The Bastille Sphere

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  • The
  • Bastille
  • Sphere:
  • a
  • penal
  • colony
  • being
  • developed
  • by
  • Harmony
  • Inc.
  • Entry
  • is
  • one
  • way
  • only,
  • with
  • no
  • way
  • out.
  • It's
  • supposed
  • to
  • be
  • for
  • habitual
  • reoffenders
  • and
  • the
  • worst
  • violent
  • offenders.River
  • knew
  • there
  • was
  • a
  • chance
  • that
  • he
  • and
  • his
  • brother
  • would
  • fall
  • behind
  • on
  • the
  • loan
  • they
  • took
  • out
  • to
  • cover
  • their
  • mother's
  • medical
  • bills
  • and
  • funeral.
  • He
  • never
  • expected
  • Harmony
  • to
  • call
  • in
  • the
  • debt
  • under
  • the
  • Debtor's
  • Prison
  • Act.
  • He
  • certainly
  • wouldn't
  • have
  • believed
  • that
  • they'd
  • send
  • him
  • to
  • Bastille
  • to
  • become
  • a
  • gladiator's
  • prize.Leyland
  • knew
  • just
  • how
  • corrupt
  • Harmony
  • was.
  • Eager
  • to
  • populate
  • their
  • colony,
  • they
  • used
  • the
  • system
  • to
  • grab
  • anyone
  • they
  • thought
  • wouldn't
  • be
  • missed.
  • If
  • they
  • qualified
  • for
  • gladiator
  • training,
  • it
  • was
  • a
  • bonus,
  • as
  • the
  • broadcast
  • games
  • added
  • to
  • the
  • revenue
  • the
  • colony
  • brought
  • in.The
  • prize:
  • A
  • fight
  • to
  • the
  • death
  • with
  • the
  • winner
  • gaining
  • his
  • parole.
  • He
  • couldn't
  • leave
  • Bastille,
  • but
  • would
  • gain
  • a
  • modicrum
  • of
  • freedom,
  • including
  • his
  • own
  • home
  • behind
  • the
  • walls
  • of
  • the
  • Compounoutside
  • of
  • the
  • prison
  • grounds,
  • and
  • be
  • gifted
  • with
  • a
  • mate.
  • It
  • was
  • a
  • win/win
  • as
  • far
  • he
  • was
  • concerned.
  • Leyland
  • would
  • either
  • be
  • freed
  • by
  • death
  • at
  • last,
  • or
  • he'd
  • win
  • and
  • gain
  • as
  • normal
  • a
  • life
  • as
  • Bastille
  • offered.If
  • only
  • it
  • was
  • that easy.
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