Four hours after the events of “Beyond The Bounds”
“We’re here.”
The trek into the jungle was comparatively uneventful. Given the scenery’s prospensity for shrinking away from Derrick, whatever fauna that lay in ambush only needed to sense the presence of the young Psychodriver to reconsider its appetite.
The forests eventually cleared into an outcropping, one that overlooked both the tall, gleaming buildings that grew closer with every step, and the very heart of the Swordian, nestled in the distance, and lit by a pulsating cerulean glow.
Before them; low-set, squat buildings that were decidedly unlike that of the alien architecture lay shrouded in thick curtains of vines, half-buried in creepers.
“This used to be a Directory outpost.” Explained Hana as she led the way, stopping to push aside yet another curtain to expose the faded, yet distinct logo of the Terran superpower.
“Scientists and doctors would come to study this place... Not any more, though.” She said, quietly.
“Not for a long time.”
For Romme at least, here there was no sense of any of his kind nearby - none beyond Velvet, whose empathy for the world around them seemed to be of a similar kind to his own.
Perhaps here, they could at least get some well-deserved rest.
“We’re here.”
The trek into the jungle was comparatively uneventful. Given the scenery’s prospensity for shrinking away from Derrick, whatever fauna that lay in ambush only needed to sense the presence of the young Psychodriver to reconsider its appetite.
The forests eventually cleared into an outcropping, one that overlooked both the tall, gleaming buildings that grew closer with every step, and the very heart of the Swordian, nestled in the distance, and lit by a pulsating cerulean glow.
Before them; low-set, squat buildings that were decidedly unlike that of the alien architecture lay shrouded in thick curtains of vines, half-buried in creepers.
“This used to be a Directory outpost.” Explained Hana as she led the way, stopping to push aside yet another curtain to expose the faded, yet distinct logo of the Terran superpower.
“Scientists and doctors would come to study this place... Not any more, though.” She said, quietly.
“Not for a long time.”
For Romme at least, here there was no sense of any of his kind nearby - none beyond Velvet, whose empathy for the world around them seemed to be of a similar kind to his own.
Perhaps here, they could at least get some well-deserved rest.