It was a very sudden shift to being in the arena, from Senjen’s perspective. Not a surprise, but jarring nonetheless. Remote control did not feel the same as a personality transfer, though it was hard to express exactly [i]why[/i] that was the case. He could see through its eyes, feel through all its senses, while his own were suppressed from his perspective. On paper, it should have been indistinguishable from the real thing, but there was something at the back of his mind always letting him know it wasn’t quite right. Regardless, that did not matter for now. He could still get a good sense of what he wanted to know. 

Senjen rushed forward and crouched down behind a piece of cover in the arena. Being that his movement initiated the fight, he got to it first and fired a shot at the middle robot. It tried to move, but the shot struck right on the chestplate. Unfortunately, it seemed like the armor took the full hit, absorbing and dispersing the energy. It rushed to cover and shot at Senjen’s ally to his left. That shot hit closer to the droid’s leg joint, which was enough to cause it to fall to the ground right behind the wall. It was still active, but it looked like the shot had done some damage, as it was taking a moment to get up. Not the greatest start, honestly, but at least he was in cover. 

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Jess had been so occupied with how they might try to sell to her that she did not realize until it was too late how they had [i]actually[/i] ended up using her. It was not really about her at all, but rather how she could demonstrate their product. They knew what she could do, at least roughly, and that she could put up good enough of a performance to make the competition engaging. She showed herself as a professional, which meant the robot was being compared, in the minds of the audience, to a professional. If only she had been disassembling a robot, then she might have given them more than they bargained for. 

With a sigh, Jess shrugged to the Human. “No sense in blaming luck. I just need to keep my head in the game and pay attention. Less chance of making...mistakes, that way.”

Jess had at least been focused enough that she could not pay too much attention to the crowd during the contest, so it was her first chance to look around for Light again, and...of course that other QV was here. Jess had to imagine she knew why she was here, though she supposed she had already been tricked once. It was probably best not to fixate too much on seemingly obvious conclusions. 

“Excuse me.” She said to the Human, thanking him for the “prize” before heading out into the dispersing crowd. 

“Was the contest what you hoped, Light?” Jess asked once she was close enough.