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Vallhiem- a world of spectacular technological advancement, filled with prosperity, but also much pain and suffering for those who are not lucky enough to be born into high society. Genetic modifications have taken over and the capital city, Glacien, is run by those who have been modified to be immune to disease, never having to bother to lift a hand for themselves as they higher those who they believe are below them. In the capital those with Dark brown or black hair are 'genetically' superior. Those with brown or ginger hair are common class and anyone born with lighter hair are seen as nothing but vermin and are treated as so- used for manual labour. The kind of jobs no human being should have to tend to. It is a system they've used for years, but now people are starting to revolt…and there is talk of war.


Arellia- a world of magic, primitive compared to Vallhiem, but still they prosper and everything is at peace. No one is above anyone. Every being is born with magic, though they are only blessed with one power, and each persons magic carries a certain scent. Within the capital city, Levalli, a grand magic academy teaches those with talents and the aptitude to accomplish so much more - to discover new uses for their magics. Everything is peaceful.

A job at the steal mill in the 'ghetto' of this fair city was where a lost of the blonde haired men and women worked. It was long hours and brutal conditions and there was also the fact that in this city, the most important thing was steal and metals for buildings and other innovations being created form the material worked on. Balthazar was among the many there as he worked strange hours and it was never set in stone how long he was needed to work. Today happened to be a 12 hour non-stop shift from 3am all the way to 2pm. Needless to say by the time he was done he was ready to fall over and die. Worst of all he had no money at the moment and pay would be the end of the month and therefore he had no food. But of course much like all the poor men and women like him he would have to resort to his vermin status and search for food already thrown out, foods not wanted or carelessly thrown out by the higher status society.

He lived in an apartment that was a single room with a mattress on the floor, a fan with only two propellers left and a leaky small refrigerator as well as a small stove he used to cook whatever he had to. Needless to say it was a terrible way to live but it was what he called home. When he reached home he collapsed on the mattress where he remained asleep for two hours. After that hunger woke him and thus he made his way out and wondered from alley to alley looking for food.

At long last he jumped into a dumpster and began to rumage through it and managed to find two happles that were rotten only half way so he could easily eat the good half. He placed those two in his backpack and then continued his search. Balthazar managed to find a block of cheese with slight mold on it and some sausages that were still decently edible so long as he cooked them till they burned. So with that he put them in this bag and was ready to leave and head back until he heard soemone catching their breath. Looking out he looked down to see some extremely red headed fellow crouching there as if he had finished running a marathon.

"Hey buddy, gotta look for food else where. Everything in here is already covered in rat s**t or maggots and I got everything still edible. Try the next alley." From there he started to climb out and dusted himself off. At the moment unknown to the stranger, there was a large white lion sitting beside the dumpster still unseen and it was best he remain hidden...plus he was currently eating a rat.

Balthazar watched the young man with curious eyes though he felt a bit insulted when he asked why he was eating out of the dumpster. Though he had red hair he probably had a better job and he probably could afford to buy something while most who ate out of the trash were mostly blondes like him. "Look here you a*****e. If you gotta problem with how my kind eat then just stick with yours. Ain't we poor bastards suppose to stick together? s**t...don't need to come here and talk about eating healthy like some higher up." He bit a piece of the rotten apple as he looked back at the Lion who had gotten up and strode over, sitting beside Balthazar.

It was then that Balthazar noticed the red head had no animal with him as he grew a bit wary of him now. Most who had no animal were the ones who got them taken away from the higher ups and those people typically lost their minds. It was sad really. But inthis case it made sense. The way he was dressed and his eyes..and the way he spoke indicated that he probably went crazy.

"This is Babu, my soul duh. Erryone got one. But guess your's was taken?" He looked down at the Lion who was licking his paws as he reached down and patted his large head.

The the red headed man the Lion's roaring and slight purring like sounds sounded just like that..like what a normal lion sounded like, but to Balthazar the lion was speaking.

"He doesn't smell right to me. Never smelled him before and he oddly smells of Lilac only a smell found in the high ups 'land'." Babu looked back at the red head as he barred his teeth at him before standing and simply stood beside Balthazar.

"That so?" He mumbled at the lion then looked at the red head. "So where you from? You ain't from these slums. You got in on luck and live with the high ups, living good? Come here to brag did ya?" All of this was most likely making no sense but how was he suppose to know that the red head was from another world entirely. It was one accusation after another.

Okay, so the young guy was crazy. The poo delusional b*****d. Balthazar shook his head and looked down at Babu who looked up at him and they had the same thought in mind and that was to simply w away and leave the crazy one to himself. Or course he was still curious and therefore stood there watching the males moves as he seemed to be doing something odd with his hand out or whatever the hell he was doing. Maybe he was on some strong drugs.

Nevertheless when the oddly colored fire appeared, Babu had been the first to react. He had gotten startled and in response he let out a loud ferocious roar. He roared again while saying, "He must be a demon of sorts! Hurry and go while I distract him!"

With another loud roar to try and strike fear in the the male, Balthazar made his escape. He turned and ran down the alley as Babu turned as well and ran off and easily caught up to Balthazar as he now ran beside him. Balthazar then jumped onto the lion's back and rode on him while they made their escape. However due to how moody the area seemed to be and the moister from earlier that day the lion left it's tracks that could most likely be followed.

