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There is a wall that separates uptown from downtown. Making sure there is physical set boundary between those who have and those who do not. Not that this is the only division. What weapons are available for protection, currency used and even the police force enforce this division of classes. But the wall is the feature that you will always remember.
Most vehicle traffic is slowed to a crawl especially when moving from the downtown side over to the uptown area. Being an operative helps the process along quite a bit but anything civilian level can expect hours of delays as paperwork is double checked and each vehicle is inspected for contraband and explosives.
Foot traffic makes up for over ninety percent of movement between districts. Each side has large parking garages available nearby and Shivers provide security at the gates. Again, being an operative has it's privileges and most are allowed to walk through with a simple scan of their ID badge to verify who they are. All others are required to show identification, provide reasons for crossing and go through a scan to make sure they aren't carrying anything illegal... or rigged to explode.
There are at least three bombings a day between all the various gates along the wall. It's just a way of life now. Things are quickly cleaned up, bodies removed and more security added for a few days. But the movement just keeps on going.
Now along each side you will also find clusters of shops and services. On the uptown side they are set up like strip malls. Clean and well lit with plenty of flashing lights and advertisements. The downtown side is very much a different sort of animal. There are shops built along the side of the wall with stairways leading up into dangerously built levels of even more shops. The streets are congested with carts and kiosks with people selling everything imaginable. The lighting is poor, the area is dirty and the petty crime rate is high.
One thing everyone notices on the downtown side are the posters. Everywhere you look are posters for missing people. Some places they are layered over one another up to an inch deep after years of being added to. The streets are constant with loose ones blowing around in the traffic as you see desperate family members wandering around putting up new ones hoping that someone has seen their missing loved ones. Or at least hoping somebody will look.
Ninety percent of the missing persons posters are for children.
Downtown Mort has become the city that eats its young.
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