1. Locations

Underground

The dirty side of the city, Nakarta's Underground got its name from how crime lords grew their roots in the lower portions of the city. What was once used for warehouses and storage for bigger companies slowly emptied and gave other groups a chance to establish footholds.

The Corca family is known to reside here in small groups, the distant family of the very public face of Silver de la Corca. 

If there's something illegal you want, you go here. Finding an entrance is often difficult as they're often built over in a half-assed attempt to stop people from getting their hands on illicit materials. Androids can be bought and sold, prosthetics with wild capabilities, beasts that are barely being contained.

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Entrances

There are a lot of entrances into the Undergrowth, most are inside buildings and warehouses on the edge of the middle layer of Nakarta. Most are sealed or heavily guarded by unmarked guards. Not many true entrances are easy to access but those who know where they often slink in and out of these places incredibly easily. 

Most entrances are elevators that many daredevils think don't work, trying to explore them or power them through outside sources. It's not often that it happens but people who wander downward are either knocked out and returned to the city or never found again, depending on who finds them. 

Finding an actively used entrance often means stumbling upon a puzzle you need to solve to get the elevator open or a person you need to find. Active entrances often change as most buildings extended downward, but many were remodeled when the city started rebuilding over a century ago.

Rules of the Undergrowth

There are a set of rarely spoken rules for the Undergrowth that you either learn from experience or get told by a kinder soul.

  • Don't stare too long at anyone, everyone has eyes everywhere and there's a high chance you'll get into trouble for it.
  • Augmentations here run rampant, everyone here started human even if they don't look it.
  • If you take a job, don't question it. Just do it and get paid.
  • Take everything with a grain of salt.