This post was last modified: Jan 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM by Hollywood Bowl.

As the bus rolls to a stop in the dusty town of Silver Junction, Hollywood Bowl steps off the bus. It had been a tough matter to find one with 32 seats (Agent Evangeline was driving), but it had worked out.

Hollywood Bowl
"Alright, here we are. Beautiful Silver Junction. Personally, I'm planning to start filming tomorrow - gotta let everyone walk around and get acclimated. Don't be bothered if you see me filming, though. I wanna get some equipment tests in before it comes time for the big shoots. See how the film building's looking, that kind of thing."

Momoyo Himemushi
"Yeah, yeah, you do that. Me, I've GOTTA see this mine! Sure, it might be a collapsed pit, but dig up, dig out! Let's see what I can find to eat, too!"

Agent Evangeline
"Hmmm... now that I'm seeing the town in person, it's not quite what I expected."

Deathborn
"What did you expect from my set?"

Agent Evangeline
"I'll explain later. For now, I'll just poke around."

Honoka Kosakatua
"Everyone and their exploration. What we need is music! And you get music in the Saloon!"

Pohatu
"Hey, why not set up a game of kohlii? I can teach you all how to play!"

Deathborn
"An interesting choice of activities. I, too, shall participate in activities tonight. And while Mr. Bowl does not wish to begin the filming just yet, we should make this night exciting.

In fact, anyone who makes this night truly exciting will receive a piece of information of their choice regarding Silver Junction or any room within it. I suggest you all make a spirited... attempt."

Pohatu
"Oddly ominous!"

Momoyo Himemushi
"Eh, he's just like that."

Hollywood Bowl
"Alright, alright, enough faffing about. Let's get this night started so we can move on with the film."

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Tonight's weather is Clear Skies. There are no special effects in play.

THE MAP

First Floor: Show

Purple Building
Desert Sage Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of desert flowers.
Sheriff's Office: The office of the one lawman in the town. Contains an officer's desk, several guns, and the Jail Cell.
Jail Cell: A jail cell, to, unsurprisingly, jail people. Anyone who starts their night in the jail cell is inflicted with Jailbird upon exiting.
General Store: A store stocked with all sorts of dry goods. The destination for all items you could want in the Wild West that aren't stocked elsewhere! There's a locked trapdoor in the floor.
Army Post: A well-equipped military depot, with everything from rations to weapons that a handful of soldiers might need.

Blue Building
Lobby: This building is fully modern, unlike the old-timey other five buildings. The glass-walled lobby full of plush chairs to sit in is a great example.
Theater: An old fashioned movie theater with modern projection equipment. Perfect for screening Wild West films after making them!
Archives: A large number of filing cabinets sit in this room, full of information on past Wild West film shoots that took place in Silver Junction. The door is locked.
Executive Office: A fancy, plush office with a large chair and larger desk, for whoever's in charge of the current movie productions.

Green Building
Prickly Pear Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of cacti.
Chapel: A non-denominational chapel to pray to whatever you may choose to pray to. We don't judge.
Newspaper: A room to run off the day's paper, complete with a printing press and a few desks for the newshounds.
Bank: A fancy, well-equipped bank, complete with a manager's office and plenty of tellers - as well as some money lying around. The back has a large vault door.
Vault: A locked vault behind a large vault door in the bank. It looks very complex to open, and it's marked High Security.

Yellow Building
Saloon: The big bar of Silver Junction. Lots of booze behind a bar, a piano with curtains on the side, plenty of tables, and of course every door is the swinging saloon doors.
Gun Store: A store selling all kinds of guns, from pistols to shotguns to rifles. Free to take and use to all customers!
Farrier: A small shop containing everything one could need to take care of a horse properly.
Stable: A stable currently inhabited by four horses. Whoever stocked them was cheeky enough to pick a red horse, a black horse, a white horse, and a pale gray horse.

Orange Building
Century Agave Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of low-growing desert plants.
Blacksmith: With a furnace at full blast, this blacksmith's shop is fantastic for making metal tools.
Carpenter: This room is full of woodworking tools and wood to work with for those tools.
Ruined Mine: The collapsed remains of a mineshaft, creating a deep hole in the middle of the building. Plenty of rocks to poke at if you want.
Mineral Storage: A place to store whatever minerals were dredged up from the mine when it was active. It's full of pyrite.
Mining Equipment: A large room, full of shovels, pickaxes, and any other non-explosive mining equipment your heart could possibly desire.
Explosives Storage: A room with plenty of dynamite, blasting caps, and whatever else you'd need for a big boom. The door is locked.

