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You decide to pull back the white sheet to reveal... a <span class="mu-s">motorcycle!</span> Not still in working order, you assume. But it looks pretty! It's shiny, nice and red- no scratches or dents as far as you can see. To be fair, you aren't too familiar with personal vehicles; Panopolis has such good public transit and urban design very few people even have them, and on Level 5, without the city <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">LeyLine Systems</span></span> to power electric vehicles, most people are relegated to bikes or scooters. Given the rate they get stolen, most people just call those “rentals”.
What's this big bulging part up here, near the handlebars? You tap on it to hear a hollow sound, and then open the lid- suddenly you smell a faint acrid odor. What- gasoline?! No no, it can't be. All gasoline vehicles were banned over one hundred years ago. Actually it could be something else- biodiesel. You know that Biodiesel vehicles exist- the type that are supposed to operate <span class="mu-i">way</span> out from the city limits where a flywheel energy system, like a GyroBus, couldn't support them at that range. But to actually have one? Extremely rare. Don't ask how you know that- you aren't quite sure either.
And it means something else too- with an independent power source, it means this bike could be used anywhere in the city or around it without relying on the power system. Normally, vehicles are locked to the specific level of the city they are meant for, and can only move on the streets paved with the LeyLine power system- avoiding people accidentally bringing them down pedestrian paths or taking them places they aren't supposed to go. The ability to just... drive anywhere it can fit is a big deal. Your mind suddenly blazes with possibility.
You've never driven one of these before, and the cost of such an artifact might be a little beyond your scope, but this is just too cool <span class="mu-i">not</span> to play with.
