Aside from the heroes approaching to Zupcanik to fight the enemies over there, the screen pans on Aeneam Nation, on Laton the capital city. Where it has been the first city purchased from the Aruyr- assuming the citizens descended from Aruyr Hegemony Nation from the eastern border. It's foundation is an ancient feichong city designed to mirror a clock face, considered one of their wonders. While long overgrown and rusted, the founders of Aeneam renovated and updated it. The city shines again today, as its clock advances the age.
Laton have successfully grown and developed- yet they continue to strive. Many citizens worked hard- restaurant servers provide customer services working their butts off to make tips to support their families or one's independency. Construction workers building new structures to promote jobs as the government official of Aeneam put in efforts to expand beyond Aerisgen dreams to build friendships between allies and nations. Expanding trades to maintain stable economic growth. Schools and universities educate the young. Banks handling their clients with their finances, loaning augs/paying fees and stuffs. Turngear technicians keeping an eye on the robots as they use them for community services like cleaning street litters, repairing roads, and transporting materials. Scientist researchers in multiple research institutes test out chemicals and solvents. And the Aeneam police and other law securities all monitor around Laton, with some on break enjoying lunch.
Around the park where little toddlers enjoy recess, having fun on swings, sliding down on slides, laughing and giggling around as the parents moms and dads all smiled watching their children having fun.. Far side away from the park isolated on the beautiful lush greeny grassy fields where few trees cast wide amount of shades due by the heavy glaring heat of the sun, laid a resting sleeping beauty, a lonely unconscious boy at young age of 21 years old. Innocent, clueless, seeming depressed as he laid their sleeping so cutely from some anime shows how chibi-like character sleeps. Orange hair, orange eyes shut, wearing that eminent professional military high-ranking officer attire. As the sun shines brightly through the trees enough to slightly convince the young man, Sunbeam eyes began to flicker- slowly opening his eyes. He moaned slightly as he slowly gets up to a sitting position. Sitting flat on the grassy field as the warm wind whistled through the park area, feeling the relaxing breeze on his bright orange skin, Sunbeam rubbed both his eyes with his fingers at same time pulling himself together. Staying in place frozen for few seconds, he looked around confused, curious, lost, and hesitant. Also faintly grim expression painted on his face as he poorly glanced around the area, yet stretching out his arms, legs, and his whole body he witnessed the world is different.
Immediately hopping to his feet standing upright, Sunbeam made his way to the benches where there is guardrail posts, few trash cans, and lamp posts only for Sunbeam to place both his hands on the rail as he look at the creek. Scanning far ahead he can the developing ongoing city of Laton. Vastly large skyscraper cities with bunch of thrumbine driving all over the major highways and freeways. Airships flying around delivering bunch of resources from different nations in act of trades. Sunbeam closed his eyes for a bit trying to remember that time where he was. As he recalled he was somewhere back in another planet fighting the remaining aggression as he almost have became the dictator. But he couldn't remembered at all instead suffered a poor headache from trying to memorize hard in his past memories. He opened up his eyes seeing the wavy waters being all still as some fish leaps up resurfacing to only dive back into the water swimming through the creek.
He looked at the playground where the kids are having fun, giggling more as they chase each other. Few playing hide'N'seek. Hop scotch. Sunbeam took in few deep breaths as he continue to mentally wonders where he is at. Remaining silent and solo he moves through the park to the city of Laton. Looking around as he exited the park being oblivious as people looked at him like an everyday average person then proceed back to what their doing. He patted around his sides feeling any source of cash on him. His eyes slightly close in sudden depression as he is alone. With rest of society- he saw few couples at local restaurants enjoying their meal, chit-chatting, few bystanders walking around on sidewalks. Some reading the media newspaper written by reporters on the news stand. Sunbeam checked his inventory vortex after checking around his pockets to luckily find that he have about 100,000 yils on him. Along with 2 laser pistols, a steel gun, 10 broken swords, 10 laser grenades, and 5 drones. Assuming the mantle later mass majority of his items were used up or destroyed back. Sunbeam sighed to himself as he stretched out his arms and proceed walking through out the city.
