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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.
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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.
JOIN —
The Family requires your loyalty. You may fight and bet while in its service, but any actions taken against the Di Inferi or her sister establishment will result in immediate termination.
no subject
POSITION:
☐ Soldato
☐ Ref
☑ Guardia
☐ Vedetta
☐ Attendant
☐ Medic
☐ Associate
☐ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: We talked about this already, sweetheart.
YOUR SKILLS: Ex-CIA sleeper and current agent for a multidimensional entity. Been fighting for a long ass time. I'm the frontline man, the one they send out for the worst missions.
YOUR LIMITS: there's nothing I won't do.
ANYTHING ELSE: can I be head guard, I'll be good I promise.
no subject
POSITION:
☐ Soldato
☑ Ref
☑ Guardia
☐ Vedetta
☐ Attendant
☐ Medic
☐ Associate
☐ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: I can stop fights, and I can start them. You'd just be putting me in a ring to do it.
YOUR SKILLS: Special forces military. Ex-Yakuza.
YOUR LIMITS: Kill, torture, maim or otherwise harm anyone more than immediately necessary.
ANYTHING ELSE: I'll keep your fighters and your patrons intact, but I won't be your soldier.
no subject
POSITION:
☐ Soldato
☐ Ref
☐ Guardia
☐ Vedetta
☑ Attendant
☐ Medic
☐ Associate
☐ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: Was a thug for hire for a government agency at the beginning then end, had a personal project in the middle. Thought I'd try something different here. I get the job done. Sometimes, I'm the only one. (Sorry, Antonia)
YOUR SKILLS: I can phase—turn invisible, pass through people, furniture, the like, for minute at the time. Tell you what I hear.
YOUR LIMITS: Haven't got any. Or friends, this point.
ANYTHING ELSE: I can carry seven steins in an arm, which is better than service industry experience.
no subject
POSITION:
☑ Soldato
☐ Ref
☐ Guardia
☑ Vedetta
☐ Attendant
☐ Medic
☐ Associate
☐ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: I'm a professional cage fighter who's been stress-tested in multiple environments and high-risk scenarios since I was around 10. Starting, pacing, and ending fights is what I do.
YOUR SKILLS: Spilled blood makes me stronger, don't matter if it's mine or someone else's. I'll keep going when most people start dropping, unless you tell me to drop, jump, or roll over first. I can single out any illusions or abnormalities in reality used against your people or your patrons. Can't read minds traditionally, not yet, but I can read surface memories or pull and trap a mark into a gnarlier memory when you need sensitive information extracted or when you just want someone who's fucked around to find out.
YOUR LIMITS: Ain't got any. Whatever Don Gigante says builds character is what goes.
ANYTHING ELSE: Do we get spanked if we lose?
no subject
POSITION:
☐ Soldato
☐ Ref
☑ Guardia
☑ Vedetta
☐ Attendant
☐ Medic
☐ Associate
☑ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: i am alia.
YOUR SKILLS: everything.
YOUR LIMITS: i will not tend to the wounded, it is their own fault.
ANYTHING ELSE: everyone else will be bad at it, but i will make them be good. i will eliminate annoyances and unmake them in their own minds and kill them if you prefer it. i contain the multitudes of millennia of mothers within my mind and i do not suffer fools or disrespect beneath a roof i have been sworn to. i have never lost a battle and i have fed the hungry sands with the blood of galaxies.
i would also like to wear a pretty dress and not a uniform please tell me if this is allowed (say yes).
no subject
POSITION:
☐ Soldato
☐ Ref
☐ Guardia
☐ Vedetta
☐ Attendant
☑ Medic
☐ Associate
☐ Aggiunto
☐ Other
YOUR PITCH: I'm a doctor.
YOUR SKILLS: I can fix owies.
YOUR LIMITS: I don't need to resort to magic like some losers around here.
ANYTHING ELSE: If you want me to help fix fights, I will require a really good bribe. If you want me to snitch to you about anyone I find fixing fights, I'll also require a really good bribe. Confidentiality shmonfidentiality.
ATTEND —
If your character attends or participates in the club regularly, comment below. This is intended as a jumping off point for CR and matches in the ring.
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☐ Spectator
☐ Gambler
☑ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? dude is tough, experienced and heals fast!! would love for ppl to take bets on him and/or attempt fighting. he made a name for himself in underground rings back home and was fighting before then, but hasn't showcased much of that anywhere in salt except buffy's studio, where it's been toned down. he's gonna be here a lot. open to it all ❤️
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☐ Spectator
☐ Gambler
☑ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? Fight her! Bet on her! She'll be making a name for herself in the ring for being stronger than she looks and fiercely violent.
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☑ Spectator
☐ Gambler
☑ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? He's on the scrawnier side but scrappy, fights dirty, fights clever, occasionally pulls out moves that seem way more experienced and advanced than his usual style. Clearly gets high off the violence and will try to fight longer than he should, mouths off the whole time. Fight him, bet on him, question him about wtf he's doing, drag him somewhere private to bleed off the adrenaline a different way, open for anything!
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☐ Spectator
☐ Gambler
☑️ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? she’s 4’11” and scrawny and probably wouldn’t be someone you’d bet on on looks alone but she trained under a welterweight boxing champion and is Fucking Tough. would love for ppl to underestimate her and get their asses beat, ppl who are a good challenge that she could come to respect/want to train with/enjoy fighting, neg CR for grudge matches
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☐ Spectator
☐ Gambler
✓ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? People are free to notice how she moves (occasionally faster and with more agility than humans are capable of) and training in multiple forms of martial arts and boxing. She'll hold back if she knows she's fighting someone human when it comes to the transgenic capabilities, but still employ her training. They're also free to recognize her from Buffy's gym where she's taught classes. Feel free to take bets or fight with her as well!
no subject
ATTENDS AS:
☐ Spectator
☐ Gambler
✔ Fighter
☐ Thrill-seeker
CAN OTHERS NOTICE? Y
CR YOU WANT FROM THIS? open to people fighting him or betting on him! chris is a pretty skilled fighter, trained from when he was a kid in hand-to-hand combat and weaponry, and is both ex-military and has served in black ops missions around the world. he's strong and in peak human physical condition, but he is also just that — human. he will be going by peacemaker in the ring, and he's annoying.
INFORM —
You may inform Don Gigante of matches thrown or rigged, unsanctioned deceit, persons of interest, and acts against the Di Inferi Family directly through her private inbox.