"For the 2nd time, I would… like to officially welcome the newest member of our team, Riley Ross."
A mix of quiet applause and nods whispered in the air as the members of the Hope Guild gathered in their meeting hall. Everyone all carried different expressions on their faces; some complicated, some happy, excited, and some just… worried.
As for Riley, he was busy looking at the almost hundreds of screens that were plastered all over the walls of the meeting hall. Some were turned on to the news, some were live feed from surveillance cameras that Bernard no doubt hacked, some were view from above; no doubt from satellites that Bernard also hacked.
One would think Bernard to just be a minor part of the Hope Guild… but wasn't the whole guild basically operating on him? He was as much a foundation as the very base they were currently standing on.
Their outfits were upgraded by him, their comms, their base– everything was running through Bernard. And yet…
