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Message: <blockquote data-quote="marcoasalazarm" data-source="post: 3839713" data-attributes="member: 26698">Well, thankfully, it hasn't.And now, for you people..."Come on, baby,Don't you wanna go?Back to the same old place..."SWEET HOME CHICAGO<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/US-IL-Chicago.png/800px-US-IL-Chicago.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2004-07-14_2600x1500_chicago_lake_skyline.jpg/800px-2004-07-14_2600x1500_chicago_lake_skyline.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Chicago visually remains the same, even if it was hit hard at several locations during the Hours.Chicago's Post-Vanishing 'rebirth' involves two major things: art and robotics. Art-wise, Chicago has become a venue for musicians, the Mecca of Blues (especially with New Orleans being a battleground). Leading this are the Blues Brothers (see main Coreline thread). Many Blues-related clubs (legal and illegal) have popped up all over the city.Robotics-wise, Pioneer Entertainment is to blame, in a fashion. Following a ratherr... *loud*... struggle for recognition of their rights, a large amount of Third-Type Androids emigrated to the city, and robotics firms within the area either started producing Third-Types (or 33-S Boomers) or give out 'Third' aftermarket packages (and it's needless to say that anti-robot factions love to raise hell on this town).Crime on this town is also at an in-between. While violence, racketeering and illegal booze have skyrocketed, others (such as drug dealing) have plummeted, mostly thru the actions of already-settled organized crime (let's just say that the Chicago Mafia hates drug dealers and let's leave it at that).SAMPLE PRE-VANISHING LOCATIONS:+NAVY PIER: Thoroughly thrashed during a battle between the Chicago police and Nadiaverse Atlanteans, it is now on the road to full reconstruction and expansion.+LINCOLN PARK ZOO: It has been expanded with multiple Fiction creature exhibitions. During the Hours, many animals escaped an even now not all of them have been captured.+SEARS TOWER: Although the structure remains standing, the upper 20 floors were rendered uninhabitable during the Hours.+JOLIET PRISON: Re-activated by the Illinois Department of Corrections to house 'unaugmented' criminals, it is currently undergoing major 'upgrades'.SAMPLE POST-VANISHING LOCATIONS:+RICHARD E. DALEY SPACEPORT: Located deep within Lake Michigan and connected to dry land on Evanston, its entry vectors are calculated to avoid getting in the way of Adler Planetarium's field of view.+'THE SPEAK-EASY': Concealed somewhere deep inside Chicago's underground, it is THE 'Speak-Easy'-a gathering place for all of the illegal profiteers in the city.+ASAKURA AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, INC.: Located in a simple warehouse on Calumet City, it is run by Dr. Ryuunosuke Asakura. Even if the man's mental health is at times questionable (for example, he's paid top dollar for use of his patents and he still lives in virtual poverty), he's nevertheless the mind behind the Third-Type Androids-and his large number of clients (and the clout they wield) has made him untouchable to all corporations.+GUNSMITH CATS: Bounty hunters, police officers and all-around gun-nuts flock to this gun store. Rally Vincent has become the other 'go-to' for custom-made firearms in Chicago aside from Hakubi Customs, and it shows. Even Washu has joined forces on a handful of designs.Do make yourself a favor and don't get *anywhere* near this store if you have a bounty on your head.SAMPLE NOTABLE FICTION CHARACTERS:<img src="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/la_nonies/alcapone.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+AL CAPONE: An 'idealized' version of him (looking like the real one with maybe some DeNiro showing through on his mannerisms), the man is hard-core Old-School Italian Mafia, brutal to his enemies, rewarding to those who have shown loyalty. The only vice he allows in his territory is booze, all other drugs (and dealers) are 'convinced' to do business elsewhere-usually with a barrage of Tommy Gun fire.<img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z80/mclark209/prison_break-michael_scofield2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+MICHAEL SCOFIELD: This Alternate of him has, somehow, managed to become leader of the most powerful gang inside Joliet Prison and has actually *stopped* several break-out attempts by other inmates (whether he did so in order to be able to break out himself later on, nobody knows).<img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r52/c0171/Armitage6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+NAOMI ARMITAGE: An Alternate of an unknown timeline (with classified files and who purposely dodges all questions about her past), she is in a position of power as the Assistant District Attorney of Chicago. She is still the 'Terror In Hot Pants' she has always been-but many an inmate in Joliet can tell you it's an act to catch you off-guard.<img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/little_unicorn_15/rally_blue.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+RALLY VINCENT: Many Alternate versions of her live on this city, some who own gun stores, some who are full-time bounty hunters, some who are mercenaries and more than one who is a vigilante. Needless to say, this bunch can occasionally become a powderkeg, with more than one going into high-speed chases and gun battles to prove that they are *the* Rally Vincent.<img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/spider_lisser/rbean01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+BEAN BANDIT: 'The Road Buster', a for-hire transporter that will transport anything, anywhere, anytime, for the right price. High-speed chases involving Bean have been the end of many a patrol car, and as such, many officers pull out all the stops whenever they see him.With many a Bean Bandit Alternate who has sworn off transporting drugs (mainly thanks to Alternates of Rally Vincent), finding one who still hasn't done so is a 'hot item' in the Illinois underground-but even Bean is starting to admit that is becoming harder every day to do 'the biz' with many crazy cops, vigilantes and wanna-be's out there.<img src="http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd55/adf1977/JasonStatham.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />+FRANK MARTIN: If Bean Bandit is the symbol of one end of the 'transportation' business, Frank Martin is the other. Professional, cool under pressure and following his rules every step of the way, there are many stories about Martin-including one where Bandit challenged him to a race and Martin said no because 'drag racing wouldn't help his business'.Needless to say, Bandit dislikes Martin A LOT.</blockquote>

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