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| ==== Gates and Ticketbooth ==== | ==== Gates and Ticketbooth ==== |
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| {{:gm:setting:gate.jpg?200 |}}A large gate house, attached to an old ticketing station. It’s too easy to jump the ticket gate, but the outside could be completely locked away. Somehow, of all parts of the Fourth Place, it seems very intact and robust. | {{:setting:gate.jpg?200 |}}A large gate house, attached to an old ticketing station. It’s too easy to jump the ticket gate, but the outside could be completely locked away. Somehow, of all parts of the Fourth Place, it seems very intact and robust. |
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| It is also attached to an old gift shop, filled with broken trinkets and merchandise gone mouldy. Who knows what is lying in those old storage rooms. | It is also attached to an old gift shop, filled with broken trinkets and merchandise gone mouldy. Who knows what is lying in those old storage rooms. |
| ==== Hotel ==== | ==== Hotel ==== |
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| {{ :gm:setting:hotel.jpg?200|}}The main living quarters of most inhabitants of the Fourth Place. In its heyday, this hotel would have served luxurious guests visiting the theme park. Now, certain floors are dedicated to certain types of inhabitants, in relatively poor condition, but nothing a bit of decoration couldn’t fix. Each room has power sockets, and an en suite with running water. Downstairs there are a number of kitchens that would once have served the hotel's various restaurants. | {{ :setting:hotel.jpg?200|}}The main living quarters of most inhabitants of the Fourth Place. In its heyday, this hotel would have served luxurious guests visiting the theme park. Now, certain floors are dedicated to certain types of inhabitants, in relatively poor condition, but nothing a bit of decoration couldn’t fix. Each room has power sockets, and an en suite with running water. Downstairs there are a number of kitchens that would once have served the hotel's various restaurants. |
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| Among the hotel's buildings is a gleaming **hydroponics farm** which tends to itself on an automated system. It grows all sorts of foods adapted for the different Kingdoms, but it is entirely unclear how it sources nutrients to actually grow the plants. Perhaps the Umbilical supplies them (or did, before it was severed), but where from? Does it simply recycle the biomass placed in the deposit? | Among the hotel's buildings is a gleaming **hydroponics farm** which tends to itself on an automated system. It grows all sorts of foods adapted for the different Kingdoms, but it is entirely unclear how it sources nutrients to actually grow the plants. Perhaps the Umbilical supplies them (or did, before it was severed), but where from? Does it simply recycle the biomass placed in the deposit? |
| ==== Restaurant ==== | ==== Restaurant ==== |
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| {{:gm:setting:restaurant.jpg?200 |}}Once, this sit-in restaurant would have served fancy dishes in evenings for fine dining participants, looking for a taste of the high-life within a theme park. Its outside condition is impeccable, seemingly reinforced at some point and keeping it standing. | {{:setting:restaurant.jpg?200 |}}Once, this sit-in restaurant would have served fancy dishes in evenings for fine dining participants, looking for a taste of the high-life within a theme park. Its outside condition is impeccable, seemingly reinforced at some point and keeping it standing. |
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| The building is now mostly empty, save for a large mechanical tube running through it. This **Umbilical** outputs useful supplies for living in the Fourth Place, like spare parts, clean water, plant food, meats, and other resources. From here it splits off to reach all the other buildings. Just inside the restaurant's kitchen it has been severed, the vast tube somehow torn in two. | The building is now mostly empty, save for a large mechanical tube running through it. This **Umbilical** outputs useful supplies for living in the Fourth Place, like spare parts, clean water, plant food, meats, and other resources. From here it splits off to reach all the other buildings. Just inside the restaurant's kitchen it has been severed, the vast tube somehow torn in two. |
| ==== Umbilical Cord and Deposit ==== | ==== Umbilical Cord and Deposit ==== |
