Avatar Arvis
The Last Avatar
The sounds of people chatting indistinctly filled the air and Erik made his way through the inner "city". True, the place was relatively large, with closer to two-hundred-thousand people living in this city alone, it still felt small overall to Erik. The buildings were tall, but they were old, and on the brink of disrepair. The smells of people surrounded Erik, and all too soon, he felt claustrophobic from the press of people. Even here, people seemed to give him a respectable distance, several whispering and pointing as he passed by. Heh, my reputation precedes me, Erik thought with a slight mental laugh.
He was on his way to the Compound, or the Headquarters of the Ascended Corps. Apparently they were going to assign some new recruits that had just graduated from initial training and were now ready to be paired with an experienced Ascended for further training. Erik snorted derisively. He would refuse to have a greenhorn under his command. He didn't want or need someone dying because they had no field experience. The Compound was a large building with multiple floors. The first level was almost entirely devoted to training rooms with solid-light simulations. The upper floors housed command, and the barracks.
Better get this ridiculous thing over with. Erik thought. That was when his otherwise relatively pleasant day when to shit. The very loud and obnoxious blare of the evacuation siren rang out, signaling that Evos were approaching the outer barriers. There were very few exclamations of fright. Most people quickly and efficiently headed towards the entrances to the underground bunkers that rose from the ground. They had been through this enough times that they knew what to do by now.
Erik ran into and through the Compound, to the Dispatch center where he grabbed his trusty weapon and then off to transport. The transport system was a network of magnet trains that could reach any part of the outer barriers that protected the city within 2 minutes, despite the outer barriers being miles away. Erik and several dozen Ascended had been dispatched to the Northern Quadrant. Erik noted the number of fighters, and instantly deduced this was no normal Evo attack.
After just a minute on the train, Erik and the rest of the Ascended disembarked the train, and stood upon the immense steel wall that was fifty feet tall and thirty feet wide. The wall stretched into either distance as far as the eye could see. Directly ahead, you could see a large dust cloud on the horizon. Dispatch had placed the encroaching mass 5 miles out, and closing fast. Estimates were that the hoard of Evos to be several hundred strong. "Just great. I wonder what riled them up..." Erik said to himself as he went with this small squadron to the lift that would take them to the ground outside the barrier.
@Quark
He was on his way to the Compound, or the Headquarters of the Ascended Corps. Apparently they were going to assign some new recruits that had just graduated from initial training and were now ready to be paired with an experienced Ascended for further training. Erik snorted derisively. He would refuse to have a greenhorn under his command. He didn't want or need someone dying because they had no field experience. The Compound was a large building with multiple floors. The first level was almost entirely devoted to training rooms with solid-light simulations. The upper floors housed command, and the barracks.
Better get this ridiculous thing over with. Erik thought. That was when his otherwise relatively pleasant day when to shit. The very loud and obnoxious blare of the evacuation siren rang out, signaling that Evos were approaching the outer barriers. There were very few exclamations of fright. Most people quickly and efficiently headed towards the entrances to the underground bunkers that rose from the ground. They had been through this enough times that they knew what to do by now.
Erik ran into and through the Compound, to the Dispatch center where he grabbed his trusty weapon and then off to transport. The transport system was a network of magnet trains that could reach any part of the outer barriers that protected the city within 2 minutes, despite the outer barriers being miles away. Erik and several dozen Ascended had been dispatched to the Northern Quadrant. Erik noted the number of fighters, and instantly deduced this was no normal Evo attack.
After just a minute on the train, Erik and the rest of the Ascended disembarked the train, and stood upon the immense steel wall that was fifty feet tall and thirty feet wide. The wall stretched into either distance as far as the eye could see. Directly ahead, you could see a large dust cloud on the horizon. Dispatch had placed the encroaching mass 5 miles out, and closing fast. Estimates were that the hoard of Evos to be several hundred strong. "Just great. I wonder what riled them up..." Erik said to himself as he went with this small squadron to the lift that would take them to the ground outside the barrier.
@Quark