From here we split into two arcs.
The planning arc, following Galeforce, Ellie, Charles, Rupert, Dave, Dmitri, Kyle and Wilson
And the Testing Arc, following Henry and Clyde. You will also be able to ask Corporal Bill Bullet questions, and try to convince him to push back Henry’s “euthanasia” date.
The Testing arc takes place after each test occurs, so is typically a few hours ahead. You will not be there for the testing itself, but you will see the results and how they affect Henry.
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The Planning Arc
The next day, planning starts.
General Galeforce is up first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee, and in joined by Ellie, Charles and Rupert. Wilson joins them soon over a voicecall, and then Dmitri joins them after a few hours with Kyle, arriving in a sleek black car and looking none too please to see Ellie, or even Galeforce for that matter.
“Hubert.” The warden greeted stiffly, lifting his head.
“That’s General Galeforce to you, Petrov.” He snarled in response. “And if you even think of touching Henry after this-”
“As long as he doesn’t re-enter Canada, I’ll keep my hands off him.” He muttered in response.
Galeforce glared at him, but turned away.
“Alright, from what we know from Clyde, we have a week of testing at the least.” He spoke up, back straight and voice booming. “The askers and anons are going to help him stall the decision to kill Henry as long as possible, but he doesn’t know how long they can hold off. If..if worst comes to worst, we’ll have to hope they can protect him in time for us to arrive.” Galeforce looked around at them. “I’ve agreed to let Dmitri contain any captured CCC personnel at the Wall, as long as he improves the conditions of his prison.” He glared at the Russian, who muttered something under his breath, looking away.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m working on it.” He muttered.
“We need as much information as we can get. What we do still know is that Ellie and Charlie are targets for the CCC. Wilson has agreed to pass on any information he can and pass on some of their technology.”
“The issue is,” Wilson spoke up, “There are multiple branches. The Central Branch, the one who’s holding Henry, is going to be the hardest to take down because of how well they cover their tracks. We could work our way up with the difference branches, then take down the Central Branch. Then they wouldn’t have anywhere to fall back on and would be unable to recover. The issue with that is that we don’t know how long they’ll hold Henry, and this will take longer than a week. But if we go straight for the central branch, there’s a high risk of the higher ups, our target, to flee to different branches.”
“We cannot risk them fleeing.” Dmitri shook his head. “Your...friends...can try to convince the higher-ups not to kill Henry, but if they flee before we can get enough of them, they may destroy any evidence of wrongdoing in the other branches.”
“But if we hesitate, and if they cannot be convinced, what do we do? They would kill Henry!” Rupert protested. “Triple Threat could track them down no problem. They brought down the Toppats without much evidence!”
“We’ll take a few days.” Galeforce interrupted. “To look at the pros and cons of each.” He turned to the askers and anons. “We’re counting on you to help with information. You’re our main hope.”
Galeforce, Wilson, Dmitri, Kyle, Rupert, Ellie and Charles are open for Asks.
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The Testing Arc
Henry leaned against Clyde, groaning softly as he was lead down the hall.
“I know.” Clyde told him gently, taking him back to the cell. “I know, it hurts.” He looked up at the Askers and Anons, unable to leave the cell or wander around unless with him or another CCC member. “Pain tolerance was the first test. They were rough on him.” He explained. “Give him some space, he needs to rest.”
Henry shook his head, signing. “No, I’m not tired. I want to talk to them.”
Clyde hesitated. “...alright. I gotta go talk with the Corporal, so I’ll see you later, Henry. You guys can come if you want, I guess. Just...don’t make him too angry. He won’t hesitate to add you to the testing list.”
Henry heads over to a corner of his cell, settling down and curling up as Clyde leaves, heading down to his boss’s office.
Henry, Clyde and Corporal Bill Bullet are open for asks.
