Stranded by the side of the road is a black van with no plates and no identifying features.

Abandoned like a carcass. It is all that remains of the latest excursion by four motley homicidal maniacs known as the

Dragon Friends. Now, on their own, on the streets of Freeside, dragging between them a hover

dolly with a hard case that one can only assume holds this generation's greatest artistic genius Johnny PlayStation. The

dragon friends have made their way clear of the arrival's lounge. They have managed to avoid

even those rent-a-cops in fast pursuit and now for a second at last can take a moment to identify the surroundings and they are

unusual. Freaside looks to you like a small medieval town. If anything it seems like a welcome respite

from the strange techno marvels that were this sixth age. You can see a small fountain, cobblestones underneath your feet,

what looks like a kind of piazza in the center with spires,

leading off in any direction above a beautiful sky.

Doubtless, this is scientific marvel.

Doubtless, this is trickery, deceit, and holog and hologram but for now it feels like home

as you make your way through the crowd so we need to get to the escape pods to get onto the

the boat that is correct in vosaito territory as mr sour told you and where are we now you are in

the piazza the central hub of free side so if we look around can we see the direction of Voss Saito Territory? Is there one of those helpful things with the map that says you are here? Like an information booth? Are there any petticabs? Me think we home. Looks like home. We home. Did it. As I said... Fills asleep. And this may just be this season's fancy of the 1%.

But Freaside has been made up to look like a walled medieval town.

It looks like Florence, if you've ever been to Florence.

No, I haven't been to Florence Day.

Is that where you learned how to say large garage?

The point is that through some kind of trickery of sort of hologramatic projection, architecture, and virtual reality, it's made to look like this beautiful gated community.

There are villas going off in every direction. It was a short drive. And in fact, you had to abandon your van very quickly. We should get disguises. Is there a costume shop? So we're still in the van or we're going to have to abandon it? You abandoned it to get to the piazza, which was walking pedestrian only. Is there a costume shop nearby, Dave? Yes, there is. Sure. Wait, wait. So now... There's a clothing shop which most of you enter. Do you think all clothes are costumes? In what way is clothing different to a costume? There are two shops. Most of the dragon friends enter a clothing shop.

Frisa, you enter a costume shop.

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