exsiliumlogs | Operation: Roll Out

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.

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Yes, we have them, but a horse is a living beast, what is that? [He points at the retreating car.] A form of golem?

A machine, to be more precise. Developed later in life for easier travel and probably air pollution, unless this is one of those eco-cars. It's also manually driven by a person, so don't go stabbing it.

Why do they not simply walk? Is there something wrong with their legs?

Oh, they don't normally use it for short distances, but if you can cut a 40 minute trip to a 10 minute one, it sounds mor practical, right?

I do not understand the need to rush everywhere.

Neither do I, but then again it does help during an emergency. I'm not the best judge for rushing for anything, to be honest.

It just seems foolish, as does the entire city.

I am glad that you have some sense, at least. [Totally a compliment.]

It's common enough for the cities. [It's actually good for her, because it keeps her magic top-notch. He'd probably hate hearing that.] Why, thank you.

Why do you seem to hate mages so much though? We're not bad people.

[He scowls, letting out a soft annoyed huff.]

No. Not all of them are, but they are easily corrupted, and the bad ones outumber the ones with good intentions.

... Well, I can't argue that. If it helps, I have probably half a dozen people who could easily stop me if I turn to the dark side nearby, so no worries on that part?

It is healthy and wise for you to have such people in your life. Many mages are short sighted enough to believe they can stop themselves should the worst happen.

Does that mean I get your approval and maybe a name?

I cannot promise my approval, but you may have my name. I am Fenris.

One out of two isn't bad. The name's Traci Thirteen.

... Just what kind of place did you originate from anyway, if you don't mind me asking?

The pleasure is mine.

[At least he sheaths his sword.] My home is called Thedas, it is what others might call [he pauses, using the word carefully] medieval.

[She nods, well it was a clear enough explanation.] That would explain why you don't know the car thing. I'm guessing a lot of the things here probably baffle you, don't they?

I have lived in Exsilum long enough to be aware of most things, but the metal beasts...those are something new.

How long exactly have you been in Exsilium? [Actually--] Also, we probably should get off the pedestrian and find some place with less nosy people eavesdropping if we're having this conversation.

Hmmm.

[And without another word on that matter, he starts to walk, king of politeness, this one.]

It as been around nine months.

And you've never been to a single place with cars? I thought this place got you guys traveling everywhere. [Well, it was a step, right?]

The missions are not always mandatory. I refuse to go, if I have a chance.

Why not? [Blasphemy! Everyone wants to travel around, right?] I had the impression that you were the adventurous type.

I have no desire to do the work of my captors.

... Guess that's one way to look at it.

So what do you do while everyone's off tending to whatever task they gave them?

I tend to my own people. [He is the best at conversations, can't you tell?]

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