Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25464065-20141213030111/@comment-25464065-20141216231052

"A lift!" Elise was genuinely surprised when she caught up with Glaukos, though her tone was more indicative of strain rather than actual relief. Her partner has longer legs, and his 'brisk walk' seemed more like a jog to the much smaller girl. Sure, the gondola wasn't much better - it still involved being carried high above the ground - but at least this thing had an accesible emergency brake.

She wouldn't be lying either if she said she was relieved that her partner had a similar fear of the airbus. This was going to make missions easier between them - but for Rosa and Chartreuse.......well, that didn't matter right now.

The nearest gondola, and the next to be unloaded, was her destination. A rounded cube of sorts, purple and advertising that soda they sold in the cafeteria ('People Like Grapes', if she recalled correctly), with two by two aisles, able to easily seat two whole teams from Beacon. She made it a point to remember this gondola in case the team planned to go somewhere before seating herself toward the back window.

When Glaukos entered and shut the cabin door, a voice spoke through a speaker on the wall. Automated, clearly, but comforting none the less. It simply explained that this was one of the safest modes of transport to and from Vale, and listed a few sites that could be seen easily on the way down, somewhat like an automated tour guide.

As the gondola shuddered to life, Elise nearly winced when she saw the edge of the cliff disappear beneath her feet. She was, however, surprising by the closeness Beacon had to the city. Already she could see the steel cargo bins, and her mind practically inserted the white snowflakes on them automatically. She swallowed the fear still present in her throat, instead delicately pressing the tip of her finger to the glass, pointing at the sllowly advancing boxes.

"I do not know what you have heard of Vale, but know that there are several districts within it. This," She nodded her head slightly as the snowflakes became more visible on the steel boxes. "is the industrial district. I believe the Schnee Dust Company owns at least one-third of the entire district." Her estimate seemed t be correct, at least. Nearly every box they passed over bore the Schnee insignia so far, and the industrial district was quite large.