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Kanada Ten
Angie's Awe!some AR Rink
Medium Rink | Redmond Center Mall, Redmond | Angie Morphesto, operator; Ersatz!, owner | Mild bias against Trolls

A safe, funtastic and friendly place for the whole family to enjoy, relax and ARerise to the latest reality enchantments on the market.

Join us for Miracle Mondays! Wednesdays Battle of the Bands bash! Bebop Babe Night every Friday at midnight for the adults only! Don't forget Zombie Mall Saturdays, when we take over the mall for an action packed hour of zombie hacking goodness.

Open daily: twenty-four hours, and for rental: birthdays, weddings, graduations, reunions! Personal AR trainers and parking validation! We do it all at a cost you can afford. Click for rental rates, season passes, and more!
    ► Had a wedding here, sort of impromptu since the church we'd rented was firebombed, but they loaded up a beautiful replica of the Sistine Chapel. The reception switched to a dance-hall, that was fine until the sim jockey got a little overindulgent and played Timelord's vertigo inducing Wormhole Revmix, which one of the guests informed me was "wicked sick" before vomiting the night's dinner (exceptionally greasy pizza) all over my dress.
    ► Mom on the Run

    ► I have to admit: Zombie Mall is a blast - nothing like running around hacking mall-goers apart with a virtual hatchet, but still, you gotta wonder how the place stays in business, I mean most of the AR rinks that popped up in the early fad, faded faster than a disco revival.
    ► Chezzter

    ► You mean other than the cash infusions from Ersatz!, a few mob loans, and bootlegging porn beetles on the side? Frag, the place is basically a spam zone for anything but parties anyway. But the economics decrypt to the same reason Redmond Center is still in business. It's the safest place in the whole district, with real security, and the rink is open almost continuously - more than you can say for the schools around here even! In corptopia kids can afford the licenses for the newest games and play AR in the parks and apartments where they live, so there's no need for a rink. Out here, frag man, I bought four season passes just for my kid and his friends 'cause I was sick from worry whenever I had work.
    ► Barreness von Tusken

Contacts
Miracle Shooter Master, SimJockey

Notes
Spam Zone
Kanada Ten
Club Bullet
Large Railcar | Everett-Bellevue Monolines | Monolink Systems, Owner and Operator | Severe bias towards Trendsetters

Be mobile. Be cool. Be seen.
    ► Where to go if you're a punk with too much time, money, and makeup. There's not a whole lot more to this ride than a bunch of selfsorry corpokids dressed in outrageously trendy outfits, smoking virtual cigarettes and drinking virtual beer to what passes for music, if only just. On weekends, they pack three or four railcars, and ride the loop for a few passes - striking poses and giving dirty looks to everyone. Really just to be seen; not much networking or cybering happens at all, that kind of stuff is for the plebs. Frag, they spend more time getting ready to ride than actually on the rail.
    ► Twiz Oz

    ► Monolink's tried just about everything to boost fare sales, but nothing really stuck before this. Now they want to turn every railcar, bus ride and taxi into a nightclub. Ever hear of too much of a good thing, boys?
    ► Demongoddess

    ► Smart move, selling tickets in advance. Bunch of scalpers buy 'em all up and dish 'em out to only the coolest kids for the highest prices. Course, Mono's got the scalpers in their pockets and pocket the inflated profits.
    ► Warewolf

Contacts
Corp Princess, Fashion Guru, Friend Collector, Rave Promoter

Notes
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Synner667
Could we get the admins/Catalyst to add locations from old/current scenarios ??

If not, would it be ok for us to do the grunt-work and add them ??
Kanada Ten
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Feb 7 2008, 03:28 PM) *
If not, would it be ok for us to do the grunt-work and add them ??

You could post an index of location names, with what book and page number they are found on, omitting the actual description. Or you could take the names and basic information, to then write-up an updated blurb. But not much more before you start crossing from fair use to copyright infringement.
Kanada Ten
The Academy Castle
Mega Venue | 6700-6900 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, PCC | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Operator; Horizon Entertainment Group, Owner | Bias against Everyone

Up from the depths! Back from beyond! The Academy Castle and Hollywood Highland Entertainment Megacenter! Home to the Oscars! And the most venerable venue of choice for all the greatest ceremonies to be held on Earth!

Floating meters above the waves with the latest and greatest in antigravity technology! The Castle is home to the largest gallery of entertainment memorabilia ever collected in history! Not to mention the Million Minute Mall, with over one million mini-stores, shops, salons and saloons for you to peruse! Find out what it's like to be a star! Interact and rewrite your favorite movies, sims and reactors! Watch, feel, and act in any production ever put to digital!

