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Battery City: The city controlled by BL/ind. Only known major civilization left. Devoid of much colour, emotion, and freedom. Also called ‘Batt City’ and ‘the city’.
Bifrost: Areas of the zones that were so greatly affected by the bombs that the desert sand became glass. “This Bifrost is the most beautiful thing you’ll ever lay eyes on out here. It’s a reminder that the Zones don’t always chew you up and spit you out, sometimes they shape you, make you better”
Brown Sugar: Patches of desert land where plants are able to be grown, such as the witch's garden and Tommy's (no so) secret little greenhouse in the back of his shop. “Hey, did ya see that garden we just drove by, must be some brown sugar over in that area”
Cemetery Drive: Those places where dracs ambush joys and many lives are lost, like old battlefields. you can see masks and jackets lying in the sand, dusted over and sun bleached. As a sign of respect, the 'joys leave them untouched, lime colourful tombstones. only if the ghosted 'joy left you the next owner before the firefight can get it. it you happen to find one, the entire car grows silent until you've passed through it.
City proper/Inner city: The area of the city that BL/ind has most control and whose inhabitants are the most compliant.
Death Valley: The areas beyond Zone Six. Used to contain farming communities, until the land was destroyed in bombings by BL/ind.
Getaway Mile: Route Guano
Lighthouse: Well-known places such as old motels and warehouses throughout the zones that act somewhat like a safe house, offering shelter to those on the run and sometimes food when it can be spared. The diner by Doc’s shack is a good example of a lighthouse. “There’s a lighthouse a few miles north of here, you should be safe for the night.”
Lobby: An artificial ‘slum’ in the city created by BL/ind, a place used for its shadier work and is mostly inhabited by droids.
Maple Plaza: Places in the desert (mainly zones 5 and 6) where radiation is still thick and dangerous. “steer clear of zone 6 as much as you possibly can, the whole thing is just one big maple fucking plaza.”
Mailbox: A cultural landmark in the Zones. It is elaborately decorated and filled with art and letters. Some rebels take the masks of the dusted to the mailbox so that their souls will be safely passed along to the Phoenix Witch.
Nest: The nest is a small house built next to the Destroya. It occasionally loses power, but it is often well stocked with radios, video games, and junk food.
Outskirts: The actual slums of the city, Drac patrols are high here as most delinquents reside here. The place where you end up when you’re out of luck or trying to escape from city proper or escaping from the desert. They all end up there. It has little access to the benefits of BL/ind and is often looked over by them as nothing more than a blemish on their perfect city.
Picket Fence: “The border separating each zone from the next. Picket fences re labelled by the number that corresponds with the zone they border. "The road leading to Picket Fence 1 is fuckin’ swarmed by dracs, get out of the area while you can.”
Route Guano: The main road through the zones. A paved, multi-lane road that stretches from Zone One to abandoned factories in Zone Six. Also called the ‘Getaway Mile’.
Sun Sandbox: A place in zone 5 where so much glitter has been mixed into the sand that they are basically one and the same. “Come on man, I wanna go down to Sun Sandbox today”
Train Station Ave: A spot along Route Guano that’s travelled extremely often, making it a popular place for hitchhiking joys to pick up a ride. “Be careful down Train Station Avenue, you never know what type ‘a Chilly fucker could be getting into your car.”
Underground: The realm of the Juvie Halls set in the old subway systems built before the city. BL/ind have a hard time controlling this area as they lack knowledge on exactly how large these systems are.
Witch's Garden: A large expanse of land in zone 3 where many wild desert plants grow.
Zones: The desert surrounding Battery City, consisting of at least six areas determined by geographical terrain. There were once more but were destroyed in bombings by BL/ind. Mainly where the neutrals and rebels live but does contain scattered BL/ind factories and warehouses.