Above the Slave Pit, two Cycnocoid Guards opened it up, as they began whipping at a few gladiator slaves who were crawling to get out. They fell down quickly, and bled heavily, "Those who tried escaping will be fed to the beasts..." said one of the guards. Another Guard peered down at the slaves and announced, "Slaves Akira, Shah-Nahul, You two will be participating in the upcoming match against a veteran. You are warming him up for a more important match. This match is not to the death." The Cyconoid guard sneered at the two, "Well are you ready?"

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A Cycnocoid Guard approached Zharkov, "Zharkov, you will have a warm-up match before the glory of the Festival of Beasts. One slave of the pair you will be fighting, the one with the robot arm, needs punishing. His master insisted that you be the one to defeat him and embarrass him in the arena. The other slave is Shah-Nahul, he is your -actual- warm-up opponent. If he only had more showmanship like you... He could make it far." He smirked, "Are you ready then to show these slaves true pain?"