Don't forget to reserve your spot at the next Academy Awards Show when we roll out the red staircase for all the brightest celebrities and dreammakers of the 21st century!

Convenient access via skytram, hoverbus, or even our exclusive U-Taxi service!

[Show Times] [Tickets] [Virtual Shop] [Tour] [Academy Awards]
    ► Since when is maglev considered anti-gravity technology? Frag, most of the height is just "movie magic" - if you'll pardon the pun; there's plenty of pipes and piers connected to the base (which is just under the water's surface). It's to help protect against earthquakes and whatever, they say. Who knows.
    ► Uvvanna Slitch

    ► Ah, the Oscars: the only night you'd need a hoverlimo, they're all rented out... And by "a spot at the show", they mean: in line outside, watching celebrities wave as the staircase gently escalates them up. You'd think Horizon would win every award, 'cause they all but own the Academy, but they hardly get any.
    ► Laddie Luck

    ► frag omae, the awards dont matta. its the nomination, scan? they nominate and peeps download so they can argue over whos best, whos hottest, and whod you like to do. once the winners in, its game over, man, game over
    ► litterboxjunkie

    ► There's a million shops, sure, but every last one either makes you look like a celebrity, feel like a celebrity, or sells you toxins that the celebrities supposedly use in their hair - or some other junk that a celebrity supposedly touched at one point in time (yeah, right). They had a little spat with the Draco Foundation over some Dunkelzahn memorabilia, I heard, but rumor is they worked it out over a couple missing Oscar statues.
    ► Penelephant

Contacts
SimJockey, Simstar, Producer, Hasbeen, Simjournalist, The Critic, Corp Princess, Professional Stylist, Fashion Guru, Million Dollar Escort, Personal Trainer, The Prince, Prostar

Notes
Wherever creative licence meets intellectual property... I'll be there.
Kanada Ten
Scentilations
Medium Boutique | [Store Locater] | Perfecto Olfactions, Owner | No Bias

Our personalized processes match your natural scent and distinctive taste to an almost limitless palette of fragrances and flavors customized to excite any palate. Advanced treatments include pheromone enhancements, to augment your inborn aroma with attractive subtleties. Don't forget our patented methods of matching skin tone to skin taste for heightening intimate sensory encounters. Browse online where we have countless AR scent feeds for your persona or personal space, or instore where we can implant therapeutic aroma release systems from Zoe's Amore Me to the novahot Aztech Ice. Skin texturing, stretching and refurbishing services are included in many of our basic packages.
    ► These places have so many crazy chemical concoctions on-hand it's hard to believe they don't advertise some of the more - er, specialized secretions you can acquire. I recommend Love Potion Numbers 1 though 8.
    ► Demongoddess

    ► Anyone know why the Azzies sold Perfecto Olfactions to SpIn? I mean without a fight even...
    ► Trixless Wino

    ► Could be they're trying to lean up for another kind of fight, or maybe just letting Spinrad overextend so they can snatch the whole corp up later.
    ► Beancounter

Contacts
Professional Stylist
piotrus
Shouldn't this kind of stuff be added to the wiki?
Kanada Ten
I thought the Wiki was for canon material?
piotrus
Guess again smile.gif

Seriously - if it is (and I don't recall seeing an official note about it anywhere), nobody has been maintaining it (content-wise) for years. Over the past year I've tried my hand at doing so (recently I managed to ensure that all articles are categorized, and the category structure makes some sense), but I am not an admin (none of the existing four is active), so I cannot even delete obvious crap. Sigh.

In any case, I think that as long as non-canon material is clearly marked as such, and is well written, wiki is the place for it. It makes much more sense to include such content on wiki then in the quickly-expiring forum posts.

