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>Crusader Forces Status: HydratedWith the fighting and laughs out of the way, you leave the building and get to business. While leaving you see civilians entering and move bodies around and bring people in for treatment. You know they'll make room for your guys once they're transferred over from the detention area or from other parts of Hub. It's not like they're in a position to say no.
Outside you can see groups of Crusader fighters celebrating the apparent win with at least one truck doing donuts in the middle of an intersection, a couple of crusaders shooting into the air, and another one spray-painting a Jerusalem cross on the local water-tower. It's not the greatest show of discipline, but you think they've earned a little substance enhanced fun. Though it is kind of boring just standing on top of a truck-bed waiting for everyone to group up. You feel like talking to someone and decide to make a call back to Mobile.
OPTION SELECTED:
>Call Walter"Yo, this is Jesse, reporting in from the Sacaton Hospital. Come in, Messenger?"
"Say again?" His voice is hard to hear and you can't make out what he's saying too well. You're pretty sure he's in Mobile and not Maricopa waiting on word from you, so it's a miracle you managed to get a hold of him at all.
"It's Jesse! Cardinal Paul! Commander of the crew that just took the settlement of Sacaton! Supremely hydrated!"
"I can hardly hear you, repeat please."
"Supremely hydrated!" you shout as you climb on top of the top of the truck's roof hoping to get some better signal. "Got some of that hospital electrolyte drink in me, the stuff that's like sports drinks on meth."
"What?"
"You know, like making sure me and the boys are hydrated. Sent out the orders, we're maxing out on water before the comedown. I've seen what happens to people in the desert without water, their skin gets all scaley and they start looking like lizard people!"
"Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?"
"Yo Mister White, it's all good! We're just preparing before we formally accept Sacaton's surrender."
"Sacaton's surrendered? You mean the town?"
"Yea, I came up with the plan of taking meth and charging at their strongholds. Doing some blitzkrieg like you see on the history documentaries." There's a long enough pause for you to wonder if the connection totally cut out. "Hello, do you copy?"
"Yes, yes, I copy. I'm just- have you told the others?"
"Oh, you mean like the back-up we called in! Oh, no I forgot actually. Thanks for reminding me, I'll get to it now." You're glad you at least called Walter so you can remember about the others. "By the way, when I go out there I can basically do the whole negotiating terms stuff. Y'know, since if anything's off-base we can just correct things and figure it out later right?"
There's another pause. "Yes? You're a cardinal."
"For sure! Anyway, I'll keep you posted, going over and out, godspeed."