Red Building
Train Platform: An open-air platform for people to wait for the train. Contains a few clocks and a few benches.
Passenger Lounge: A comfortable waiting area and ticket counter for people to relax while waiting for the train.
Post Office: A small station to store, sort, and receive letters, of which there are currently a blizzard's worth.
Telegraph Office: An office to send and receive telegrams up and down the line. The door is locked.
Locomotive: A full-sized steam locomotive with a tender and two passenger cars attached. Several necessary parts of the engine have been removed, so it's not going anywhere.

Exterior Locations
Cemetery: A graveyard. It's currently devoid of graves beyond a few old headstones, but that could very well change here.
Livestock Corral: A small pen, holding several cattle. There's also a few chickens, for some reason.
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.
Outhouse: The only bathroom or bathroom-equivalent on the entire map. If it breaks you're not getting another one.

Second Floor: Show

Purple Building
Officer's Club: A fancy bar meant for army officers. With the lack of those in the vicinity, it's become open to all.
Schoolhouse: A small, one-room school. Well equipped for general lessons, less well equipped for specialized.
Mayor's Office: The office of the Mayor of Silver Junction, holding all kinds of documents and records relating to the old town.
Courthouse: The judicial location of the county, back in the day. Contains a judge's bench, witness stand, desks for attorneys, and a jury box.
Hallway: An ordinary hallway to connect the 2F rooms in the purple building. There's some paintings on the walls, at least.

Blue Building
Soundstage: A big soundstage, perfectly designed for filming. There's a few different backdrops available to choose from, all fitting the Wild West theme.
Equipment: A storage room for the movie set building, holding the camera equipment and plenty of props for any Western you care to film.
Recording: A soundproof room for recording voice. Full of recording equipment, ranging from the gramophone to the modern systems.
Breakroom: A comfortable room to relax in during all the filming. Has several couches and tables, a coffee machine, and a fridge.

Green Building
Tailor: Plenty of clothing lies around in this store, all of it befitting the Wild West aesthetic on display.
Laundry: A hand-wash laundry, with everything you need to wash 'em and dry 'em both.
Barbershop: A fancy barbershop, equipped well for both haircuts and dentistry as necessary.
Law Office: The office of the town's only lawyer. Contains difficult-looking legal books in a row, a nice desk, and far too many papers.
Tobacconist: A tobacco shop, full of plenty of cigars, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco to imitate whatever noir or western trope you desire.

Yellow Building
Restaurant: A nice restaurant, complete with a small kitchen. Unimpressive compared to the OCGA Central Facility.
Gambling Parlor: A smoke-filled room set up for all sorts of games of chance and luck.
Brewery: A room set up for the easy production of moonshine. Saloon's gotta stay supplied, right?
Hotel: A small hotel with a few beds set up for sleeping. Perfect for quick layovers.

Orange Building
Doctor's Office: A basic doctor's office, for taking care of injuries in the West. Contains various doctor's tools, a cot, and a locked medicine cabinet.
Funeral Home: An undertaker's room, to work on laying to rest the deceased. When there's not a constant supply of them you can't keep up with, that is.
Pharmacy: With plenty of cheap drugs, nothing here is as good as the medicine in the Doctor's Office, but it can still come in handy.
Target Range: A shooting gallery set up to practice your gunplay. If you didn't bring your own, it's got plenty of guns and ammo ready to go.
Trading Post: A small trading post that caters specifically to selling to the miners, rather than the open nature of the general store.

Red Building
Railworker Quarters: A small sleeping area for employees of the railroad. It's got beds and not much else.
Station Storage: A storage room located in the train station. Contains various parts for the track and gear for employees.

Exterior Locations
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.

Desert Sage Dorm
-@Not Shane
-@North Star
-@Bud
-@Madame Zalsarona
-@Theodore Noise
-@Hifumi
-@Cascabela
-@Tsavorae
-@Elster
-@Hollywood Bowl (NPC)
-@Momoyo Himemushi (NPC)

Prickly Pear Dorm
-@Partitio Yellowil
-@Mizzlebip
-@Akira Kogami
-@Strong Bad
-@Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
-@Amoeba
-@Smasher
-@Gyro Zeppeli
-@Reginald Fikwerther
-@Deathborn (NPC)
-@Agent Evangeline (NPC)

Century Agave Dorm
-@Marisa Kirisame
-@Neil Marshall
-@Derek Stiles
-@Ranger
-@Roland
-@Kroos the Keen Glint
-@Nico Yazawa
-@Jessica
-@McJango
-@Honoka Kosakatua (NPC)
-@Pohatu (NPC)

Submissions are due Sunday, January 5th at 7:00 PM EST.

