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bravenewworld2016-04-02 08:45 pm
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Entry tags:
- !event,
- !plot,
- discworld: mustrum ridcully,
- fate series: saber,
- fate series: waver velvet,
- fate/extra: nero,
- kamen rider: hayato ichimonji,
- kill la kill: ryuko matoi,
- magi adventures of sinbad: sinbad,
- odin sphere: gwendolyn,
- persona 4: rise kujikawa,
- persona 4: yukiko amagi,
- sailor moon: ami mizuno,
- sailor moon: haruka tenoh,
- sailor moon: minako aino,
- sailor moon: rei hino,
- super robot wars og: sanger zonvolt,
- super robot wars og: sophia nate,
- tales of symphonia: raine sage,
- tales of zestiria: mikleo,
- the dresden files: harry dresden
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.
“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.
II -- afterward
But, since sleeping at that point was going to be a practice in futility, he decided to pull out his trusty notebook and start jotting everything he had seen and experienced in the city down, just to get it out of his head.
He wasn't waiting for her-- not really. But, he was paying attention for her eventual return. Like a wandering skitty, Nero always returned to where there was hot food and a comfy bed eventually.]
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Waiting for me, Waver?
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I didn't plan to...but finding you missing did worry me a little. I know what this place means to some of the people who travelled here from Union.
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[Though, an uncharacteristic gravity to her words is probably a dead giveaway that this is something big. Something important.]
I know these streets better than Union's. You don't need to worry overmuch about me.
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[Because, though he hadn't pressed for details, he suspected that the people who had hurt Nero were also associated with Gigas...and Nero wasn't one to do anything half heartedly.]
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[She isn't going to hide this at all. Folding her arms, she meets his eyes squarely. Her voice is devoid of malice, and of pride. It was simply something that had to be done.]
Don't. I have done what I meant to do. I sent a message to my former command that I am indeed alive. Sulpicia Asper is dead. She was the woman who brought me drugged food so that I could be turned over, and asking around revealed that she'd been given rank after my disposal.
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As long as you're sure it's contained and can't be traced back to Union, then. Everyone's had problems with Gigas for years, and this is the first time anyone's managed to work out a reasonable agreement with any of them.
...Besides, I can't say I blame you for anything you do here. It's justified...and I don't think anything anyone says will hold up in a proper court.
[He took a deep breath, carefully levelling his gaze on the oddly calm woman before him. It was strange, seeing her like this-- but, he supposed there was no way to take a soldier's training out of a mind that had been ripped apart and rebuilt once again.]
Just. Please be careful, okay? There's not too many people around who can heal and won't ask questions if you get hurt.
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[Her logic was sound, and nobody would go looking for her, at least not for a while. Nero had never touched the body, and no investigator was going to search the exterior walls of the building she'd scaled for prints.]
Do not fret, Waver. They are human and I...well they saw to it that I am anything but.
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More human than those other guys, in a lot of ways. There's something terribly wrong with anyone who think's its okay to kidnap, brainwash, and alter person...and something wrong with the system that lets them get away with it, too.
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[Her voice isn't cold though, or angry. It's grateful. Hopeful. She appreciates that more than she can say in words.]
And you are correct in that. They're far, far worse than I am. The world is better off without them, as much as it pains me to say it.
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[Because anyone who met Nero independently of prior experience would only see her vibrant, bubbly self. It was impossible to think of her otherwise.]
...Whatever you do about those people, just try to keep yourself out of trouble. It'd be a sad thing if you disappeared again.
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[Her message was sent. She had set up everything to work out, done her level best, things were just difficult to foresee beyond that.]
Regardless of that, how are you holding up?
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Well, besides my feet being sore from all the walking, I'm doing pretty well. The transport system here is fascinating, and so are the libraries. The food's not all as heavily fried either, like I thought it would be.
This is a really interesting city, Nero. Did you grow up here, or elsewhere?
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[And that's really all she can say.]
I have little reason to say this is home, any longer.
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[He understood that feeling, very well.]
Those are my thoughts on Sanctuary at this point in time. Any family I had died a while ago, so there's nothing waiting there for me anymore. Union's as good as my home now.
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[She slumped down onto the couch, suddenly very tired.]
It's better than Gigas, I feel. For all it's wonders this place is not as marvelous as it seems.
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[And he could, easily. His mind painted for him a picture that wasn't terribly different from the Mageocracy in Sanctuary-- it seemed nice to outsiders, but only those inside the bubble knew how unbalanced it was.
Setting his notebooks down, pulled over a blanket and pillow for Nero, if she wanted.]
We can just stay here a while, if that helps. Beds aren't always that easy to sleep in.
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[She's not sure what he means by that because beds are definitely the best. You can do so much in a bed.]
I can make some.
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Are you sure? It's a little late, and we don't want to wake everyone else up.
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[She clicks her teeth and goes to the kitchenette, flicking it on and pulling out an herbal sleep-remedy tea from Ami.]
I'm going to need the help sleeping.
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This place...it's not that great for you, is it?
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[Nero's voice is rather matter of fact on that point, actually.]
I don't like being back here. There are too many uncomfortable memories.
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Is it making your head hurt? [He asked, because only a fool wouldn't notice Nero's problems regarding her personal health and references to Sanctuary or Gigas.]
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[For the moment anyway.]
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