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“I hate this part.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoMXd4Rf2r
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHs12cfcCT
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5tzsxSvkD
“Rhim!”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumlFivRrSU
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4fcWC4RHO
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBDTtBem21
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jnAbveQKK
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8T6b542H2
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZgGjhHUhx
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA9tGQRL5T
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXtIr2pUY1
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTNK9m8Tdu
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRYrd3mpBL
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSiwhdgi6m
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXzgl3Bzol
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGfxl6Ea1X
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlx8xqzT6X
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjDnV8mE3i
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWfPejmXgZ
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsL6VlE532
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GNYpNFH2A
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1zuzuiO5O
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm7O5Mpw0k
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoim1oyaxn
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj7B5q7LDi
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDS0Bw5HPDu
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiVUW8ntzO
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfQ55KA8La
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Agkp0hQAq
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbjdqiRfbv
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikZtxFWfdQ
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuOpuqZnBg
“In three... two... one... Mark!”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAf4irXLZs
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ycWqkgO5N
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaKnu0aOND
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajkcjtxEmS
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SpZwA9hWr
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5LO4tfkBd
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFf9Vr4WtK
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoKE3D8VMz
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8br1sUuo3
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡompGJV2Ie0
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIqZ2huAEz
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH5Xp3POpN
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hhWCDKOwu
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP0Zjjb97A
more and then impact was finally made...295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CyCySy9jF
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6jVULj1Vk
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneUDNREllw
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyZqH4qY7j
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C2VkkrGUZ
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht96WeZnz4
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwbXSQ1umu
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirWM7CCXAW
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuYGGd1ehq
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSxC4ZhK0m
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
