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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] ofpromisedvictory 2016-04-08 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Saber, for reasons that should be obvious even if you're not aware of her misadventures around the border (or Nero's personal issues, for that matter), is moderately uncomfortable in the crowds of the city, especially when observing the neat, regimented behavior of the Pokémon. For all that she believes in discipline, she did grow up with Wild Pokémon, and is still one herself in a technical sense.

The mild staring she can shrug off, though, and it becomes less and less obvious as she makes her way toward one of the arenas. Always a fan of a good fight, she assumes that any battle Gigas holds up as a spectacle will be intense and no-holds-barred. Although, as it turns out, most of them still ban her Garchomp. Either way, she wants to get a look at the fiercer side of the city more than their crowds and rules and electronic toys.
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[personal profile] smitesevil 2016-04-14 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Sanger was interested in the arenas here himself, because he's Sanger Zonvolt so of course he is, but anticipation turned to slight disappointment when he found out that battles were frequently six-on-six, and didn't recognise Trainers as fighters in their own right.

He doesn't have six Pokemon, and what's the point if he can't join in?

Still, that doesn't mean he can't be here to watch, and so he is.

"Saber." He greets the member of the audience he recognises, leaning against a wall and watching the battles in the arena below with his arms crossed over his chest. Bitter? Him? Not at all.
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[personal profile] ofpromisedvictory 2016-04-17 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Saber herself isn't terribly upset about the restrictions, her eyes largely glued to the sheer spectacle when Sanger approaches her. It's not the pure and honorable combat she finds joy in, but at the same time, watching Pokémon battle to their utmost working as a group...

She turns and nods her head to Sanger. "We appear to have found Gigas's national sport," she observes. "I'd think about participating, but I doubt it's within the rules that a 'trainer' can transform into a Doublade and join in."
Edited 2016-04-17 22:20 (UTC)
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[personal profile] smitesevil 2016-04-18 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"That might be difficult. Trainers participating seems to be frowned upon in general." Sanger agrees with Saber here. He knows. He checked, much to his disappointment.

"It's a valid way to battle, standing in the back with a bird's eye view, but when I lead, I do it by example." Sanger did use to be a major, and even then, without his Enlightened powers, he never really changed. Why would anyone charge into enemy fire if their leader wouldn't do the same, right?
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[personal profile] ofpromisedvictory 2016-04-25 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a reasonable rule for Gigas, at least. As far as I've seen, there are no Enlightened at all here," she admits. "Charging into a Pokémon battle with only wits and human capabilities is admirable, but not terribly bright."