02-21-2017, 11:34 AM
He was on ‘Tier 3’ of Coruscant.
A cursory glance at the Dataverse revealed that this level of the city was renowned for its ‘normalcy’, with its asphalt streets providing a ‘homey and down-to-Earth’ feel for the citizens. A few sky roads were present, but they were in the centermost neighborhoods, so Seventeen was left meandering down the sidewalk as an assortment of future-tech vehicles zoomed passed him.
While the first level of the city had been a glitzier version of West City, this part of Coruscant more resembled the busy streets of Central City. There were flashes of the future tech nonsense that the cyborg had spotted in the central square of Tier 1, but there was also a lot of normal flair plopped into the urban menagerie of store fronts, office buildings, and upscale-tenements. The Omniverse’s version of the internet informed the machine-hybrid that there were three additional levels to the city, and all the reports and posts alluded to ‘a steady decline in standard of living.’
What was waiting down on that bottom tier? Toxic waste swimming pools and landfills of infected needles?
Seventeen shook away the smirk from his face as he reached the building was supposed to house the infamous ‘El Lago’ and his gang of miscreants. With a scowl on his face, the cyborg walked up to the front door and gave it a trio of solid knocks. Since the front windows had been boarded up, he had no means to see inside the structure.
When a fourth, fifth, and sixth knock failed to merit any response, the raven-haired warrior let out a groan and stepped away from the door.
“Anyone ho—”
The syllable was still hanging in the air, unfished, when the front of the building erupted outward in a maelstrom of heat, light, and mortar. Seventeen managed to throw up his scrawny forearms to shield his face, but that was the best he could muster before the shockwave crashed into him and tore him off his feet. Like a surfer out of his league, the cyborg was swallowed up by the angry wave of fire and carnage as it crashed across the road, ravaging parked cars, benches, and street posts alike before dashing against the brick buildings on the far side of the Jacob’s Street.
A cursory glance at the Dataverse revealed that this level of the city was renowned for its ‘normalcy’, with its asphalt streets providing a ‘homey and down-to-Earth’ feel for the citizens. A few sky roads were present, but they were in the centermost neighborhoods, so Seventeen was left meandering down the sidewalk as an assortment of future-tech vehicles zoomed passed him.
While the first level of the city had been a glitzier version of West City, this part of Coruscant more resembled the busy streets of Central City. There were flashes of the future tech nonsense that the cyborg had spotted in the central square of Tier 1, but there was also a lot of normal flair plopped into the urban menagerie of store fronts, office buildings, and upscale-tenements. The Omniverse’s version of the internet informed the machine-hybrid that there were three additional levels to the city, and all the reports and posts alluded to ‘a steady decline in standard of living.’
What was waiting down on that bottom tier? Toxic waste swimming pools and landfills of infected needles?
Seventeen shook away the smirk from his face as he reached the building was supposed to house the infamous ‘El Lago’ and his gang of miscreants. With a scowl on his face, the cyborg walked up to the front door and gave it a trio of solid knocks. Since the front windows had been boarded up, he had no means to see inside the structure.
When a fourth, fifth, and sixth knock failed to merit any response, the raven-haired warrior let out a groan and stepped away from the door.
“Anyone ho—”
The syllable was still hanging in the air, unfished, when the front of the building erupted outward in a maelstrom of heat, light, and mortar. Seventeen managed to throw up his scrawny forearms to shield his face, but that was the best he could muster before the shockwave crashed into him and tore him off his feet. Like a surfer out of his league, the cyborg was swallowed up by the angry wave of fire and carnage as it crashed across the road, ravaging parked cars, benches, and street posts alike before dashing against the brick buildings on the far side of the Jacob’s Street.
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