bravenewworld | 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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Technologically speaking, we have quite a ways to go.

[maybe it's the reliance on pokemon]

I'd rather see the city when the mask isn't in place. [ Technology is one thing. Attitude is another. As mentioned, everybody has been perfectly pleasant.

Haruka trusts that about as much as she trusts that Sveta'd had the best intentions. ]

I don't really get a lot of malice from them. Most of them just seem kinda busy and absorbed in their own lives. Kinda like some of the business people in Union.

[ Sanae nodded again in agreement. ]

The people seem nice here. I wasn't expecting it.

[here's a smile] It's easier to see things in black and white.

[ Haruka doesn't look convinced. It's not the average Gigas citizen she's worried about - it's whoever decided to try and roll out the welcome mat for Union, putting their best foot forward. ] They're short-sighted.

[ Everyone is just trying to lead a normal life. But their method of leading a normal life, trusting the people who tell them "reclamation" is a noble goal, is going to speed the end of the world....

The morality isn't black and white. The cause and effect is another matter. ]

Either way, do we really want the citizens to get involved? They seem pretty oblivious.

[ How can they be short-sighted when they're so much more advanced than they are? ...Is what Sanae wants to say, but knows better than to indirectly talk back to a superior. Agreeing with Takuto's observation, the priestess nods. ]

The people here are nice, and I don't think that they want to do anything bad. We can't just punish them for what a few have done.

That's a nuanced view.

[not that she'd trust the average Gigas citizen or consider them completely benign, even if they don't seem to care at the moment.]

We can all act civilly to each other, I'm sure.

[outward appearances and all.]

It's not us I'm worried about.

[ But that came a little too close to an actual grumble, and she shouldn't grumble in front of her troops. Haruka sighs. ] Anyway, stay alert. Other people have seemed welcoming in the past.

[ Sanctuary. The Elite Four. Union is getting a....reputation.

Hooray. ]

I'm not sure they would try anything with the Union alliance firmly in place. I think they're more likely to try something a bit sneakier.

[ Sanae frowned even more. Yes, Haruka and Michiru likely had a point, but didn't it get tiring doubting everyone all the time? ]

And just because there are a few people here who might be bad, that doesn't mean that everyone else is. We have to be alert, but we also can't walk around thinking that everyone is out to do wrong.

[so there's that, huh?]

We can only do our best. [and even if the civilians weren't outright hostile,] I wouldn't expect them to be beholden to any of us.

[if say, some people were planning on sneaking into Gigas facilities and such.]

[ Haruka nods. ] Prepare for anything.

[ Good OR bad. The leader hath spoken.

Who let this woman be the leader? ]

Arrival in Gigas

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