Smells Like Adventure [Lexi + Loki]

[Princess Vanity]

Now, you really wouldn't expect one to have an pressing desire to return to the place where her own family turned on her and her entire village trialled her and found her guilty of conspiracy with evil, then tied her to a wooden pole and lit bundles of wolf's bain and grass at her feet. Of course not. Which was the reason Lexi was most defiantly not going back to her own homelands. In fact, at this point, she was rather unaware of what exactly the point of this place was. She had just been walking aimlessly around and come to it. There hadn't appeared to be anyone around.

Unsatisfied with simply walking around the dark plain, Lexi had ventured inside the little room. It was corridor-like with a large metal door at the opposite end. She approached it with caution, as she could feel magic echoing through the room. She was 10 feet from the door, just inspecting it. Then she thought of an idea. What lay beyond those doors? She didn't recall seeing any doors exiting the building aside from the one she entered through. She walked cautiously up the the huge metal doors and reached out a hand to push it ajar. Suddenly she jerked back her hand and stared upwards. She took a step back and thought for a moment. Then, shaking off the strange feeling, she took a step towards the door and again, reached to open it.

[Chris]

The rhythmic cadence of hard shoe hitting even harder floor echoed through the hallway. He rounded the corner, dressed in his dress uniform. The room was well lit, but from where, Loki could not see. There was a girl there, some 5 years his junior, as most people where in this place. her features were canine in nature, but Loki knew not to take such a thing at face value, his own fiance had bioluminescent eyes.
"Hello." Loki ventured to the female, he smiled genuinely. His mind then focused on the door, he had always wanted to go back, see Capital City, walk the streets, smell he air, see the Spire. Maybe she'd want to go, or maybe not. he didn't doubt that he'd have fun no matter where they ended up.

[Princess Vanity]

Where most would have jumped, Lexi simply turned around. "Hello to you." She said while studying the newcomer. She could tell he was her senior...probably by a good 5 or 6 years. She watched his gaze shift from her to the door. Obviously he was looking to go through it, and had an admiration for what lay on the other side.

She could tell he was a human, neither Lycan nor Vampire nor any other halfbreed. By his uniform she guessed him to be some sort of official or a warrior of sorts. "Where exactly do these doors go?" Lexi asked trying to redraw his attention. He seemed a pleasant enough fellow, and Lexi thought she could most definatly get to know him comfortably.

[Chris]

"The future, the past, worlds yet to come and worlds forever gone." Loki said simply. The idea of continuing his little rhymeless poeitisism occurred and passed in his mind without incident. Then it seemed to return, an army with it. He suppressed a smile and a laugh, quiet successfully as the armies within in his mind attacked, scorching earth in their wake in case of defeat. His mind was, however, victorious, and vanquished the urge in much the same way that the Spanish Reconquista vanquished the Moors.
"Personally, I come here from time to time, trying to work up the courage to return from the world I left." he examined her intently, "Why did you come here?" he asked.

[Princess Vanity]

The poetic speech that rolled off his quick silver tongue engaged her. She listened, enthralled. She had no real use for her past, the present and the moment was rather boring, but the future was unknown and intrigued her. She answered his question honestly and plainly.

"I'm here because I was bored, and exploritive. I was going to walk through those doors quite unknowingly. Most likely thinking about some odd thing and landing myself in a battle of some sort or another."

She had answered his question, but now she really wanted to focus on what he had said before that. He said he was there because he was thinking about going back to his homelands, or something to that effect. This peaked her interest, as she was feigning for adventure. She poked about the topic.

"Would you be more likely to go to said world of yours if you had a companion? I do enjoy travelling...just a thought of course." Lexi raised an eyebrow and awaited a response.

[Chris]

He examined her expressions and shook his head, the urge was simply to powerful while he had the inspiration."my world is a place unlike this. You are welcome to come, such a favor is most welcome.." he smiled at her. "I hope you are curious of the Future, for that is where we are headed." Loki sighed, he was tapped out.
"I'm typically not very good at such things, my language is often a bit more...curt and less flowing. You're welcome to go, but i do advise you, if peoples hair glow, don't freak." he smiled, hoping she caught the joke, "Its a very strange place for someone who's never lived there before."
It was then that fear gripped him, he wondered if his fleet had been deployed yet. If it had been, then he would likely be a fugitive on the run. If it hadn't been deployed, then Kassiandra was likely looking for him.
"one more thing, if we end up being chased around town by Marines, I'm sorry."

[Princess Vanity]

The Lycan nodded. She wasn't likely to freak out at glowing hair. She was after all a werewolf and a shapeshifter. She had lived with Gypsies for three years. She had defiantly seen her fair share of odd occurrences.

She gladly accepted the offer. Not even the hint of being chased by Marines phased her. It actually increased her desire to go with this guy. She pulled back the folds of her cloak to reveal her daggers. "These aren't for show...if we have any trouble I can deal. Not to mention the fact that I'm pretty sure you can tell by now that I'm a Lycan."

[Chris]

"Good." He said, though neglecting to inform her that a dagger would be of little use against a company of railgun armed Imperial Marines. He doubted by the term railgun meant much to her.
"What is a Lycan?" he asked. Sure, she was clearly canine in appearance and demeanor, but but there were a great many variations in appearance among Homo astarae, though they didn't look all that different from their ancestors, Homo sapians. He expected that he would met many during his time here, but found almost none at all. He'd seen odder around his time, and the term meant little to him.

