Obstacles, Part Six

{Charlotte}

"So, what are we to make of this new message?" A news anchor asked Charlotte. The pink-haired woman sat on her couch, speaking to this anchor in a livestream that was currently holding the attention of over two hundred thousand viewers. "What are the potential implications of it?" 

"Well, the fact that the Forces That Be have seen fit to raise the price of internet service so dramatically shows that the failure to communicate with the other nine groups that attempted the Final Challenge was not an accident and was not due to human failure. It was by design." Charlotte said, subtly reading from the notes she'd written down prior. "Given that it's been so long since they went into the Final Challenge and yet the players have been unable to make this purchase also shows that the rate at which one gains tokens in the Final Challenge is not increased."