Who: Everyone! Where: City wide event! When: November 27th Summary: The end of the first round of storms occurs, and with a bang. Warnings: Power outages, a certain amount of stumbling around in the dark
After several days of constant rain, it feels like something should give. And in a way, something does; on the 27th, the storm clouds appear a little more dark, and a lot closer to the ground, with a certain amount heaviness that no amount of torrential rain pouring out of them is easing.
There's still some tension in the air; an almost electric charge that gets hairs to stand on end.
The only warning is a dazzling whip of lightning that snakes out of the sky and strikes into the city. The thunder roars a second later...Followed by every light in the city going fizzle-snap and shorting out.
It may be a long day, and without much in the way of power.
"I'm not certain. Though I have met others whose worlds had such a capability. I can't imagine what it must be like." Though her world would have to figure out a way to travel to other continents via the air first. As for right now, they still depended on the engines developed through use of the Mist.
"On the continent I live on, yes. The Mist covers much of the land, including my home, but many kingdoms have built above it, on the mountains. Because it spawns monsters, it makes travel very dangerous."
"I hope that we reach there sometime." Steve looked a little excited at the thought. Seeing such a big world, the place he grew up in a whole new perspective, sounded amazing to say the least. "Hopefully there won't be any alien invasions before that." He had seen that before in a movie and although it was definitely fiction, there was now a confirmation of other people on planets. Still, mostly everyone that he met here was nice.
He looked surprised at the information she was giving him. "Monsters spawn from it? Sure doesn't sound like any normal mist..." Sounded like something from one of those horror stories. Like Dracula appearing from a misty area, except he wasn't created from it.
"Alien invasions?" She had to admit the idea was strange. She hadn't even thought about the existence of other worlds with living things like her before she came to this place. Coming here had to be the work of magic, but she never imagined such magic could exist. Perhaps there were those from other worlds living on hers, unbeknownst to anyone...
"Oh, yes. The Mist is a magic substance," she explained. "We aren't certain from where it originates, but we use it to power our airships. At least it has done us some good."
"Oh, people coming from other planets to destroy Earth, or take over it." He seemed a little sheepish, but he was happy to explain. "Science fiction has become really popular in my country, talk about traveling to planets, meeting aliens, and interacting with advanced robots in various stories. And I'm lucky enough to say I've done all three here." Well, JARVIS definitely counted at least, even if he didn't have an actual form. The thought was less scary to Steve than he thought it would be.
"The Mist is really something... guess there's no way to get rid of it either?" Even if did power airships, it still created monsters that put people in danger.
"I would hope that most worlds would keep their warfare and conquering to themselves..." The war at home had take enough lives and destroyed too much of the land on its own, and it hadn't even spread out of the continent.
"Not that we're aware of. I'm sure there have been those that tried, but it's so pervasive, I wouldn't know where anyone could start." The Mist was just a fact of life to her, and she'd heard that a substance similar to it was the cause of the mess here... and they weren't trying to get rid of it either. Like the kingdoms of her world, Saeng Seong appeared as if it was trying to simply keep its citizens safe.
"I'd hope so too. But there are always bullies in every place, wanting to hurt and take control of everything." He wanted to stop all of them, but joining World War II was going to one of his first big steps. Steve just hoped that he could do something there. "We just gotta be prepared for them."
"Guess for now, all you can do is adapt to it. For now, at least. Try and protect others and keep the danger down." He wished he could do more about it though.
"Greed does seem to be a constant across worlds," she remarked. But when she returned to her world, she would simply try to focus on helping the remains of her kingdom. There wasn't much to be done about other worlds.
But Freya let out a quiet chuckle at the way Steve worded his last statement. "The Mist has been around for centuries, at least," she said. "I'm certain we will be fine with the precautions we have in place, as far as that is concerned."
"Not something that can easily go away, even if we all like it to be." He was idealistic, but not so much that he was out of touch with reality. Steve wasn't expecting that everything will be fine with the world, not even in the future.
"Oh, you guys are already used to it, huh?" He smiled a little, well it was good that they at least tried to make the best of things. The creation of those airships sounded really neat. "Do any of these cards have monsters that spawn from the Mist?" He looked over at the different drawings, some ranging from not too bad to really uh, threatening.
"Many of them," Freya confirmed. "I haven't met a few of them, but I am familiar with monsters such as these." As she said it, she picked up two cards to hand to Steve--one bearing the image of a strange-looking cactus with limbs, and the other with a fiery monster with sharp teeth.
Steve looked at the unusual cactus shown on the card, the creature sorta looked like it was always surprised...
"That cactus can walk around and... fight?" Of course a normal cactus was a living thing and all, but not like this. They definitely didn't have a mouth for one. "And that one sorta looks like a floating fireball." He had the best observations. Although, Steve hadn't really seen monsters like this before.
"That is a cactuar. They attack by throwing their needles," she explained. "The other we call a bomb, because as you fight them, they attempt to explode. We tend to avoid them if we aren't certain we can beat them quickly."
Explaining what a bomb was to someone felt odd, even though she'd been here for months and had done it a few times already. Monsters were so common to her, and to come to a place where they didn't exist, or at least weren't widespread...
"I admit it's odd to think there are other worlds with no monsters. I'm assuming yours has none?"
"Um, they sure sound dangerous..." A cactus that throws needles and a monster that explodes. Yep, definitely dangerous.
"No monsters in the traditional sense. But some humans make up for that." He only had to think about World War II as an example of human depravity. And it was just one of many examples, if Steve wasn't lying to himself about it.
