Zone two opened at first light the way a door opened—not with drama, just with the simple fact of a thing that had been closed becoming passable.
Kai had arrived at the entry point thirty minutes early.
The entry station was a low building set against the base of a natural ridge on the city's eastern edge, well back from the main Rift frame but connected to it by a series of stabilising lines that ran along the ridge face like thick roots pressed into the stone. Two guards on duty. A check-in desk. A wall of equipment lockers that hunters could use before entry. A sealed door in the far wall that led to the transition corridor.
Four other hunters were waiting when he arrived. He read their badges without making it obvious.
Scan: 4 hunters
Ranks: D / D / E / E
Paths: Storm / Beast / Stone / Stone
Status: mission-active
