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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.
untalented: (uncertain -- second thoughts)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-12 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I can only imagine...

[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.
demenscantrix: <user name=aniconisfinetoo site=livejournal.com> (With a style all her own)

[personal profile] demenscantrix 2016-04-13 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Would...tea suit you?

[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.
untalented: (taken aback)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, like lay around thinking too hard. Waver's mind didn't care about the other applications that a bed could have, except for the fact that he was starting to find it easier to actually go to sleep in places that weren't a bed.]

Are you sure? It's a little late, and we don't want to wake everyone else up.
demenscantrix: <user name=rivain site=livejournal.com> (Default)

[personal profile] demenscantrix 2016-04-14 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Have you not tried the electric kettles? They don't make a sound, Waver.

[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.
untalented: (complaining -- its useless)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-15 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
There's been so much newness here that I didn't really look at them, [he confessed, pushing his belongings aside to follow Nero into the kitchenette for the ease of conversation.]

This place...it's not that great for you, is it?
demenscantrix: <user name=aniconisfinetoo site=livejournal.com> (Yet Still Tender)

[personal profile] demenscantrix 2016-04-15 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
No, it is not.

[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.
untalented: (conjecture)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-16 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Waver looked up at her, uncommonly mellow and unjudgemental.]

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.]
demenscantrix: <user name=aniconisfinetoo site=livejournal.com> (A Beauty)

[personal profile] demenscantrix 2016-04-16 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
A bit. But Doctor Mizuno is here treating me as symptoms come up. I believe for the moment I have things under control.

[For the moment anyway.]
untalented: (owlish)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-16 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, let me know if you have problems and you can't get to her, okay? Being around Hayato's taught me to keep a healing spell to spare in case someone has a problem-- and Hayato's notorious for trying to avoid doctors.
demenscantrix: <user name=rivain site=livejournal.com> (Blinking)

[personal profile] demenscantrix 2016-04-16 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, spells are something I'd rather avoid. But I will let you know, if it comes up.
untalented: (dramatic sigh)

[personal profile] untalented 2016-04-16 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Understandably so-- and I don't hold it against you. Lots of people just don't understand magic, so I don't really advertise. Still, I don't like seeing a good person in pain either.