Dec 22, 2006 16:10
So here he was, teleported right into the guts of an unknown metropolis. Lovely.
'We've gotten the Worldgate stabilized, Wind-Sage, and we need a volunteer to scout out one of the worlds that the mechanism has locked onto. Command suggests that you're the most likely; are you up for it?'
That was what the R&D Division had had to say -- his Father was rather more evilly insistant, as the dear old beast was prone to being. It would be worth it to see what and who lay on the other side, after all ...
'Hn. Father never takes a step this drastic without testing it to death.'
'There's something I don't know about all this --'
This was certainly turning out to be one of the more unusual extended assignments that Harpuia had been handed. Still, it just might be something a little less numbing, and this 'Reality Vanish' looked like a pleasant enough sort of city.
Wandering over to an information kiosk, Harpuia began to bring up basic information on the districts and whatever else the terminal was willing to offer him, fishing a datapad out of his pocket to download the most pertinent bits.