Chapter 49 - If a tree falls in a forest... (1/2)

Terran Hegemony, front line base near Vienna in the former country of Austria.

The Princess thought the best way to help with the war effort without fighting would be to put on a concert since she loved to sing. Her mother, Queen Manyeo, only agreed to it since the Princess said it was to raise the soldier's morale and get them excited.

Princess Bang-gwi worked hard and had a stage setup inside the training grounds of the base earlier that day. Currently she was busy making the final touches to her set list and costumes from a trailer near the stage as it was almost time for the performance.

"It's done! It's finally done!" Princess Bang-gwi jumped around excitedly while looking at the finished dress.

"What's done?" Chuhan Jwi asked the Princess.

"Uhmmm, my preparations! I'm going to give them a concert they'll never forget!" the Princess exclaimed.

"I'm sure it will be amazing Princess. The pink gown of Miss Maven's you had us mimic for you is spectacular on you! Just don't cut the timing so close, you almost didn't have enough time to get ready!"

"I know, but I knew I could make it, and I wanted to do it as soon as possible!" The Princess resisted the urge to twirl in the dress since she didn't want her modifications coming undone. "Wait for me at the side of the stage Jwi, it's almost time!"

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"Team 3 status?" Giacobbe asked in the team leader chat.

"Team 3 status?!?" Giacobbe messaged again.

"Team 3 status update!!!" Giacobbe messaged again sounding impatient this time.

"Ah, sorry, we wanted to picnic by the river first..." Gray messaged back.

Gray figured Giacobbe would be fuming from this and couldn't help but think to himself "Why do I love to torture people like this?"

"I'm going to assume that was a joke, ETA to hills?" said Giacobbe

Gray was slightly disappointed he didn't take the bait and get mad so Gray decided to play with fire and said "Give us 10 minutes, I am enjoying a fresh salad."

Everyone else shook their heads at Gray for being such a butthead, but it was funny so everyone was still laughing to themselves.

"...just let me know when you're in position." Giacobbe said exasperated

"Moving to position." Gray said with a serious expression finally.

This seemed to satisfy Giacobbe as he left Team 3's channel finally.

"Ok, everyone, move to sector B12, Geoff, Yurika, Paul, and Myself will provide cover if needed, no need to draw attention to us." said Gray

"Aren't we supposed to be feinting and drawing attention to ourselves?" asked Alice.

"We will, just not yet. Need to find a way to get up to that Solar farm." replied Gray.

"Gray, not to be a hindrance, but we should assume this map was designed to make it impossible to get up to that area from outside of the base." Caleb said.

"Oh, they probably did design it that way, but I'm sure they didn't think of everything."

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