The year is 2019. Your eyes slide open, and staring at the rusting ceiling of a metal train car - you listen to the consistent rattle of its wheels. Chug chug, chug chug echoes throughout your head. Today, you're heading to another city on Earth governed by Universal Union. You suspect it'll feel all the same; the bland rations, tokens, and scrounging up what you can to survive and be sufficient away from the Union. You are a citizen and you live in the dregs of society with noone else. Nothing shall change.
Everything
shall be
the same.
The train screeches to a stop at a station just above ground.
You step off, tilting your head upwards to a sight not often seen - a bright sky with little clouds to dampen it. You continue and register through the Assessment System. So far, it's mostly the same - although, nothing has plagued you. You move forwards, walking down the steps, into the streets.
The dark and grimy concrete streets have seemed to meld into a productive, lively environment. Citizens with a variety of permitted attire walk around, new shirts, pants, and jackets. Some even wear fingerless gloves. Some smile, some frown, and some are blank. Groups have formed, some try to keep a roof of cardboard over their head. Some even have a cigarette in their mouth.
A screen across the street emits a hum and the sound of an electrical surge as a blue-tinted screen appears. The face of a man with brown hair and a sand suit appears, and he speaks, welcoming you.
I grant you welcoming to Metroplex Seventy One. You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest urban centers. Find yourself comfortable with our available space, and welcome - to Metroplex Seventy One. It's better here.
A brisk winter breeze flows through this district where you meet the hustle and bustle of civil society. Already, as you've stepped off of this trainstation block, you can tell that this city differs from the rest.
Where are you? Oslo, Norway.
Here in Metroplex Seventy One, you will find yourself welcomed with a new amalgamation of opportunities. The Civil Employment Arm supplies you with an easy way into work for the city, Civil Protection works as it should, and you even see citizens on small terminal devices - communicating.
As you walk through the main gates, you see people walking the streets happily. Some stand in their windows, looking down, some stand within shops - talking with a grin on their face.
Welcome, and enjoy your stay.
The world shall change as you change it.
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