Hell Or High Water (Escape From Tarkov + Arknights)

Chapter 5.5

Exusiai went back with Texas in the team assignments again, they were together for the past five years and often mashed up with Croissant or Sora to have some different combinations where she would also enjoy their company. With Sora now have to return to Monster Siren to work with her Idol Business for a couple of days it left five of them running the main show.

From what she heard in the morning Alex, who despite having a serious fever went with Bison to get an advanced training of a local's perspective with the inside out of Lungmen until the next shift of set ups.

Ignoring all the advices good faith he just swallowed a couple Aspirin pills from his own sources and slipped off when the girls' attentions were off as Emperor got in shouting as usual. And when they finally caught him returning he almost passed out as he handles basically all the drivings. Leaving him have to be absent for a couple days to recover, where he took those times to read.

Tam Kung Street of Sector 16, District 9, Downtown Lungmen
Forecast: Raining, 21:27 hours

Another few days later in the beginning of December the crew found themselves returning from a movie at the Broadroad theatre where there's a Lungmen crime movie called A Brighter Tomorrow suggsted by Croissant on a day she went by the theatre to offer popcorn towards the audiences, there was zero advertisements at first in all that caught her curiosity. So she notified Emperor who called up the crew to cancel overtime for today at the cost of him covering the expenses for this event (Under the pressuring demands from the girls). Sora who finally got her work with the Agency done joined in and soon all of them were there watching the entire film.

"Like, see how Chao single handedly shot those mobsters there in the Wine House? The action there is so smooth that it looked like they managed all that within one long shot!" Sora said ferorous with adrenaline, she hasn't been watching a movie that has both a well made plot and carefully plotted details for action scenes for a while, recent movies had been succeeding in one and failing another, but this one captured her heart with the foreshadowings and emotional build-ups within the plot.

"They employed the technique that has certain checkpoints which makes different shots alined within a single timeframe without making it too obvious." Texas explained, grabbing her retractable umbrella out from the waist bag as the group is about to leave the roofed areas and take the short cut between buildings that are open topped.

"That's quite impressive, maybe we can try one of those when there's a music video to make."

"Yeh, and plenty of things we can try dere to do as well, promotin' der companie, drinks-"

"And Apple Pie!" Exusiai chimes in, having a bite on an apple pie she bought from the Mc Locals right next to the cinema.

"Croissant, Exusiai. Are you sure they'll agree on this?" Bison questioned, attempting to shoot it down before their idea turned into another one of their 'masterpieces'. He had witnessed plenty of their works during and after the Saurin this year and he sort of want to prevent as much incidents as possible for their sakes.

"Don't you worry little man, their contract signed with us have us to promote her and pumpin' her popularity as we see fit. We could do whatever we're pleased as long as we're donin' that for them."

"Which we'll also be taking all cost incurried during it..." With that Texas glared at the rapper Penguin who's waddling at her waist height to her left.

"You ain't gonna get decent things without puttin' efforts in, ain't it Sora?" Emperor sort of dodging that question with another question.

"Correct boss, hard work makes things perfect." The idol replied, and Texas' ears twitches, her racial traits gives her the sensitive nose and ears, which picked up multiple footsteps from the corner coming up to them and the signiture cigar smell in the moistured air that speaks ill to her instinct. She then gives the gesture for the gang to halt.