Cynosure - City of Dreams

Lexicon

ACs
Workers/goons of the Alpha Cetaurii Commercial Empire (ACCE)

Air Yourself
Take it outside; get out of my face.

Aristos
The rich, especially the young, idle rich.

Bravo
A young punk.

Chicken Hawks
Those who prey on the very young and the very alone.

Chopper
Hired muscle; a goon.

Demon Chic
A style of dress devoted to looking undead or supernatural.

Floater
A dimension that “floats” in and out of synch with Cynosure on an irregular schedule.

Hard Timers
Bounty hunters who specialize in timeline jobs.

Merk
A “merchandiser”; a businessman.

Migs
Migrant workers; the lowest class of laborers.

Pup
A young or inexperienced fighter; an unskilled tough guy.

Slide Out
Get out; back off.

Sugarcoats
“Hallucinogenic addictives for which there is no known cure. The addict can live a long time with them, but they invariably die screaming without them.”

TDPigs
Transdimensional police officers.

TTB
Temporal transport beam, the mechanic used in time traveling.

It's not the critic who counts. It's not the man who points out where the grown man stumbles, or how the doer of deeds could have done them better; the credit belongs to the man who actually is in the arena, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement, but who, if he fails, fails while doing so greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-- Theodore Roosevelt