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[Video -- During the end of the Tournament Finale]

[The video footage is grainier and shakier than normal, as the person holding the Warp Band up is apparently trying to stay out of sight and hissing "quiet" to someone nearby.]

[What the image actually shows is an unobstructed view into one of Team Evolution's tents, wherein TeVo member Sakina constrained with huge, powerful metal bindings, eyes glowing red. The other missing representative, Crystal Verdine, and two orderly-like Team Evolution grunts can be seen injecting the struggling woman with some kind of liquid - a few moments later, she slumps over, looking half-asleep. Rise's whispered voice comes over the video shortly thereafter.]

I...we went to go find the missing Team Evolution guys during the final match. That's them.

Guys, that woman is Enlightened and stupidly powerful. There's something else, too, but I can't quite tell what. I don't know what's going on, but--

[Suddenly, at Dr. Verdine's orders, Sakina is released and unceremoniously slumps in place. A few other scarcely audible orders and the visible Team Evolution members begin to scramble to pack up the equipment and the tent it's in, getting ready to move. Possibly the whole camp. A few moments later, Sakina starts moving again, sluggishly.]

Oh crap, we need to get out of here.

[Rise's feed cuts off as she gets ready to run back to Union with her reluctant companions in tow. It may be a few minutes before she can respond to anyone but Asemu and Jinxie.]

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[somnambulatory]

What was that? What was that?

[Jinxie's whispering as she runs, but it's a somewhat loud whisper, as she's very nearly in a full-blown panic over what she just witnessed back there.]

[second_destiny]

[In tow? If anything, Asemu is doing the towing. His ranger instincts are telling him that they need to get out of there yesterday.]

Follow me. Get ready to hide ASAP. And be quiet.

[celebrity_commentator]

A Dragon/Steel/Fairy Enlightened more powerful than anything I've ever seen being tied up and...

[Speculation on whatever was happening is cut off by Asemu's entirely sensible advice. Being quiet isn't really in Rise's usual demeanor, but she really doesn't want to get caught snooping by these people.]

What do we do? How do we get back to town from here?

[somnambulatory]

They're experimenting on people! We have to tell the council about this! We can't let them stay here, it's too dangerous!

[She's trying to keep quiet, really she is, but the poor girl is terrified right now.]

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[myfedorarocks]

[What.]

What's going on over there?!

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[heartstorage]

[Sora didn't go to the tournament, so he's able to catch this video. And is promptly horrified by what he sees]

They're...experimenting on Enlightened too...?

[It was already messed up, but this goes beyond that.]

[second_destiny]

Just leave it to me, okay! Remember, I'm a ranger!

[Asemu looks around and darts as quietly as he can from one hiding place to another. When eh's sure no one will see him, he calls on Bullet and has the Fletchling take to the skies to keep an eye out from above.]

We'll talk when it's safe, so just focus on escaping!

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[rejected_trash]

I knew these bastards couldn't be trusted.

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[tinytactician]

[His expression really says it all.]

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[ember_celica]

What the hell are they doing!?

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[blade_psychic]

[and a frantic attempt to call her back]

What the heck, are you okay?!

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[stahlflugel]

[Eren looks... betrayed? Really...?]

But... she... that woman... she told me they didn't know what Enlightened were! How... how could she lie..?

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[paradiseshrinemaiden]

I knew they were up to something... [And she'd missed all the fun again too. Damn. At least it was resolved though, and she had learned some things from fighting that guy.]

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[eggsellence]

[The Doctor saw everything he needed to. As the feed drops, he makes no attempt to contact the girl back. The songstress and her friends make little impression on him.

It's what they were doing to that Enlightened that has his interest piqued. They were sedating her. In all likelihood, she's as much of a test subject as the Pokemon battling were. Indeed, so this is what they meant by "human evolution".

So this is what progress is to them. But it's not as though Robotnik can condemn them. Bastards. They're all such bastards, every last one of them. And so was he.]

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[aniiue]

[Chester stares at the screen, his teeth grit, trying to quell the shaking in his hands. He'd known they were horrible already, they'd caused the Earthquakes that had killed so many... And now this?]

I'm not surprised.

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[comparative_insanity]

That's...

[No. It's too much to take in. He'd genuinely liked Chrystal, thought that she'd seemed like a decent person despite the horrible circumstances surrounding her, the twisted philosophy of the city she represented.]

[He feels sick. In the background, there is suddenly the sound of glass shattering, and a number of objects fly past behind him, as if the following events had awoken some kind of enraged Ghost type.]

I believe my friend might have talked to that woman. She said that she didn't understand what freedom is. I think perhaps she might have been right.

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[liveforher]

[Teresa recognizes this one, he was one of the ranger applicants. And those words are ominous to her, so Teresa will actually bother to speak to him. ]

Are you stupid? Don't tell me you didn't think they were capable of lying.

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[Sometime later, several minutes after Asemu yells at her for trying to text and run.]

We went looking for the missing TeVo people and found that.

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[Later on, Rise replies with a sober nod.]

I got a good look, and I'm an Analyst...she definitely looked like an Enlightened. There was something else, too, but nothing else in the world has three Types except a specific kind of Enlightened.

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[celebrity_commentator]

[Oh, she...probably shouldn't have just thrown that out there where kids could see it, should she have?]

...sorry.

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[heartstorage]

That's awful...but I'm glad you're okay. [You know, that you weren't caught]

A specific kind? [!!] Wait! I think we studied them in class! Uh...something of War type?

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[celebrity_commentator]

The Enlightened woman looked like she was angry or ready to attack someone. I think they knocked her out, but I couldn't tell what led up to that or why they had...restraints like that.

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[ember_celica]

It looks super messed up! They shouldn't treat people like that!

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[celebrity_commentator]

I think everyone in town knew they were up to something, but...I wasn't expecting this.

[myfedorarocks]

[His hand is shaking too much to type so he switches over to video, which he should have done in the first place.]

Damn it. We have to be careful.

Did you get out of there safely?