356 City of Haven (1/2)
United Nations, City of Haven, Hotel De Locus
Titanna curled up like a shrimp and burrowed deeper into the sheets and pillows. It felt heavenly making her unwilling to get up from the bed despite the bright sunlight coming in from the windows was telling her mind that its morning and its time to get up.
Suddenly, like a switch being flicked on, she jolted up from the sheets and looked around in surprise at her unfamiliar surroundings. She found her self in a huge bed alone with the softest sheets imaginable, and the room she was in had wall windows where clear skies could be seen.
The decor of the room was strangely alien, filled with sofas in hues of light grey while the walls were ivory. Her cream toned bed sat on top of a thick and rich carpet while the floor was tiled with marble.
Finally, the last vestiges of sleep left her mind, and she briefly remembered that she got rushed off into something they called a 'pain', which was surprisingly loud and noisy, but it flew in the air and she was told it was faster than using dragons!
She was nervous at first but after the frightening shakes and bumps were gone and the novelty wore off, she actually fell asleep on the flight. A few hours later, she was woken up by Mills and was told they have arrived at Sawtooth Mountain Airbase, which they met some high ranking and important people before they were whisked off to the capital of the United Nations.
By the time, they reached the city, it was already past midnight. She barely saw much, except that the streets were incredibly clean and was brightly lit even after so late. She and her people were brought to this strange tower where she had to crane her neck all the way up but still couldn't see the roof.
Despite being tired, she noticed with shock that most of the buildings in the city seemed to have walls made out of glass! And it's not low quality glass either, unlike the murky or tainted glass of the Empire. To be able to have should crystal clear glass, meaning that this place was most probably the nobles or the wealthy stayed.
She was ushed into a large lounge area with a counter at the end and several sets of sofas and chairs formed a resting area. The floor was tiled in some kind of material that glittered under the bright chandeliers and lamps, giving the lounge a classy feel.
Several smartly uniformed servants bowed as she and her group entered and they led them to a pair of strange golden doors. She heard a ding sound and the golden doors slide open soundlessly, and surprising her and her people. To their confusion, the doors did not lead to anywhere, only a small closet sized room. Mills at her side just grinned and gestured for them to enter, and when they hesitated, he gave a chuckle and entered the closet.
Titanna felt silly as she stepped into the closet and wondered what will happen as the rest slowly entered nervously. Once everyone was inside, the uniformed servant touched some runes on the side of the door which glowed and the doors slide closed silently, trapping them inside.
She nervously glanced at Mills who gave a reassuring smile back and she calmed down, putting her trust in him not to harm her and her people. A short while later, there was another ding and a slight shaking of the closet and the doors slide opened again.
The servant gestured for them to exit and they did in a confused manner as they entered a carpeted hallway with doors on both sides. Mills followed behind with an irritating superior smirk on his face, that made Titanna want to hit him. The servants started to open the doors and Titanna realized these were rooms!
It was amazing! Did they enter some kind of magic portal or something? She quietly observed each opened room and found that they were all similar, with a set of chairs and a low table, a large bed and some sort of black painting. The servants were busy explaining how everything worked to her people just as Mills tapped her shoulder.
”Come on, this way,” Mills gestured her to follow another servant. ”She will bring you to your room.”
They entered the golden closet again and after another ding, they exited onto another hallway which looked different from earlier. ”Is this some kind of magic?” She asked Mills in a small voice.
Instead of answering immediately, Mills giggled and patted her head, ”No, silly, we are just on another floor!”
”But... but...” She wanted to ask more, but felt too embarrassed to, especially seeing Mills's teasing look, making her cheeks turned warm. ”Hmmmph! Fine!”
The servant led them to the end of the hallway and opened a pair of double doors. She gave a half bow and gestured for Titanna and her maids to enter. After that, the servant started to teach her maids on how some of the things function while she was too tired to listen. She slumped down on the rich looking sofa and noticed that the three sides of the walls had curtains but she was too lazy to move.
Mills shook his head at her antics and gave her head another pat, ”You get some rest, I will see you tomorrow morning.”
”Sure...” Titanna mumbled as she sank down into the soft sofa. ”See you... tomorrow...”
Now, she stood on the side of her bed and stared out of the window admiring the view. Her maids must have changed her clothes last night before putting her in bed as she was wearing a sleeping gown.
She pushed open the balcony door and stepped into the balcony, feeling awe from the city that spread out before her eyes. Dozens and dozens of high rise towers rose up to touch the skies while the streets were perfectly straight, or beautifully curved, making the city looked like it was divided into squares and rectangles.
Fast moving carriages of the kind she seen the UN soldiers use were everywhere on the streets from the view of her balcony. She suddenly realized that the golden closet she took, must be some sort of magic device which moved people up and down the towers as she was clearly very high up!
She felt a sense of vertigo as she leaned over the parapet of the balcony before she ducked her head back in and patted her chest. Still, she could not tear her eyes away from the spectacular that was before her very eyes.
”Is this some kind of Heaven?”
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Haven, Burger Shack
Third Fleet Master Dijon was humming a happy tune as he bit into his second 'bur girl'. The soft toasted bun mixed with the juicy fried wyvern patty and the mildly sweet and tangy of the mayonnaise sauce and fresh crunchy greens were like angels singing to his taste buds.
He finished the wyvern 'bur girl' in a few mouths and leaned back with a satisfied burp before he took a sip of the refreshing root beer. ”What do you think, Boss?”