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You desperately feel the need to tell someone about your double life... despite the dangers. You don't know if you can keep everything in. You're a pretty anti-social person, most people on Level 5 are- both the honest ones and the criminals. Still, you can't help but feel like telling someone what you're doing is important. Maybe you just want someone to try to talk you out of this path, or maybe you want to bask in the praise and the glory that you're making a difference- a little self centered, sure, but just a little bit. Just enough to keep yourself sane.
You decide that <span class="mu-s">Cheryl</span>, the Peace-Keeper, is your best choice. Keep your friends and family distant- you don't want them to accidentally spill your secret. Besides, Cheryl already knows. While she may live on Level 4 now, she still has already proven she can keep a secret and is trustworthy. Plus, having an ally on the inside of the Peacekeeping force could be a great benefit to you. And at some point in the future, you may even be able to help her do something <span class="mu-i">extrajudicial</span>; whether you wanted to or not, you did end up having a lot of empathy for her and wanting to help her. Maybe you'll get a chance to return that favor she gave you.
You call Cheryl through one of the very limited phone requests that go between levels and she agrees to come visit you. You keep your conversation over the phone candid- just in case someone is listening. Safer to talk in person. While it is very easy for a person on a higher level to come visit a lower level- the opposite is not true, so she has to come visit you. You decide to go to the security checkpoint nearest you that goes to Level 4 and agree to meet up. You go without your tonfas, red hoodie, and mask- getting this close to official government stuff with cameras and scanners make you a little nervous. You'll keep the getup at home.
Unfortunately, midway there- you happen to come across a rather distressing scene. On level 5, only ones strength is truly respected among the criminals here- and there is none bigger then <span class="mu-s">The Viking</span>.
You have never seen anyone as tall as this guy. With a square jaw, huge shoulders and hands, and an absolutely imposing frame- he is the King of this level. At least as far as you know- he's the bully who other bullies bow to. You see him in person now, just as another face in the crowd, as he bumps into some poor, regular sized bystander. The Viking slaps him across the face, instantly causing a massive wound to appear on his eye, and the man to fall to the ground- nearly knocked unconscious from an open-handed blow.