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| {{ :gm:setting:umbilical.jpg?200|}}A vast tube wrapped in matte plastic, that delivers resources to the hotel from deeper in the Fourth Place. It emerges from a maintenance tunnel, deep underground, runs out through the **restaurant**, then splits to deliver power, food and water to different buildings. | {{ :setting:umbilical.jpg?200|}}A vast tube wrapped in matte plastic, that delivers resources to the hotel from deeper in the Fourth Place. It emerges from a maintenance tunnel, deep underground, runs out through the **restaurant**, then splits to deliver power, food and water to different buildings. |
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| It also connects to a deposit that accepts both scrap and biomass, which it draws away to be recycled. Presumably these inputs are needed to keep the whole system running, given how enthusiastically the deposit is advertised. | It also connects to a deposit that accepts both scrap and biomass, which it draws away to be recycled. Presumably these inputs are needed to keep the whole system running, given how enthusiastically the deposit is advertised. |
| ==== Plaza ==== | ==== Plaza ==== |
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| {{:gm:setting:plaza.jpg?200 |}}Just past the gates is a large, open plaza. It’s filled with tents, stalls, and miscellaneous small rides to spend time on. Most of these have completely collapsed due to the lack of permanent infrastructure around them, but some skeletons remain. If anything, it resembles a large pile of rubble in the centre-front of the Fourth Place. | {{:setting:plaza.jpg?200 |}}Just past the gates is a large, open plaza. It’s filled with tents, stalls, and miscellaneous small rides to spend time on. Most of these have completely collapsed due to the lack of permanent infrastructure around them, but some skeletons remain. If anything, it resembles a large pile of rubble in the centre-front of the Fourth Place. |
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| Aside from in the hotel, some decide to hoard their resources here, and it has become the immediate welcoming area for any new visitors to the Fourth Place. Many believe there are still things waiting to be found beneath the rubble. | Aside from in the hotel, some decide to hoard their resources here, and it has become the immediate welcoming area for any new visitors to the Fourth Place. Many believe there are still things waiting to be found beneath the rubble. |
| ==== Theatre ==== | ==== Theatre ==== |
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| {{ :gm:setting:theatre.jpg?200|}}The theatre was once the crown jewel of the Fourth Place, and seemingly from where the theme park expanded from. Palace-looking and located directly in the centre of the park, it visually clashes with the rest of the park. Its vintage feeling reflects its indoors as well, with red velvet carpet and neoclassical architecture. A shame almost all of its doors are locked except to the main stage. | {{ :setting:theatre.jpg?200|}}The theatre was once the crown jewel of the Fourth Place, and seemingly from where the theme park expanded from. Palace-looking and located directly in the centre of the park, it visually clashes with the rest of the park. Its vintage feeling reflects its indoors as well, with red velvet carpet and neoclassical architecture. A shame almost all of its doors are locked except to the main stage. |
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| Despite this past grandeur though, much of the building is decaying and falling apart. | Despite this past grandeur though, much of the building is decaying and falling apart. |
| ==== Aquarium ==== | ==== Aquarium ==== |
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| {{:gm:setting:aquarium.jpg?200 |}}This old aquarium is currently flooded, and more akin to a swamp than any fresh or seawater tank. It's a home for some aquatic inhabitants of the Fourth Place, or at least a feeding ground for any basic mosses and algae in the area. If water supplies ever get dire, then this place is always an option, to the dismay of its dwellers. | {{:setting:aquarium.jpg?200 |}}This old aquarium is currently flooded, and more akin to a swamp than any fresh or seawater tank. It's a home for some aquatic inhabitants of the Fourth Place, or at least a feeding ground for any basic mosses and algae in the area. If water supplies ever get dire, then this place is always an option, to the dismay of its dwellers. |
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| Most of the inhabitants tend to stay near the surface of these waters, letting them run down the various large streams of the Fourth Place, but who knows what could be hiding within the depths. | Most of the inhabitants tend to stay near the surface of these waters, letting them run down the various large streams of the Fourth Place, but who knows what could be hiding within the depths. |