Aries Marie: "Okay ! Let's get you guys ready!"
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*Iris & Charlie pulled up their jumpers*
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Aries adjusting their jumpers-
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Aries Marie: "Now lose a few buttons *unbuttons* perfect !"
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Aries Marie: "…and a lil bit of this… * strokes black paint across their faces with her fingers* … and a little more of this *pops their collars* and this…. *stands on the bed and ties cloths around their foreheads* FINISHED!!!"
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Aries Marie: "Let's go!"
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Iris Leos & Charlie Vio: "YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!LET'S GOOOOOOO!"
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*They both lift Aries and puts her on top of their shoulders*
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In that moment...they felt on top of the world....Squad 34. Dressed and ready for war....not knowing the dangers that lie ahead of them....
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "Good morning all. I hope you had a good rest because shit's about to go down. *cracks neck* My subordinates will place the sensory bands on your wrists and ankles. As soon as you touch the ground, you have 10 minutes before they are activated."
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "We are directly above Deadman's Wonderland at the moment. Before we dispatch, each squad captain will be given a card with the direction to head when you land so that the game will begin with even distribution. Either East, West, North or South. Feel free to use anything to your advantage in said direction. When the clock strikes 8 and the bell rings...the whole forest is your playground…"
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Marilyn Fearstriker: "Now that everyone has gotten a card…. LET THE GAMES BEGIN! MOVE OUT!"