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He needed food and clothes for his trip to the capital, which he was sure the remaining merit token in his pocket would provide. The heavier foot traffic today made it easier to blend in, or at least not stand out. The shopping process differed from Earth. Merchandise was not openly stocked; it was displayed on screens embedded in the walls and counters and only brought out when the purchase completed. He wandered around testing his bracelet at every door he passed, and at every store; either there was no credit on his bracelet, or everything was overpriced because each time Elias tried to purchase clothes or food or boots or a bag, the purchase was declined. He was standing by a screen searching for books when a woman in a green pantsuit approached him, tapping him on the shoulder with a thin stick-like rod, as she spoke.

“I can’t help you if you are late for the migration. We don’t have anything here for field workers.” Her tone was clipped and barely polite. She stood staring at him, and when he did not immediately respond or move, she poked him with the rod as if touching him was beneath her dignity. “Leave now.”

Anger flashed in Elias, and he barely constrained himself from grabbing the thin rod and snapping it in half. She flinched and took a step back at the grimace on his face and his tensed body. This was no time for another police encounter, so he turned and left. He did not understand their social system, but it seemed the merit token granted access to certain stores, selected which vehicle to ride, and also determined what products you could buy.

On a hunch, he crossed the street to the older buildings where most doors opened for him. The dim lighting, dull floors, and limited selections were a sharp contrast to the other stores. Here, people in shabby clothes stood in lines to view screens for purchasing. Elias found his merit token worked better here. To keep warm at night and cover his simple clothes, he picked out a pale blue long coat. On down the street, he found a cafe, but the food selections were terrible, the pictures looked amateurish, and the few words for ingredients meant nothing to him. He selected a bowl of thick vegetable soup and accepted the only option for drinks. He carried his food to the end of a long table near the holographic display table. A few minutes later, he started a fight.

Alien Life Forms

Alien planets have alien creatures, some parallel to Earth animals, and others unique to the home planet.

On the planet of Dal Amonga, Elias has a mount called a beorse. A beorse has the lower half of the body similar to a horse, but the top half of the body more closely resembling a bear. It can run fast for short stretches, carry a human, and use its front paws to hold food and grab items, like a bear. It is reasonably intelligent, and though large, a beorse is a gentle creature; when faced with a predator, it chooses flight over fight.

Hyeneum may act like animals, but they are a humanoid species on Dal Amonga. They are a lean bodied race as befits their hunter-gather lifestyle. Typical height is around 5’6, and their two distinctive features are a dense growth of brown and black hair down their neck and back on otherwise smooth skin, and a crease along the center of their heads from the forehead back. It is unknown if they have a language though they do wear clothes and form in loose tribes. They hunt and kill anything that is not Hyeneum.

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