King of Chaos

Chapter 3: CHANCE ENCOUNTER.

Nya arrived at the spaceport, in such a densely crowded area she completely blended in. She was dressed moderately, just wearing a simple grey sundress with a wide brimmed sunhat and a shawl around her shoulders to shield her from the sun. She used sunglasses to cover her eyes. These measures were necessary to remain incognito as vampires were threat rank A on the galactic threat ranking system, easily one of the most dangerous creatures in Hyperion. her crest around her back and shoulders was hidden by a shawl so it won't get noticed, the last thing she needed was someone noticing her weird glowing tattoo.

Aside from a small purse which held the ticket and a special omen pass –courtesy of her former sire— she had nothing but the clothes on her back, the rest of her stuff were stored away in her pocket dimension, which she had named the 'Crimson Void', always right within arms' reach.

When she had imagined space travel, she had pictured a very futuristic plane trip, which was why she was a bit surprised when she saw their spacecraft. It looked like a cruise ship... in fact, it was a cruise ship. It looked exactly like its seafaring counterpart with the exception that along the sides were large fin-like constructs that resembled insect wings with intricate hexagonal patters in their translucent surfaces. They were solar sails, they absorbed energy from nearby suns and stars to power the engines.

As she got to the front of the queue at the boarding gate, she presented her ticket and pass. The clerk scanned the ticket and looked at her funny once they noticed the pass.

"Um, you are in a deluxe suite? Your room is being specially prepared." The clerk said, "If you could kindly wait..."

"I'm really tired" Nya said, baring her fangs, "and I think it would be better if I'm away from the other guests."

"b-but your room was special ordered," the clerk gulped, "it won't take long for--"

Exposing her eyes to the clerk, Nya used mesmer, a simple form of hypnosis that higher vampires could learn,

"I'd like to go to my room now, please." she urged,

"V-very good, ma'am" the clerk said slowly as they stiffened, "I c-can move you to another suite that is ready, but it would be a downgrade from your original. It will only take a moment." The clerk then cancelled another guests' reservation just to place Nya to their, then moved the guest to Nya's pending suite.

"Thank you," Nya said taking her key card from the clerk.

"Will you need anything else, ma'am?"

"No, that will be all." Nya said as she walked onto the boarding ramp.

Once the door to her suite slid shut, Nya looks around. The suite was like one of the luxury hotel rooms the old man used to often visit to conduct business deals.

She sat on a comfy chair and looked out the large window, watching the people on the docks milling about.

"I am so fucking bored." She states after a few minutes.

She was very impatient; at the moment she didn't even have a concrete plan for the future. For now, her current goal was to get from her home world of Adryn-VI in a rural corner of the local galaxy and get to Braeccus Alpha, closer to the cultural center of Hyperion space.

The calm and silence was so prevalent that she dozed off in the chair. In her dreams she sees the vastness of the cosmos, the planets, and the stars, a shape catches her attention. In an asteroid belt, amongst the rocks was a massive ship. It was the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen, hundreds of meters of black sleek armor with large intimidating guns and cannons, and at the back were powerful engines that spewed forth blue light. Just by looking at it, she could picture the rocking of the deck as the guns fired and she could feel the thrum as the engines roared. It was a masterpiece of engineering.