Viscera's Cyborg Guide to Carbondale, Part 1: Comings & Goings

I began my exploration of the town of Carbondale near the town square. This area is full of cyborgs and kindred beings. Much can be learned about human behavior from the machines by which they move themselves from one place to another. The transport machines in Carbondale appear quite antiquated, in fact. For instance, the city is crisscrossed with these tracks. Now seemingly primitive machines roll along these tracks pulling cars filled with various things for human and machine consumption (coal, corn syrup, hydrochloric acid, etc.). Even the human residents appear to appreciate these machines for their historical value if also for their reliability. Near an old transportation node they have placed some of these machines as if to let them rest.

Similar resting places exist for their smaller transport machines as well - though these appear to be resting only for short periods of time. The number of repair stations for these four-wheeled machines testify to their importance for the humans. Curiously, these stations are often clustered together, though logic would suggest they should be spread apart so as to cover more area in the case of vehicular failure. Located across the street from one another, just beyond the town square to the North, are two such shops. I have heard aeronautic transport machines over the skies of this town, but I have yet to capture one photographically to add to this guide. S. Mac tells me there is a docking station nearby. Perhaps I should visit and document it as well.

These sites of coming and going are hubs of connectivity, but they are not free flowing. The points of intersection of humans and machines are quite policed; curiously with machines moreso than humans. The agents of control will be the subjects as Part 1 continues.