LOCATIONS

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> LOCATIONS

While the moderators will make up their fair share of locations, we want everyone to feel comfortable exploring and expanding upon the world of Meadowlark. This page will never be definitive as it's meant to be player built more than mod built. We will include any major locations down below that we feel are necessary.

> LIMITATIONS

The only limitations in place in game involve any major corporations - either in New Amsterdam or the world as a whole. All of Meadowlark's fictional corporations factor into the game's greater worldbuild and need to be carefully monitored by the moderators.

Right now, the three big established corporations in New Amsterdam are Pulsar, Vyonation, and Giles Bell. While each of these companies are worldwide operations, their headquarters are in New Amsterdam itself. These are not the only corporations in Meadowlark's world, however.

If you have any suggestions or ideas for these corporations, as well as outlets for opportunities, please contact us on our PLOT ENGAGEMENT POST.

Otherwise, please keep our SETTING PAGE in mind when you comment here. If you introduce a new business, name a park, or even develop a new apartment complex, we want to make sure that it adheres to the limitations of our game. For example: coffee shops exist, but are extremely expensive and only found within high-scale areas like New Amsterdam's financial district. Apartment complexes will largely involve smaller units - anything larger would be out of the range of all of the characters' budgets.

We will only monitor this page for anything that doesn't adhere to the setting, and ask that someone resubmit according to the guidelines of the game itself.

Following our eighth event, characters opened up the world through a fast travel network. Since travel between New Amsterdam and other locations is now much quicker, we have opened up a section below to allow players to begin to create locations outside of New Amsterdam. Please refer to the Outside of New Amsterdam comment for some additional information.

Reply to the entry itself with the form below.

<b>< LOCATION NAME HERE ></b> <b>Location</b>: Feel free to make up a name for a section of the city! Use our arrival and event logs for inspiration. <b>Appearance</b>: Feel free to describe it as you'd like! Images are welcome, but use LINKS ONLY, please. <b>Other Important Notes</b>: Anything else! e.g. "best juice in the city" or hangout for specific characters. Feel free to use this area for menus, notable goods, prices, whatever!

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MORNINGSTAR SAFEHOUSE
Location: A decrepit part of New Amsterdam that's fallen on hard times. The location itself is an abandoned hover bike repair shop, with all the layout to support that. It hasn't been used for that purpose for some time, however.
Appearance: The entrance to the safehouse is beneath the hover bike shop, far from the entrance so that no one is immediately assumed to be disappearing from view once they enter the location. There's a set of stairs that takes someone downstairs, opening up into a hallway that opens into four different rooms: the medical room, the kitchen, the communal showers, and the sleeping room complete with cots. There is also a mini bar that's regularly stocked, but it's all low quality alcohol.
Other Important Notes: All characters are permitted to come and go from the safehouse after they've been issued an ID. However, weapons and any foreign objects (like a dog, for instance) will be flagged as someone enters the safehouse.

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BLACK BLISS
Location: A decrepit part of New Amsterdam that's fallen on hard times. It's the same part of town as the safehouse! Black Bliss is one of the oldest establishments in the city.
Appearance: There is a bright pink neon sign in the front that declares the name of the business in a flourish, cursive lettering. The inside of the bar has dim lighting and a wide selection of hard alcohol, and taps, primarily specializing in both rums and whiskies from all over the world. There's a variety of seating, as well as some standing room when it gets crowded during the service industry rush.
Other Important Notes: This is Gaby's "real life" job. Please contact us on the plot engagement page if you'd like to have your character pay her a visit (either on purpose or purely on accident). We'll be happy to put together a thread for this purpose!

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VYONATION INC.
Location: Located in the financial district in a skyscraper that's over 100 floors. They were originally headquartered in the United States in 2150, but moved with the times and was one of the first corporations to take root in the conceptual megacities by 2250. Outside of this large building, Vyonation also has many, many subsidiaries located in New Amsterdam and throughout the world.
Appearance: The logo involves the letters "Vy" with a world behind it. The skyscraper is made of covalently crosslinked polymer, and it reflects the other towers around it as if it's made of glass, but is remarkably unimpressive.
Other Important Notes: Vyonation was originally a telecommunications and media-based company at their inception, but they've expanded into a wide range of industries. However, they are best known for their handling of data security and various internet-based technologies.

