Midpoint Mods ([personal profile] midpointmods) wrote in [community profile] midpointsaloon2020-05-09 05:31 pm

Big City Living (Midpoint Mingle)

The town of Midpoint: called thus because it is at the exact center of the game arena, a busy little Western town full of strange people, many of whom don’t look remotely human, because this is where all the players gather and live. Midpoint Saloon: called thus because it is the only bar in Midpoint. It’s also the biggest building in town, four stories high, dotted with windows, painted a jaunty yellow and decorated with red and green flowers in all the window boxes.

This is where your veteran teammate points you. Or just stomps off to and hopes you follow.

Downstairs is a bar and tavern, Old West style, right down to the upright piano in one corner and a raucous crowd of locals - largely locals, but with a healthy smattering of unusual or downright alien faces that clearly indicate the presence of other Players - eating, drinking, gambling, and getting into trouble. There’s a broad, bearded man behind the bar, waving cheerfully at you as you enter.

The rest of the night and the next day is yours to do with what you see fit. Explore the town, take a long nap in your new room, try to get to know people... everyone is here for the next twenty-four hours before travel to the mission site, so it’s a good chance to scope out the competition, at the very least.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2020-05-11 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know. The last time this many new players came in at once, we all waited to see if something would happen. Nothing did." Soldat shakes their head a little. "Nothing that we could see, anyway. Might just mean the game makers were bored and wanted to shake things up."

Having three people appear in three rounds that Soldat finds familiar is also kind of alarming. Other people have friends (or enemies) show up from their world, but it's never happened to them until now.