A lithe man, nearing his 30's, entered the damp entrance of a cave, wearing a heavy darkened garment the uniform of a Zabbaleen. A gentle breeze wafted by as he took each step. His boots echoing as his feet began contact with a metal room gently misty. His long shadow gazed deeply into this strange metal room filled with large smooth barrels twice the size of a man. This room was called a Cryogenics Chamber by Shalla Lord of Scraptown.
"Hmm seems like today it is finally safe to take these to Lord Shalla, and exchange these ancient relics for chits."
The Zabbaleen named Khalif moved his gloved hands to carry the tank over his shoulder carrying it out into the sunlight. For Millennia sealed underneath the sands now glistening in splendor. To his left and right were a number of other scavengers tinkering with more barrels trying to understand them, or how to repurpose them.
As the Zabbaleen pondered his next steps, The seamless barrel suddenly opened a frothy mist picked up by the wind as before him lay a maiden. A frozen maiden who began to stir this was a rare find which would bring good fortune for the day. Her brown hair gently moved in the wind, as her closed eyes began to stir. Murmurs passed along from the other Zabbaleens in the excavation site.
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"What luck, an Ancient, her skin is fair like those Northerners from the Kingdoms of Man."
Khalif proceeded to shed the maiden's odd garments replacing them with a ragged cloak. Spending a moment to check the odd material in his hands. Smooth as glass on the surface, yet soft as velvet on the inside. A good find indeed. The maiden began to murmur. Bringing Khallif back to his senses. Collecting himself he began to lead the woman to Lord Shalla, to turn her in for his reward.
-Where am I? A desert? Mhmm...
10 minutes later, Lord Shalla arrived to the Town Center, paid Khalif 60 chits, enough for a month, then bid him away, turning to his new guest.
"Welcome fair maiden, to Scraptown"