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DI INFERI
— WELCOME TO DI INFERI —
— SALTBURNT’S FINEST FIGHT CLUB —
BENEATH the hallowed House of Dís lies the underworld, of course. Patrons who impress attendants and advocates upstairs might find a crisp card slipped into their pockets or pressed into their palms, the weekly watchword etched into parchment stock on one side and an inked clue on the other. Find your copy of Dante’s Inferno in the dark alcove off the main hall and slip through the secret passage, down a spiralling staircase that goes ever on. As you descend, your pulse quickens. Others thud ahead or behind you. A murmur crests into a roar. At the end of the winding dark, the wall itself opens onto Di Inferi.
The pointed, castellated archways of the gothic revival tower over you, with black and green glass in place of windowpanes or kaleidoscopic stains. The vaulted, angular ceiling suggests the space was once a church of impressive verticality, an architectural marvel and spatial impossibility. Every blow rings louder in the cavernous space. And the latest match has already begun. Both Saltburnt’s willing and unwilling guests come to compete in — and bet upon — a weekly fight club. Elevated from the floor, a square boxing platform invites you to test your mettle. Spectators take their seats on the plush, emerald velvet-lined benches, raked to accommodate as many attendees as possible in the round. Above the ground level, a balcony hugs the walls, containing private boxes for high rollers as well as Sofia's private office. As at Dís, those familiar with the occult will spy symbols beneath their seats or etched onto the sides of the ring, drawing out your latent capacity for brutality ( and inclination to relish it, in the stands ).
If that seems a tad gauche, try the other deadly games of skill and chance daring you to join mahogany tables and tempting you to private alcoves, from which some never returnZ You’ll find gleaming knives and hardwood for five-finger fillet, targets for throwing blades, and gleaming apples, if you can find a volunteer to play William Tell. Time stretches thin, impossible to grasp, until it’s gone all at once, and you realise you’ve been playing through the night.
The pointed, castellated archways of the gothic revival tower over you, with black and green glass in place of windowpanes or kaleidoscopic stains. The vaulted, angular ceiling suggests the space was once a church of impressive verticality, an architectural marvel and spatial impossibility. Every blow rings louder in the cavernous space. And the latest match has already begun. Both Saltburnt’s willing and unwilling guests come to compete in — and bet upon — a weekly fight club. Elevated from the floor, a square boxing platform invites you to test your mettle. Spectators take their seats on the plush, emerald velvet-lined benches, raked to accommodate as many attendees as possible in the round. Above the ground level, a balcony hugs the walls, containing private boxes for high rollers as well as Sofia's private office. As at Dís, those familiar with the occult will spy symbols beneath their seats or etched onto the sides of the ring, drawing out your latent capacity for brutality ( and inclination to relish it, in the stands ).
If that seems a tad gauche, try the other deadly games of skill and chance daring you to join mahogany tables and tempting you to private alcoves, from which some never returnZ You’ll find gleaming knives and hardwood for five-finger fillet, targets for throwing blades, and gleaming apples, if you can find a volunteer to play William Tell. Time stretches thin, impossible to grasp, until it’s gone all at once, and you realise you’ve been playing through the night.
— JOIN THE FAMILY —
SOLDATO HOUSE FIGHTERS WHO ENTER THE RING EVERY WEEK.
REF CALLS FIGHTS & STOP THEM, IF NEEDED.
GUARDIA GUARD THE BOSS & PATRONS AGAINST SORE LOSERS, MORALISTS, & IRRITANTS.
VEDETTA MENTALISTS & TELEPATHS TO MONITOR PATRONS ACROSS BOTH PREMISES, BLOCK ANY CHEATS, & INFORM THE HOUSE.
REF CALLS FIGHTS & STOP THEM, IF NEEDED.
GUARDIA GUARD THE BOSS & PATRONS AGAINST SORE LOSERS, MORALISTS, & IRRITANTS.
VEDETTA MENTALISTS & TELEPATHS TO MONITOR PATRONS ACROSS BOTH PREMISES, BLOCK ANY CHEATS, & INFORM THE HOUSE.
ATTENDANT SERVERS, LISTENERS, & MINDERS.
MEDIC TO TEND THE WINNERS & LOSERS.
ASSOCIATE CONSULT THE ODDSMAKERS, SET MATCHES, & COLLECT PAYMENT.
AGGIUNTO ASSISTANT TO DON GIGANTE. MUST BE QUICK, CLEVER, & UNLIKELY TO ANNOY. DISCRETION ESSENTIAL.
MEDIC TO TEND THE WINNERS & LOSERS.
ASSOCIATE CONSULT THE ODDSMAKERS, SET MATCHES, & COLLECT PAYMENT.
AGGIUNTO ASSISTANT TO DON GIGANTE. MUST BE QUICK, CLEVER, & UNLIKELY TO ANNOY. DISCRETION ESSENTIAL.
