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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.
wise_maiden: (through so many splintered trees)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2016-04-16 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Where in comparison, the cameras here seem to just rely on the simple press of a button. [She takes a good look at it when he shows it off, though.]

Still, it is fascinating. Do you handle a lot of professional work with it?
expertonshutters: (Paint my spirit gold)

[personal profile] expertonshutters 2016-04-19 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, from what I saw, developing only took putting it on some kind of screen and then it was spat out on paper from a machine. It was incredible.

[What even are computers and printers we just don't know.]

Hm? Oh, definitely. I'm a photographer by trade. I'm mostly freelance but it's how I pay the bills.
wise_maiden: (there is something curious about this)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2016-04-19 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it is something I've been planning on learning more about to help with record keeping and explorations. Would you be willing to help me with it sometime? I could pay for your trouble.
expertonshutters: ghosthotel (So break my step)

[personal profile] expertonshutters 2016-04-19 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Eh? Really? Are you with the Seekers?

[Genuine curiosity!]
wise_maiden: (why are you lecturing me)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2016-04-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Not the first time she's been asked that question.]

Oh... not... officially? Most of this is just for personal reference. Waver implied it probably would be easier than just sketching like I usually do...

[Just a nerd. Just a nerd...]
expertonshutters: ghosthotel (And fix my eyes)

[personal profile] expertonshutters 2016-04-19 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh! Okay. Nerds are fine. He is, in fact, a huge nerd himself.]

Right, I see. Ah, well. Sure. I don't think I've ever taken on anyone before, but I'm sure there's a thing or two I could pass on.

[A grin!]

I have a small portfolio on me if you're interested in seeing some of my work.
wise_maiden: (by the lives that i have loved)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2016-04-19 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you very much. Hopefully I won't be a nuisance with too many questions. [She smiles brightly, and nods as well to his additional offer.]

Is that so? I'd be glad to take a look through it.
expertonshutters: (Keep my heart slow)

[personal profile] expertonshutters 2016-04-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, not at all. I'm passionate about photography so if you can put up with my incessant rambling we can call it even.

[But he smiles and pulls out the small photo album. It's leather bound and about the size of a binder. In it will be a varied collection of photos. First, a lot of shots around Union. Portraits of people with their pokemon. Scenic shots of the towers and the shrines in the forests. Normal day to day shots. After that are several haunting pages of the after math of the Elite four attacks. These lead into the last four or fave pages that show ...people pulling together. Allies coming to the cities aide. People hard at work raising walls and a lively pub full of tired, but smiling people.]

[It's an album he chose very carefully. To show the spirit of his work and to also ...show Gigas what the city of Union really was.]