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In fact…
An idea struck me with such force that I immediately set to carrying it out. “Get me a piece of paper and a pen.”
“What for?” Gpidod said.
“Just do it!” I snapped.
The competition was arranged like any sports event from back home. The winner of a round would pass through to the next stage, where they would meet another first-round winner.
No doubt Ohara would be watching these fights take place while I was too, and draw his own conclusions. But maybe, just maybe, he might find something I spotted useful too.
I scribbled my thoughts on the sheet of paper, hesitated before I added a little something at the end, folded it in half, moved to the front entrance to the Prize Pool, and knocked on it.
“What are you doing?” Gpidod asked, growing concerned.
“Whatever I can,” I said simply.
When no one responded to my knock, I did it again.
And again.
And aga—
The door’s lock released and a guard leaned around it. “What do you want?”
I extended my note to him. Gpidod hissed through her teeth as if I had committed some unspeakable sin.
“Please deliver this to the prison inmate called Ohara,” I said.
Gpidod’s face fell into her hands and she shook her head.
“We’re not a messaging service,” the guard snapped.
“I know,” I cooed softly, and I wasn’t ashamed to admit I leaned forward, exposing my breasts through the fabric of my sheer dress.
I was pleased when the guard’s head dropped — minutely — but it was still there.
“But my friend is fighting in the pits and he needs serious help,” I said. “I thought I would share some of my insights with him. That’s all they are. See?”
I opened the sheet of paper so he could see what I had written.
I flapped my lashes and peered through them at him. “If you could see he gets it, I’d be really, really grateful.”
I hated the simpering timbre of my voice but a girl had to use whatever she had — especially in a place like this.
“I’ll… see what I can do,” the guard said, taking the note.
“Thank you,” I said. “And thank you for guarding us. We all really appreciate it.”
I shut the door and it automatically locked into place.
Gpidod immediately turned on me. “Are you nuts?” she snapped. “You can’t just give a guard a note to deliver!”
“Why not?”
“Because… because…” she sputtered. “Because it’s not done!”
I shrugged. “So maybe it will be done from now on. And if he doesn’t deliver it, so what? I haven’t lost anything.”
