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NOVA MOTEL
 This
old motel sits next to Shaman’s Church on 52nd
street between Stompanato and Cadigan. The
owners abandoned it during Carnival and when they
returned found Maelstrom had taken the place
over. The motel now serves as their current
home.
 The
motel
itself is in shambles as Maelstrom cares little fro
maintenance or housekeeping. Most of the windows
have been broken out, and many of the doors barely
hang off their hinges. Gang leader Razorfist and
his lover Sable occupy the office and managers
quarters along with Razorfists kid sister Dawn.
The other rooms are pretty much left to whatever
Maelstrom leaders and members decide to squat in them
at any given time. The rooms and parking lot are
covered in trash, broken furniture, broken bottles,
cans, and drug paraphernalia. The pool has been
drained, and now serves as a makeshift mosh/fight
pit. Maelstrom parties hard every night in a
drunken orgy of loud music, sex, and violence.
They have set up access to the roof and something of a
stage where live music, usually favorite performers
from Apocalypse, can play. Maelstrom members who
don’t make it
to a room can usually be found passed out in vehicles
or on the ground in the morning. Initiates must
prove themselves in the pit, and most disputes or
challenges for position are settled there as well.
In
the
basement, under the lobby, is a place called the
Nursery. Here is where Maelstrom keeps its
members they call Psychos. These dangerous men
and women have crossed the line into full blown
Cyberpsychosis, and are kept in the room, strapped
down, and kept calm with drugs and braindance.
They are both honored, and used as a secret weapon
against Maelstrom enemies. When the need arises,
they will select one of the Psychos, pump him full of
stimulants, painkillers, and hallucinogens, and
unleash him on their enemy on a berserk rampaging
suicide mission. The threat alone is enough to
keep both Slaughterhouse and Stomp from starting any
serious altercations with Maelstrom.
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