Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
HIGH RATINGS MAY EARN… REWARDS.
That trailing ellipsis dripped promise and threat in equal measure.
Around the bus, translucent, almost invisible bars flickered into view above a few heads—like health bars in a video game but labeled with nothing. Just faint color and length.
Above mine, a short bar glowed, maybe a third full.
Above the dark man, it pulsed longer, brighter. Almost full.
As I watched, the bar above my head ticked up a hair. So did his.
“Oh, great,” I muttered. “We’re getting… ratings.”