IF YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF A UNIQUE SKILLSET, SUCH AS PRECOGNITION OR THE ABILITY TO LESSEN THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF OTHERS, PLEASE ENQUIRE WITH MANAGEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, HIRED EMPLOYEES WILL BE ASSESSED FOR THE ROLE OF UNDERBOSS.
— COLOR PALETTE —
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— HOUSE RULES —
— SOLDATOWORK FOR SOFIA AND MUST COMPETE EVERY WEEK. SHE EXPECTS YOU TO WIN. REGULARSMAY COME AND GO AS THEY PLEASE. EVEN IF YOU'RE TERRIBLE, KNOW THAT WE ENJOYED WATCHING YOU SUFFER.
— MATCHES,BRACKETS, ODDS, AND SEED RANKINGS ARE TYPICALLY DETERMINED BY PERFORMANCE BUT YOU MAY CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTERAND SETTLE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE RING, IF YOU PETITION THE DON OR HER AGGIUNTO FOR A SLOT.
— BETS WILL BE TAKEN AT DIS. FAVOURS, PROMISES, SECRETS, MEMORIES, REWARDS, AND PUNISHMENTS ARE THE CURRENCIES OF CHOICE. YOU MIGHT EVEN BET YOUR LOYALTY, YOUR FATE, OR YOUR SOUL, BUT DO BE AWARE THE PROPRIETESSES WILL COME TO COLLECT AT THEIR DISCRETION.
— ANY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE WEAPONSFROM THE PREMISES OR INTERFEREWITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE GAMES WILL BE HARSHLY PUNISHED.
— OWNED BY SOFIA GIGANTEAND OPERATED AS A SISTER BUSINESS TO HOUSE OF DÍS WITH M.N. ANTONESCU.
— MATCHES,BRACKETS, ODDS, AND SEED RANKINGS ARE TYPICALLY DETERMINED BY PERFORMANCE BUT YOU MAY CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTERAND SETTLE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE RING, IF YOU PETITION THE DON OR HER AGGIUNTO FOR A SLOT.
— BETS WILL BE TAKEN AT DIS. FAVOURS, PROMISES, SECRETS, MEMORIES, REWARDS, AND PUNISHMENTS ARE THE CURRENCIES OF CHOICE. YOU MIGHT EVEN BET YOUR LOYALTY, YOUR FATE, OR YOUR SOUL, BUT DO BE AWARE THE PROPRIETESSES WILL COME TO COLLECT AT THEIR DISCRETION.
— ANY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE WEAPONSFROM THE PREMISES OR INTERFEREWITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE GAMES WILL BE HARSHLY PUNISHED.
— OWNED BY SOFIA GIGANTEAND OPERATED AS A SISTER BUSINESS TO HOUSE OF DÍS WITH M.N. ANTONESCU.
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𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
OUT OF CHARACTER
PLAYER NAME: Laura, she/her.
CONTACT: locution @ dw, unsolved @ plurk.
INVITED BY: I live here.
CURRENT CHARACTERS: Bob Reynolds, Gale Dekarios.
TRIGGERS: N/A.
CONTACT: locution @ dw, unsolved @ plurk.
INVITED BY: I live here.
CURRENT CHARACTERS: Bob Reynolds, Gale Dekarios.
TRIGGERS: N/A.
IN CHARACTER
CHARACTER NAME: Sofia Gigante (formerly Falcone).
CHARACTER AGE: 37
CHARACTER CANON: The Penguin/The Batman. Reeves' Batverse. Whatever the kids are calling it.
CANON POINT: S1, E4.
ABILITIES: Nothing to report.
CHARACTER AGE: 37
CHARACTER CANON: The Penguin/The Batman. Reeves' Batverse. Whatever the kids are calling it.
CANON POINT: S1, E4.
ABILITIES: Nothing to report.
SURVEY
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND? WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WEALTH?:
To be a Falcone is to only know wealth, power and freedom, with near absolute dominion in Gotham. Sofia was accordingly raised in extravagant, generational wealth in her family's biggest mansion (and, occasionally, one of several Italian villas), all paid for by dirty, dirty money. The Falcones are Gotham's biggest crime family and have been for decades. In a city with a stark wealth divide, they're part of the haves in every sense of the word -- simultaneously enmeshed with Gotham's seedy underworld and its high society. Even as a young girl, Sofia knew where her family's money came from and that it was essential to lie about this for appearance's sake. Her father controlled the Gotham City Police until very recently, with significant influence over the local government as well.
As the eldest daughter to Carmine, the last leader of the family, she was poised to inherit the empire and tasked with a good little rich girl PR Campaign, heading her deceased mother's generous charitable foundation. She was spoilt but polite, even sweet, until she crossed her father, who had her imprisoned for his own crimes. Ten years in Arkham Asylum have since roughened up her edges (and tested her sanity). No point in adhering to manners in handcuffs, right?
