Morning (Tue) Spring 2 Year 1
Pixie Air 747, Skies above Neotopia.
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Rhen awakens to the sound of the airplane Intercom upon his arrival in Neotopia.
"Welcome to Neotopia a magical place where might and magic rule. Due to its location and influence from other nations, Neotopia is a melting pot of culture and tradition. It is also regarded as Pleasure Island with its lax laws on plant-based drugs, amazing beaches, and a booming red-light district. Thank you for choosing Pixie Air, the airline of choice. This announcement is brought to you by the Neotopia Board of Tourism."
Rhen hears Azrel yawn next to him, and upon waking up, his brother flexes his arms and feet from within the uncomfortable chair.
"Are we there yet?" Azrel inquired as he removed his dark eye mask.
"I think we're here," Rhen replied.
Rhen peers out the window and sees a lovely tropical island, Terror birds roaming about the hillside, and horned dolphins performing a somersault on the water's surface.
While not as densely populated as Frendon, Neotopia has a combination of a dense metropolitan setting and large stretches of untamed wildlife and monsters on the rural areas.
Rhen notices a swarm of wyverns closing in on the airplane, he nearly teleported out to engage them. But then, the wyverns screeched as the airplane's protection mechanism kicks in, they all come to a halt when they hear a high-pitched noise that only they can hear and flew away in search of new prey.
"(I'll be damned, they aren't lying about the plane's safety features.)"
*bzzt*2x
Rhen felt his phone vibrate from his pocket and checks only to see a message from Scarlet.
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Scarlet : 8:30AM
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Missed call 7:30AM
S: Azzy isn't picking up, I'll wait for you two in arrivals.
R: Just arrived. We'll meet you there.
S: I'm wearing red shirt blue jeans.
R: *thumbs up*
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"Scarlet said you aren't picking up." Rhen tells Azrel next to him.
"Oh crap, my phone is on silent." Azrel checks his phone frantically and responds to his girlfriend as fast as possible; it took him a long time to reply, Rhen speculated maybe he's putting down paragraphs.
"(I guess that's my life if I get a girlfriend, I couldn't imagine what it's like to have a wife, maybe my eyes would be glued to the phone all the time. I guess I'm lucky the only time I text a girl is booking.)" He rolls his eyes at their current situation, he can't understand why men have to go through that simping phase.
Then again he can sort of understand when he did the same to his previous lovers.
After the plane touches down and taxis to the runway, he and his brother proceed to the baggage carousel to retrieve their belongings before proceeding to the arrivals area.
Rhen immediately felt transported back to Frendon's red-light district. Only this time it's daytime. Everywhere he looked, he is blasted by neon lights, which he is used to seeing in that area.
Rhen notices scantily clad Succubuses waving their hands at him and his brother, the Succubuses followed up with a flying kiss.
"Hello handsome care to join us, we'll drop you off at a local hotel." With a wink, she said. As if Rhen is hallucinating, a small heart appeared flying out from her lips.
Despite their attractive appearances and voluptuous bodies, the boys ignore them and stroll right past them.
Rhen may like women, but he dislikes pouncing on just about anyone especially easy women.
They roll their luggage down a walkalator to a vast open lobby. There, the sides are lined with stores selling everything from marijuana to vape juice and Kush joints.
Interestingly, the person selling those items is an Orc with gang tattoos all over his body. He has a nose ring, ear expanders, and a backward baseball cap to complete his unique look. The Orc appears to be selling his wares to the two young Wood Elves vaping on the corner.
If this were to happen in Kadwein, it will be all over the news, and they will be loaded up into the back of the police truck for selling drugs on the street with Azrel on every frontline news coverage.
The Succubuses will all be sent to a Social Welfare center where they attend boring lectures, only to do it again once they get outside.
The red-light district was there for a reason and only 18+ citizens can go there, not advertising their wares blatantly in public, especially in the airport.
"Mommy look, big sister wants to play with me!" A human child no more than ten points at the pretty Succubuses
"Close your eyes child, she's not your big sister."
"BUT!"
"No buts!"
*Spank!*
"Aiyeeee!" The child rubs his bum after feeling the wrath of the God Hand skill from his mother.
Neotopia appears to be more liberated than the most liberal of folks.
After being bombarded by the scent of Juul and evading the onslaught of Succubuses trying to get in Rhen's pants, they finally arrive at their destination, The exit.
There, they see Scarlet holding a placard like a professional boxing ring girl with a big wide grin. "Azzy, Rhen. OVER HERE!!!" She yelled cheerfully.
Despite saying she's wearing a red shirt, Scarlet's outfit is a checkered red and white tie waist crop shirt. As a result, her tight stomach and belly button are on display for all to see.
She also wears low-waist tight jeans and brown leather boots, which look great on her model-like legs. Her somewhat wavy crimson hair is braided to the side like a southern gal; all she needs now is a cowboy hat, freckles, and a "Howdy" to complete the look.
The two boys walk up and greet her.
"Howdy partner." Rhen couldn't help himself; after all, it was his job to poke fun at her.
"Hahaha." She laughs with a sneering tone. "Very funny Rhen, admit it you're just jealous of me."