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PULSAR
Location: Located in the financial district. The building itself looks a little like a 1980s rocket. It has over eighty floors, but expands sprawling horizontally in a campus that surrounds the larger, protruding building.
Appearance: The logo is a field of stars. Not only does the building look like a rocket - it looks like various other long, slender objects, and there are numerous jokes that have been made throughout the last hundred years as they've remodeled but remained true to form.
Other Important Notes: Most recently, they have spearheaded and specialized in the various space ventures and terraforming projects in the solar system through a partnership with many other corporations and the United Nations government. While space exploration and expansion is their main focus, they also fund a large number of movies and video games, as well as manage a popular electric hover car company.

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GILES BELL
Location: Located at the edge of the financial district near a lot of the most advanced hospitals and medical services. This isn't accidental: they often help and service these locations through a contract with the United Nations government.
Appearance: The logo is a bell symbol with wings. The buildings belonging to Giles Bell are boring in architecture and rote in their appearance - even a little like a hospital with a sleek, metallic look.
Other Important Notes: Giles Bell has specialized in biomedical advancements throughout the last few decades, and worked with Vyonation on a joint project in order to develop and evolve the neural implants that are used in everyone's heads today. The wetware surgery sites are all overseen by Giles Bell subsidiaries.

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RED WINGS
Location: Near the New Amsterdam Stadium.
Appearance: An old-style sports bar harkening back to the days of old in Detroit, with some car pictures and other Detroit sports paraphernalia. It's a new business, with a safehouse underneath if anyone's drank too much on the job and needs a place to crash. This safehouse is managed and monitored by Morningstar.
Other Important Notes: This is run by Clarke Griffin (strove) and Stephen Strange (rehandle). It's also a Displaced-run business so they can begin to churn revenue for themselves. They're happy to hire most of the Displaced, but please touch base with them on their Red Wings bar post—and any questions about the bar should be directed there as well: The Red Wings bar post.

PARKS AND RECREATION

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DAM PINK POOL
Location: Away from the busy sector of the city in the neighboorhood of Lelylaan, this skate park can be found underground after a long flight of stairs underneath an apartment complex.
Appearance: Looking like any other skate park, this one boasts one singularity: the entirety of its flooring is a light shade of pink, disturbed only by graffiti and other painted designs by skaters and owners alike. It's underground, and indoors, which means it has lights on at all times, as the park is a public place and free for anyone to go in. Only hoverskates and hoverboards are allowed, so bring your own! (These images are for reference as we all know there be no wheels.) When it's nighttime, the whole place will go dark except for neon lights that will illuminate the place.
Other Important Notes: It's intended as a public place and a park, thus there is no need to pay to get in nor is there any kind of office or security or reception desk. The founders of the park trust those who want to skate will play fair and be cool about things. There's a plaque on one end of the skate park that houses a screen that flickers on and off with images and information: one sick neon-colored image from yore honoring a 21st century skateboarder, and information about "T. Hawk" and his iconic messages from an app long defunct. Those in charge of building the park had a rebellious sense of humor, as most residents of (New) Amsterdam have always had. The only other "useful" bit of information is on a scrolling LED text display around the plaque, seemingly a response to the usual question of "why pink?" It reads: IT WAS THE CHEAPEST PAINT AND IT HIDES THE BLOOD WHEN PEOPLE LAND ON THEIR FACE... :)

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JOYPOLIS
Location: Smack dab in the middle of the city center.
Appearance: This VR arcade keeps it simple and clean for its users, relatively empty at first glance. However, all players can stand on the circular LED pads on each cubicle to connect to the VR game experience of choice. VR headsets help with the immersion (mostly for sound/music). Props are offered, such as guns, fishing poles, or vehicle-like stand-ins to make the games more immersive and realistic. VR crane machines are also available! The screen will light up whenever a player walks by, and they control the crane for their digital attempts at winning something.
Other Important Notes: Once "connected" to the VR games, the players get an interactive menu appear before them wherein they can choose which game they wish to play. They can even connect to multiplayer mode through one of the options. Payment is done automatically once the game is chosen. Any rewards or credits are saved in the 'online cloud' and can be exchanged for prizes at the gift shop. This also goes for the VR crane games--collect at the register, please!

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THIS IS OUR JAM!
Location: On a 70 floor building that lends itself to having businesses rent its space, on floor 53, at level with the rest of the buildings in the city.
Appearance: The lounge has a very sleek look, dark lights on the ceiling, fluorescent ones on the table and walls. Rooms are available in a number of designs. There are rooms for large groups, as well as more individual, smaller rooms for smaller parties.
Other Important Notes: Songs from before and new songs and in a number of languages are available for all to sing along to!