Still, as old money, she has a disdain for the new - the scrappy indignities of the self-made man, the cheap imitations of designer work. You can't buy taste or class, after all. She's also a gangster, trying to embrace and signal her power, so said taste manifests in fur coats, precious gems, and designer pulls. She may be kinder than some of her family members, but she still plans to seize power by explotiing the working class and views those beneath as her as expendable (i.e. torturing and shooting an innocent young man to prove a point; nobody will miss a street kid). This is most evident in her relationship with her driver, Oz Cobb: While she scolds family who mock him for his disability and views him almost paternally, she also reminds him of his place as staff, not family, and even seems surprised when he dares enter her family home (drivers and dogs wait outside).
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?: PR/Comms.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
She was arrested for the murder of seven women, named the Hangman by the press for it, and imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
4ever by The Veronicas, except it's about getting your crime family back not a man okay.
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
Smoking, sex, violence.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
Gin, preferably in a dirty martini.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?: Poached. Put in the work, chef.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Her brother, Alberto's. He's the only person to ever truly love her and stand by her in prison, and as well as her only companion for the last ten years besides her pervy psychiatrist. Bathwater privileges it is.
To be a Falcone is to only know wealth, power and freedom, with near absolute dominion in Gotham. Sofia was accordingly raised in extravagant, generational wealth in her family's biggest mansion (and, occasionally, one of several Italian villas), all paid for by dirty, dirty money. The Falcones are Gotham's biggest crime family and have been for decades. In a city with a stark wealth divide, they're part of the haves in every sense of the word -- simultaneously enmeshed with Gotham's seedy underworld and its high society. Even as a young girl, Sofia knew where her family's money came from and that it was essential to lie about this for appearance's sake. Her father controlled the Gotham City Police until very recently, with significant influence over the local government as well.
As the eldest daughter to Carmine, the last leader of the family, she was poised to inherit the empire and tasked with a good little rich girl PR Campaign, heading her deceased mother's generous charitable foundation. She was spoilt but polite, even sweet, until she crossed her father, who had her imprisoned for his own crimes. Ten years in Arkham Asylum have since roughened up her edges (and tested her sanity). No point in adhering to manners in handcuffs, right?
Still, as old money, she has a disdain for the new - the scrappy indignities of the self-made man, the cheap imitations of designer work. You can't buy taste or class, after all. She's also a gangster, trying to embrace and signal her power, so said taste manifests in fur coats, precious gems, and designer pulls. She may be kinder than some of her family members, but she still plans to seize power by explotiing the working class and views those beneath as her as expendable (i.e. torturing and shooting an innocent young man to prove a point; nobody will miss a street kid). This is most evident in her relationship with her driver, Oz Cobb: While she scolds family who mock him for his disability and views him almost paternally, she also reminds him of his place as staff, not family, and even seems surprised when he dares enter her family home (drivers and dogs wait outside).
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?: PR/Comms.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
She was arrested for the murder of seven women, named the Hangman by the press for it, and imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
4ever by The Veronicas, except it's about getting your crime family back not a man okay.
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
Smoking, sex, violence.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
Gin, preferably in a dirty martini.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?: Poached. Put in the work, chef.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Her brother, Alberto's. He's the only person to ever truly love her and stand by her in prison, and as well as her only companion for the last ten years besides her pervy psychiatrist. Bathwater privileges it is.
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𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
SOFIA @ memes / psls   IC INFO CANON POINT. s1, e4. CANON AWARENESS. the batman, penguin, a lot of bat comics. AGE. late 30s. HEIGHT. 5’2" (5'8" in her platform heels) VISUAL. black shag cut, huge brown eyes, dresses like a mob boss (dripping with jewels, fur coats, block heel louboutins). wardrobe favours archival courrèges, prada, lanvin, dries van noten and vivienne westwood. AUDIO. deep voice, “gotham” (long island esque) accent, mobster lilt. IC PERMISSIONS PHYSICAL AFFECTION. results may vary, but attempts are welcome. she's a taut, live wire. FLIRTING. yes, she may or may not reciprocate. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. sure, but she's scrappy, MINDREADING. always. MAGIC. yes. IC LIMITS. nah. WARNINGS. refs to drug addiction, incarceration / carceral abuse, sex work, violence against women / femicide / domestic abuse, dubious sexual dynamics (she's fucking her prison psychiatrist), medical abuse (think rosemary kennedy).
OOC PERMISSIONS TIMEZONE. BST/GMT. PACE. slow to medium. ACTION/PROSE. present tense action preferred. BACKTAGGING. yes, ofc! no matter how old. FOURTHWALLING nah. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS. n/a. OTHER NOTES. feel free to PM and chat. happy to add folks i thread with on discord or plurk. |