Neo Venicia

Neo Venicia: A town on the new, watery planet, Mars. It is much like venice, and gondoliers flock the canals. Under and over a bridge a large 4 story cafe, Luna Blu, await's it's grand opening. It overlooks the edge of the town and windows overlook the sea where the sun will set. The first floor is full of tables of two, the second of loveseats. The basement floor has tissues, punching bags, and sweets in abundance for heartbreaks and heartaches. The third floor has video games, board games, the HD flat screen TV, and the karioke rooms. The balcony has swinging chairs for a good view of the moon and the soon-to-show fireworks. The waiters and waitresses are the cupids, matchmaking is their job (Or will they be matchmade themselves?). Should violence stir, the many hired succubus' will strighten things out. Beside the Luna Blu cafe is the Neo Venicia fare, where rides, game stalls, and festive dancing and music are in abundance.



Jess stood in front of the shop, looking at the red ribbon tied around the gate's entrance. She turned around to the large crowd around her, and a loud uproar echoed into the city.
"You all ready?" She shouted, and the croud made another loud cry.
"Here I go!" She said again as the cut the ribbon with the large pair of schossors in her hand.

"LET THE AMOR BEGIN!"

Alexis stood near the crowd in her uniform,grinning.She watched as the crowd cheered at her new boos as Jess cut the ribbon and declared the official opening of the Luna Blu Cafe.She had been out of job when she saw the advertisement on the Cafe.She decided to go give a try and was glad when she was hired.Alexis then got to work as people started entering the cafe.

Gemsor stood next to her, bored out of his jewel encrusted skull.

"Oh my gods, this is already boring. Why did I ever take this job?" He said drolly.

He shook his head. He'd taken it cause he needed the money. He was away from his home Dimension, and had nothing. He barely made due, and as such, he needed all the money he could get.

"Feck, I gotta get to my post."

The one of the gems on Gemsor's left hand glowed, and Gemsor became a gust of wind, sifting through the crowd to get inside the building. He reformed inside and took up his post behind the counter.

"Welcome to the Matchmaker Cafe, how may I help you today?" He said, disinterested in all things in life.

Jess laughed as she walked to the inside. She stood at the other side of the counter, shaking hands with the customers.
"Yes, I'll have someone right with you! You two do look like a happy couple!" She said, along with a chorus of:
"Looking for someone?", "Welcome to Luna Blu!", "Hello! How may I help you two!"
She looked over her shoulder, her brown hair flying.
"Good work, Alexis, keep it up!" She said, flying past her to get to Gemsor.
"Oi! Gemsor!" She said, about to attend another customer.
"Have a little enthusiasm! This is supposed to be fun for everyone!" Then, she quickly whispered into his ear:
"Or do you want me to hich you up with that little senorita over there?"
She then laughed and went over to two elves waiting at the counter.
"Hello! How may I help you?"

One of the elves wore very smart clothing and a tie but had very wise eyes for someone so young.
"quite a nice place you've got here Jess"
He notices he is not heard over all the members of the public before him.
"Hey Jess. Long time no see. I see you've got yourself a nice place"
He finds that he is heard this time.

Jess noticed the young elf and greeted him.
"Hello! Thank you for your compliments. You look familiar. What is your name?" She asked, grinning. The day would be busy, but fun nonetheless. The tall woman looked the elf in the eye.

Alexis grinned when Jess came over."Grazie,Jess.This place sure is a hit!"She said,smiling.She then went over and tended to more customers.

"Ciao,welcome to the Luna Blu Cafe!"She smiled,serving a couple who had just entered the cafe.She brought them to a seat by the window and handed them a menu.Soon,they gave her their orders and she set to work.

Gemsor sat behind the counter, still miserable. Of course, he had always been miserable. But he had also always been good at hiding it. Now, surrounded by all this love, he was reminded of all the women who had scorned him.

Out of instinct, he formed a miniature fireball in his hands, and began fiddling with it. making it bend this way and that, making it dance about in the air. Soon, a small crowd had formed, watching him playing with this fireball. Gemsor quickly noticed, and being the attention seeker he was, soon produced two more fireballs, and began to make them dance about each other. The crowd began to cheer as Gemsor's display became more and more complex.

Fire Juggling. That's what the technique was called. It was a trick that few Elemages even bothered to practice, much less master, but Gemsor wasn't just any Elemage. He was the best Elemage on all of Neo Terra.

