Outside 48: Hotter than Inside

[Morty]

[City Out of Time]

The first thing Cass and Electra will see as they ascend above the city gate is a wide, straight street leading straight ahead. It's no doubt the city's main artery. It's lined with tall buildings with small windows and narrow doors, each slightly different and almost artisanal in structure. There are smaller streets heading off from the large one and the buildings there are far more subdued. All of them are built out of some kind of dark rock, with slate roofs. The street seems to be split into one central thoroughfare and two side-lanes. However, the centre doesn't look like it was made for cards... it almost looks like a pavement made for pedestrians, but is very wide.

In the distance, the two will see that the main road eventually reaches some kind of city centre, with tapering towers of some more important buildings pointing into the sky. If what they seek is indeed in some kind of library or university, there's a good chance they can find them there. There's another building a ways behind the centre, a truly enormous one. It reaches at least half again as high as the other towers.

Another thing that they will notice is that the entire city seems empty. There's no people, not even traces of any. No carts, vehicles or any other items on the streets. No litter or garbage, even. And yet they might get a feeling they're not quite alone in here. Cassandra will likely feel the sorcery that permeated the city once.