Operation: Roll Out

[initiates]

Date & Time: January 31st - February 4th, Present Day Exsilium Time
Location: Neo Las Vegas, in what formerly was called Turkey.
Characters: All Transports!
Summary: Transports have been sent to Neo Las Vegas to gather information on the origin point of the United Earth and the UE AI. Conference sabotage and the rest is expected and invited!
Warnings: Gambling and alcoholic beverages quite likely! Please PM the mod account for anything else.

By day, the landscape isn't desert, precisely, so much as it is dry. Winter's settled in and found in the biting chill of the wind when it finds you standing on the street. Hovercars and taxis thrum down the cobblestone streets, cavorting and honking like a noisy crowd of inelegant, overweight geese. Men walk by on stilts half in make-up, on their way back to their stage for the next night. Walks of shame are taken proudly in this district, one of the few approved and sanctioned vacation zones in the United Earth.

Evidence of law enforcement can be found all around, but they seem altogether too pleased to be there too. Talk with any one of them about crime rates, and they're liable to laugh at the idea. Those who come to gamble know the house is rigged to win. It's not about making or breaking the bank -- people whose funds dip too low are politely escorted back to their rooms and given a set of normal playing cards -- but it is about enjoyment.

Of the flesh too, and it'd be difficult to find anyone working in Neo Las Vegas who suffers from modesty, or anyone visiting who seems unwilling to politely ask visitors and staff if they'd like to keep them company for the night. In fact, Transports may find themselves needing to turn down multiple such requests! The refusal is always taken well. These are people looking to have a good time, and that's all.

No chance taken, nothing gained, right?

At night, the city really comes alive, the lights in all the hotels and casinos turning the Neo Las Vegas Strip into a carnival of sensation. Drinks and recreational drugs are freely passed around, men and women engage in a variety of sexual and other hedonistic excesses without regret, and the beautiful interiors and ostentatious or playful exteriors of the buildings hide and reveal a rich tapestry of events, delectables, and desires waiting to be fulfilled.

Neo Las Vegas is a fun place, and it is a safe place, and it is Where the Conferences For Our Future Are Made. Playtime is on, gang.

Comments

[yourdistraction]

[ Merrill smiles, clasping both hands behind her and rocking back onto her heels. ...And then nearly slips onto her rump, having miscalculated how to balance on the heels of the boots. She is still learning, after all!

The slip is caught, though, and her cheeks are bright red as she mutters sheepishly. ]

I suppose I am not one to be talking! At least I haven't slid out onto the road just yet. My, wouldn't that be a bloody disaster!

[hyanaimne]

[Tempest reaches out to steady her anyway, with a grin that's both amused and sympathetic. She's no better than balancing in her heels]

Yes, it would be. Try not to do that, yes?

[yourdistraction]

[ Merrill has never even seen shoes like THAT before. She's pretty sure she would break both her ankles in an attempt. ]

Have no worries! I only wish I didn't have to trust my life to colored lights when crossing the road. It's all so loud I still have trouble figuring when is the best time, but following the crowd has worked well so far.

Are you headed somewhere in specific?

[hyanaimne]

It is must easier to follow the crowd then the lights, I have found.

And no, I wasn't - though somewhere quieter is always preferable to . . . this. [she gestures around them]

[yourdistraction]

I'm sure there must be some place in this city that is quiet. It's the largest I've ever seen!

[hyanaimne]

I have never seen a city like this either . . . it seems to never stop. [she is quite frankly, a bit overwhelmed]

[yourdistraction]

[ So is this little half... Er, human. Whatever. It actually comforts her a little to hear someone else in the same boat, especially after her fight with Fenris. ]

Then surely we can find a place of peace. We ought to look!

[ Maybe they can find a library, or a park. ]

[hyanaimne]

Yes, I quite agree. Shall we?

[she gestures down the street. A library would be too much to ask for, really, but if they find one, she will never leave]

[yourdistraction]

[ That makes two of them. She's slept in stranger places! ]

Hm, yes. I wish we could bypass these roads, but you only live once, isn't that so?

[ Merrill's fought dragons and demons, she shouldn't fear hover cars! ...Except she does, shown by her antsy shifting from one foot to the other as she waits for the light to change. Or rather, the other people on the street corner to move so she can follow behind like the lost derp she is. ]

I do wish we could go somewhere with trees and grass again. I quite liked that beach and jungle we visited.

[hyanaimne]

[it's a good idea to follow the crowds in this instance. Tempest has barely experienced popular, busy cities with moving traffic, and hasn't a clue how to deal with it aside from blending in. It seems to work, and she follows along behind Merrill as quickly as she can]

Mmm, it was not so bad. Anywhere with snow would be a godsend.

[yourdistraction]

[ Yess, there is definitely rushing when crossing a street. All the sounds and beeps and honks and chatter is still overwhelming. Why must she hear so well? ]

I'm quite sick of snow! I hate having to wear shoes all the time. My feet feel suffocated, and not feeling the ground makes me feel so very...disconnected.

[hyanaimne]

[it's nice to be able to commiserate with someone who understands. It's tough to be an elf in this place - half-blood or full]

Mm . . . I understand. But at the very least, it is much better than being on the bloody moon.

[yourdistraction]

It's difficult to argue with that. I still cannot figure how they supplied us with air. Being trapped is no better than wearing boots, I suppose.

I wonder where our next venture will be. I can never predict.

[hyanaimne]

I try not to predict, honestly. Not that I would rather be surprised, but I do not want to get my hopes up that it is somewhere enjoyable.

[yourdistraction]

If only they could take us to other worlds.

[hyanaimne]

That would be nice. [she sighs a bit] This world is a little . . . [she gestures, but she can't quite find the right word]

[yourdistraction]

False?

[hyanaimne]

False. [she nods her agreement]

[yourdistraction]

If you dig deep enough beneath such masks, you're sure to find something true and real. We just need to look, if it takes us all night!

[hyanaimne]

I haven't a clue of where to start, though . . . all I've seen is all of this. [she gestures around them] Wherever I have gone, so far.

[yourdistraction]

We can just try going into every building we find that doesn't have a locked door. It will be an adventure.

[ But seriously, isn't there a park in this giant city? Surely some people must want to pretend to get back to nature around here... ]

[hyanaimne]

I am almost afraid of what might be behind those doors, though.

[given how friendly and, uh, "open" everyone seems to be here and all]

[yourdistraction]

[ Cluelessss. ]

You have nothing to fear. I'm used to walking around at night.

[hyanaimne]

[oh honey that's no good at all]

As am I, but not in a city as . . . excited as this.

[yourdistraction]

Would any elf be, half or otherwise? I'm certain it's only an Earth phenomenon.

[ She's constantly looking around, and despite it all being strange and occasionally overwhelming, looks rather excited when she finds another strange looking building, or even stranger looking people. ]

It seems that anyone can wear what they please here. You can't tell people's status in this city so easily...