“The antidote can cause minor side effects,” Elundestroy states, noting the perspiration and wide-eyed look on Sutaura’s face. A meeting has been called with everyone in the bunker, who now filter into the space and either stand or try to find a surface to sit. Elundestroy goes and stands with Entendre in front of the crowd and raises her hand for silence. Entendre steps forward and speaks with an erratic, ethereal voice that lingers in the air, like honey dripping from a sharp blade, “For our new friends, seeing that you trusted us, I shall now introduce you to our dear, little secret.”Behind him is a coffin-sized, black box, which he gestures to.
“The EMP,” he announces excitably. “This is the prized possession of Balledeer. It is what Lucile was after when she nearly massacred our glor
