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

[faithfulflame]

With the kind of transportation hubs that they need, we'd have to rebuild half of the roads...and that would be prohibitively difficult. I don't think they're practical at all, so, it's unlikely.

[wise_maiden]

I prefer the cleaner air anyway. Hopefully it does stay that way.

[faithfulflame]

I highly doubt the council will allow anything quite like this place. It doesn't really suit our style, so...let's not worry too much.

There are nice things about it too, after all.

[wise_maiden]

There certainly seems to be a lot of convenience otherwise for ordinary day to day things. I haven't even seen magic that could replicate most of these results... I suppose that could be what they're going for.

[faithfulflame]

Considering their inability to produce either Enlightened or magic, it is almost certainly that.

[wise_maiden]

Are there some advances that you'd like to see in Union?

[After all, she had said she didn't think it was all so bad.]

[faithfulflame]

Color television.

[Rei answers that almost immediately.]

Improvements to our broadcast network too, and very possibly improvements to our medical systems and electrical grid.

[wise_maiden]

Those do seem more reasonable to look into. I remember being stunned by the photography equipment that Union had, and even that is taken up to an entirely different level here.

[faithfulflame]

Yes, I've been thinking about expanding out into power-generation, and it seems like I might be able to get some of my people onto some ideas. I think it will do us worlds of good.

[wise_maiden]

You might as well see what positive changes can come of it. Although, I wonder if that will work both ways...

[But it's Gigas, so she has her doubts.]

[faithfulflame]

Lead by example, and the world shall follow.

[An old proverb. One she feels is pretty apt.]

[wise_maiden]

That's one way to look at it.

[But doubtless, the other cities that believe in their own examples likely feel the same way... even if some of them are more inclined to try and lead by force instead.]