This post was last modified: Jan 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM by Derek Stiles.

So... we're just supposed to act natural? That's it? I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be on camera or not...

Anyways, if any of you get hurt during the filming, feel free to let me know. Caduceus gave me full permission to practice while I'm here, so if any of you are feeling sick or get injured during filming, don't hesitate to ask for help. I know film sets like this can get dangerous with all the practical effects.



Just, uh, make sure your guns aren't loaded when you speak to me. Too many bad experiences at the labs.

Alcohol time! Woohoo!

Back in my homeland, we had saying: "Maschaan kinje, schaffan doije"

It roughly means "Familiar faces breed good work". The custom is to have a gathering before the work, to make everyone know each other better.




So, towards the later evening half, let us come together as co-workers and friends in the Saloon.

I will make a pot of Zaffrian Goulash for the event.

So, towards the later evening half, let us come together as co-workers and friends in the Saloon.

I will make a pot of Zaffrian Goulash for the event.

Heh.

Where I'm from, pretty much everyone you'll meet is only out for themselves - it's the easiest way to get by. Ordinarily, I'd be giving this "event" of yours a health side-eye, but in this case... I think you've got the right idea. I'm not about to start building bonds with anyone, don't get me wrong... but it never hurts to know your enemy.

If that's your real intention, then you'd do well in the City.



But in this case... I don't really care if you're hiding something. To be honest, I can't say I'd refuse a free lunch anyway. Whether that's part of your plan or not... Let's just eat. Maybe I'll even buy you a drink, for your efforts. That goes for anyone else too. 'Spose I could use a new drinking buddy or two, now that we're stuck out here for a couple weeks.

And besides... despite any suspicions, I've got a feeling that there's safety in numbers regardless.



Hah... Though I'd prefer if only lightweights took me up on that offer... I'm only a Grade 9, I'm not exactly working with deep pockets here...

Marshall
Right, then. I s'pose everythin's in shape for the filmin' to start. Don't get too rowdy with the equipment, now. I'm trustin' y'all to be safe with those props.

Marshall
("Props" my ass. There's so many weapons here, I'll be damned if there isn't a lawsuit by tomorrow! But I have strict orders to not shut the place down. Just what the devil's goin' on 'round here?)

Marshall
...'Course, if any of ya' have any legal concerns, come talk to me. I'll help ya' out right quick. My responsibility as the Prosecutor on duty.

Sorry I'm late.

But in this case... I don't really care if you're hiding something. To be honest, I can't say I'd refuse a free lunch anyway. Whether that's part of your plan or not... Let's just eat.

Oh, I hide lots of things. Many secrets in these old bones.

But it is those secrets that make a person real, and trustable.



The ones who are exactly what they seem...
They are what you must watch out for.

This post was last modified: Jan 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM by Partitio Yellowil.

So, towards the later evening half, let us come together as co-workers and friends in the Saloon.

I will make a pot of Zaffrian Goulash for the event.

That there's the finest idea I've heard since rollin' into town. You got a good head on your shoulders, ma'am. Don't hardly matter what kinda work you do - can't get underway if you don't know the crew you're workin' with!

'Side all that, don't know about y'all, but I don't much fancy a hard day's work on an empty stomach. Think I'll be takin' a gander at that bank. Aw, now, don't you go frettin'. I know how'ta keep a ledger. I won't leave a cent unaccounted for if I make a withdrawl.

Wouldn't dream of cousin' trouble for the lawman, neither! Ya got a hat tip from me, Mr. Marshall, herdin' this stable of characters!

(I didn't much like what I was hearin' from that Deathborn fella's mouth. Call it intuition, but I got a bad feelin' our time here ain't gonna be all peachy-keen. Here's to hopin' you got our backs covered, lawman.)

So, towards the later evening half, let us come together as co-workers and friends in the Saloon.

I will make a pot of Zaffrian Goulash for the event.

I have not worked with this director before, but he seems like nice man.

...

It has been fourteen years since coming here and I have seen many things.
But some of the people's customs still confuse me.




In my homeland, we do not use that device for wearing on your head.