Oh, and considering this, I am even not sure if having canon (=copyrighted) content on the wiki is legal... frown.gif
Kanada Ten
So, I'd make an entry under "Places of Interest", and then cross-reference the District (are City, State, Nation already tied to Disticts, or would we need to do that, too?), Non-Canon, and perhaps Timeframe (Such as pre-2070 or post-2070)?
piotrus
I think you are on the right track. We don't have category for districts yet (I presume you mean Districts of Seattle)? We also don't have categories for pre and post-2070 entries, although we have the decades category.
Wesley Street
Adam or one of the other mods can clarify but I'm pretty sure that adding canon material to the Sixth World Wiki is no longer an option. I stumbled across a statement on one of the wiki help pages but to my frustration I can't find it now. Sorry. frown.gif
piotrus
QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Feb 15 2009, 09:34 PM) *
Adam or one of the other mods can clarify but I'm pretty sure that adding canon material to the Sixth World Wiki is no longer an option. I stumbled across a statement on one of the wiki help pages but to my frustration I can't find it now. Sorry. frown.gif


If this is really the case - I was half serious above - then it would mean that the wiki is supposed to be mostly useless (why was it started in the first place?), and that thousands of hours wiki-editors put into it are wasted. Not that I'd be very much surprised; anybody contributing anything to a project that is not under a free and open license is gambling on a vain hope, really. In any case, a clarification (on the wiki itself) regarding canon and non-canon issues would indeed be nice one of those days. After putting quite a few hours into the wiki, I certainly will stop doing so until that time frown.gif
Kanada Ten
The Chrome Dome
Medium Conference Hall | Proteus New Cuxhaven Arkoblock, Outremer, Seattle, UCAS | Gruff Elkenhard, MC; Proteus Cybersystems, owner, operator | Bias again Saeder-Krupp employees and citizens

As the premier cybertechnology exploratorium on the Pacific Rim, the Chrome Dome delivers the latest, most holistic, SOTA cyber, bio, and genetech upgrades available, with the full range of custome modifications fully installed on the hottest cybermodels to hit the catwalk. From children's ware to eldercare, the presentations and demonstrations go on all day, with an open-to-the-public simspace for you to try out any of the offered products. And if you find something you like, we have professional cybersurgeons on site who can install your evolution, all at affordable prices.

Tickets required: [See Show Times] [Purchase Tickets] [Upgrade to Dinner on the Sound]
    ► Pretentious cyberware. Yummy.
    ► Trixless Wino

    ► Chrome Dome used to be tops for the CBG show, novahot ware and tech, drool inducing models. Kinda went sour when LA called and asked for her crown back. Drek, Truman's got a hard-on trying bring this place down a notch (and if CBG69 was any indication, he's doing a good job). WareXpo in LA extracted the top two models, Sister Maria and Kyle Kromeheart, and now the Dome is scrambling. Still, it's the best place in Seattle to check out new ware in action, not just sim.
    ► Demongoddess

Contacts
Corp Princess, Cyberware Model, Hasbeen, High Profile Veterinarian, Office Flower, Prostar, Simdoll Trader, Simstar, South American Druglord Clone, Wall Troll

Notes
AAA Security, 100 Nuyen (basic), 200 Nuyen (with dinner)
Adarael
Goddamit, Kaneda. I'm gonna have to jump on this bandwagon when I'm not at work. This is a great idea.
Kanada Ten
QUOTE (Adarael @ Feb 17 2009, 05:44 PM) *
Goddamit, Kaneda. I'm gonna have to jump on this bandwagon when I'm not at work. This is a great idea.

It won't be a bandwagon until you jump on, Adarael!
Kanada Ten
Deer Lodge Prison
Medium Prison | 1106 Main Street, Deer Lodge, Sioux | Chayton Oakheart, warden; Sioux Nation, owner | Bias against Anglos

Reopened by Sioux militants during the 2018 Exodus, Deer Lodge was initially used to hold unruly Anglos and those accused of spying for the United States. Even then the prison, which features no running water or electricity, faced human rights abuse allegations. Today the facility holds between six and seven hundred techno-criminals, mostly hackers and more recently technomancers, within its medieval walls. Visitors must apply at a Sioux embassy and face a multiyear waiting list before being granted a pass. Members of the STC have asked the Sioux to close the prison, or at least modernize it to humane standards, but no resolution has yet been passed on the issue.
    ► Ah, Deer Lodge, my home away from home. You may have taken those seven years from me, but you gave me a whole lifetime of memories.
    ► Trixless Wino

    ► Seven years in the cave? Why didn't you just dig yourself out? There's no cameras, the place is made out of brick for fuck's sake...
    ► Strange St

    ► Dig? Dig, I did. Digged for six years - took a year for it to really sink in, see? But dig as you might, you never go quite the way you intend. It's the ghosts, the guards told me once when I fell into their poker game; they have some sort of power to confuse the mind, spin you in circles. Then they filled up my tunnel up with foamcrete. I never did figure out why those ghost do Chayton Blackheart's bidding, but they do. Make better guards than the guards, too - take a real personal interest in your suffering.
    ► Trixless Wino