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SUNPEAK GARDEN
Location: Located in Frederik's Plaza, far from the busier sectors of the city, where buildings give room to an open area that houses this botanical garden.
Appearance: From the outside it looks like any other botanical garden, the architecture inspired in models from past generations. Inside, the gardens boast of many trees and flowers, with pathways adorned with statues and other more artistic elements implemented on the envisioned location. Ponds with superbly large plants can be found, too, the water recycled and managed most strictly during the intense summer months.
Other Important Notes: The garden was inspired and designed by that of the 21st century, the architect in charge wishing to bring forward a touch of the olden day's simplicity and art into the modern world.

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JACOBY PARK
Location: A skypark ten minutes walk away from the art district. Good views, with a lot of trees.
Appearance: A loud splash of nature in the heart of New Amsterdam. Despite all the festivals that happen in the city, Jacoby Park is never available for these events, which likely helps maintain how pretty it is.
Other Important Notes: Rumor has it that the park is privately owned by one of the many entrepreneurs in the city, but no one knows for sure. What they do know is that there are city ordinances that say that no parties, events, concerts, or anything else can happen in the park. It's meant to be a quiet location.

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VERTMAR GARDENS
Location: West of the city, either in/around Bloem District.
Appearance: a moderately-sized glass/greenhouse, it houses a couple of 'rooms' divided into different themed flora. it also has an outdoor garden with room for sculpture/installation art to be set up on hire, as well as a small lake
Other Important Notes: It is free to enter the grounds with optional donations, and oftentimes they will have some events going on within one of the rooms that you would pay to enter. The outdoor garden has space to hire out for events / parties!

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THE VELVET HALO
Location: Out in the East end of the city, only a few blocks away from the Red Light district.
Appearance: The casino boasts a cutting edge interior meant to mimic the atmosphere of a posh hotel with the aesthetics of a nightclub. It was designed by the notorious fashionista Belle Aubuchon who harbours reaching ambitions to venture into architecture. As a result the casino has a slew of trendy elements that are reminiscent of the designs found in the high fashion world.
Other Important Notes: This casino specializes in games of chance that do not incorporate AI dealers and is currently the hottest spot to play the latest gambling craze: 7R1X. The casino has discreet ties to the Petrov crime family.

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NA'DAM Lookout
Location: At the north side of the city center where it can provide a scenic view of the surroundings.
Appearance: An observation deck and entertainment center at the top of the NA'DAM Tower. The tower itself is largely a mix of various offices for various businesses. The top two floors are set aside aside for a restaurant and bar with stunning panoramic views, indoor and outdoor observation decks, VR systems highlighting information about the various viewpoints, fun photo opportunities, and a daring swing on the sky deck that hangs over the edge. A popular location for dates.
Other Important Notes: The admission fee is fairly inexpensive and often packaged with other popular date activities in the city at discount pricing. Reportedly the name and attractions comes from a previous tower in old Amsterdam.

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GRACHTEN HOTEL AND CASINO
Location: The edges of the city center
Appearance: Grachten Casino is old and luxurious, frequented as much for spas and concerts as for floor gambling. The interior designer opted for a gaudy old-world style for the decorations, which despite all the money clearly made and invested in this casino, is a little kitschy and tacky for where it's at in New Amsterdam. It gives it the feeling of being a floating liminal space, perfect for escapism. All of the gambling machines, from slots to blackjack to races, utilize AR. There are also costly VR arcade games to be found here, many of them with in-game gamble purchases. Notably, there is no prostitution permitted within the premises.
Other Important Notes: For a place that seems a hive of shady things, it's surprisingly infrequently pinned for any funny business. Too clean for its business.

MUSEUMS AND CULTURE

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OSH PAVILLION
Location: To the west, where the city opens up to allow for more room between buildings and there's less concentration of apartment complexes. A plaza gives way only for pedestrian transit and the occasional hoverboard.
Appearance: It can be as elaborate as a light show or a proper stage would allow. Depending on the event, it can have a ceiling set up.
Other Important Notes: This open venue has been adopted primarily for live music events, both during the day and night, with popular bands and unknown musicians alike. Walking through the plaza, one may find a single electric violin player hooked to speakers trying to make a living -- or simply trying to entertain a crowd with music. Other times, full-fledged bands will perform without much advertising or warning, collecting their instruments just as quickly and disappearing into the streets. As an onlooker, one is encouraged to sit around and hang out with the crowd to enjoy whatever show is available. It is all free of charge, an attempt to keep the New Amsterdam culture (and cultures) alive within the city.

