The curtain drew.
Flick! Flick!
The lights began to fade.
What followed was a tense and unsettling silence.
Everyone sat in their seat, eyes fixed on the stage. Ready to react at any given moment to the unexpected.
The gate...
It had increased a rank.
Everyone in that moment understood the meaning behind such a revelation.
The tensions were at an all-time high. Be it the Section Chief, Hermes, or the Section Chiefs of the other Guilds.
Everyone was tense.
But...
The unexpected never came.
Shortly after the silence that followed, the darkness in their vision faded, replaced by a bright light as they basked in the glow of the sun.
"Wha..."
"Are... are we out?"
"What just...?"
The confusion merely lasted a few seconds.
Click! Click! Click!
Immediately, they were engulfed in bright lights as the reporters rushed in their direction from all sides.
"Can you tell us about the gate? What are the casualties?"