"I've no doubt," she replied. "But I'm glad that you don't have to face things like these often." Even if there were people in his world like the queen of Alexandria, who'd started a war out of pure greed, there was the possibility he wouldn't have to face that sort of thing. Monsters were more predictable, but they were a constant threat for the people of Gaia.
"Travel must be much easier for your world," she commented, trying to change the subject. "Have you been many places?"
"Definitely would have made surviving a little more difficult." Steve would have tried his hardest to survive and Bucky would have as well, but the thought of living in a world with monsters and with little wealth was definitely a challenge. "If that was the case, I'd hope we band together more and watch out for one another."
"I haven't. Couldn't really afford to travel so much." He smiled a little, trying not to be too much of a downer. "But wouldn't trade my city for anything."
Freya gave him a nod of understanding. Many people were bound to their homes by a lack of traveling funds, even if they did wish to leave. Even if monsters didn't exist in Steve's world, she imagined bandits would still be an issue; and for someone without battle training and weapons, it would be costly to hire the protection needed to go anywhere very far.
"What is your city like?" she asked. "Is it similar to this one?"
"Kinda. This city is more technologically advanced and the buildings have different structures, but it's a lot smaller overall." It was definitely a city still and not exactly tiny either, but New York was just huge. "Not as many people around here."
"It is a bit small for a city, at least at the moment," she agreed. "But I imagine that must be because the closed-off districts are still dangerous. I wonder how much livelier it must have been before this entire power issue.
"How large would you say your city is compared to this one?"
"Guess a lot of folks skipped town when the energy crises happened here." It made sense, even though some people probably didn't have the means to do so. Steve still wanted to help this place because of that.
"Oh, about six times the size of this city. But New York City, the place I'm from, is divided into different boroughs because of the large population. Still all one city though, in the end."
"I see..." It sounded as if it was about as big as most the cities she knew (aside from Lindblum), and those were all the seat of royalty for their kingdoms. "It must be an important place, to be so large and populated."
"It's well-known around the world. Has Wall Street and the New York Stock exchange, both important parts in finance and marketing around the world." Even though the stock market did crash when he was around. Things were better now, but they had a war on hand instead.
Though she certainly had no idea what either of those were, she would take Steve's word that they were quite important. It was as she expected, though she had to admit hearing that it was a worldwide matter was intriguing. She only wished her own world was so put together to have such worldwide relations.
"It's strange just how different Gaia and your Earth sound. It never ceases to astound me how unlike the other worlds I've heard of are to what I'm familiar with."
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"On the continent I live on, yes. The Mist covers much of the land, including my home, but many kingdoms have built above it, on the mountains. Because it spawns monsters, it makes travel very dangerous."
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He looked surprised at the information she was giving him. "Monsters spawn from it? Sure doesn't sound like any normal mist..." Sounded like something from one of those horror stories. Like Dracula appearing from a misty area, except he wasn't created from it.
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"Oh, yes. The Mist is a magic substance," she explained. "We aren't certain from where it originates, but we use it to power our airships. At least it has done us some good."
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"The Mist is really something... guess there's no way to get rid of it either?" Even if did power airships, it still created monsters that put people in danger.
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"Not that we're aware of. I'm sure there have been those that tried, but it's so pervasive, I wouldn't know where anyone could start." The Mist was just a fact of life to her, and she'd heard that a substance similar to it was the cause of the mess here... and they weren't trying to get rid of it either. Like the kingdoms of her world, Saeng Seong appeared as if it was trying to simply keep its citizens safe.
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"Guess for now, all you can do is adapt to it. For now, at least. Try and protect others and keep the danger down." He wished he could do more about it though.
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But Freya let out a quiet chuckle at the way Steve worded his last statement. "The Mist has been around for centuries, at least," she said. "I'm certain we will be fine with the precautions we have in place, as far as that is concerned."
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"Oh, you guys are already used to it, huh?" He smiled a little, well it was good that they at least tried to make the best of things. The creation of those airships sounded really neat. "Do any of these cards have monsters that spawn from the Mist?" He looked over at the different drawings, some ranging from not too bad to really uh, threatening.
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"That cactus can walk around and... fight?" Of course a normal cactus was a living thing and all, but not like this. They definitely didn't have a mouth for one. "And that one sorta looks like a floating fireball." He had the best observations. Although, Steve hadn't really seen monsters like this before.
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Explaining what a bomb was to someone felt odd, even though she'd been here for months and had done it a few times already. Monsters were so common to her, and to come to a place where they didn't exist, or at least weren't widespread...
"I admit it's odd to think there are other worlds with no monsters. I'm assuming yours has none?"
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"No monsters in the traditional sense. But some humans make up for that." He only had to think about World War II as an example of human depravity. And it was just one of many examples, if Steve wasn't lying to himself about it.
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"Travel must be much easier for your world," she commented, trying to change the subject. "Have you been many places?"
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"I haven't. Couldn't really afford to travel so much." He smiled a little, trying not to be too much of a downer. "But wouldn't trade my city for anything."
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"What is your city like?" she asked. "Is it similar to this one?"
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"How large would you say your city is compared to this one?"
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"Oh, about six times the size of this city. But New York City, the place I'm from, is divided into different boroughs because of the large population. Still all one city though, in the end."
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"It's strange just how different Gaia and your Earth sound. It never ceases to astound me how unlike the other worlds I've heard of are to what I'm familiar with."