C2 → EVENING IN HAKU CITY – 7:00 PM (20XX/01/09)
REI
Risk Hour had just ended. The fog was finally starting to clear up enough for
the sunset to be a little visible. For Rei, this meant everything to him. He
would try to see it as much as possible, especially before the dust thickened
even more over the next coming months.
Sitting on the pier, Rei watched the sun slowly set behind Mount. Haku. His feet
dangling over the water, he thought about the interaction he had with the gray
cat he met. Mysterious, but also rare people, had always piqued Rei’s interest,
and Arin was no exception. His research into Mount. Haku’s eruption had sparked
some sort of admiration in Rei. Most people would put their trust completely
into the SDHC, but for some odd reason, Arin wouldn’t do that. Although a lot of
people would probably call him a conspiracy theorist, Rei didn’t feel like that
was the case. Perhaps it was because he was pretty attractive for such a cat
that goes out during Risk Hour…
Rei pushed the thought to the back of his mind and stood up from the rocks. The
sun had just crept below the mountain and dusk was starting to set in. He exited
the pier and started walking into the tight streets in between the ginormous
buildings towering over the intrinsically small Haku City. Most of these
buildings were incredibly empty due to the fact that most people fled after the
eruption, and only a few windows with light were dotted around the towers. Rei
felt the desolation this place left behind after that event as he wandered
through the ghost structures. Rei never really liked the city and hadn’t lived
there at all for most of his life, but he was eventually forced to move there
because of the college he was to attend being located deep inside Haku City. The
decision ultimately ended up saving his life, however, as his previous home was
in a small village on the side of Mount. Haku itself, called Frackburg. Rei had
fond memories of that place, but tried to forget later events. Frackburg was the
first place to be affected by Mount. Haku’s devastating disaster.