Incognito: Chapter III (//invited only)

[Char Aznable]

Sector 11, Harburg City, Planet Hamburg
02/10/822 AS, 04:58 AM

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The lower levels of the Tower she had chosen for the meeting were almost empty on the outside. Rarely people showed themselves on the catwalks, instead relying on the worn staircases and malfunctioning elevators on the inside. People craved to live further up, closer to Hamburg's Star and the better maintained heating up there. The ones living here were poor, couldn't afford more or just wanted to be social scum. This part of every city on Hamburg was the place where the Revolution once rose from - and would rise again, once the people had enough once more.

Snow was not a problem, but without the spikes on her soles she probably would have lost grip at least twice on the icy floor. Even this far down, the abyss still was several hundreds of meters deep, and had this weird seducing feeling around it that surrounds all deep falls.

The sound of the heating system was barely audible, and mixed perfectly with the engine humming of the hover that she had left around the corner. Together with the howling wind it almost became a symphony, a telltale sign on how much technology had helped humanity - and how little it had learned from it. Hearing the heavy footsteps she turned around to her contact, having the yellow glow of dawn right behind her back. The light fell perfectly, and her cape's shadow obscured every bit of her face. This was not only to hide her identity - it was also to make an entrance. Below her wide clothing, she had a hand safely at her laspistol. One could never be sure.

"Guten Morgen. Herr Breisacher, I assume?"