But then again, this wasn't Neo Terra.

As he brought his spectacle to an end, and took a bow, the crowd cheered and applauded him. Within a few minutes, his tip jar was almost overflowing. Gemsor grinned. Maybe the job wasn't so bad after all.

A young girl with flowing black hair walked up and put some money in Gemsors tip jar.
"That's a nice trick you have there." She said calmly. She pulled a lock of hair behind her ear, and smiled sweetly.
"Where are you from?"


(Excuse short post. Have to go)

He walked, a newspaper in front of his face and stopped, seeing the grand opening of the new café. All the hype for younger people he'd heard. He cleared his throat and folded the paper, holding it to his side. He lightly followed slowly through the crowd, being towards the end of it.

"What the hell...She'd want me to get out...I'm thirsty anyways. I might as well pretend there's some life in me still." He laughed to himself lightly.

"Hello." He smiled as he reached the counter.

Gemsor smiled.
"I, Little lady, am from a humble little planet called Neo Terra. I traveled here from another dimension with a few...well, let's just call them aquaintances. Freinds is just to strong of a word."

Gemsor flexed his fingers. "As for my trick, it is nothing but the simple manipulation of the natural elements in the area. Nothing too difficult for a master Elemage such as myself."

Gemsor looked the girl over. He grinned mischeviously.
"As for you, my guess is that you must be from some sort of pantheon, because there is no way any mortal girl could be as cute as you."

I girl with midnight purple hair, pale creamy skin,thin and had ruby eyes she stepped inside the cafe a bit shyly. She had read about this place in the newspaper a while back and thought she could give it a try. She was shy though which started to give herself second thoughts of been there. She saw all the works and was amazed by them.

Veronica walked into the cafe and sat down at a table nearby. While she waited for a waiter or waitress to come by she looked around the cafe.
The ambiance of the place was soothing , and she felt at ease in this place.
In her Obsessive Compulsiveness and boredom she began to fix and mess with her white dress and noticed that she still had her backpack on so she took it off and hung it on her chair.

-"Ah... my good old Mars... [VwV] ... [Looking to the sky] It has been so long since the last time I saw a truely blue sky over these lands... then again, in some other timelines... [Shaking his head slightly][VwV] But it is not the moment to dwell on such things... [^-^] *Sigh* Is time to get some relax and... [>w<][Stretching] ... some calm time."

As Seemos said, it wasn't the first time he was on Mars. Then again, this version of Mars was not the one he recalled but, well, the universe is vast and big, and many timelines bring many different outlooks on a very same place. The ever young looking aeon glanced upon all the new life that crowded the world that in other timelines had seen cruel destruction at the hand of wisdomless technological gods of the past. Life, life again everywhere. This thought brough a smile to Seemos' rosey lips as he combed his long brown hair which shined on gold hues upon the gentle reflection of the sun. Once again, the gazes were upon him as he walked the streets. Always the same questions all written on the faces of the bytestanders who spared him a sight now and then. "Is that person a he or a she?", "Isn't that a cute girl?", "I thought it was a 'he'...", and so on. Truth said is there was no true way to discern a satisfying answer without asking and, being aware of this, Seemos was quite delighted with the sittuation all the time.

-"[VwV] ... [!][o.o] ... [ó.o][?] What is that?"

A gathering of people grabbed the attention of the fancy dressed aeon who stopped spinning his staff as his attention was focused on the flux of people entering and leaving a certain place. Reflexively, Seemo's monkish tail was about to move, but he halted in the very moment before it started to untangle from his waist. After all, it was not of good education to going around swinging his tail, specially when wearing a long robe like his. It would look unsuitting, certainly.

-"[o.o] ... [?] *Hm?* ... [Reading the sign with his golden irised slit pupiled eyes] 'Luna Blu'... [^-^] Brand new place... Weeell... [Checking his knapsack] I hope they accept Rosenqueen Credits here... [owo][Taking out an small credit card of red color and curious scripts] ... [ñ.n;] I mean, they should work with it, after all, Rosenqueen has branches... EVERYWHERE... literally speaking in multiversal sense..."