Scarlet then clutches Azrel's arms then points to the taxi waiting line. "Come on Azzy the taxi is right over there."
The trio bravely moves towards yet another obstacle, the taxi driver scammers. They are relentless and the most dangerous of all the obstacles.
Smelling money, A Human middle-aged man walks up to Rhen while rubbing his hands together. "Sir, do you need a taxi? Over here sir, fixed price no need to wait in line." The middle-aged man tries to grab Rhen's luggage, but Scarlet shoos him away like a mother hen.
"Hey! Don't touch him we already have a ride." Scarlet pulls out her phone to check the Fast-Travel app, but all drivers are fully booked.
"Tsk! Gosh darn it!" Scarlet clicked her tongue in frustration, if only it were that easy.
"Is something wrong?" Azrel asked her, he too is trying to shoo away the scammers eyeing his heavy luggage.
"It's because of the slave festival, there's a lot of tourists coming in recently." Scarlet looks around to see other options as she doesn't want to wait in the long taxi line.
"Slavery!?" Azrel's Hero senses are triggered; he has a grim look on his face when he heard that.
"Oh, it's not real slavery Azzy, it's more like an extended roleplay service for Succubusses, they offer a discount at slave festivals, and don't you dare think about it."
"Is that so, because I thought I already ended it ages ago."
An Orc druggie approaches Rhen, his eyes blue and hands fidgety, likely high on Etherite. "You human, hush hush, want feel good? Hehehe. Me have crack, pure Etherite you stick in nose and you go to places."
"Uhhh, no." Rhen politely declines with an awkward look, he could make an arrest but couldn't since he has no jurisdiction in this country. He moves away from the crackhead and closer to his group, hoping the crackhead won't pursue him.
With no ride in sight with scammers closing in on them from all fronts, Rhen calls the branch hotel and requests that they come and pick them up.
"Welcome to the Le Straza Resort, how may I help you?"
A sweet feminine voice greets Rhen. She sounds very familiar, but he can't place his finger on it.
"It's me, I just arrived at the airport. I need a ride."
"Oh, it's you, Young Master. Please wait while we arrange a ride for you."
"Thank you."
She ends the call after exchanging thanks. The trio heads to the parking lot and waits for the ride.
A black SUV pulls up in front of them a few moments later. The tinted driver's side window slides down, revealing Felipe to be the driver.
"Felipe!? What are you doing here?" Rhen raises his eyebrows in surprise.
"I came here earlier Young Master, I figured I have to prepare your accommodations if you wish to stay at the resort than the school dorms. I also prepared the staff for your arrival."
"Wow, I can't believe you'd do all of that for me." Rhen was pleased with his actions. No one would disagree that he is the best employee of the year.
"It is my pleasure to serve you Young Master Rhen and Young Master Azrel." Due to his location in the driver's seat, he bows his head instead of making a full gesture.
The party enters the SUV, with Rhen on the passenger side and the others in the backseat. Felipe presses the accelerator, and they speed down the highway after making sure everything is in order.
Rhen opens the window and looks outside, the salty sea breeze of the tropical paradise island hits his nose.
Unlike the busy roads of the City of Frendon, Kadwein's capital city. Neotopia has fewer cars to obstruct the beautiful view of the deep blue ocean with palm trees landscaped nicely on the side of the road.
The only Highrise buildings he sees are the ones in downtown, everything else is miles and miles of beaches and bikinis, frolicking on the water's edge like there's no tomorrow.
His eyes meet on a group of voluptuous female High elves playing in the sun, particularly the one adjusting the string bikini on her bum.
"So, what's your first impression, Rhen?" Scarlet asked him.
"Well, it's quite beautiful. I think I'll love it here" Rhen turns his head toward Scarlet, a shining smile appeared on his face, and then gives Scarlet a thumbs up.
She has no idea why Rhen did that, but she responds with a thumbs up and a grin of her own.
Rhen returns to the beach in pursuit of his eye candy, only to find something green with a string. His pearl-white Elven bum, replaced by an Orc wearing white.
She too adjusts her string bikini on her fat green ass with a slap.
It sent shivers down Rhen's spine and he immediately turns away, rubbing his eyes grimaced, but the image sticks in his mind like photographic memory no matter what he does. He rolls up the window to shield his eyes from the horrors outside.
He puts on the radio and listens to some local rock music trying to cope with the traumatizing event.
The radio blasts hard rock & roll music from the band "Do or Die." He had never heard of them, although they appear to be popular in Neotopia.
He has no idea what mental state the bandleader was in when deciding on the name of his band or whether or not he slashes his wrists upon doing so.
"This is our name this is our game♫"
"Death to the authority, this is our way♫"
"We are the ashes of rebirth, of what you call♫"
"Revolution♫"
The heavy metal song hits like a wave of death and destruction. The lead singer appears to be a girl with the voice of a fallen angel as if she is Lucifer's daughter herself.
"Ahhh! Turn it off, change it, do something about it!." Scarlet didn't wait for Rhen to act. She immediately stands from her seat and changes the frequency.
This time, the soundtrack is a soothing island love music. They listen to tune and relax together until they arrive at the branch hotel.