[center][color red][h1]Arrish Duval[/h1][/color][/center]
[h3][center][color red]“Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the
other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.” [/color][/center][/h3]
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[center][color red][i]'Seriously, you're going to double down on taking command when Aurora's death wish order was emotional dogwash? You've gotta be kidding me, Mema-ka.'[/i][/color][/center]
[center][color red][i]'God forbid you have an original thought in your head, Mema-ka. Oh, wait. Lets put Elora in command if you go down. Brilliant one there, Genius.'[/i][/color][/center]
[center][color red][i]'You're an idiot, Mema-ka and you're going to get us all killed. How fucking dare you talk to me about folly when you're an ambitious fool.'[/i][/color][/center]
[center][color red][i]'we're not going to survive if we fall apart like this. We need to stay unified. You can't be ambitious like this, not now. Think. Think!'[/i][/color][/center]
[center][color red][i]'We need to unify, and stay together. We're going to fall apart if we can't stay together. Calm down, Arrish. Think for once.'[/i][/color][/center]
[center][color red][b] . . . [/b][/color][/center]
[center][color red][i]'Fine. Lead us down into the darkest circles of hell, Virgil.'[/i][/color][/center]

Arrish's thoughts coalesced through various degrees of anger before centering on a cold and icy point. No matter what he thought or felt he deserved it was all a bunch of nothing to the ultimate end goal. If Team Apple was going to survive this encounter it needed to be unified and held together. Not with the cheap metaphorical tape of hope or the hot fires of passion, but through the steel of unity. He put aside all his thoughts and desires and through an angry voice would reply in kind.

[color red]"Alright, Mema-ka. I hear you loud and clear. You're in charge here, so lead us through hell, commander."[/color] He wondered if Mema-ka would be their metaphorical Virgil and lead them through the dark circles of hell. [color red][i]'Heh, I guess this isn't exactly an inferno. Team Mango are no devils, but they fight like one...'[/i][/color]

Arrish then saw the drone coming for him and tried to course correct, but it was too late. He pulled his assault rifle towards the direction of the oncoming drone but it was highly unlikely to hit something that small without aiming for it. He held his breathe and began to move his framewerk in the opposite direction but there was no time to clear it and move away. He cursed himself for being so careless and getting lost in thought.

[color red][center][i]'God fucking dammit.'[/i][/center][/color]