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10NE
Location: Tucked away in the northern part of the arts and cultural district. Neighbors other smaller galleries, and always garnering plenty of foot traffic in the area. A fairly nice part of town.
Appearance: 10Ne (aka "Neon") is a gallery/studio with a focus on luminescent art. While there are plenty of permanent neon light fixtures installed, it isn’t only restricted to its namesake. Local artists often display a myriad of bright and eye-catching pieces, and the gallery itself rotates out new displays on a monthly basis. Always darkly lit, so that the art can really shine!
Other Important Notes: The studio portion exists in the back of the building, and can be utilized by any up-and-coming artist interested in working with neon/light art for a small fee.

RESTAURANTS, BARS AND CAFES

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DORADO
Location: A somewhat run down low-level part of the city, "Sporenburg".
Appearance: Roughly like this but more crowded. Never quite clean.
Other Important Notes: The beer's cold and the music loud. A good place for a drink and some bar food if you don't mind the gang members in the corner and possibly getting mugged in the alley out back.

BUSINESSES AND SHOPS

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CUYP MARKT
Location: The market is found underground in an abandoned metro tunnel that has been closed off and repurposed, a couple of blocks away from the New Amsterdam train line.
Appearance: An open market, it has over 300 stalls lining both sides of the metro tunnel. Stalls from fruit to vegetables to bugs, cosmetics, bedding, robotic and organic (lizards, birds) pets, and any other accessory or scrap that could be sold for some use by others. Even haircuts and other services are provided, as well as refreshments and freshly made snacks. The place maintains a consistent temperature. Although it can get crowded very easily, this is something that happens usually on the weekends. Despite the variety of things found there, the place is 100% legal and every vendor has been registered with the government.
Other Important Notes: Cuyp Markt has gone through a lot of changes throughout the years. It began trading in 1904 and still exists to this day, although no longer existing above ground, but having moved locations due to the ever extreme changes in the city.

APARTMENTS, HOUSES AND BOARD

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HOME TWEET HOME
Location: Atop the roof of one of the shorter buildings in the city, in the west, towards Kraaiennest.
Appearance: The design of this home is very eclectic, turning different shades at night, with the intent of resembling a bird's nest. The walls are made of glass, although it is a fully functional home for anyone willing to pay a small fee to spend the night -- or day.
Other Important Notes: The owners treat the place like a motel, a hostel, or a bed and breakfast. There are only two things to be aware of: the owners speak in bird puns at all times, and there are hundreds of robot birds flying throughout the house, making a home of the different pigeon holes and surfaces. Definitely only come here if you are a bird lover. One can find birds of all different species and sizes inside.

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RED LIGHT DISTRICT
Location: As the name implies, it's a whole district behind large buildings that continues naming itself by that name, to the east of the city.
Appearance: The Red Light District is made up by several streets throughout the area. Some are narrower than others allowing only pedestrians through, while the rest are wide enough to fit a car going by. It upholds its name due to the red lights that are constantly on during the nighttime (during the daytime, the lights inside the windows remain turned on and red). A fake canal splits the district in the middle, an ode to how it was before. On one side of the canal, the famous 'windows' where women stand behind the glass and try to lure clients in, or simply pose for entertainment. On the other side of the canal, peep shows are available, as well as strip clubs and sex shops.
Other Important Notes: There is no age restriction to walking through the district, nor any fee to pay. The only restrictions are in the businesses spread through the district.

OUTSIDE OF NEW AMSTERDAM

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While we will help expand many of the cities in Meadowlark's world, we're not going to be able to provide in-depth details on every city. Right now, we're still working to expand the megacity list, so please keep reading for how to make suggestions to add to the list!

MEGACITIES IN PROGRESS

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New Hong Kong; New Cairo; New Lagos; New Nairobi; New Alexandria; New Casablanca; New Delhi; New Shanghai; New Mumbai; New Sao Paulo; New Rio de Janeiro; New Guangzhou; New Moscow; New Buenos Aires; New Kolkata; New Chongqing; New Hangzhou; New St. Petersburg; New Pripyat; New Novosibirsk; New Omsk; New Chelyabinsk; New Budapest; New Kyiv; New Seoul (entirely man-made on the ocean, like New Tokyo); New Cape Town; New Kyoto; New Osaka; New Busan (entirely man-made on the ocean, like New Tokyo); New Warsaw; New Taipei City; New Kaohsiung City.

Have a suggestion for a megacity? Want to expand on this city? Comment here and let us know! Keep in mind that any cities west of Amsterdam in continental Europe and south of Oslo are not available (so, no France, no Berlin). North American cities are also unavailable.

Once you've commented with a suggestion or been approved for interest, we'll have you submit it here and then delete to add it officially to a comment below.

As a reminder, none of the cities in their "new" form are the old versions of the cities.