[
Hanging Edge. An abandoned city near the edge of Cocoon, the crossroads of hundreds of roads and tracks. Long ago it was a bustling metropolis, but during the War of Transgression, it was abandoned.]
[Today, it is a warzone.]
[Sanctum soldiers unload streams of ammunition at sabotaged and diverted trains, behind which terrified former residents of Bodhum village cower. The Purge has begun, and contrary to the Primarch's recorded statements, these 'brave' citizens are not being relocated to Pulse. They are being slaughtered.]
[Across a rubble-strewn highway, a group of youths fight back, spraying gunfire at the soldiers from behind hastily-erected barricades. The paramilitary organization, the youth group, NORA, consisting of
Gadot,
Lebreau, and
Maqui --]
[Uh, no. Today, it consisted of Serah, Shadow, and Espio. Who had each been conveniently dumped into one of those three's shoes.]
[And the rest of their clothing as well.]
[Time Compression... could have a strange sense of humor.]