Without paying it much further thought, Seemos putted the card on a little pocket in his tool belt. It was really little doubt about the Rosenqueen Card not working and, if it ever happened, he always had resources at hand that could be traded for local currency such as the inotium, vespane, dotomyte, nebulium, even some already refined arrakian spice if the sittuation came to such level of trading. Trying to enter as unoticedly as a fancy aeon like he can hope to manage, Seemos entered the place, giving a glance to all the unique crowd of customers.

-"[^.^] Whoooo... *giggle* I smell meal and fun... Awesome combination."

((In advance, I apologize if I did any wrong during the posting process.))

(I thought this had died...but alas, it lives! Straggling...but coming to it's second page!)



The dashing young girl bit her bottom lip shyly, and looked to the floor before swiftly looking into his eyes. Her own were slanted and brown, and she was wearing a lovely, knee-length evening dress made of silk. She looked the man over the same as he did to her.
"A fire thrower as you with such a sweet mind? I'm as flabbergasted as you are!" She flirted back. She shuffled her feet, slightly dodging incoming guests.
"So...this place here...it seems to be a very good place to find a date...that's what it was made for, no?" She asked him, batting her eyes. Though...she nearly smacked herself. How could she have been so foolish and forget her manners?
"Oh, by the way, my name is Katrina, and it is lovely to meet you, Mister...?" She waited for a name with hope inscribed upon her face.



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Jess had no time to await the Elf man's name. She scuttled from guest to guest, showing them a table here and there. She summoned a few succubi- a fight had already started on the second floor!
Jess had to sigh heavily. It was a tiring job, and it was going to be a very, very tiring day! She ran from east to west, up and down stairs, greeting guests, serving couples, matchmaking here and there...and it was all being done so quickly! Of course, love can sometimes be a quick thing, but must always be handled with care. She took a quick glance over to Gemsor, who had earlier been very sour. She saw an attractive young lady talking to him with interest. Jess smiled before rushing off again. She took one second to breath, exclaiming with a chuckle:
"Running around so much is not good for largely endowed women!" Then she was off, serving a...
"Monkey?" She said, as she met what she thought to be a young man in a robe...with a monkey tail...and golden eyes like a predator.
"Oh, well hello lad! How may I help you?"

-"Isn't this place lively? ... [Looking around happily]"

And lively it was, for with a crowd already flooding, someone playing with fire, people chatting, and apparently a fight going on (if his copperish auricles weren't catching bad the sounds from afar), this place was truely beating like a heart on it's own. Seemos liked that, it reminded him of a home, a home he never had, even to date. After an slow and almost dreamy blink of his eyes, he turned to look at his interlocutor and politely bowed to her.

-"Greetings. It has been a long journey for this poor and humble traveller who now only looks for nurturing for the body, rest for the mind, sooth for the soul, and company for the heart. [Looking around once more] ... [^-^] ... Is indeed a pretty place and it catched my eye since I was walking once again on this world after such a long time. *Giggle* Pardon me, I am probably making your job quite harder than it is already. My apologies. May I have the menú, perhaps? I am rather curious as to which could be the specialties of the house. [^-^]"

Tony walked up to the entrance of the cafe. He had heard about this place in the newspaper and decided to give it a shot. The minute he entered, he could feel his body relax. He checked to make sure his detective badge was still on the chain around his neck and his Desert Eagle was still on his hip. Like it did anything anyway. every time he tried to use it, it jammed. The gun was a running joke among the police force. he breathed deeply, absorbing the calming atmosphere, and sat down at a table. While he was waiting for a waiter or waitress, he fiddled with his badge.

(I'll keep this thing alive yet)
Gemsor broke out laughing. He doubled over. "A fire thrower? You think I'm a mere fire thrower?! Ha Ha ha!!!"

Gemsor struggled with his fits of laughter. eventually, he calmed down, and stood up striaght. He shook his head. "My name, little one, is Gemsor."
Gemsor produced a ball of water from one hand. "I, my dear, am an Elemage. Six elements, all under my control." He puncuated this by filling the ball of water with sand, creating a ball of wet, compact sand.

"The forces of the universe, at my control." He reshaped the ball into the shape of a great bird. Then, a jet of flame engulfed the bird, and when the smoke cleared, a beautiful glass statue was left. He handed it to katrina, smiling.

"Nothing is hard when you know your way around the cosmos."

The white gem on his forehead lit up, and fired a beam into the statue, causing it to light up brilliantly. It shone and sparkled, dazzling everyone in the room.
"Now then, is there anything I can do for you, my dear?"