She-Ra (Catradora)

Chapter 19

Entrapta and Catra stood next to the transfer pod on the fourth floor. Entrapta explained that the currency across the galaxy was purely electronic and was held on 'keys'. Small metal chips with encryption coding so that only the owner can withdraw credits onto the chips. Catra nodded and pretended like she knew what she was talking about. Entrapta pushed the key into the slot and the screen lit up. 'Welcome Mara'. Entrapta clicked on the part of the screen which said withdraw balance. She punched in the maximum she could withdraw 100,000 credits and pulled the key out. 'Thank you for using capitol pod 4-b. Have a nice day'. Entrapta smiled, "You too capitol pod 4-b." Catra rolled her eyes, "Come on. Let's not forget why we're here."

It was dark by the time they left the port and still raining. Large skyscrapers stretched to the sky glowing with lights and advertisements. The streets were covered in aliens of all shapes and sizes and vehicles getting from A-B. Trains weaved in and out of the buildings spreading into stations unloading passengers and reloading before firing off again. Catra and Entrapta stared at the city both of which as transfixed as each other. A man same species as the woman before with two tentacles coming out the top of his head and falling behind him. He was cheery despite the rain. "Hello friends, welcome to Scunia. First time here?" Entrapta continued to stare at the buildings. Catra raised a hand and waved, "Uhh, yeah." The man smiled, "Great, wonderful. Now just to let you know. Laws may differ from where you come from so I would suggest stopping by the information desk and picking up a very helpful pamphlet." Catra raised an eyebrow, "Thanks..." The man began to walk away, "Oh hey, guy. Is there a planetarium around here or a museum maybe?" The man smiled, "You can find everything you need to know as the information desk." And with that, he moved onto the next set of people exiting the port.

 Catra walked over to the information kiosk outside the entrance to the port that the man was referring to. Another person standing behind the desk spoke as they approached. "Hello friends, welcome to Scunia. What can I help you with today." Catra felt sick of all the friendliness, "Yeah we wanted to know where the planetarium or the museum was." The person threw on a wid fake smile, "Wonderful. Please scan this code for a full map of the city." Entrapta gladly scanned the code and a full map of the city came up. "This is incredible, the city on top is just the surface there are thirteen levels of infrastructure bellow us." The person behind the kiosk looked panicked but kept a smile plastered. "I'm sorry but that is a mistake, there are only twelve levels here in Scunia's capitol." Entrapta frowned and showed them her tablet. "No look-see, thirteen. Though nothing comes up when I click on it." "No, that's a mistake, and if that'll be all then I must tend to other visitors." Catra looked around, "But we're the only people in line." The person at the kiosk grew agitated, "Excuse me but if you do not leave I will have to call the police." Catra put her hands up and backed away from the desk, "Hey, ok we get, sheesh." The two of them walked on.

After an hour and a few wrong turns, the two of them arrived at the planetarium. A large building with stone steps and banners with different planet hanging from the side of the building. As they entered the building it opened into a foyer with a marble floor.  A large staircase ran up into a second floor with two arches on either side each with a different sign above. The one one the right had a sign which said, 'Library.' On the left, 'Museum'. Entrapta played with her tablet messing with the map she had scanned while Catra stood in line at the front desk. At the front desk, two people worked.  A short woman with green skin, brown, short hair chatted with the person at the front of the line. Next to her was a tall alien with a long flat head, four eyes and four arms. They both wore clothing that seemed branded to the planetarium. Catra got to the front of the line. "Hello, how can we help." Catra's ears perked up for some reason she got the feeling that they were being sincere, unlike the last few people. "We need to find some information on a planet." The girl smiled and looked down at her computer, "And what planet would that be?" "Framostra?" The girl typed the name into the computer. "Uhh sorry, we don't have anything in our exhibits on that planet. Usually, planets that aren't in the museum can bee found in the library." She gestures to the doorway on the right of the staircase. "If you go through those doors. You can talk to the librarians I'm sure they'll be able to help." Catra smiled tapped the desk, "Thanks!" Catra walked over to Entrapta and they started walking to the library. The girl behind the desk turned to her co-worker, "Hey, Boro." One of his sets of eyes glanced over to her. "Do you remember when we had orientation?" The other alien nodded. "Remember, when we were told to report anything that was considered... suspicios." The alien turned their head. "Well, usually when a planet isn't in our system it says 'sorry, planet not registered yet' so that it's mindful of people not having their home-worlds represented. But this one, the one they're looking for information on. It says it doesn't exist." The other alien shrugged with all four arms and got back to helping someone.

Catra and Entrapta walk into the library. Shelves of old books stood tall to the ceiling. Rows and rows of shelves filled the space apart from a hall at the entrance with tables and chairs. A few people were reading. Catra was slowly becoming impatient and quickly walked up to the desk. An old man who looked like a mouse with a long beard and eyebrows typed on a computer. "Hi, we're looking for any information on a planet called Framostra." The man raised his head and calls into the back. "Thrad, come help these lovely people." A young boy who looked like the old man's grandson came out from the back. "Yo. You guys need help finding something." Catra nodded and said for the third time, "We're looking for a planet called Framostra." Thrad hopped over the counter and started walking towards the shelves, "What system." Catra blinked, "Uhhh..." Entrapta chimed in, "xellon, 500-J" He nodded and started walking towards an elevator. "That'll be in the basement we don't keep much on the xellon systems." Entrapta then said something that she probably shouldn't have. "Oh and if you have any information Horde Primes restricted zones..." Everyone in the close vicinity looked at them. Catra stopped Entrapta from talking. Thrad stopped walking but kept looking forward, "You two should be careful, talking about that kind of stuff could get you killed around here, or worse." Catra began to think of the worse and signed to Entrapta to never bring up Horde Prime.  Thrad opened a gate to the elevator the three of them stepped inside and they headed down to the basement.