RP [Open RP] Welcome to the Kikyo Sector - Part 6 (Late YE 46)

[Wes]

RP Date

YE 46.8

RP Location

Ternifac, Yamatai

Ternifac, Planet Yamatai
YE 46.8

SCREECH! The packed train, painted in matte weathered Star Army Cadet Blue and bearing an older version of the Star Army's hinomaru emblem--a soldier in a "Mindy" power armor suit, in the middle of a maroon circle with a thick white border--marked the heavily-used locomotive, which hauled dozens of passenger cars with both military and civilian colors. Ternifac was an unusual city. Geographically situated in the deadly Jhuniata desert within the borders of the somewhat mysterious elf republic of Xiuluria, it was the only city on the planet without a regional police force assigned to it, and its unregulated skyscrapers built on top of each other in the enclave gave it a distinctly cyberpunk look of a "concrete jungle wrapped in lights" as a popular song about the city described, as well as the lyrics "where the blues and reds meet, where the yakuza rule the street, where's there's love hotels above the bars, and life's as cheap as meat." But its shady, messy nature in the middle of a planet otherwise known for cleanliness and order only added to its mystique and made it a popular stop on Yamatai's main East-West rail line.

THE THIRST TRAP was a bar immediately across from the station, basking in the glow of colorful neon lights and volumetric logos, positioned next to a popular ramen shop, a sushi bar, and a tunnel that led down into the city's red-light district. Above it, small windows of a love hotels and ugly micro-apartments looked out at the passing trains as soldiers, visitors, and workers poured out of the crowded trains and into the city. There were humans, androids, aliens, and anthros all mingled together. Inside the bar, new patrons began to arrive....

At the counter was a busty green-skinned, red-eyed woman pouring drinks and asking for good stories.

 

[MrPrescription]

"Civilization, planet-bound civilization, after so long. Feels like a dream. Whether its a good one or a bad one remains to be seen"

In came through the bar's main entrance a total stranger clad in an orange lineless coat. It was almost as if the man's physical characteristics were in a constant battle with his garments to point out to anyone who cared enough to look just how out of place he was.

He stood around for a bit, taking in his surroundings, not that different from back in Nepleslia but different enough to keep things interesting. His face was, just like the rest of him, was a light shade of brown, a testament to the eclectic mix of ethnicities he had in his blood. The bags he once sported under his eyes were mostly gone, replaced with faints black marks that were difficult to see if someone wasn't looking too closely.

Eventually, he decided he had seen everything he needed to see and sat down at a stool right by the bar. "Greetings" is the only thing that came out of his mouth.

 

[GingerGlitch]

After a long night of doing heaven knows what in the red-light district a short Nepleslian woman named Anna Kaine exited the tunnel. She was immediately basked in an onslaught of neon lights, which made her pull the hood of her black jacket a little further over her face. The train's screech mere background noise while her thoughts drowned everything else out.

She stepped over the threshold into the Thirst Trap, her hands dropping the hood of her jacket back to reveal her pale facial features framed by a black forward angled bob. Her green eyes lasered in on the bar, a path her combat boot clad feed swiftly carried her. With a soft "hup" she hopped into a stool just one seat over from the stranger in an orange coat. "Ugh" she groaned quietly in exhaustion, her face sank into her hands before combing back through her hair, partially revealing a neck tattoo.

This moment was interrupted by what she thought was someone addressing her by saying, "Greetings." Regretfully she cast a curt side glance towards the man, not out of any rudeness towards him, Anna was just absolutely exhausted. "Huh?" she half mumbled.