Chapter 273: Black Tower
After the match against Jassiel, the month that followed became a flurry of activity, with squads deemed worthy of graduating reporting to the Black Tower, as he learned the headquarters of the Executioners was nicknamed.
Elevated took everything Rain owned and bundled it with Cassiel’s significantly larger amount of luggage, moved into one of the large, shared suites reserved for Prime teams.
"I know it’s only temporary before we move to Ayther, but I just can’t live without proper nightwear," Cassie said on the first day, after having Rain and Ozzie hang up her collection of negligees.
"The other teams will be training soon, for the tournament. Shall we join them?"
"Oh, I forfeited. They were going to give us a bye anyway. I’d rather not make enemies before the Expedition."
Ozzy was unconcerned, simply stating, "As you wish, Angel."
Rain, however, was shocked. "Didn’t you want to make it to the top? So people would see you as a leader?"
"There will be plenty of chances. And besides, I already forfeited. There’s no going back now. It’ll give us more time to settle in, maybe do some actual work before the Expedition, since we have a spot anyway."
"Some actual work," it turned out, was reviewing something called "black-box" records.
The records actually came on little chips, which were sheathed entirely in steel, and therefor likely to survive anything short of a cataclysmic attack.
"Ooh! This is exciting! We get to see how actual Executioners act in the field!"