[color=A2DFF6]‘Darn,’[/color] a girl said in the midst of her dark little room with computers. Their attack on the Beacons was going less than stellar as Aurelio had more or less no-selled their ambush. There was a very real possibility he’d be able to get away.

There were so many weird things in the ambush. Like, for instance, why had they been packing sleep-grenades at a Beacon ambush when Beacon is immune to all forms of mental manipulation?

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXcjBrqE4PQ][i]Flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashbaaaaaaaaaaaaack[/i][/url]

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[color=4e5478]‘Okay…’[/color] Taihei commented, lifting up the latest explosive she’d made from her workbench. [color=4e5478]‘I’ve now made the “become incredibly stupid for a short time and not reconsider any decisions made during this time”-bomb. I have no idea why I made it, but it’s now imperative I distance myself from this bomb as quickly as possible, lest my bad luck will-’[/color]

And that’s when the door opened.

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[color=077ae6]‘Taihei, I’ve come to bear witness to your latest-’[/color] Mariette started as she opened the door, only for the handle to unexpectedly slam into a strangely placed mop that then fell and struck the trigger of the bomb, which abruptly blew up in a cloud of brown smoke around the two of them. As the smoke settled, the two looked at one another dumbfounded.

[color=077ae6]‘Anyway, I need bombs to ambush Beacon with, keep in mind they’re immune to all mental effects,’[/color] Mariette started.

[color=4e5478]‘Oooh, how about sleep bombs? After all, sleep isn’t mental. It’s perfectly logical, natural and necessary for survival,’[/color] Taihei replied.

[color=077ae6]‘You’re a genius, Taihei. Make those bombs, and as a reward I’ll send you on a trip to that nuclear power plant you mentioned. See if you can harness that power for Asengav,’[/color] Mariette told the incredibly unlucky girl.

[color=4e5478]‘Woooo,’[/color] Taihei replied.

[sub]And this is literally the only explanation PlatinumSkink can provide for this dose of incompetence.[/sub]

[url=https://youtu.be/e8TZbze72Bc?t=2][i]Back to the future![/i][/url]

Yeah, the entire thing confused her, the girl thought as she glanced past a news article reporting about a nuclear disaster somewhere in Europe, prompting a raised eyebrow but then just looking to things going on locally instead.

Still, she had an observation to make. Aurelio never took a detour to Beacon HQ. Meaning, he had the White Coin on him all the time. The girl chuckled a bit, if they’d known that they could have made a way simpler plan. Too bad that come tomorrow they’d probably stop carrying coins, because of this ambush. Meaning the only opportunity to try doing it again was-

The girl’s eyes widened.

[i]It had to be tonight.[/i]

The girl more or less threw herself forward to press a button.

[color=A2DFF6]‘Mayra! Make yourself available!’[/color]

[i][color=fc6828]‘Ueh?’[/color][/i] Mayra asked, stumbling where she was just about to throw her bowling ball at the alley she was taking a vacation at.

The girl pressed another button.

[color=A2DFF6]‘Josefin, cancel that last order!’[/color]

[i][color=faf07f]‘Huh?’[/color][/i] Josefin sort of stumbled where she was heading for the party.

[color=A2DFF6]‘We might need to try something desperate…!’[/color]