    ► The Sioux do more than just incarcerate criminals and dissidents here. Deer Lodge is where they crack technomancers open and poke around the grey matter looking for clues.
    ► Demongoddess

    ► Proof?
    ► X-Star

    ► Alright, but this is your last freebie, X. Look at how many PhDs and MDs get passes to visit unspecified prisoners there. Look at the STC and see which members support the measure to close the prison, and which block it: Horizon's boys in the PCC want it closed. The Tsimishan additions to the Salish want it open (MCT plants, natch). The PCC jingoist, who got burned when Horizon came into being, wants it to stay open, and the Trans-Polar Aleut members want it closed (Evo backed boys and girl). You need it more clear than that? Deer Lodge, which once had a small population beyond guards, has been evacuated; the whole area is a wifi dead zone for at least two klicks. What the hell for, if not to experiment on technos?
    ► Demongoddess

Contacts
Prison Boss, The Ghost of the Cop who killed all those guys that time

Notes
Dead Zone, High Background Count
Adam
The Sixth World Wiki has always been intended for canon material only. See the mailing list archives.

Most of the non-canon material has been tagged but has never been properly been purged due to lack of time on my side to either a) do it or b) organize some sort of oversight board to formally handle that sort of thing.
piotrus
QUOTE (Adam @ Feb 23 2009, 06:54 PM) *
The Sixth World Wiki has always been intended for canon material only. See the mailing list archives.

Most of the non-canon material has been tagged but has never been properly been purged due to lack of time on my side to either a) do it or b) organize some sort of oversight board to formally handle that sort of thing.


Adam, if you'd give me admin priviligies I can take care of that (deletions). I think that as long as non-canon material is clearly marked as such, it should be ok to have it on wiki. For example, the quality content such as what Kanada is posting here would only benefit us, IMHO.
Adam
QUOTE (piotrus @ Feb 25 2009, 12:15 AM) *
Adam, if you'd give me admin priviligies I can take care of that (deletions).

That can be discussed, although ideally I'd like to have a pool of 2-4 people to handle such stuff.

QUOTE
I think that as long as non-canon material is clearly marked as such, it should be ok to have it on wiki. For example, the quality content such as what Kanada is posting here would only benefit us, IMHO.

Non-canon material simply isn't the goal of the SWW. If there's no better place for it on the net than the SWW or the forums, then please, someone, make such a place.
Kanada Ten
North Shore Skywalk
Large Boardwalk | 5250 Mukilteo Skyway, Everett, Seattle, UCAS | Ployplexplay G.i.e, owner and operator | Strong Bias against Sailors

Walk the diamond corridor, sparkling high above the Sound: where dreams and reality meet along the boardwalk in the sky. Let your feet take you and your date on a journey through the theme park of yesteryear, that more innocent time, with games galore and events that can't be missed. Fly in, drive over, walk along the avenue where troubles trouble you no longer. Take in a musical spectacle at the Aurica-Pollux Concert Hall [see dates], or ride the Gaeatronics Corkscrew Roller Coaster. Win a prize for that girl in your life at one of our hundred Arcade Stations, featuring all the classic games like Ersatz! Skoball and TrumanTech Ring Toss. Grab a bag of Kraken Krunch, lay eyes on a real funnel cake, and taste the sweetness of sugar-free cotton candy. Sail down the Tunnel of Love. Put your feet up and see the city stretch underneath as you glide about on our Floating Ferris Wheel. Or just walk along the crystal clear path, holding hands and taking in the unparalleled sights.

Access from the Glitter and Gold Skydeck, the Telestrian North Tower, or the Aurica-Pollux Concert Hall atop the Horizon Heights Entertainment High-rise. Fly your FPMV to free parking at the Sparrow's Nest!
    ► The AR is overwhelming, like a retro Alantic City Boardwalk or Coney Island or something, with blinking lights and the echoing shouts of hawkers enticing players to test their skills. The smell of funnel cake and cotton candy mixing with popcorn and the clean salt smell of the ocean. There's musicians all along the corridor playing their virtual instruments (people actually buy virtual quarters to toss in the hats and cans). Lately folks have taken to dressing up in period costumes, not just switching avatars; a shop for them even opened up along the walk. But my favorite thing to do is turn off the virtual and just walk along, watching people pantomime skoball and billiards. Safest way to do body guarding, too.
    ► Chobham

