Ryu woke up with his alarm clock going off, smacking it off the table by accident he sighed and heaved himself up off the pillows. Swinging his legs off the side of the bed he stepped on the clock and cussed. Smirking, at least it was quiet now. Walking out of his bedroom, he entered the small kitchen of this Tokyo apartment. Imperial Garden towers was built years ago by a cheesy American investor who thought the name was clever, instead the apartments hadn't attracted positive attention from the locals and mainly was used by college students and American business people for temporary housing. Clicking on the T.V. there was a urgent newscast from the government.
Recently we have came to be aware of advanced lifeforms that have shared our planet for thousands of years. These beings have been the subject of myth and legend for most of human history. Now with the help of world governments they want to be a part of the world and we your elected officials agree. As of today we are implementing the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Act. Through this act we will invite citizens of all nations to volunteer to provide housing for our fellow earthlings. We hope to get a positive response to this program but we know they will be some difficulties arising from this. But as an attempt to stem some of this. Any violence of interspecies crime will be servery punished resulting in lengthy jail times and possible deportation. But we hope that these results will be minimal and the transition into a new area of mankind and liminal relationship.
Ryu watched as the number flashed along the bottom along with descriptions of some of the different species of liminal. Ryu had never seen some of heard of all of these "myths" before. Centaur, Slime, Harpy, Lamina and some others that he didn't recognize. Sighing he picked up the bills from the mail drop and noticed he was past due on the rent. He was a college student and having difficulty with finding a job in the city. He wanted to get a roommate for a long time, but didn't want to but out an ad for the position. Then the idea came to him, why not have a government set him up with a roommate! These liminal's needed homes, he need a roomate to help and maybe he could get some help with the rent. Smiling he picked up the phone and punched in the numbers to the hotline in charge of volunteers.
"Hello, I'm Ryu and I live in the Imperial Garden Apartments in Tokyo. I would like to volunteer for a Liminal live in assignment."
The agent on the phone typed away at the computer in front of her, and filled in Ryu's information. Smiling a potential match popped up.
"Have you ever heard of a lamia?
Ryu thought before answering. "No..?"
Recently we have came to be aware of advanced lifeforms that have shared our planet for thousands of years. These beings have been the subject of myth and legend for most of human history. Now with the help of world governments they want to be a part of the world and we your elected officials agree. As of today we are implementing the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Act. Through this act we will invite citizens of all nations to volunteer to provide housing for our fellow earthlings. We hope to get a positive response to this program but we know they will be some difficulties arising from this. But as an attempt to stem some of this. Any violence of interspecies crime will be servery punished resulting in lengthy jail times and possible deportation. But we hope that these results will be minimal and the transition into a new area of mankind and liminal relationship.
Ryu watched as the number flashed along the bottom along with descriptions of some of the different species of liminal. Ryu had never seen some of heard of all of these "myths" before. Centaur, Slime, Harpy, Lamina and some others that he didn't recognize. Sighing he picked up the bills from the mail drop and noticed he was past due on the rent. He was a college student and having difficulty with finding a job in the city. He wanted to get a roommate for a long time, but didn't want to but out an ad for the position. Then the idea came to him, why not have a government set him up with a roommate! These liminal's needed homes, he need a roomate to help and maybe he could get some help with the rent. Smiling he picked up the phone and punched in the numbers to the hotline in charge of volunteers.
"Hello, I'm Ryu and I live in the Imperial Garden Apartments in Tokyo. I would like to volunteer for a Liminal live in assignment."
The agent on the phone typed away at the computer in front of her, and filled in Ryu's information. Smiling a potential match popped up.
"Have you ever heard of a lamia?
Ryu thought before answering. "No..?"