When the two had reached their home they sat there on the mattress discussing what just happened. There was no way of having an explination however after five minutes there was a knock on the door and by the sound of the perons voice it was clear that it was the red headed male. Balthazar sat there behind Babu who was barring his teeth at the door as if they were both waiting for the man to blast his way in and attack them. Of course soon they heard the deserate tone in the males voice as they both grew curious as well as interested espeically when the word 'magic' was brought up. Books and stroys were still around that mentioned things like magic and the super natural. There was also the fact that famous scientist around this city always held seminars talking about the possibility of different worlds etc. Maybe what the red heead was saying wasn't soemthing crazy at all. Maybe Balthazar and Babu bumped into that rare moment in life where life would no longer be the same, where things might change drastically. Hopefuly for the better.

After letting the male stand out there for a good twenty minutes, Balthazar and Babu came to an agreement. He stood and walked over to the door and slowly opened it as it was revealed that his home was a simple room and a fairly small one at that. "Come in.." Balthazar said while motioning for the male to get in and when he did he shut and locked the door.

He then sat back down with Babu and pointed over at a small stool. "You can sit there. I'll help you out I guess. First to where you are is Vallhiem and this is the captial city, Glacien. Of course this is the slums part but whatever." Balthazar then went on explaining how the social hiearchy worked here, how those born with black/brown hair were considered rich and privaleged and lived in vast amount of wealth while the light brown, red and blonde headed people lived like animals, the blondes having it the worse with terrible jobs and terrible pay. He talked about how in this society a lot of the focus was on technology and how a lot of the Higher ups were mainly modified so that they could be immune to disease.

Finally he said all he could say about this place as he leaned back against Babu who acted like a nice couch, his hand running through the lions mane. He stared at the red head to hear his story. Of course he went on to add, "Oh and the name is Balthazar by the way and like I said before this is Babu."

Balthazar sat there listening to him explain how he ended up here. Still he wondered if this guy was crazy but it was a possibility. He bit his lip and thought on it while looking at Babu, scratching his forehead while discussing this with him. Of course Orion wouldn't be able to understand anything Babu was saying since it was only feline noises. Balthazar made sure to speak lowly as he looked down at the orb Orion gave them. It was emanating heat and so that did prove useful as they discussed this for a while. They talked about the advantages with having someone that can produce fire. With that being added into the mix they came to a final decision.

Looking up at him he finally spoke, "Well Babu and I think that your magic is kind of useful to us at this current season. But you're gonna have to sleep on the floor. Babu and I sleep here and with Babu there is no room for anyone else. Second will be that while you're here you will have to go find work on your own or just bum it out. You are a part of the minority with that hair of yours. If you decided to get into trouble or show that magic of yours and are caught by someone then do not drag me into you crap alright? Outside of this room we are not friends or talk to one another. Got it?"

Rules here were pretty strict after all. When minorities with different hair colors were seen out in public it tended to rise suspicion to the cops as they were very tense from having to deal with any revolts. Therefore with Balthazar behind a blonde and him bring a red head it could cause him trouble.

"A lion, part of the cat family if you know what a cat is. Just a larger more dangerous cat in this world." With a yawn he merely nodded when he thanked him and soon settled down on the mattress with Babu already asleep. He laid beside him, putting Babu's large arm over his torso as if using a blanket and proceeded to hug him, using him almost like a cuddly stuffed animal. It didn't talk Balthazar long to fall asleep since he had been exhausted. It was around 9 o'clock at night so pretty early to sleep but he did have work at 3am after all and he needed all the sleep he could get. He snored in his sleep as well but the snore was due to stress and just the over all strain his body got daily.

He slept deeply all through the night until he was awoken by Babu licking his face. He groaned and looked up at the feline, pushing his face away from his. "What?" He groaned irritably while rolling away.

"Time for work," Babu replied while licking the back of his head to get him up. He pawed at him and moved him around and even pounced on him to get up. Finally with a lick to the face Balthazar sat up and sighed heavily.

"Right right...I'm up..." He glanced around the room, spotting the red head laying on the ground sleeping. He yawned again and got up, going to the box in the corner where he kept all his clothes bunched up inside. He pulled his somewhat clean work clothes and started to leave but before doing so he gently picked up Orion and placed him on the mattress while he and Babu left.

Balthazar made a pit stop to the public bathroom where did his business then took a shower before putting his clothes on and heading off to work, letting Babu give him a ride there. The streets were lit up with lamp posts so it wasn't too hard to make his way to the factory.

Balthazar's day hadn't gone as peachy as he had hoped. Toward midshift someone had foolishly turned the blow torch away from the metal and left it one as the flame was close enough to catch his shirt on fire. Zar had reacted quickly by taking the shirt off and stomping the fire out but of course not without having two degree burned spots on his back. Works comp didn't exist and being sent hope because of his injury wasn't an option either. It was getting a band aid, sucking it up and continue working. So the next half he had to work with the burn making it more difficult and it didn't take long for the wound begin to fester slightly by the end of his shift. Babu had let Zar ride his back as usual as he headed back home. The red head male seemed to have been gone but that was fine.

Babu let himself in and let Zar lay on the mattress while he plopped down beside him, licking Zar's burns to try and help clean the burns and to ease the stinging pain. Of course Zar would groan and cringe with every lick until he passed out from his exhaustion and so he laid there sleeping by the time Orion came back.

Babu looked at the red head and growled as if telling him to keep it down since Zar was sleeping. He was still shirtless and laying on his stomach on the mattress with his burns exposed to the stuffy air inside the "house".