**A static-filled video feed appears on the screen. After a few moments, the static clears.**

**Dozens of violent, gory images flash across the screen.**

**Eventually the shifting stops and focuses on a low-quality video of a dark room. In it, ten evidently Kusarian civilians are seen. Sharp glints of knives are seen across each of their necks. Behind them stand an equal number of silhouetted figures.**

**A distorted voice begins speaking over the background noise composed of the whimpering and praying of the civilians**

"The embargo ends, or we move to Shikoku. You do not decide what moves in or out of Kusari. We do."

**Moving down the line, the civilians necks are cut. Twitching uncontrollably for a moment, all eventually stop moving as a flood of crimson envelopes them. The cutting continues until all the heads are severed and thrown into a pile in the light.**

**The camera moves shakily, zooming up on the severed heads.**

**Abruptly, the video feed cuts out. In its place, an image.**



"Kusarians, you will make your government comply or you will burn. You have one week before motivation is provided."