Sargasso Supplements - The Big Boxes

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Main Article: Sargasso, The Ever-Changing City

A lot of locations have appeared in Sargasso and the rest of the continent, some are small like an old stable and some are massive like an entire city block. However, some of these locations aren't exactly that stellar, as some of these locations that pop-up are abandoned big box stores and shopping malls that are in various states of disrepair, with parts of them being stripped of different metals like copper and aluminum.

There is however something that groups of more creative citizens in both The City and the outer limits of it have a thought of when one of these ruins pop up, and that is, "What can I do with this?"

This resulted in two known Big Boxes and one two-story Mall that ended up on the continent, two Big Boxes on the city's surface and the Mall underneath the City getting re-purposed, and all of them getting a unique make-over:

1. One of the two Big Boxes on The City's surface is dubbed "Tosher's Market", a massive bazaar that non-Basuras who do not want to go scavenging in The Sea go to to find what could've possibly be buried miles under The Sea's surface. The different stands that exist in this Big Box are run by a variety of different Toshers, scavengers of The Super Sargasso Sea, who sell whatever items they managed to find in The Sea for whatever profit they can get. Some of the stand owners are non-humans such as Basura, who require a trade in order to get what you want; The Brewborn who usually sell more supernatural items such as potions and charms; and The Nephilim, who sell Soul-Forged wares crafted from the re-forged souls of sinners.


2. The other Big Box on The City's surface is "Squatter's Square", what is effectively an apartment complex mostly for people who came to Sargasso, but their homes didn't come with them, leaving them with nothing but what was on their person at the time of getting transported. Much of the space inside this Big Box is filled with numbered cubicles that have the basic essentials for a living space such as a decent-sized bed and a small, lockable dresser to store ones clothing & whatever items they want to keep. And like a normal apartment complex, the tenant has to pay for the rent, so people staying in these cubicles have to get a job, such as working as a Tosher and selling what you collected at Tosher's Market. There are areas in Squatter's Square that hold places like dining areas, restrooms and bathing areas so the tenants can have other living essentials to go with their cubicle in terms of living conditions.

Writer's Note: This would be a really great place to start for your story if your protagonist is an average joe/jane who first arrived in Sargasso.


3. The two-story mall underneath The City is called "Cloacina's Citadel". This specific structure is hidden within the miles of maze-like sewer systems that rival The Catacombs of Paris in terms of how easily you can get lost and never finding your way out or be found ever again. And while the mall was previously left to decay, it still has electricity so things like the elevators, escalators and water fountains still work. The mall became the home to an entity named Cloacina, a displaced Roman goddess from the time of Ancient Rome that keeps the sewer systems functioning properly and uses the mall as her personal temple. The Citadel is also home to the organization, MUCC, of which the goddess is it's patron deity. Because of the tactical position of this Citadel, many criminals have scoured the sewers to find the mall to use it as a safe haven for lawbreakers, but only those the goddess deems worthy may know the way to her temple safely, so many goons ended up spending hours trying to scour every inch of the sewers before giving up and/or getting permanently lost or worse, ending up in the company of Scratches Malone.

Writer's Note: Cloacina isn't the only displaced deity in Sargasso, which will be explained in a separate Supplement.
Edit: And that supplement is found here.
Sargasso Supplement - Displaced DeitiesMain Article: Sargasso, The Ever-Changing City
The Roman District has several things that make it different from the others. Other then being the only district in Sargasso not from the 19th to 21st centuries, The Roman District has several gods that are from The Roman Pantheon. Though these aren't gods that most people have heard of like Jupiter, Juno or Vulcan, they are relatively obscure and most of them aren't as powerful as the more well known gods. These gods have been known to go outside their district and into the rest of both the city and the continent, to continue their duties as they did back in their world.
Those currently known are as such:
Securitas, goddess of security, especially the security of the Roman empire
Probably the closest thing to a leader to these displaced deities, Securita


(--Writer's Note--)
The Big Boxes
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D3AD-MAD-HATT3R's avatar
These are some interesting locations.