TIAMAT
[ Everything fades to black...and you awaken in a run-down one-room shack, with the distinct feeling that the people around you are your family, if you didn't already have such a bond with them.
You're wearing raggedy versions of your uniform, and a newspaper informs you that you are currently in Cathay, on the fifteenth anniversary of the day the company Lupus' Secret Stash led a coup and established their own government. In fact, you can now remember why you came here - to escape the misfortunes of your own country - because this is truly the land of opportunity and freedom. ]
You're wearing raggedy versions of your uniform, and a newspaper informs you that you are currently in Cathay, on the fifteenth anniversary of the day the company Lupus' Secret Stash led a coup and established their own government. In fact, you can now remember why you came here - to escape the misfortunes of your own country - because this is truly the land of opportunity and freedom. ]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
. . . I know.
[and then, dryly]
Next time we're given the option to blow something up, let's not take it.
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
I do not know why we are ever given that option, all things considered.
You are alright, yes?
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
I don't know why Ed insists on taking it, all things considered.
[waves a hand]
'M fine. I'm not sick or missing an arm.
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
[she purses her lips, but nods]
We will need to be far more careful from now on . . .
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
[he knew she wanted to make them suffer but :[;;]
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
[Clover is so going to follow through on her threat from the mingle after this]
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.
Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.