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“I hate this part.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1Qp7QQewa
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbP8i1z7Nm
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0e4UAjkuX
“Rhim!”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYTyEgtViw
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sMJZk1L6y
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRyCNlSCwP
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLXR7eKyyk
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRGy58Xi2E
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWpA2zbGFx
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOCGRDOWIB
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQjgn0ZrXg
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xd8odzOfW
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzAE15ZbeE
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGaaCcqiCC
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR9idJoxWJ
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTNe0c8pYL
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QtlwGXWSO
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2QIR9xILG
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4udXXZhqW
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOsAwRoqjR
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7MVZU5ynj
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQb6oceQFc
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8sU3pyBcU
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MT1gi4dep
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7raDVazgV
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uUgkwrgym
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhpF8JAtSg
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuokWI9Rxz
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJkHQnJKqr
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZeTFiepoa
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7oqsWqUEf
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsUferSI8q
“In three... two... one... Mark!”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhA2zJ2m75
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW2fuRHIMR
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJY4LjhwGy
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61Wzb0gSEA
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA3R1OlK7s
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOowJg3LDj
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmZfd54uQT
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokJVeaC14y
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVwNpRChlC
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpo8bf3Grp
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4vYHNnWwm
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV3su8Gk22
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECB269V5rr
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTkrV17Fne
more and then impact was finally made...287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0JhjxObjU
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqecVj9Qip
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40d14crG93
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdJm8RPrE9
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguHWxWZun3
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfGLaEjChD
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFbef0aKPf
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgMPmZUavn
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMybDobVtgJ
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFeS6gnG1R
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