The community of Laton, Aeneam did a good job not paying attention to Sunbeam as he stood very indomitably underestimated. Being left alone in the darkness, solitude, lost soul, selfless, outcast, and solo Sunbeam feeling like he shouldn't exist decided to start all over. With a hundred-thousand yils his first thing in his head is going to a bank in Laton. So he went off, ignoring that couples smooching-kissing-making out on the bench like Romeo and Juliet.
Entering through the entrance of the building, he scans the interior of the steampunk bank. Fairly a medium size, walls made out of stones and steels supporting the building. Seeing a steampunk version improved automatic transferring machine or ATM, where one baihu is using it speaking his language probably trying to retrieve some money. At the customer service area in the front, 2 single-file mildly long line formed on both of the front desk as the bank accountant employees handle each of the clients' financial concern needs. Sunbeam sighed to himself again looking at the lobby area, seeing few human guys and couple gales helping themselves with free cup of coffee. With enough sight-seeing Sunbeam decided to approach to the front desk. He instantly decided to stop halfway as few more customers enters into the building seemingly walking fast to get in line in the first aisle row. Follow by 10 feichongs customers more flooding into the building going for the second aisle. A female feichong kindred emerge out from the office to the front desk to help out speed up the customer service. She looked at the busy line full of customers, males and females- 6 baihus, 8 humans, 4 Zhuques, 5 touzuleis, and 7 tishlis all lined up waiting to either deposit or withdraw some augs out of their account. Received some punch cards, or opening an account... "I can help out on this side." Says the female feichong banker employee. She scans around from the clients to Sunbeam- mostly at Sunbeam as he quickly approach forward being first in line. Sunbeam neutrally and remaining quietly looked at the feichong in curiousity. "How may I help you, sir?" The feichong accountant asked, smiling. "Uhm yes I would to see if I could cash this amount to my bank account." Sunbeam cluelessly said. He glimpsed slightly to the left seeing other employees exchanging augs in withdrawal/deposits. Same time he pulls out that 100,000 yils and place them on the counter in front of the feichong's eyes. She leans in to look at the unusual currency, analyzing it thoroughly, examining it.
"Hmm what an unusual amount of these colorful rock-like beads you have here. I might have to talk to the manager to see if this is acceptable." Says the female Feichong accountant. "Wait here for a minute." She went off to the manger's office to talk about the oddity currency-yils. Taking about 3 minutes, Sunbeam scouts around as some customers, tishli, human, etc beings are satisfied at getting what they wanted. Few leaving with punch cards, few with withdrawn paper augs in their hands as they put it in their wallets, purses, etc. Turning slightly around to see nobody behind in front of him hoping that he won't hold up the line for too long. By that point the manager who is a female baihu wearing professional looking business marketing attire with a golden ring on her left fourth-index paw-finger came to the front along with the feichong employee. "What do we have here?" She said, curiously. "Oh I have these to see if I can cash them into my bank account." Sunbeam said, smiling as he feel bit anxious and nervous. Turning his head glancing left and right in a security manner. "Right I'll have this amount checked out, give me about a minute." The female baihu manager said, taking that amount of yils in her hands. While waiting for another minute as Sunbeam stood there observing the baihu using some complex currency technology to identify the amount, scanning them few times determining the legitimacy of it being of use within this town or world-wide. Using a counterfeit improvised feather-pen marking through each of the yils. Then counting them to that amount, 100,000.
By then she returned back to the front counter with the yils to Sunbeam who have been witnessing the action. He is prepared for what is coming for him, yet clueless to what answer may be...
