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Desperado Club

The Desperado Club · the club

The crawlers' members-only safe-room lounge and hub, where deals are struck and information traded across the floor.

Story so far

The Desperado Club is the crawlers' recurring members-only safe-room establishment, accessible via the Desperado Pass. On the fifth floor's necropolis bubble it serves as neutral ground where Carl meets the subterranean tomb-raiders Morris Sp and Bobby D.J. to hand off the Necropolis Map, and where Katia Grim and Princess Donut sit for hours copying it. It houses a Silk Road market, a guild hall, and gaudy entertainments like the "Penis Parade" strip act (which hands out hats for a gold tip).

It's where the party's rock-creature bodyguards — The Sledge, Bomo, and now Very Sullen — stand watch, and where Chris Andrews 2 infamously crushed Frank Q's skull, earning a lifetime ban. With the floor's siege atmosphere, its usual leisurely crowd has thinned to crawlers rushing straight to trade and vanish.

Appearance

A dim, booth-lined club with a bar, a market row (the Silk Road), a guild hall, and lurid cabaret entertainments.

Role

The floor's social and commercial nerve center, where crawlers negotiate, resupply, and gather intel.

Relationships

Carl — Meets rival crawlers here and resupplies on the Silk Road market.
The Sledge — One of the club-linked rock-creature bodyguards on the party's payroll.
Chris Andrews 2 — Banned for life after murdering Frank Q at the club's counter.

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Chapter 7
  • The crawlers' members-only safe-room lounge and hub, where deals are struck and information traded across the floor.
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