A woman holding a megaphone stood at the front entrance to Metroplex Hall. Pita recognized her as a member of the Ork Rights Committee. The woman was dwarfed by the statues of the Indian chief Seattle and Charles C. Lindstrom—first governor of Seattle Metroplex—but her amplified voice rang out as she led the crowd in a series of chants: "Orks unite! Demand your rights!" Behind her, Metroplex Hall security guards eyed the crowd through the triple-thick safety glass of the building’s main doors. The woman changed to a different slogan: "One, two, three, four. We won’t take it any more! Five, six, seven, eight. The cops don’t come ’til it’s too late!"