    ► Horizon's fortune-telling machine, Zoltar Speaks, is scary accurate. Not a few suits buy one after experiencing the eerie answers it gives to your questions. Hell, a lot of the profits at the Skywalk are from game sales. People putting virtual punching bags and Godzoniks gags to fill up their basements and garages, I guess.
    ► Twiz Oz

    ► During the day workers scurry about checking the struts, sweeping the crumbs away, and washing the "diamond" walls. Even then, the anti-air missiles are on standby. The entrances, save the Concert Hall are all airlocks, and the corridor is almost totally sealed (fresh air is pumped in from the three skyscrapers that act as the anchors for the Skywalk) - save one small opening at the North Tower, which juts out over the Sound. There's some acoustic trick there, not AR or anything magic, just an architectural trick where the sounds from the walk are muted, and the waves below (far below) are amplified. It's supposed to be a lovers' spot, comfy benches, a beautiful view. But they call it "Suicide Perch" for a reason.
    ► Belle Morte

    ► Navy boys and girls - in spite of, or because of the blatant bias - like to troll the Skywalk when they have leave and money. It can spice things up, too, 'specially since a lot of the clientele think it's a necessary part of the experience.
    ► Carnyboi

Contacts
Carny Grifter, Corp Princess, Corporate Behavioral Scientist, Fashion Guru, Maitre D', Million Dollar Escort, Navy Sailor, The Officious Kiosk, The Prince

Notes
Ployplexplay G.i.e is a partnership of all the companies involved in building and maintaining the Skywalk, along with all the various vendors and entertainment groups active on it. The company's offices are on the top floors of the Telestrian North Tower, overlooking the Skywalk. The Board of Managers (not directors) at Ployplexplay are usually rejects from their respective organizations, and because I feel like giving too much information, the Ares Entertainment rep, Paul K. Pimienta was given the corner office, with a beautiful view of Suicide Perch, by request from his higher-ups. I could go on... What, you're bored?
Kanada Ten
L'Hôpital
Medium Hospital-Restaurant | 5424 Delridge Way, Downtown, Seattle, UCAS | Dr. Reilly Kwaque, chief surgeon & head chef; DocWagon, owner, operator | No Bias

A unique dining experience in a clean environment, L'Hôpital combines the finest cuisine found in Seattle with the miracle of modern medicine. Our [Menu] and [Wine Selection] are specially tailored to match the night's operations. [Reserve] your dinner to coincide with a loved one's transplant or implant surgery and receive a complimentary bottle of wine.

Read our [reviews].

    ► Met a girlfriend here once. She'd been stood up, I'd been shot up. Didn't last for some reason.
    ► Stitches

Contacts
The Critic, Gastronomer, The Eater, Maitre d', Million Dollar Escort

Notes
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Wesley Street
QUOTE (Adam @ Feb 24 2009, 11:26 PM) *
That can be discussed, although ideally I'd like to have a pool of 2-4 people to handle such stuff.

If you're ever soliciting for that pool, feel free to send me a PM. A canon wiki that doesn't intrude on any of Catalyst's/WizKid's IP rights would be a terrific resource for players and GMs new and old.
Kanada Ten
RC Mavens' Haven
Medium Store | 3817 6th Ave Tacoma, Seattle, UCAS | Taila k'Aveno, operator; Telestrian Droneworks, owner | Bias towards Elves

The only place in Seattle for real RC racing! Buy 'em, build 'em, fix 'em, fly 'em! The most sick 'n' twisted courses you've ever seen. Bring your friends, family, birthdays, parties. Bring your own RC or rent from our stock. Toolbox stations, toolbox lockers, training sims available. All the novahot equipment from all the bleeding edge dealers: NeoNET, Cyberdy, Sony, BrankenBrock, and of course Telestrian! Open weekdays 'til 10 and midnight on weekends. AR-RC, holo-racing, simulators, amateur drone football, and more. What are you waiting for - redline it down to RC Mavens' Haven today! [User Gallery] [Track Specs] [Track Rental]

    ► shame shame shame, bought the last place on earth to get your drone on. fun times pitting the stock against some kids top mod and kicking their rims. dont wanna bet against shortstuff, tho, she's got game, scan-a-lamb. thats why they call her tails, dig, cause tails: ya lose.
    ► litterbox

    ► Competing against the anytime, anywhere AR-RC is tough business. Do I need to spell out how a talented drone mechanic like Taila makes ends meet? Didn't think so.
    ► Speed Wraith

