yesss hi Road
[a patch of shadow falls over Road and the ground for quite a distance as a giant, deep purple battleship cruises through the sky and into position. A hatch opens in the bottom and a ladder tumbles out, the bottom barely missing hitting the girl. A troop of soldiers, all black-carapaced and dressed in boldly-colored uniforms that are barely more than two rectangles sewn together slide down the ladder and assemble in formation around Road.]
[one of the soldiers, dressed in the same uniform as the rest but with a little gold medal pinned to her cap, strides up to Road. It's only when she speaks that it's possible to discern her sex—all of the soldiers are physiologically identical.]
Hey, you! What's your business here? You better answer quick!