[Princess Vanity]

At this point Lexi realized that this warrior was very evidently from the future. You asked anyone from this time what a Lycan was and they knew. She looked at him and tried to come up with the most basic explanation she could. "Okay, well don't freak out or anything. Know that there's a lot of rumors surrounding Lycans, but I'm not going to kill you. anyways...a Lycan is a werewolf. You know, a human that changes into a wolf. Sometimes they have a nasty habit of killing livestock and what not..."

Finishing up her explanation, Lexi was quite pleased with herself. Lycans were pretty easy to spot if you knew what to look for. They were generally lean in build, had canine features and many of them had gray, blue or lightish green eyes. (as far as Lexi knew, there were rarely Lycans with brown, dark green or hazel eyes.)

She looked at his, and waited for a response. Hoping it wouldn't be like the usual human response, she braced herself. There was a strong possibility that she could get shot at, stabbed, sprayed with holy water, beaten with a cross or have a torch thrown at her. Wouldn't be the first time.

[Chris]

Loki rocked his head back and forth as he listened. He kept his expression neutral, though he really didn't need to try. He'd seen many, many things odd and wondrous in his time at the school, such that a shape changing creature was not that out of the ordinary..."Interesting, lets stay way from the Marines, least the Emperor try to use you in the army." She was Human...so they might try to breed some soldiers, or a company, out of her in case the Servaeri decided on round Sol knows what number.
"If you are willing to risk it, I'll open the door and we can Look around Capital City, so long as nothing would spontaneously ignite your change." He smiled, hoping that he might find something to return with, or maybe a pretty trinket to give to the girl, make her smile and remember fondly her trip there.

[Princess Vanity]

The young Lycan had heard more than her fair share and was ready and rearing to go. She listened to his instructions carefully and nodded along. His warnings about these Marines were words she also heeded. Though unspoken thoughts, she had no doubts that the way he was listenting to her and looking at her he had suspisons of some sort about her being used for some sort of super human warfare breeding station. Definatly not Lexi's idea of a good time.

After he had finished up his direction she nodded. "I'm game if you are. Oh, and by the way. My name's Lexi. Better get that out of the why now so if you have to scream at me to do something if we get chased but these Marines, you'll know what to call me." Laughing a bit to herself, Lexi raised an eyebrow and prepared for their own personal little adventure.

[Chris]

Loki smiled, "it is pleasure Lexi, my name is Lux, but most people just call me 'Loki,' which is what my mother used to call me." He would have offered his hand to her had he not needed it to open the door. Capital City he thought, and then pushed the heavy metal door open. A cold wind blew in through the door, winter in Capital City. the Night was dark, and Sirius was the only star visible amid the glow of the city's light. He looked out and smiled, "We're on an alley that leads to Avenue, the Main road that leads from the Emperor's island down, across two causeways, and on a boardwalk south into the Atlantic."
That would leave a few options open, one they could try to get close to the Imperial Palace and see what they could, but the strait between Capital Island and Palace Island was about a half mile wide, and the Causeway gated on both ends. Another option would be to go to Capital West Island, the main tourist district. That's probably where she'd want to go he thought. the third would have to be the Boardwalk, which stretched a mile into the ocean, its final piles driven at the extreme edge of the artificial submerged plateau that the archipelago was built upon.
Loki looked back at Lexi and smiled warmly, "After you Mi'lady."

[Princess Vanity]

Looking into the dark alley, Lexi blinked. She had never really experienced a big city atmosphere. She'd for the most part lived in the village or the forest. She'd been to London once, with the Gypsies. That was a short lived encounter.

So here she stood, preparing to head into Loki's homeland, his city. She of course was aware that she now had a disadvantage. But she trusted this Loki character with her safety, and if all else failed she could always try and kill the whole population, or go into hiding as a wolf.

Walking forward, she felt a somewhat cold rush, almost like stepping through a waterfall. Of course it was the magic she felt. Stepping into the ally she took a few careful steps forward and turned to face Loki. Holding an arm out, she motioned for him to step through. "Best have a guide to show me around." She said smiling. This was going to be fun.

[Chris]

Loki stepped through the door and took a deep breath of the city air. It was Terra! Home! World of his ancestors, home of his Race! He smiled as his gaze shifted down the alley to the street. without looking at Lexi Loki said, "My friend, i can only guide you if we have a destination. We can go to the Boardwalk in the south, the Tourist District in the east, or we can try our hands at seeing the palace to the north, north west." It was her choice, he was just happy to be here. He made his way down to the alley's exit, smiling at the traffic. Cars levitated about a foot off the ground, the soft hum of their air compression turbines dulled further by their inactivity at an intersection. The lights of the Spire could be seen off to the west, stretching a half mile into the sky, it was the tallest building on the planet, and perhaps one of the most vital.
Loki sighed, "it feels good to be home." he closed his eyes and let the noise, lights, air, and the sheer world around him envelop his conscious mind.

[Princess Vanity]

For a moment Lexi watched Loki. Looking around the darkened alley she thought about where to go. She wasn't overly fond of water at the moment, so she decided to vouch for the palace. Sounded adventurous enough.

Back before her Gypsy days she had developed a case of sticky fingers. She was an expert in petty theft, lifting things here and there. Never anything that was needed, she never stole from people, only stores and places. And never from the poor. Only from those who wouldn't miss it. She had tried her hand at greater things, and been successful. In all her years she had never gotten caught but for once.

Going to a palace, which she assumed was filled with items ripe for the taking, seemed a perfect opportunity to try her hand at her old art. It would make a good trinket to return with, what ever she found. Looking again at Loki she spoke. "I think I'd like a look at this palace of yours actually. Sounds like its worth seeing." Of course, not knowing him well enough, she kept her ulterior motifs to herself for the time being.