"I'm sorry to say, but this kind of currency does not exist- these are absolutely fake money as I have marked them with the counterfeit pen. I am afraid I can't cash them in. Also the system shows that you haven't signed up or registered for a checking account." Stated from the baihu manager. Sunbeam looked but down seeing the clean polished countertop losing bit hope to survive... "Well, well is it possible to convert it into whatever this entire city uses?" Sunbeam wonders. The baihu shook her head as the feichong felt tiny bit guilty for the orange hair guy. "Since this currency so-called yils according to the technologies we used, Aeneam and most majority of the nations used augs." "Augs?" Sunbeam wonders, looking at the other customers walking away with augs in their hands or wallets/purses. Seeing the lines now slowly dying down on the rush hour. "Yes augs, another type of currency. Whatever you have here are not worth the exchange. I'm sorry to say." The baihu walked off as Sunbeam depressingly takes back the amount, putting it away. He looked at couple of the Aeneam, Laton police officers reading the bank brochures as they look around as Sunbeam exited the building in sheer shame and gloomy. Lost all hopes as he continued sololy walking through the heavy industrial growing capital city of Laton. One human guy running through the steady crowds, unintentionally bumped into Sunbeam as he staggered bit off-balance. "Out of the way kid I'm late for work." That guy said, uncaring. Sunbeam spinned around as he almost fall the ground, but regained his balance feeling even more depressed and faintly hopeless within himself mentally. Continuing to move on with his lonely poor life, he suddenly noticed a truck honking few times as he passed through the less busy streets. Sunbeam looked at the large puddle of water on the side near the curb assuming in anticipation the truck going to slam through the puddle spraying the water at him in reaction as he is close to it. He quickly made his way to the alley side as the truck drove through the pool, spraying the water on the sidewalk. Sunbeam eyes widen in a whoa-like manner as he proceed on. Crossing the streets as the thrumbines halted by the stop light on the left street. Passing through the media station where he can listen in on the news about what just have happened in Zahnrad. "There were total of possible 500 deaths from the rebellion at Zahnrad. So far the Aeneam officials concluded that most of the refugees in Soshu of been escorted safely, seeking better improvements..." Sunbeam was oblivious as he began to lose his physical attention to the real world- spacing out mentally as he entered his dream world from within his mind.
He have series of flashbacks from the time he was very lonely at school: pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school. Feeling so isolated, lonely, outcast, negatively viewed from school districts. He been lonely as he kept silent for almost 16 years from when he was about 3 or 5 years old being a tall-toddler. Having being verbally punished by his teachers, putting him in time-out in elementary schools. Then few detentions after harming few students by stealing their possessions may it be a sweater or a purse. Suffering major bullying from students who just don't give a damn at all. Even threatening him with a pocket knife and a lighter. Some asked him for money or took their lunches away from him. But rest of his school years before graduated successfully despite being marginalized in few wrongdoings, he been completely alone. To Sunbeam's heart, he felt no will to live as he embraced series of special education due to his mental concerns. Nobody ever willing to hang out with him, nobody ever willing to spread their arms out to get to know him, despite going to clubs or social gatherings in school he been ignored largely. Every time he tried to say a word or few phrases, many people ignored or again don't give a caring damn. He was very ignored and alone. Cafeteria he sat alone most of his time, few times he sat with his single best friend while dominantly majority of the female human girls have like a group to about 5-8 people all enjoying lunch as the socialize against each other. Again Sunbeam in his school years eating alone in the cafeteria as nobody bothered to even say "hi" to him. Or tried to be there for him. One class period being the only guy in middle school, most girls picked on him, laughing out him sometimes for no reason. The three girls who sat near him kept calling his name just to aggravatingly annoy-pester him as he tried to pay attention. That same class period when it comes to sewing fabric clothes- pajama pants, he made an error where the teacher was stressed out at him where she have called him out when he tear a hole on the pajama pants. Once sewing session was over Sunbeam sworn never to sow ever again due to the teacher harshly giving him a rough time of hellish criticism of his sewing skills. As well suffering large sum amount of humiliating from the class. Even he was upset and almost about to burst into tears multiple times from all the isolating bullying and torture. Even worse from his science teacher who yells and raised her voice for poorly having hard time understanding physics and chemistry formulas. Jumping to the conclusion Sunbeam really hated schools due to being lonely as he blamed all the ignorant oblivious students for not accepting him as a friend. Nobody even approached towards him at all.
