Uneasy and restless, though she was, Brooklyn couldn't seem to keep a little smile off her face. When the VTOL's stopped them she thought her heart would give out, but they passed by without incident. Every time they rounded a corner or went through a doorway or crossed a path she could feel the hair on the back of her neck stand up and her skin prickle. She kept a vigilant watch out for people who seemed too interested in them. Logic was telling her they didn't belong here, but at the same time she felt comfortable. At least she was back in IVT territory. Aurora was no New Gnisis but the similarities didn't escape her. She almost felt back home. Even though home was probably the last place she wanted to be right now.

Once settled and after leaving Shalizar behind at the motel the group was off. Though she noticed Gabe lingered behind for a minute. He had his eyes locked on the lizardling and one hand on his sword. It reminded her of the pistol shoved down the back of her belt. Absentmindedly her hand bumped the grip. Slowly, Gabe stepped away and rejoined the group. Was something wrong? She frowned and put it out of her mind. Not everybody involved in this had to like each other. It was he who had shown her that in the first place.

Brooklyn stuck close to Sebastian. She had to hand it to him, he did seem to know exactly what he was doing and if anybody could get them through the city it was him. As they made their way through Aurora she watched and listened for all the information she could. First the Industrial District. That was where she had always been sent on business. Not in any way shape or form a place where tourists would want to go but to her it was impressive none the less, at least what little of it she had seen. Admittedly her short time in Aurora was normally spent in presentation halls or laboratories. After that it was onto the Undercity and hopefully by that time she would have access to the Digi-Vault. The thought of it got her blood flowing in ways that almost disgusted her. From the sound of things, however, she was beginning to think this trip of theirs might not be so easy.

"What's so bad about the Undercity?" she asked Sebastian.

Turning a few corners and coming up to an elevator, he clicked the button and crossed his arms. "This'll take us to the Industrial District and we can get this done." He avoided the question, the undercity was a place that gave him nightmares and made him scared to sleep at night. It was going to be a while for the elevator to get up there, so he went to a nearby holo-wall and accessed the net. "Undercity is where the deathwalkers have to go. Those whose bodies reject all medicine. To the common people and tourists, it doesn't exist. Disease and viruses run rampant, and the Ghouls rend anything that moves outside of the camps. Get bitten, might as well bite a bullet as the poison will either degenerate you into a ghoul or make your organs fail. Many of the slum lords go there as well because what better security is there than psychopaths that can kill with a slight scrape of teeth? Put a few guards on the wall and in the estate and you're borderline invincible."

Brooklyn stood behind him the expression of horror on her face growing more severe with every word of explanation that came out of his mouth, "And- And you're [i]sure[/i] that's where we have to go?" she whimpered.

"No. I'm not sure. That's why we're...[i]I[/i] am going to ask around and find out where the gem is. Knowing the luck we've had so far, count on it."

She groaned quietly, "Alright..." and hoped to hell it wouldn't come down to that place, "So where exactly is this wristband and who do we have to kill to get it? I- I mean talk to... Who do we have to [i]talk[/i] to, to get it?" she corrected herself with a blush.

"You should try to not be so violent, Brooklyn." The elevator opened and the grouped stepped in. It wasn't long before they were shooting down to the Industrial Level. "Have to go see my old buddy Killian. He sells them to veterans. I saved his life a few times after the military caught him and tracked him down."

"Hmph," she smirked, "Seems like daring rescues and illegal tech are the currency of choice for you people."

Gabe shrugged, "Pays to have people in your pocket, kid."

"So I gathered," she replied, "Are you sure we can trust this Killian guy? Everybody in this city seems to know who you are. What if one of them is looking for you?"

"Then if they start trouble, we have weapons and fists. Until then, we play it cool and relax. Killian is a good guy, he's a little erratic, but he knows what he's doing."

Brooklyn took a deep breath, folded her arms and leaned against the wall of the lift by the door, "Got it."

The lift ride was short and soon she could feel it decelerating and hear the change in pitch as it neared their stop. With barely a disturbance to the group inside the lift came to a complete halt and the doors opened wide onto the Industrial District. With a cursory check of her new surroundings Brooklyn stepped outside with the others and let Sebastian take the lead again.