School Idols of the Lighthouse War
Scene 4
A Difficult Fate and Hope
We are back by Avril, who was being held here at the Zapland Prison, close to the 444th Air Base.
Avril explains it all in her cell.
Avril: How penal is this penal unit, you ask?
This place is very bad.
If you took the stink of all the corruption in the world, then corralled it all in one place… that give you a pretty good idea what the air smells like around here.
We got all kinds of critters too.
Everything from flea-ridden guards, rabid dogs, and a mechanic doing a stretch for life.
I can't forget about the rats–yeah, we got those!
And some pilots who got their wings clipped, too.
One's a great pilot, but a lousy thief. (That might be Count)
One's a gambler with no luck. (High Roller)
And one's an anarchist with no balls. (Tabloid)
Their job here was to rev the engines on the fake runways.
The idea was for Erusea's spy satellite to pick up the heat-sig.
Even though there weren't any real fighters here, it looked like it on their infrared.
I bet you're wondering, "if Erusea lost the war, how come they still have a spy satellite?"
Cuz someone over there was smart enough to train a bunch of computer nerds to hack half of Osea's satellites. That's how come.
Every now and again, I'd try to bust out.
And every single time, the guard dogs would drag me right back to the cells.
As Avril explained further, the radio in the base is recording the speech of Princess Rosa.
When I was in my cell, I'd hear this voice coming from the guard's room.
It was the Erusean Princess, rallying her people on the Erusean national broadcast. All us prisoners had become big fans of hers.
You wanna hear something funny? The guards were big fans too!
I swear to God, every time she was on the air, they'd turn up the volume on the radio and sit there, listening.
I could see how someone like her could win the hearts and minds of soldiers and workers alike.
When the Princess said something, you could tell she meant every word. Lately, she'd been having more fun with her speeches and that made her seem even more charming.
You could say her charm was like a virus.
Whenever she'd point out stuff that was wrong with Osea, the prisoners in here went nuts.
Hell… If anyone knew how messed up Osea was, it was the prisoners.
They'd shout, "Burn Osea down!"
No way am I just gonna sit here and rot away in this prison.
Dark blue…
Instead of building fake–ass planes to trick Erusea, I'm gonna build one that'll really take off.
You can count on that.
End of Scene 4
Next time is the failed rescue of the Former president Harling! Can the School Idols try to contact Trigger and explain it to everything what is happening?