[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
The city seemed to stretch endlessly beneath the overcast sky, its horizon swallowed by layers upon layers of towering structures. From their point of view, it almost looked like a place caught between two different eras.
Tall buildings constructed from black stone, iron, and glass rose high above the streets, their sharp silhouettes cutting through the skies. Some structures carried the elegance and complexity of older architecture, with influences that reminded Mikoto of the Victorian era. Narrow towers reached towards the clouds, neat metalwork around balconies and windows, and large ornate frames surrounded stained glass.
Yet besides those older designs stood newer creations that felt almost out of place. Smooth surfaces, glowing signs, mechanical systems built into walls, and strange devices whose purposes Mikoto did not immediately care to understand blended seamlessly into the city. It was a strange combination.
