The Nightrose Chronicles I: Broader Horizons

Dark City Treno

"Princess, this is Treno, the City of Nobles," Steiner said eyeing the unsavoury characters that lingered in the streetlamps glow. They leered back at him like a predator to it's prey as he shifted on his feet.

"We need to find out which noble has the Supersoft," Silver said casually.

"There aren't really that many nobles living here. The nights are long. It's a great place for thieves."

"Yes, your kind turned this city into a slum!" Steiner glared.

He scoffed, "... Let's steal the Supersoft and get this over with."

"Steal!? How dare you!"

As the two argued Silver looked around at what she dubbed, 'marvelous architecture' which it was. Quite so in fact that the whole city glowed luminously like fireworks in the night, but all David saw were the people around him, the majority of them children and not knowing where there next meal would come from. That was always his perspective, a part in him remembered what it felt like to not feel safe or have food on the table. He breathed in heavily before shaking his head and walking over to her and pointing to a tower in the distance, "That's Dr. Tot's place. He might know about the Supersoft."

"Hey, I'm gonna go searching around for supplies," Kailynn said.

"You can't go alone!" David said.

"She is," she pointed to Garnet. He sputtered looking back and forth between the two young girls heading in opposite directions. He finally decided to go with Kailynn, knowing that Steiner would follow the Princess. "You stalking me or something?" she asked when he ran up. "I thought you of all people would leave me for dead."

He shook his head, "Are you crazy? Do you wanna get mugged?"

She glared, "I can handle myself!"

"So tell me then, where are you going? Do you know your way around?"

She stopped for a moment and scanned her surroundings, "... "It's much bigger in real life..."

"I've been here for a week or so now. I know my way around a bit. Enough to know that a clean young girl shouldn't be walking alone at night."

Her eyebrow raised and she stepped away from him, "'Clean young girl'?"

"'Who's that then?,'" he quoted, "'I dunno must be a king.' 'Why?' He hasn't got sh** all over him.'."

"So you know your Monty Python then..."

"The point is---!"

"Hey cutie," a grungy teenager smirked at her. David pulled her back as the man threw open his trench coat, "Wanna buy a watch?" To his credit he did have several nice looking watches, most likely stolen, but they declined his offer as he pushed her in the opposite direction. He kept looking over his shoulder making sure no one was following them.

She snorted, "I thought he was a streaker!"

"Me too. But see what I mean?"

She nodded, "So where are the supply shops?" She held up the Aries Zodiac Coin, "Stole it from Zidane. Don't remember what it's for but I remember it's important and in Treno. Besides, its my sign." He smirked and held up Gemini, Taurus, and Scorpio before re-pocketing them before anyone could see. She huffed, "Well, my sisters are most likely getting the one in Burmecia. Between the four of us I guess we can find them all."

"You have two sisters? I assumed the other girl was, but I wasn't expecting a third to be here."

She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, her guardian angel was teaching her how to leather work."