Across the desolate plains, seen by few, 2 featureless metal men ran, both lightly armed. Black spires loomed ahead and soon the black city was in their view. As the 2 metal men crested a hill, they slowed down and prepared to stop. Corpses were piled high close to the entrance and it seemed that 2 avatars were squaring up to fight each other. The 2 metal men slowly walked down the hill and came closer to the source of the commotion. 

As the commotion grew into a duel the metal men got close enough to listen to the chatter but were careful not to be seen. Flitting through abandoned buildings they quickly found a suitable one and entered. Ascending to the third floor, one metal man stared out the window at the crowd while the other hid in the shadows. He'd come late, but he got the gist of it. A sweeper against a high-level relatively infamous user, Eclipse Princess. The other combatant had a unique avatar with 4 arms. Thomas was sure that he'd heard of the 4 armed man before, possibly in connection with the sweepers.

As the metal man watched, another combatant joined the fray. With plenty of time to think, Thomas deduced that the new combatant must've been a sweeper ally of the 4 armed avatar. As more and more people turned up to watch, including an avatar with an entire fan club around them, it was clear that Thomas's gamble had payed of. He'd assumed that going to the black city would give him something interesting to see and it turned out that he was correct. This was definitely news material, though he was sure he was missing a few links.

One avatar - possibly linked to the sweepers, with a distinctive mop of blond hair - called out and confirmed his suspicions. There was clearly something going on with the Eclipse Princess, but Thomas couldn't figure it out just yet.
[color=00746b]"Later."[/color] The puppet master muttered. [color=00746b]"This is worth watching in its entirety."[/color]

Thomas recorded what he'd seen, he'd need to after all. This was a large story for sure but there was a high chance that it was linked to another bigger story. One that Thomas just had to find out about.