Then the next flashbacks is working at a manufacturing plant where he have worked as a rail in the A Wing for the first shift. Working under a company, he puts parts into a technical circuit board as he pass it to the solder machine to get it glued as the next worker handles the rest. Simple he putting parts into a circuit boards where they then use it to build computers, mainframes, and other devices. Having to work part-time as a factory-like employee for a full year, getting 15 minute break yet again, being lonely. Suffering hardship like few mistreatment from few employees- like his personal boss trainer who lost some patient yelling slightly for having hard time putting the EMP straps on his shoes and wearing the scientist like smock.
Then the next flashbacks as Sunbeam continued to remain oblivious but careful as he turned left and automatically walked through Laton. Through his flashback memories, where he worked at his family restaurant for about 8 years , serving as a waiter or server in the food service business. Throughout the years of working for his family before moving on with his life-- sadly depressingly his family sold their business to the new owner as they move away to their country-land. But back then when he served at the restaurant. He suffered yet being lonely solo as he have to be the only ordinary employee working in the front, providing customer service: refilling drinks, sides, bring out ticket checks to people, keeping the food bar clean and neat, and sweeping the floor. He almost have to run the whole business himself by doing back and front work, customer service, cashier, and even cleaning the tables and sweeping the floor. Very exhausting work as many customers in mass numbers about like 50+ demanded service. More drink refills, bread, dumplings, etc they all said. Some were rude as they complained about soft drinks tasted funny, flat, unusual. They complained about the food being bland, tasted bad, some even want discounts and money back. Having to remembered all that made Sunbeam nearly burst into tears emotionally.
Following back through his memories he remembered playing the piano for about a quarter of the years, now being very rusty of playing the piano as he followed his dreams. Immediately snapping back to the real world in Laton, Aeneam. Sunbeam stopped near a cafe making his way inside. He sat down as a table close to the customer service counter where the deli area that you can grab a plate and get food for yourself-help yourself kind of thing. The tishli waitress came to Sunbeam... "Hi, what would you like to drink?" She asked. "Yes, it would be great..." Sunbeam answered, with a poorly weak smile. "Alright it'll take just few seconds." The tishli waitress left. Then instantly came back with a glass of water. "Here's your water, sir. Would you like anything to eat? Sandwich, bread, soup, salad?" The waitress said. "I'll pass. Just a glass of water will be fine." "Alright. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day." The tishli waitress left to tend to other customers within the cafe. Sunbeam sighs quietly to himself as he looks around the place. Medium side enough to fit about 70 patrons, about several square tables enough to squeeze maximum of 4 people and several round tables that can fit up to 5-8 people max. Follow by lots of booths leaning close to the windows on the left and right side. Looking at the walls colored dark-yellow with dark red decoration paints, made of stones. Taking a sip of his water, Sunbeam cycled through his mental mind simply spacing out remembering random things. He pulled out some yils from his inventory, scanning them closely. He remembered that time back on Asylum on Lamagen being served as a ranger under the military. Handling the briggarz species crises within the island protecting the civilians... He remembered becoming a General after going through series of fighting the ladies waves after waves. Then that's that- still debating if it was all just a gigantic dream that Sunbeam mentally sight-seen within his memories. As he stared at the yils...
