Octavia tugged at the soft fabric of the cotton button down dress that she wore. It was a soft pink color with a thick dark brown belt about her medium size waist, she wore a pair of light grey thigh high heeled boots to make up the difference of the thigh-high dress. Every business man and street beggar would stare so openly at her as she walked down the crowded streets of Denwine. The clothes were luxurious and formed to her body like glue, they felt so restricting, choking Octavia to a degree that went beyond mere surface appearances.
The young woman was in no way accustomed to the practice of wearing clothes, her people did not have much use for such restricting things, yet still Octavia held her head high and walked with grace and dignity, knowing that this place... these people; the Greji would have captured and raped her without any reason or apologies afterward. The Planet Seileia was different then the surrounding planets, yes Seileia was divided into two distinct factions, a divided world; split by the very thing that defines nations all across the galaxy... culture.
Greji lived in expensive towns of mansions, manicured lawns and gardens, the closer you got to the cities there were more hanging gardens, then suddenly the lush greenery would instantly fade away as tall metallic skyscrapers stood high into the green-turquoise skyline, buildings of fantastic structure and design screamed of such immense importance and wealth. Greji culture was not that dissimilar to many cities on the planet Earth. Thriving on sophistication and well-to-do attitudes.
The Ceilea, which was Octavia's people... thrived on living peacefully with the planet, exercising harmony and respect for nature and their fellow being, even if it were a Greji. They ran free of metal boxes and cloth wearing, they practiced jewelry making and metal shaping. Ceilea were comprised of four tribes, Nox, Lixa, Meeai, and Jedai. Each clan had a defining emblem, and then every family within that clan had a household crest. Octavia was in Greji territory, in their capital city of Denwine to visit her first cousin, Milody.
Octavia removed the small slip of paper that she had received from her father a week ago, double checking the address as she stood in front of a tall silvery tower, windows of glass reflected Seileia's two suns. She approached the rectangle glass doors and pressed her finger on the inset touch-pad technology, the number of her cousin's living quarters. Instantly several electronic invisible locks came undone and the doors slid in on themselves; opening to Octavia. This is the third visit to her cousin's so she had just recorded Octavia's fingerprint into the touch-pad recognition system for her apartment building, so the girl could come and go as she pleased. The only way to get into or out of all of the living buildings in Denwine was by the apartment owner's fingerprint. And on more sophisticated systems it included voice and retinal verification as well.
Octavia stepped inside of the gleaming masterpiece of manmade cleanliness, into the awaiting self activating, self cleaning elevator. The moment the sliding doors shut and the elevator was headed upwards a man appeared in the left hand-side of the glass wall, an electronic doorman as it were.
"Is there anything I can get for you Ms. Octavia? Anything I can arrange for you while you stay?" his flawless english accent always startled the girl just as much as the electronic inset Sims itself, always did.
"Oh no thank you Mr. Sims, I'm just here to visit Milody." Octavia's sweet voice filled the small space.
"Very well then, if there is anything that you need, you know how to get ahold of me Ms." and then the electronic man disappeared like he had never been there. Octavia pulled again on the material of her dress, wishing that she could be back in the forest and be as herself, instead of having to pretend. The elevator stopped at the 24th floor, a soft dinging jingle announced her arrival as the door slid open, directly into her cousin's apartment suite.
Octavia stepped into her relative's home, again looking awestruck by the lavish furniture and the high ceilings, the way the outer-wall windows seemed to wrap around 80% of the main apartment, the living-room was the first thing that one saw stepping out of the elevator. Couches and large fur rugs were the focal point in the space, with a large t.v. inset into the far wall. Milody was standing by her white grand piano, she wore a long gray fox skin dress with strap stiletto heels, her long red hair was braided and then wrapped around her head in a large stylish spiral.
"Ohhhh Octavia!" she exclaimed with glee as she swooped across what remained of the room to embrace the young woman. Octavia hugged her cousin in return, a wide smile on her lips as they parted.
"How are you cousin Milody?"
"Oh I'm doing just splendid darling, how are you? Oh how is the family? Has it rained yet?"
"I'm doing good, the clothes that you sent to me are very nice. Mother and father and Kintin are doing wonderful, working hard, father is apprenticing him as a blacksmith. And no there hasn't been any rain yet." replied Octavia as Milody ushered them over to one of the big plush couches.
"You're very welcome my dear and I must say that you look absolutely beautiful in them!" commented Milody as she looked her younger cousin up and down with a smile. Blushing Octavia thanked her for the compliment, remembering how Lutane had said the same thing to her before she had left.
"How do you like the earrings that Lutane gave to you?" asked Octavia noticing that Milody was wearing the gold chandelier earrings.
"Oh they are so gorgeous, I just love them, I'd never be able to find such quality and craftsmanship anywhere here in the city." answered Milody, she petted them softly as she spoke.
"How are you two doing?" she asked.
"Well, we are doing great..." Octavia couldn't help a small blushing smirk, "We have been getting closer then ever. I believe that I love him." she admitted softly.
