[quote=CrimsonWarrior55]
Malachi suddenly woke with a start "Ah!!" then immediately regretted it "Dammit... my head... What the hell happened last night?" he asked, looking around. 'People? There must be hundreds of them! What the he-RENA!!' headache immediately forgotten, Mal jumped to his feet and tried to move, but quickly found out he was shackled "What the...? What the hell is going on here! Rena! Rena! RENA!!!" Dammit! He didn't see anyone he recognized and half the people where still unconscious. Forcing himself to remain calm, Mal began to look around, trying to find some manner of escape. Only then did he see the enormous red crystal in the middle of the room. "What on earth is that thing?"

By now Mal was getting a real bad feeling. He reached for his gun only to find an empty holster. "Shit! My gun!" he exclaimed, feeling all throughout his coat, checking every pocket. And each one... empty. Even his secret pockets. Nothing! Without his gun, there was no way he could break these things, but he had to try! Grabbing the clamps on his ankles, he started trying to pry them apart. He knew it was hopeless, but he wouldn't give up until he was free or dead...
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Laecora awoke as all the others had -- shackled. Blearily, she flickered her eyes open, trying to remember the last thing that had happened. She remembered looking for fresh vegetables and then hearing a slight sound of panic behind her, but everything was black afterwards. Had she been knocked out? It wouldn't be entirely unreasonable that someone from the Gamma district would be envious of her hard-earned place in the Alpha district, but... As her emerald eyes flickered around the room, she ruled that out. No single person from Gamma would be able to bring her to a place like this. Instinctively she reached for her daggers and felt they were gone. As it became apparent that there were many, many others just like her around the room, she relaxed only slightly. At least she had safety in numbers, regardless of how slim that safety was. 

Slowly she up-righted herself and stood up, checking on her neighbors and helping them orient themselves and answering what few questions she could, particularly attempting to calm the frantic male next to her. "Excuse me sir. ... Sir .... Sir! ..." She had to speak up in order to get her words through his frantic shouting. "Who is Rena? What does she look like? Perhaps I can help you look to see if she is here with us, wherever here is."