Rekha
Vain, ambitious and very dramatic. Rekha does the poses, and she wants that promotion more than anything.
RekhaWell, well, well. A brand-new trainer. With a brand-new spirit. It still smells of Grandma's kitchen.
Team Blackout
Lumen Power's secret night crew. They want your spirits, a promotion and a company scooter that starts. They get one of those, sometimes.
The motto
Every time they turn up, they do the motto. Raghu reads it off his phone. You may let them finish.
RekhaWhen the land runs bright—
Raghu—we switch off the light!
Rekha and RaghuTeam Blackout, on the night shift!
Gizmo[...Overtime not approved.]
The trio
Raghu
Soft-hearted, and always sorry. Raghu secretly feeds every spirit he meets, and never remembers the motto.
RaghuHi! Sorry. Hi. We're not here to scare you.
Gizmo
Their storm-bird spirit, in a translator collar: the only spirit in the Five Lands that talks. The collar is far too honest.
Gizmo[Greetings. We are definitely not thieves.]
The night shift
Behind the trio come the Blackout Grunts: hard hats with light-blue visors, black uniforms and yellow hazard stripes. They turn up wherever the lights go out.
Blackout GruntThe job ad said 'bright future'. I thought they meant the lights.
And then there is the company scooter. They lose, it won't start, and they push it away with great dignity. A moment later, from somewhere far away: beep-beep.
