[Verse 1]
Level 50
Gate ahead
Four hundred and fifty-four people
And nobody is looking at the gate
Because the gate is not what arrived
From the left — Chaos
From the right — Disorder
“What are your bounties?” Chaos asks
Before hello
Before anything
“What are your bounties?”
From above — five figures
Madela lands and immediately crouches
Touches the soil
Stands back up
“This soil,” she says
“This is — no. No.”
She starts cleaning
From below — cold
The temperature drops
Eleven figures from the fold
And at the front — Void
He crosses the space
Stops three feet from Solara
“At last,” he says
“We meet.”
(Cygnus was ready to dance)
(Void was not there for the dance)
[Pre-Chorus]
Then Asala lands
And the five behind her
Aevum: “This again.”
Lorn: already looking at something three folds away
Vael: “How many people are here? Why are there so many people? What is level 50? Is level 50—”
Asala: [ignoring all of this]
“Solara.”
[Chorus — march energy]
Captain’s orders
Everyone has them
Captain’s orders
None of them match
Here on level 50
Every crew with their own reason
Every captain with their own target
Captain’s orders —
Who do you follow
[Verse 2]
Chaos is collecting bounty numbers
He has a list
He is very focused on the list
Madela’s crew is watching her clean
Rangor’s beasts are making it worse
She is aware
She is working faster
Draco leans to Hydra:
“There is the one who beat us”
“I see him”
“For research purposes”
“For research purposes,” Hydra agreed
They moved slightly behind Persy
Void has not looked away from Solara
Solara has not looked away from Void
Asala is trying to speak
Thresh has not been given parameters for this situation
Mira is experiencing this from four timelines at once
And the gate to level 51 is still open
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Then Solara looks around
Really looks
Void’s crew — twelve
Madela’s crew — five
Chaos, Disorder, and their people
Asala and the five
Behind her — four hundred and fifty-four
And the gate to level 51
Still open
[Chorus]
Captain’s orders
Everyone moving
Captain’s orders
No one’s stopping
The fold just got smaller
Every crew converging
Every captain choosing
Captain’s orders —
The race is on
[Bridge — Solara, quiet]
She thought this was a journey
She thought this was exploration
But there are bounties on their heads
And ancient things waking from below
And the council sent someone
And all the Ones are coming
And she is still climbing
[Final Chorus — full, triumphant march]
Captain’s orders
She gives them
Captain’s orders
To her crew
Level 50 is crowded
Level 51 is empty
She is still moving
Captain’s orders
[Outro — standoff, then the Hollows]
Void: “At last we meet.”
Solara: ”…”
Madela: “The soil here is unacceptable.”
Chaos: “Your bounty is HOW much?!”
Asala: “Solara, we need to—”
Vael: “Why is everyone here? What is a Void? What is—”
Herc: [cracking knuckles]
Draco: “…for research purposes.”
Then—
Three of them
Level 50
No announcement
No gate
Just — there
Void stops
Madela stops cleaning
Chaos puts the list away
Asala stops
Every crew
Every agenda
Every bounty
Every question
Shifts
Three Hollows
Level 50
And everyone is looking at the same thing
For the first time
[cut]
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