#FILE TH01 : HESPERRHODOS

[babelsghost]

      the normality of it all is, perhaps, the most startling.

 they are used to constant movement. they are used to Catastrophes laying waste to the surface, to a war that will continue to rage for years upon years, to a perfunctorily routine. wake up, prepare for the day, busy themselves with numerous tasks that needed to be done, spending what free time was allowed however they saw fit. the air here is different. there is no consistent rumble beneath their feet, no hum of machinery moving in sync with one another. everything is....stationary. 

   the people look nothing like the residents of Terra. they go about their lives in a city that looks too clean and too functioning. not even Lungmen was like this. where was Kal’tsit? Amiya? hell, even Closure would be a better sight-- at least then it is someone they know. but everything is unrecognizable. the only thing that they can find familiar is the special medication tucked safely within one of their many pockets. is this place even safe...? are they dreaming? hallucinating?

                       -- Kal’tsit was going to have a fit. 

  sighing quietly, lips part to call out to a young woman standing nearby before pausing. everyone here was dressed normally-- not decked out in protective gear and a helmet/mask combo that could probably cause a kid to scream if they saw them in the middle of the night. their hands reach up to pull their hood back, letting the fabric fall before moving to remove the mask. reckless, Kal’tsit might call it but the Doctor is sure people here would not pause to talk to someone who looks like they’re about to rob someone.

           it was too normal. too shiny, too....at peace. nothing like Terra.

 tucking the mask between her side and the crook of her elbow, they clear their throat. “ Excuse me.” they pause, waiting until eyes are on them before gesturing to the large hole with a nod. “ Do you know what this hole is about?” because, out of everything, that is the closest thing to a clue that Amara has about what’s going on.

@hesperrhodos​ -- starter call.