[ She's noticed it, too. Her clothes are a little more worn, beat up, than she recalls. Odd. Aqua has to wonder if there's something more going on here... something almost sinister.

The wording of the rules, after all... ]

"Punishment"... "engage..." "exercise..." [ Each word is murmured in a low voice. It's only more unsettling the longer she thinks about it. ] Maybe it has something to do with the rules.

[ Quietly: ] "Survivors"... What does that mean?