Steven 'Sharpteeth' Durante (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fingersandteeth) wrote2021-09-09 01:23 pm
fingersandteeth) wrote2021-09-09 01:23 pm
VICTORY ROAD: FIGHT CLUB
The building itself is ten-stories, in one of the older parts of Goldenrod. Formerly a hotel gone to seed, the top eight floors are in disrepair, with only the first two having been refurbished... so far.
Art which prominently displays a Hawlucha, flanked by a Bewear, a Croagunk, and a Machamp is painted on the outside window to the upper bar, underneath the words FIGHT CLUB is written in a florid script. The inside is dark and dimly lit, but you can tell there’s more art of the Hawlucha and all the other pokemon on the walls. (Possibly getting this all custom painted is why Fight Club took longer to be opened than Medusa.) There’s booths and leather barstools and a jukebox. The words FIGHT CLUB are written in the same florid script as the windows on the mirrored wall behind the bar.
Drinks and a limited amount of bar snacks are available to humans, with refreshments for their pokemon. Minors are allowed in if accompanied by an adult willing to take responsibility for them. They are only allowed to order mocktails, however. Berry weed and other recreational substances, at jacked-up prices, are also available under the counter, although this is certainly not advertised.
There’s one other thing that is not advertised, at least not publicly, though there’s certainly been a word of mouth campaign in certain circles these last four months. And that? That would be what’s going on in the basement.
In the back of the bar, past the lavatories and before the fire exits (and the locked room where the old hotel's elevator still is) lie a pair of doors, behind each of which is a stairwell. One of these leads upstairs, to the manager’s office andTyler Huang Steven Durante’s on-site apartment. It’s strictly off-limits.
The other? That leads to the fighting pit.
And is a pit in the center of the room, with benches and tables and chairs arrayed around it. There’s another bar down here too. There’s also a corner where one can lay one’s bets on the outcomes of each match. As with the bar above, minors are allowed in down here with a responsible adult (and down here they can be allowed alcohol if their official responsible adult gives it to them.)
Fights are done on a basis of who signs up first. You can either do a joint sign up with an opponent in mind or just as yourself and be matched with whoever’s next on the list. There are a few ground rules.
Art which prominently displays a Hawlucha, flanked by a Bewear, a Croagunk, and a Machamp is painted on the outside window to the upper bar, underneath the words FIGHT CLUB is written in a florid script. The inside is dark and dimly lit, but you can tell there’s more art of the Hawlucha and all the other pokemon on the walls. (Possibly getting this all custom painted is why Fight Club took longer to be opened than Medusa.) There’s booths and leather barstools and a jukebox. The words FIGHT CLUB are written in the same florid script as the windows on the mirrored wall behind the bar.
Drinks and a limited amount of bar snacks are available to humans, with refreshments for their pokemon. Minors are allowed in if accompanied by an adult willing to take responsibility for them. They are only allowed to order mocktails, however. Berry weed and other recreational substances, at jacked-up prices, are also available under the counter, although this is certainly not advertised.
There’s one other thing that is not advertised, at least not publicly, though there’s certainly been a word of mouth campaign in certain circles these last four months. And that? That would be what’s going on in the basement.
In the back of the bar, past the lavatories and before the fire exits (and the locked room where the old hotel's elevator still is) lie a pair of doors, behind each of which is a stairwell. One of these leads upstairs, to the manager’s office and
The other? That leads to the fighting pit.
And is a pit in the center of the room, with benches and tables and chairs arrayed around it. There’s another bar down here too. There’s also a corner where one can lay one’s bets on the outcomes of each match. As with the bar above, minors are allowed in down here with a responsible adult (and down here they can be allowed alcohol if their official responsible adult gives it to them.)
Fights are done on a basis of who signs up first. You can either do a joint sign up with an opponent in mind or just as yourself and be matched with whoever’s next on the list. There are a few ground rules.
- All fights are one-on-one and hand-to-hand. No weapons, even improvised ones.
- No pokemon in the pit, unless they’re assistance pokemon (like Tyler’s Isis) and even then the use of an attack by them is an auto-loss.
- Otherwise, anything goes.
- Fighting goes until one of the combatants cries uncle or passes out.
- Any fight in which someone is sent directly to the pokecenter is considered automatically forfeited by the remaining fighter.
- It’s okay to strip down for your fight, but keep your skivvies on. There are (potentially) minors watching.
- No one under the age of sixteen is allowed to fight anyone over the age of sixteen and vice-versa.
- Anyone thirteen or younger needs the permission of their designated responsible adult to fight.
- The Jennies must know nothing.