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[celebrity_commentator]

[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.]

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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.]

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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.

[antiseptic]

[Human experimentation. Jade knows he should be reacting with horror and anger, but mostly he's curious, and he despises himself for it. Still, this is hardly the time for self-flagellation. Rise is unlikely to be able to address the concerns he has, so he'll keep his inquiries to what she can answer.]

You say she's powerful? How so?

[As he waits for an answer, he wonders, almost idly, if this has been reported to the Council. After all, Team Evolution might just take advantage of the abundant population of Enlightened in the city to secure more test subjects.]

[But managing it would be a bother, so he's going to refrain from doing so.]

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[at_too_low]

[A little while later, Rise will receive a text on her warp band - partly because texts are easier to send, and you don't have to answer them ASAP as you would with video.]

Sorry, I happened to catch your transmission. What do you make of it? It looks like they do have Enlightened, but don't understand them well enough, or they are really rare. That lady, she left in the middle of the tournament, right? Did you get any idea why? Looks like something happened to her, but the tournament was full of other Enlightened, why did it only affect her? Do you think it's possible that she's some kind of... artificial Enlightened?