(Pre-Show) The Lobby

[Karl Jak]

Karl watched from a room as the crews worked to construct the pair of small, elevated stages. There was one at each end of the Lobby. The one near the Barracks elevator would be used a little later in the day, but the other one would be in use soon enough.

"How's the cleanup?" The man asked as he leaned onto the intercom button.

"We'll be done by the time you need us to be done..."

The executive producer groaned as he glanced at the countdown clock. They had to be ready to funnel all the competitors into the Barracks in a few hours, but in the meantime, they'd have to deal with the circus that was going to flood the facility. "All right, you can go ahead and let them in. Just keep the damaged areas covered up until you've patched all the bullet holes and bleached away all the blood."

"You've got it, Sir!"

Two stages are being put together in the Lobby area at opposite ends.

The facility has also been opened up to the general public (instead of just businessmen and VIPs) so you can expect the place to feel a little more crowded as 'normal' 'people' have been granted access to walk around and talk with everyone. Expect the media to be a little more active, especially with construction of the little stages. A further announcement will come once Retane's done his little thing.