Contacts
Corp Scout, SimJockey, Miricle Shooter Master, The Kid

Notes
Wolverine Security
Kanada Ten
Cue the Cabernet
Medium Dinner Theater | 161 Peachtree Center Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, CAS | Nevanne Hensley-Chirchoff | Bias towards Regulars

A night like no other, a dinner with everything - except you. Mystery, intrigue, and the magic of the theatre transport you to a world where anything can happen. And everything does. Come experience a culinary and cultural experience without compare. Feast on our four course meal while acting in our four act play. Come to Cue the Cabernet where you can be the star and still have a five star meal! [Upcoming Plays!] [Group Reservations]

    ► Not a place for meets!
    ► Dixie Pixie

    ► Bad experience, Dixie? It's not really a place for anyone anymore; a clique of regulars - wannabe simstars, writers and poets - descend like a flock of noisy (sycophantic) geese every Friday and Saturday night, generally thumbing their collective nose at anyone with real talent or the audacity of going out for a good time. That said, the place used to be fun - provided you got a good table. After everybody has some wine and gets the feel for the play de jour, it's a laugh riot. There's similar places all around, like Ressah Maglev's Mystery Express, but Nevanne always did such a good job finding new and engaging scripts.
    ► Jest Me

Contacts
Wannabe, Pretentious Drunk, Hack

Notes
Scripts are downloaded to commlinks and fed using AR or Knowsoft, when available.
Kanada Ten
Imagymnasium
Small Preschool | [Find a Center Near You] | Horizon Education Action Committee, operator; Horizon Group, owner | Bias towards You

Fun. Fast. Leaning. The Imagymnasium: where children learn to integrate - not separate - realities. Have you ever felt lost? Confused in this high-tech world? Imagine how your child feels. The Imagymnasium: the first building block to a happy head. State of the art holographic projectors. A safe environment. Highly skilled staff. The Imagymnasium: Progress guaranteed. The Imagymnasium: the only name in child care.

    ► I'd say surprisingly affordable - but this being Horzon, I'll say suspiciously affordable instead. It is, however, about the only place you find rich and poor, ork and elf tots mingling, albeit virtually. Fascinating, and just a little scary, to see the natural hierarchy forming in three-year-olds.
    ► Barreness von Tusken

    ► Anybody know what the security is like for these places?
    ► Gardener

    ► Real subtle there, greenie, but to answer: the physical security is comparable to McHughs. You've got the concrete barriers, the double door security airlock. Matrix wise is hardcore, but all less than lethal. Magic is probably the weakest, but if your target is who I think, then expect a spirit to be watching over her, in addition to the bodyguards out in the van and spydrones in the trees.
    ► Barreness von Tusken

Contacts
Biodrone Spider, The Brat, Corporate Behavioral Scientist, Child Care Professional

Notes
Cost is included in child's lifestyle payment.
Kanada Ten
Colvos Hanging Gardens Cemetery
Vast Mausoleum | Colvos Harbor, SW Rt. 198 & Cemetery Rd, Vashon Island, Outremer, Seattle, UCAS | Kelly Lai-Tufayl ThD, conservator; Xuan Earthworks, Inc, owner | No Bias

Nestled in a serene harbor along the picturesque coast, the Colvos Hanging Gardens provides the perfect quiet resting place for your loved ones, safe from the tumultuous winds of the Sixth World. With almost three cubic kilometers of terraced gardens, creeks and waterfalls all contained within the conservatory sphere, the Gardens offers families endless safety and solace for reflection as they stroll comfortably about the grounds. Space is available at competitive pricing, take a tour of our grounds and reserve your resting place today.

Access to the Gardens is strictly limited to pedestrians and PMVs only, via the main shore suspension bridge. Arrangements for internment must be approved by the UCAS or Metroplex officials within one hour of death, please contact our support staff for Emergency Undertaking Services or make arrangements prior to death. Be aware that the Colvos Hanging Gardens Cemetery is a Mana Inhibited Zone and requires federal or corporate licensing 138F12 for use and carry.
    ► Place looks like a huge fraggin' naval mine, complete with spikes and a massive mooring chain. The dull, one-way glass only adds to the image. It's a great place to hide under if you time the patrols right, though.
    ► Sounder

    ► Cemetery plots are leased, not owned. Can't pay? No, prob, we'll just dig that right up for ya. Lot of families were facing just that prospect after the Crash, but then Malaysian Independent Bank was kind enough to step in and offer special financing. Tit for tat, natch.
    ► Plebbers & Wachuzee

