GreySwan
Oceans Rise, Empires Fall
“Don’t have to tell me twice...” Noel knew what being a prisoner felt like. Like being watched, like not having choices... And right now that was certainly them. Her eyes followed the Doctor’s, taking in the setting. Everything was so new and strange to her... She never thought the future would hold this much glass and metal, for one... And there were so many more of the metal aliens. They were very clearly outnumbered here if there had been any doubt.
It seemed like perhaps their captors slash friends were also outnumbered... Their fellow aliens were certainly not treating them with much respect at the moment. Though they did let them through. The pair seemed very nervous... That sound that emerged from Red seemed almost like a whimper.
“Alright, Doctor...” the girl responded softly, quickening her pace to close the distance behind them. Resisting the utterly childless instinct to take her hand. Her boots sounded odd on this floor... Both materials she was not at all familiar with. But then... The sights before her certainly were not known to her, either.
It was unimaginable. Indescribable. Noel could only stand and gawk at the lush greenery before her. She had always wanted to see a forest... She’d only ever seen the outskirts, and even then it had been from far away and it didn’t look at all like the woodblock cuttings in books. This was more than a forest. It was a jungle. Dense and green, teaming with life... Everything a cramped, cobblestoned village was not. Even the air was different here, despite the clouds of smog. Or perhaps that was just her imagination. Despite the gravity of the situation they were in, it was hard not to simply stand and gawk, craning her neck so far up it hurt to take it all in.
But on the edges of this wonderful forest was still machinery... People. Well... Aliens. This was really just a small little piece they’d set aside. This wasn’t what the planet was supposed to be... Even as the elevator improved the view, she still bit her lip.
“Why take so much...? It’s so... Much. Did you really need all this...? And where are the pixies?"
It seemed like perhaps their captors slash friends were also outnumbered... Their fellow aliens were certainly not treating them with much respect at the moment. Though they did let them through. The pair seemed very nervous... That sound that emerged from Red seemed almost like a whimper.
“Alright, Doctor...” the girl responded softly, quickening her pace to close the distance behind them. Resisting the utterly childless instinct to take her hand. Her boots sounded odd on this floor... Both materials she was not at all familiar with. But then... The sights before her certainly were not known to her, either.
It was unimaginable. Indescribable. Noel could only stand and gawk at the lush greenery before her. She had always wanted to see a forest... She’d only ever seen the outskirts, and even then it had been from far away and it didn’t look at all like the woodblock cuttings in books. This was more than a forest. It was a jungle. Dense and green, teaming with life... Everything a cramped, cobblestoned village was not. Even the air was different here, despite the clouds of smog. Or perhaps that was just her imagination. Despite the gravity of the situation they were in, it was hard not to simply stand and gawk, craning her neck so far up it hurt to take it all in.
But on the edges of this wonderful forest was still machinery... People. Well... Aliens. This was really just a small little piece they’d set aside. This wasn’t what the planet was supposed to be... Even as the elevator improved the view, she still bit her lip.
“Why take so much...? It’s so... Much. Did you really need all this...? And where are the pixies?"