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“I hate this part.”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpwQOa8Lqs
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LIPYGlKCt
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfFNbiRinO
“Rhim!”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr91dWcwNe
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv8vS6L9Jj
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwfGp9dJnE
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R72o5DR7m
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNzVisMqrW
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRE114L3kJ
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWnTDXWZsB
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNrOMG1wjX
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSiX7rNCiR
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWAUdgKK8d
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t0o9xuIt6
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sngjOVg32
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx2BOOdaWA
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwwVDIAbJQ
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPlaMyeGPN
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlldB04RIu
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiaI1FqQS6
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODgd85MY24
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogbuegUh7S
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLnGaasBRJ
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAzikcjvDS
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwyNiR6Jn9
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlflAnUSAHq
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqdx9Ay4MY
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPeezu0PfD
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQsZ7nKFiV
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiaPxSleWt
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamDeYAGbtZ
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLBZjyq55x
“In three... two... one... Mark!”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVPbXhRAJp
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0zLmGMGoD
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRMZUDnNPt
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopzSmPsP1c
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9dQfw8bSU
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduxLN7zCqr
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC71R3J6HBM
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMU06mgYPa
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrdVh2ooyR
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYowWaaiy7H
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHVp7WBs0R
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXNsjs2wNI
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjyflCkSKH
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2W665BMnX
more and then impact was finally made...373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUBEt76JcV
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahPvCNc4L5
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyumMAkVOzh
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS19s2QPmEI
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrDYKKrx19
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDht7RkmWh2
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqtEG6GVs7
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuPqeYCr50
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU5WaTf40m
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkQhf9cnwS
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
