Arrival in Gigas

[bravenewmods]

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.

Comments

[no_love_potions]

He catches hold of the note, opening it up and reading the message on it discretely. It looks like he isn't the only one casing the streets of this place.

It isn't far away and after a few twists and turns, he ends up headed to the coordinates indicated on the scrap of paper. If anybody needs to compare notes, this would be the place to do it.

[steelbeowulf]

Kyosuke can be found leaning against the wall, looking somewhat quizzically at a Gigan canned drink.

[no_love_potions]

"You pull the little tab on the top up." Harry spoke up, making his way toward Kyosuke and stopping a short distance away. He nods toward the can. "I actually kinda miss those sometimes."

[steelbeowulf]

There's a hiss as the can pops open.

"What an odd container. You have them in Sanctuary?"

[no_love_potions]

"Not that common but plenty of stuff made it over from Gigas during the occupation. If you knew the right places to look you could find just about anything." He gives the can another glance, smirking mirthlessly. "When I was a kid in the early days we used to get food rations in cans like those. Kept things fresh but they were pretty lousy."

[steelbeowulf]

"Interesting. So being sealed in something like this prevents food from decaying?"

[no_love_potions]

"That's the idea. Or at least slow it down." Although, as far as he was always concerned, he never trusted canned meat that supposedly kept for months at a time. Just wasn't natural. "Don't ask me how it's supposed to work though."

[steelbeowulf]

"I think I grasp the theory, it's sealed tight. No air."

A pause.

"How has your... stay been going?"

[no_love_potions]

"Basics are simple enough, yeah." He grunts, shrugs a shoulder and shoves his hands in his pockets. This meeting wasn't set up by secret messages delivered by Pokemon to discuss canned foods.

"Not as bad as I expected. But I expected to be getting shot at by now so, I don't know what that tells you."

[steelbeowulf]

"Same. Don't you have a... reputation? I saw some posters."

[no_love_potions]

"I can't imagine I have a lot of people here saying a lot of nice things about me." He frowns. "What posters?"

[steelbeowulf]

[Kyosuke wordlessly hands one over]