GLOGtober 2023-4

So today's post is a Cryptic Lorepost. This lore probably doesn't apply to the YAGH or Mall Rats settings, but it might.

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JUNGLELAND

"Donnie Marconi is the fastest rider on these streets. Keep that in mind." - Donnie Marconi, head of the Birdbrains

They say long ago there was a park here, where people would meet up to sell vegetables and hand-made items. Then it was a parking lot. Then it was a skyscraper - no-one wanted to move in. And now people meet up in the first-floor conference rooms to sell vegetables and hand-made items.

The lights of Los Angeles keep the inhabitants of Mira Mesa up at night. To some, a prison they still run from. To others, a beacon drawing them in.

Sometimes the sound of jet engines comes from Miramar. The base has been abandoned for decades.

"These birds, they aren't real birds. All the big corporations, they have their own bird-robots. I think the sparrows are from Luxco. The real birds all died out after Project Delta, so they decided to replace them to keep up their image." - Charlie

All of the tech buildings that don't have murderous security robots have been fully stripped ages ago.

"Listen, I know we've been burnt before, but I swear the risks are low. We're in the getaway car, they're robbing a DiMac - no, look - they're robbing a DiMac delivery van. They're too slow to chase us, they'll never see our faces. Worst case Johnnie and Sue get caught and it's all on them. Best case we get out clean, get our cuts, and three weeks from now we've got cushy jobs in the city working for DiMac, and no-one ever finds out." - T.J.

Next to the ARCO, a saxophone player performs over a backing track coming out of his boombox. You come back in a few hours. The boombox is gone, the player slouched over in a corner. Someone's helping them bandage their arm.

"I hear that Steve Zhong got a shipment of Luxco's new smart shoes. Selling em for way under market. Don't tell anyone else." - Cheez