LOCATIONS

WELCOME TO WILLOW FALLS
a place to call home!

at least that's what the sign entering the city says. the residents of the town say different. each place within quarantine - i mean, willow - falls is as shabby as the last and there aren't many people who truly enjoy living in such a shitheel town. population 20,000 may seem small for any other town, but for a town with the square footage of willow falls, things get pretty crowded pretty quick. sure, it's livable, but it's absolutely not ideal. that being said, there are a lot of places to explore within the town if you like monotony, i guess. the town itself looks like at one point it may have been a quaint city in the middle of some podunk state, but now the forced urbanity has stripped away the charm the city may have once held.

HOUSING
the villas

imagine everything you hate about association housing - the cookie cutter, most of the time ugly houses, the stupid arbitrary rules, etc. etc. - and then make it profoundly old. all the houses, having been built around the 1930s, are one leveled and completely rectangular. every house is painted in some form of sepia and there's about a six feet of space between each house in the association. the only perk of the villas is the pool which is actually quite decent for having been installed in '76. the people that live here are somewhere around the middle portion of the middle class.

willow groves

willow groves is your average run of the mill apartment complex. not much can be said for the design of the apartments, all of them either 3 bedroom 2 baths or 2 bedroom 1 bath. the apartment buildings are all painted in a sickly yellow color that may have once been bright, but is now peeling and faded. no one really cares much for maintenance in terms of painting. lower middle class families and people populate willow groves.

overtown

overtown is the place that the government forgot, moreso than the rest of willow falls. projects covered with graffiti and aluminum built houses with peeling paint and scraggly lawns are the main housing for the people in this part of the city. 2 bedroom 1 bath, 1 bedroom 1 bath apartments, and 2 bedroom 2 bathroom homes are the bulk of this crowded area. those who live above and below the poverty line live in this part of town.

EDUCATION
st. mary's k-8

st. mary's k-8, home of the sharks, despite the fact that the closest beach is in the next town over. the building itself is a overlarge brownstone with three floors. out in the back there are rows of portables for the classes that don't fit within the building. the playground was just recently rennovated to include an actual play set and four fully functional swings. all in all, of all the schools within willow falls, st. mary's k-8 is the best kept.

margaret thatcher high

margaret thatcher high is quite possibly the shittiest school in the whole of america. who would blame them? they're the home of the ponies and their school was built out of an abandoned prison. yes. a prison. it's almost laughable how much irony is missed by the government and the board of education, honestly. the school itself is gray and imposing, wide and tall as most prisons are. they got rid of the fencing and the guard tower, but the barred windows keep it with that nice prison-y feel.

willow falls community college

ah yes, the college that's barely a college. the campus building is three stories tall and painted gray and white with a gaudy orange-yellow roof. on the second floor all the way on the right lies a glass walled atrium that overlooks the student parking lot. on the first floor, not too far from the staircase to the atrium is a cafe which is horribly overpriced and charges for utensils. since there isn't much else in terms of eating, people settle for the cafe, but they're not happy about it. on the opposite side of the building on the third floor, there is a balcony most people use to make out with their significant others. the most that can be said for willow falls community college is that it's... meh.

DOWNTOWN
new hope

new hope is as creepy as creepy gets. it used to be an old war hospital before it was left abandoned in favor of the newer kindred hospital in uptown. the peace group, day dreamers, managed to get power running through the structure and have deemed the hospital their main base of operation. the hospital was revamped to include housing and amenities like running water for those who have no home to return to or families who don't understand their motivations. it's drafty and decrepit but it's the best base of operations you can ask for in a town like willow falls.

south side

the south side of willow falls is home to a few abandoned buildings and the scraggly remains of what could've been a forest or grove. in an abandoned brownstone lies the night stalker base of operations. it plays more like a dorm than a base of operations, with its rows of rooms and communal dining area and kitchen. the electricity and water don't work due to faulty wiring, but portable generators and cases of water make up for what the building lacks. the thickness of the brownstone allows for better resistance to weather conditions.

barb's

barb's is a drag bar that is neutral territory in downtown. filled with colorful lights, pounding bass, and some of the funnest ballrooms, barb's is the best place to enjoy for anyone over 18. some people slip by with fake ids, but no one kicks up much of a fuss about that. barb's is a place to have fun and let loose if only for a few hours. the neutrality of the territory makes for excellent group mingling, especially when stress has been particularly high.

THE STRIP
exp

exp is an outdated arcade located in the strip mall in the middle of town. a lot of the younger kids hang out there and play galaga and punch-out for a few quarters. the arcade has the signature galaxy carpeting and rows of dusty machines as well as a small dining area for pizza and other restaurant items served at the arcade.

clipz n cutz

clipz n cutz is where you're most likely to find all the gossipy people in the town. the retro salon is usually filled with men and women talking about the tensions around town, the latest relationships, or just shooting the shit about their own lives and the lives of others. all the town's biggest secrets are up for discussion at clipz n cutz.

rowley's

perpetually smokey and dimly lit, rowley's is your standard pub. the atmosphere is perfect for shady deals and under the table interactions. or watching football if you're into that. the walls are decorated with pictures of old football stars and various memorabilia from different teams. the walls are half dark green and half pine wood paneling. the floor is tiled with navy blue linoleum and a red 50s style bar sits at the far right of the dining area.

UPTOWN
grandma amy's

grandma amy's is the most neutral place in willow falls. the woman who lives there - amberlynn "amy" blight - is a spitfire of a woman who has taken to caring for all members of the two groups within the city. all civil deals are done in her charming and quaint home next to woodrow park, a wooden two story tall structure she had built herself in the years after her husband's passing.

woodrow park

much like willow falls community college, woodrow park is the park that is barely a park. it stands with only two swings, a slide, and a few scraggly trees. a few benches dot the park at random intervals, but there isn't much there to look upon. this is the most prominent place for rallies for both groups.

city limits

a near deserted stretch of road with a few trees dotting the landscape and a rusted sign make up the entirety of the city limits of willow falls. no one ever dares to venture out alone because just beyond city limits is a watch tower. no one knows if anyone is watching and they don't know what will happen if they cross the line, but the fear alone keeps them confined to the city limits.