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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2016-04-02 08:45 pm

Arrival in Gigas

The City of Gigas is unlike anything the people of Union have ever seen before. The city is immense, a sprawling metropolis that covers the land as far as the eye can see. Built up primarily around enormous centralized towers, unlike Union these towers are dark concrete buildings, covered in glass windows. The buildings seem to serve any number of functions, and have a startling variety in construction, style, and even size, creating a unique skyline that is breathtaking to behold. The city is connected with roads of asphalt, upon which whiz smoke-belching steel carriages at frightful speeds, the engines (and piercing, constant horns) creating an ever-present din that engulfs the city in loud, chaotic sound.

“Downtown,” as the Gigans know it, is a huge collection of stores, apartments, and businesses. Apparently, the larger homes are built in Calderan-style but tend to be further from the main commotion of the downtown areas, of which Gigas citizens assure Union citizens that there are several, each with their own district name and culture. The technology is quite advanced as well, full color televisions are standard in every home and built in devices so slim and with such sharp images that they seem decades ahead of Union’s own technology. Pokemon are still quite present in Gigas, many people riding flying types and the buildings having huge perches to accommodate them. As with the vehicles below, however, Gigas seems to regulate air traffic to individual lanes and the birds seem well-trained as they convey their trainers to and fro.

Humans are just that, here, Human. No unusual shapes and sizes like the Enlightened and Earthkin of the Union Alliance, and those displaying unusual traits receive odd looks. Like many civilizations to the east, Battling is a common sport though in this place it’s more like the combat arenas of old. Several stadiums dot the cityscape, the sounds of Pokemon Battles and cheering crowds echoing for blocks all around, and it’s a stadium where humans are not welcome. Unless, of course, they want to make a show and spar against a Pokemon, of course.

This is Gigas, the City of Reclamation. Union civilians have free rein to explore this grand city as councillors are invited into the massive capitol building to negotiate with the Gigan leaders. Gigas civilians, for their part, are polite, friendly even. While many of them are caught in the bustle of their daily lives they regard Union citizens with interest and curiosity, willing to talk about their city, extolling its virtues while complaining about the noise, the crowds, the lines, and the expense all the while. One thing is clear though, the people of Gigas are proud of their city and their accomplishments. This is their home, and they are eager to show it off to the world.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-06 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Sanae and Takuto spent the morning excitedly exploring the city. Silly grins and star-shaped dough covered in sugar abounded as they happily bounced from place to place, seeing the sights, talking to the people, and being adorable stupid tourists.
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[personal profile] miracle_miko 2016-04-06 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Her arm hooked around his, Sanae took a big bite of the strange, deep-fried dough dessert, sighing contently. This place was interesting, there was so much to take in! Hopefully Gigas and Union could get along, so they could visit more often.

She should probably be on her guard, but details.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-06 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Are you getting hungry? Did you want to find somewhere to eat?
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[personal profile] miracle_miko 2016-04-06 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm...

[ Sanae looked up a bit, putting the cinnamon-y treat near her lips as she contemplated. ]

Maybe a little bit. What about you?
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-06 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Takuto's stomach rumbles a bit, on cue]
Edited 2016-04-06 05:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] miracle_miko 2016-04-06 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sanae giggles. Cute. ]

Let's go find something to eat.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-06 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, let's do that. What sounds good?
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[personal profile] miracle_miko 2016-04-06 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not picky. Whatever you think looks good.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-06 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
That smells interesting!

[He points at a barbecue shop that is smoking meat, but not in any way that would be found in Citadel or Caldera]
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[personal profile] miracle_miko 2016-04-06 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ What was that smell? ]

It does...

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Open to Sanae too!

[personal profile] sleepingvalkyrie 2016-04-06 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking advantage of the break between increasingly dull meetings, Gwendolyn has gone for something a little more savoury. Stepping away from one of the shops offering a variety of fried vegetables, one is offered to the swablu on her shoulder while she nibbles the other.

Deep fried everything. A Crescent specialty. So it was unsurprising that Gigas would indulge in it too.

Familiar voices turn her head, however, and her expression brightens as she waves at her friends with veg-on-a-stick. "I did not think to see you two here!"
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-08 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey! How are you?"
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[personal profile] sleepingvalkyrie 2016-04-09 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
"We're quite well, thank you. Though I have to return to a stuffy boardroom before too long. How are you finding Gigas?"
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-11 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
It's really interesting. I'm not sure what to think. They seem kinda... normal?
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[personal profile] sleepingvalkyrie 2016-04-13 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That is true. Most of them are not from warrior clans, as far as I can tell. [a pause. Unless he means typing? She nibbles on her fried veggie stick a moment] I have not had a chance to look around much yet. Is it true there are no trees?
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-22 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
A few, but not many. It's all developed, although I guess the... "sub-urbs" have more trees and less people.
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[personal profile] sleepingvalkyrie 2016-04-22 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
'Sub-urbs?' [a puzzled look] What a strange word.
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[personal profile] senpaidol 2016-04-08 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Rise's not sure if the pair of them had the same idea as her or if they're just coincidentally that starstruck. She's happy to catch up with them around lunchtime, though.

"Hey guys!" she says, waving. "Enjoying yourselves?"
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-11 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah! It's really amazing!"

Takuto is, as usual, overly excited.
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[personal profile] senpaidol 2016-04-12 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
All this enthusiasm for a place she assumed was going to be a bitter enemy until last week. Rise's not sure whether that says something about the situation or about Takuto.

"All this space and it's all city...gotta make you wonder how they managed it this whole time," she says.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-04-22 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Apparently they were protected..."
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[personal profile] senpaidol 2016-04-24 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, during the Cataclysm and ever since, it looks like," she notes. "They cover the first part of that really well in the history books and legends, at least."
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-05-04 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"They don't seem too big on legends overall though. Nobody seems to know them very well, I must have heard five different versions and they're usually called 'kid stories'."
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[personal profile] senpaidol 2016-05-05 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
"History's pretty consistent, though. Just...not very detailed," she admits.
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[personal profile] taudriver 2016-05-09 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"In other words, we're not getting anywhere all that fast."