[The rest of the flight is quiet as Umi's only other companion settles into silence. Time ticks by until, finally, the city comes into view. It's... a sight.
The first thing to notice is that unlike so many other settlements dug out in the wastelands, the city is lit. There's the usual section of camps, cordoned off and illuminated by spotlights, but toward the center is a cluster of buildings some completed and some under construction. The construction projects are lit by powerful floodlights, providing light to the workcrews toiling away but the ones that are completed are shining with lights from hundreds of windows. Even the expected communal shelters in the refugee camps are fully powered. It's a rare sight these days, perhaps one only matched by Gateway City.
Their path takes them over the camps and even a residential area with low buildings, past a massive dome on the outskirts of the city, fenced off and surrounded by guardposts, before touching down on the roof of a large multi-level structure. As before, the soldiers disembark first, standing by and when it's Umi's turn she'll find herself approached by a tall, elderly man dressed in a fine black suit, his coat flapping in the wind given off by the slowing propellers.]
Miss Ryuuzaki. [The old man smiles at her, and although it isn't as cold as Evelyn's, it's... not particularly warm either, and offers a hand to her. Evelyn herself steps by, quietly taking a place at his right side.] My name is Anton Keldek. Welcome to Infinita City.
Moving on to the good part if that's cool
The first thing to notice is that unlike so many other settlements dug out in the wastelands, the city is lit. There's the usual section of camps, cordoned off and illuminated by spotlights, but toward the center is a cluster of buildings some completed and some under construction. The construction projects are lit by powerful floodlights, providing light to the workcrews toiling away but the ones that are completed are shining with lights from hundreds of windows. Even the expected communal shelters in the refugee camps are fully powered. It's a rare sight these days, perhaps one only matched by Gateway City.
Their path takes them over the camps and even a residential area with low buildings, past a massive dome on the outskirts of the city, fenced off and surrounded by guardposts, before touching down on the roof of a large multi-level structure. As before, the soldiers disembark first, standing by and when it's Umi's turn she'll find herself approached by a tall, elderly man dressed in a fine black suit, his coat flapping in the wind given off by the slowing propellers.]
Miss Ryuuzaki. [The old man smiles at her, and although it isn't as cold as Evelyn's, it's... not particularly warm either, and offers a hand to her. Evelyn herself steps by, quietly taking a place at his right side.] My name is Anton Keldek. Welcome to Infinita City.