Styx and Stones/Hooks

It's a good night. Nobody died.
“Dalton, Road House”

Public Hooks

Thumper, held by whoever's working as shot-caller

• Biker Bar: Are you the kind of person that likes your typical biker bar? Rough people, loud music, cheep beer, and the potential for fights to break out at a moment's notice?
• Legal Age: The Styx is still a bar and legally anyone under 21 wouldn't be able to get in without some kind of sweep. It's rare that the owner has someone watching the door but it's not unheard of. So how do you get past this?
  • RP: Maybe you know someone on the inside? Find someone who works there to get you in and cover for you.
  • Fake ID: Maybe you have the background or the merit - something to cover your age.
  • Arcane: No one's going to card you if they don't even notice you.
  • Powerz: See Arcane.
  • TL;DR: If you're character isn't 21 you're more than welcome to come and rp just be aware that you're sneaking in or somehow disguising your age in your roleplay.
• Shady Deals: The Styx isn't just about serving beer and playin pool. It's also about making deals, trading favors, buyin and selling of...stuff.
• Open All Night: The Styx doesn't really get its act together or its doors open until dusk and doesn't generally close until a few hours before dawn. Maybe that's your scene.
• Witching Hour: Some people might stop by to play pool, grab food or a drink, but it's generally considered a bad idea to stay past midnight. Once it starts getting later, and the usual patrons start getting drunk(er), anyone who might look like an easy mark is generally picked on, targeted. A bell, like an old church bell, rings throughout the bar as sort of a signal to those gathered to let them know when the hour passes.
• Charon's Court: Maybe you need a favor? Maybe you need something that you normally can't find through other means. Maybe someone there can help you. Whether it's money, a problem to be fixed or a person to be dealt with, there are lots of options once you step through that door. But...there's always a price. All you need is two gold coins (dollars) to start your journey.

Streetwise

• Streetwise (1): It's a pool hall and biker bar on Fourth and F. The place has a new owner that's trying to fix it up a little; nothing much but enough to keep it going for the next twenty years. His name is Dawson.
  • Claimed: The bar is the home base of a motorcycle club called the Harbingers.
• Streetwise (2): I heard that he's already got some problems with the local gangs. The owner is also looking for people to work there. Bartender, Cook, Waiter/waitress - maybe just someone to mop up the blood at the end of the night. It's definitely a cash for service kind of operation.
• Streetwise (3):
• Streetwise (4): TBA
• Streetwise (5): TBA

Employment

The owner has sort of a sot spot for people trying to turn their lives around and needing some work. However, he's not running a charity so anyone who wants to pick up some quick cash has some hoops to jump through to demonstrate that they're worth him hiring. Call it an interview process, an audition or whatever - anyone who wants to work at the bar has to go through the same process. It's often referred to as "Meat Week".

Meat Week

During this audition phase, all new employees wear a standard bar t-shirt that reads FRESH MEAT across the back, because they're essentially just raw meat thrown into the grinder of the nightly drudgery of keeping the biker bar going. They serve booze and food, clean tables and floor, scrub the bathroom, empty the trash, anything and everything that would be considered a lowly, dirty job of any bar / pub - it's a Meat Job.

1. You lose your names for that week. If someone yells for Fresh Meat - you answer and do what they tell you.
2. You are not paid for your Meat Week - if you get tips you can keep them. We feed you before and after your shift.
3. You are the first to show and the last to go for each nightly shift.

When you complete your Meat Week, and if you managed to impress the boss, you are given the chance to work at the bar for real. You're paid, given a schedule and set duties. You even get your name back.