Victory/Humanity

Galactic Gladiator rookie lesson #10 - Instructor: Wayde Licht & Kelita Warder

*She drops dead in front of you. Her heart pierced by your very own bullet. Well, bullet - the small explosive round only left a gaping hole. Bullet holes adorn the walls around you. A plume of smoke leaves a crooked, cracked building empty. You watch as Kelita's body scatters and disintegrates into a pile of black glass shards and goo that resembles blood. You vomit a little in your mouth just as a broad hand grabs your shoulder. It's -

Wayde

Well done, Rookie! Fuck, you really were on a roll today! Glad you were on my team for this one. Really needed this win too. Just sad my daughter was on the opposite team. We could've kept more of our members alive with her. She almost popped me too!

This nasty thing will need time to heal. No Battle Calls for me for a while. Oh right, you're new here. I guess this was your -

first team game victory

Well, it was a good one. Three other teams fucked up - that'll get ya a nice boost in the Rankings. Especially in the lower ones where you're at. You'll also get some new Lives replenished.

Team Battles are a bit different from 1v1's in terms of earnings. You get to divide those bucks among the team members. I decided you get them all this round.

A gift from your King - warms the heart, doesn't it?

Okay, Rookie, see ya.

*When you look back at the pile of Hard Light body remnants on the ground in front of you, it is all gone - evaporated, sent back to the Mainframe Room. Back to create another Kelita from scratch. Another copy to die. Another copy that has already arrived by your side, the new -

Kelita

You're still here? Phew, you shot my heart right out, buddy. What are you - oh don't worry about it! Death is part of your life now - of our lives.

I'd congratulate you on the win, but that seems a bit soon. Just know Wayde doesn't hand out all earnings to only one team member often. It's rare. I guess that's the real win here.

Tell you what. Let's go roam the Mess Hall and patch you up. You do realize you're severely injured, right? But that too will be gone in no time. In the Mess Hall, you can meet some of my friends. I'm sure they'll like you. Manuel leads a little choir you could join, Lylith runs a meditation club and I can teach you a thing or two about acting.

Yup, there's some humanity left in this place. So let's go, buddy.

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