#pitch8

Hedy: TEST, THE CIRCLE IS FOR WINNERS AND MAIN CHARACTERS ONLY Valerian: I feel like I'm interrupting something important. Test: HEDY ELECTROCUTED ME WITH HER WITCH POWERS Hedy: TEST THAT WAS LIKE A WEEK AGO Valerian: Yeah Imma Head Out. See you tonight for Chess Hedy.

Hedy: Look Test I've got a new one for you. You need to chill out!

Hedy: AHHH Test: That's better. You seem a lot more Chill now Hedy. Hedy: I ALREADY USED THAT ONE YOU WHELP.

Thursday: Valerian, did you go in my room? HANSEL has been disconnected and all my plasma packs are gone. Val: Mmmm That sounds like a you problem. Thursday: 1: Rude, 2: What does that even mean? 3: What are you even working on?

Hedy met up with Valerian the morning before the fight as scheduled for one last minute sparring session. The tone was far less lighthearted than it had previously been. She was ready to wipe that smile off that smug face once and for all.

This was serious.

Krause: Plott? A minute please?

Val: Am I in trouble Sir? Krause: Quite the opposite actually. The boys upstairs are extremely interested in your progress Valerian. You are being watched very closely by very powerful people.

Don't fuck it up.

Chloe: You excited Hedy? Everyone is saying that it's going to come down to You and Thursday. Dani: I heard Krause talking to Valerian today too. Sounds like the people upstairs have been keeping an eye on him. Hedy: Really? Interesting.

There was always an excited buzz in the air around the employees of the Dry Creek National Facility when a fight was near. It was a great break from the drudgery of Government Office work.

It wasn't uncommon for bets to be placed on who would be the next up for promotion. You had the underdog of course,

The Wild Card,

the Favorite,

and the strongest and most consistent. No one wanted this more than Hedy. She deserved it. No one had worked harder than her for this. With potentially one exception.