    ► Kelly Lai-Tufayl, poly-doctoral graduate from the Univerzity Karlovy, wife of the (in)famous spirit hunter Sayf al Azad Tufayl, and once a promising and quickly advancing geomancer for Wuxing... Now a glorified undertaker. So, my only question is: who'd she slot off?
    ► Demongoddess

    ► My understanding is that she designed the Xuan Kong Shui Fa Sphere as her graduate thesis, and when she had enough pull in Wuxing, they let her build it. The Colvos Passage has an unusual dragon line running northward through it. Northward being the key here, as the line is polarized from an imbalance in Yin and Yang. Instead of trying to correct the imbalance, the Xuan Sphere syphons chi from the dragon line to create a type of mana field known as a dynamic geodesic inversion cloud. Which is basically a cyclone of astral energy.
    ► Walks Along the Treetops

    ► Kinda like a bug zapper for shedim, the spirits get stuck into the astral whirlpool and spin around and around until they dissipate.
    ► Star Folly

    ► Yes, kind of like a "bug zapper" - except not at all. The "cyclone" also has the side effect of generating a large "static charge" inside the sphere to continue with the terrible analogies. Better known as a power site, the mana inside the field is negative polarized and heavily aspected by the geomancy of the gardens. Of course, with the mana ebb outside, no magic from inside can escape, so you have to wonder what they're doing with it all.
    ► Magister

Contacts
Emergency Undertaking Technician, Gardener, Mysterious Johnson, Spontaneous Spirits

Notes
Oh, I don't know: Astral gateway, spirit prison, divination, mana locus, dragon grave... Powder keg?
Kanada Ten
Terveyskylpylä, Sauna and Matrix Bar
Small Coffin Bar | 2382 Maple Valley Rd, Renton, Seattle, UCAS | Riitta Suomalainen, owner, operator | No Bias

Sit back, relax, let the hot waters, sweet smelling steam and cooling refreshments take all your troubles away. Our personal steam rooms duplicate the unique experience of a true Finnish sauna, without worry of interruption or dehydration. Bask in the warmth, bathe in the whirlpools, and choose any of our imported or domestic drinks from your personal beverage hose. Sanitation guaranteed. Relaxation assured.

► Pretty unusual place. A tall and narrow, largely nondescript building surrounded by the same (mostly apartments). There's a single spiral staircase that takes you up, with sliding doors every couple meters. AROs flash in front of empty tubes which you can rent - watch out, the cost is metered so it's important to pay attention to time. Right inside the door is a dry box for your clothes and a shower with exactly enough room between entrance and the whirlpool to move around. The tub itself has a headrest, so you can go VR without drowning, and a drinking hose at each armrest. It can hold two... if she sits on your lap. There's one or two larger rooms if you go down rather than up, in case you're having a party. It's strictly BYOW, though.
► Chezzter

► What, you missed the saunas - too many stairs to climb, omae? Up top there's an ice cold pool with a very slippery deck surrounded by private saunas. A note: the whole building is tile and synthwood, meaning everything gets very slippery, including the stairs (despite little grip stickers everywhere). Watch your step.
► Warewolf

Contacts
The Fat Hacker, Ten-Yen Whore, Vory Maliutka, Vory Pakhany

Notes
30 nuyen per hour. There's an emergency exit via a panel in the sauna floor, and whirlpool wall, which leads to a winding stairwell on the outside of the building. Cleaning of coffins is automated and occurs after each use.
Amourgin
WESTPORT Plaza
Corporate Plaza/Bazaar | West County-Maryland Heights, St. Louis, MO | Unidentified Corporate Entity | No Bias

Experience More…

Westport is a centrally located 42-arce development offering an unparalleled combination of amenities and services. Tenants and visitors may enjoy over 18 restaurants and entertainment venues, specialty retail business services, corporate and residential housing, and two luxury hotels.
Building conference rooms and hotel airport shuttle services are available, and complementary to tenants. An on-site professional management team “assists� tenants on a daily basis to help improve their experience.

Corporations have several options to rent space in our twelve story Golden Tower building. Don’t forget our four story building with completely renovated common areas for the small business owners. Experience more from your office.