Suddenly listening to the media from the announcement... "According to the report the 5 of the top wanted thieves have been seen on camera after robbing multiple banks about 3 hours ago. The police have no other leads where they could have gone off to... The officials have placed the grand amount of 10,000 augs for these thieves captured. As the security have heightened in case they might come back to commit more theft..." Sunbeam looked at the media telegraph steampunk thingy with a curious thought. Telling himself if he need to survive then putting his life in danger by all means- he have no choice but to accept that offer... But then again he would just applied for a job, but previously have scanned through the city of Laton, he saw no signs that would hire anybody. Sunbeam wouldn't even bother working at a restaurant as he couldn't handle the heat of the lunch rush hour where customers floods the business per instant second, making it overwhelming to deal with at once. He obviously not going there... Sunbeam drank up the water, put down the empty glass on the table and left the cafe. Assuming the what the news spoken, Sunbeam made his way to the police station. He went inside as about 8 all looked at him, the Sergeant approached forward. "Good afternoon, how may I help you?" The police sergeant said. "I heard on the media from the cafe that there were multiple bank robberies occurred by these 5 thieves. Or robbers. Where could I possibly go to for more information?" Sunbeam asked in curiousity. "Since we last seen them they may have head north somewhere. Last seen was when they all threw a smoke bomb at the construction site southwest side of Laton. There was no further lead; I probably think you should go to the military base northeast from here." "Got it, thanks officers." Sunbeam nodded as he left the building.
Making his way to the military base, crossing 3 intersections as thrumbines passed by, seeing several feichongs doing exercising in parks and humans walking around. Once arrived, he went inside to see the feichong secretary who is typing stuff as her other arms cleaning the desk simultaneously. "Excuse me I would like to speak to someone higher rank." Sunbeam said to the feichong secretary. "Sunbeam! Good to see you!" The Aeneam Colonel said. "Come come, right this way." He led Sunbeam to the command hub area within the military base. There Sunbeam sat down on along with other officers. Several soldiers walked through the hub as they exited left and right to other rooms... "Sunbeam I see you are alive..." Sunbeam made that blank look feeling surprised and shocked. "Who are you and how do you know my name. Have we met before?" "With great condolence for scaring you like that; I am Colonel Verksburg. I was there when I saw you serving your duty as a ranger back on Planet Asylum many millenniums ago. Since that big flash that have warped me elsewhere I was lucky to still be standing to this era." Sunbeam paid closer attention as he continues... "You see, Sunbeam your actual name is Tyler Wolfenstein preferred addressed as Sunbeam. You been fighting off the pterris in space, briggarz on ground, and even human pirates." Sunbeam decided to interrupt. "Whoa whoa so a big flash happened and suddenly this is where I ended up? This unusual world?"Sunbeam questioned. "Exactly, here in this new world is called Aes we live in. Aes is where we go back in time. We are in a revolutionizing world my friend. If you ever use your yils here, they are worthless- no value in this nation-wide world. The dominant currency is augs. Paper augs or the punch cards. I feel sorry that you presumably have to travel all by yourself to seek survival aids." Colonel Verksburg enlightened.
Sunbeam slightly looked away, looking at the computer monitor and mainframes. "Since you are here tell me what you are looking for?" Sunbeam got up, feeling bit distressed. "Look with all due respect, Colonel I do want to survival. I heard that there are 5 top wanted thieves somewhere in Laton or what the city I am living in... I want to make some good yils for capturing 5 of the thieves. For some money." Sunbeam said, frustratingly. "Ahh yes of course. I heard the news, what I know about their background information they are from Zupcanik. Assuming they fled to that nation from the north, I suggest you travel there." Colonel Verksburg said. Sunbeam pulled out his 100,000 yils... "Here I need to exchange these yils for augs if you can, please. "Well how about instead I'll have an aircraft that will fly you to Zupcanik." Sunbeam decided to agree to it.
As days past about later afternoon having being traveled by air, Sunbeam then relaxed back as he rested on the comfy seat. After having some soup, salad, and a meaty main course with orange juice to drink....
As the plane soar through the sky to Zupcanik.....
To be continued....
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