Our living area of the “market place� offers you a wide variety for living. From middle life style condos to our high roller luxury penthouse homes for the corporate family. To add a little flavor and to get you close to the pulse of the market, the shopping areas are all located so close you can people watch from your balcony. Or have something more on the outside of the market and over look the lushes and beautiful lake.
Want something more and up close to the action? You can also try our above store flats above your favorite restaurant or coffee bar with free WI FI.
The bazaar and retail locations form the epic center of our lovely plaza where nightlife and street festivals join harmoniously with the daily hustle and bustle of life. From the center fountain you can navigate to one of the many retailers for your shopping needs to grabbing a coffee at an info bar. And as always you can enjoy a meal at one the famous dinner resorts that occupy the town center. One of our security or staff members will be glad to be of assistance.
Come to West Port Plaza and Experience More…

► It’s kind of a corporate eco friendly utopia with the shady side. They took a corperate plaza and added it’s perfect little town atmosphere. It’s like its own downtown area megaplex, run and by a corporation, that sells office space to other corporations. I actually did live there for a time. I got a run against one the Mega Corps that rent space there. I went on my balcony to review the file over breakfast. Saw the address, looked up and almost crapped myself. It was a job in the Golden Tower across the plaza. Grabbed my binoculars and started planning. The Johnson was actually with the company that owned the plaza, and the Mega Corp was late on rent. I moved out shortly after due to some issues with the Plaza management.
â–º Goro, Blue Skinned Nartaki, wanted for questioning.

► All sorts of do dads you can find at the bazaar. They have everything from the chain retail stores to the tent sellers. Even a little grocery store. You been to Tokyo or Hong Kong? Well think of the Plaza like that but on a smaller scale. When the company transferred me here I was sceptial. Five years later I’ve never even been out of the Plaza. I live, work, and play all right here.
â–º Peter Wong, Middle Management wage slave

► Security and Staff is all internal to the Plaza’s mother corporation, whoever that is. Rumors say it’s an AI or one of those Technomaners. I sure do know that one time Lone Star tried to chase one of those shadow guys here. As soon as the guy got his foot on our property, Lone Star stopped dead in their tracks. Meet with Plaza Security, who ended up catching the runner. If the LS won’t step foot on here without repercussions, that means whatever runs this big brother utopia knows some people.
â–º Joe, the Coffee Barista

â–º See that guy over there with the hand canon on his hip? There is an open license here for the most part. Every building has its own rules, but do you see any violence? Anyone yelling shop lifter? No, because Plaza Security uses heavy surveillance and they know everything. They are everywhere man. EVERYWHERE.
â–º Customer of Joe the Coffee Barista

Contacts
Retail Store Manager, Corporate Mr/s. Johnson, Street Performers, Joe the Coffee Barista

Notes
Spam Zone. Plaza Security uses heavy surveillance on their property. Drones, scanners, cameras, even air drones and magic wards. No Gear Restrictions unless noted by building unit.
Amourgin
The Dirty Monk, Hog Bar
Gay Friendly Biker Bar | 1400 S Linbergh, Frontenac, St. Louis, MO, UCAS | Mick, owner, operator, Male Ork | No Yuppies, Bikers Welcome, Bears Loved.

Down the alley and around back. Park the chopper. Pound three times and yell a battle cry. Your hog or whore is safe with us. We got the pints only the best can handle. Don’t mind the guy at the bar, that’s Mick’s wife. Come see our famous grizzly bear, Poblo. Low key grit and off the road. Weekly best bike contest. One of our ladies will be glad to treat you.

-- Choppers are everywhere in this alley. This is actually are real low key bar for us runners. They have abnormally thick and sound absorbing walls and each booth kind of has a silence emitter around them. Great for private conversations. Data jacks at each table so if you need to do a data run you can. However if you mess up and leave a trace they will turn you over to the fuzz themselves.
-- Snake-eyes

-- What?! You scared of a little grizzly bear walking around the bar? Helps keep the yoko out. That big guy at the bar? Yeah, that’s Mick’s wife. He maybe big but he is defiantly the lady of the two. See now you are getting it. Big burley bikers. Mick’s wife is a dude….The BEAR walking around. There you go, now you got it. Can I buy you a drink brotha...?
-- Tonk, Local ganger

-- Daisy is one of the pretty ones. The ladies here are well…available in the back room for a price. Then there is the “ladies”, or “the bears” as they like to be referred to. They are for a price too. Trust me that when I say that may or may not be a gun in their pocket. So what can I get ya? Whiskey? German Bock? Ok a pint of Teddy Beer it is.
--Sara Ann, Bartender

Contacts
Thirty-Yen Whore, Local Gangers, Sara-Ann, Street Samurai

Notes
Gay friendly biker bar, with a fine selection of real ladies for the non-bear types. Huge selection of dark beers to choose from. No pale ales.
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