Characters:
"The
Gang" (4):
James
Achaia, 17 in first episode
Joe
Termine, 17 in first episode
Katie, 17 in the first episode (but almost 18)
"The Rest":
Benji
Lefty Davidson
Professor Bill Johnson
The Magical City of Wonder: Dayboqrx
This is the first "On Our Own" README file, it
tells you everything about the setting of the show, which is, of course, complicated
by nature, because, well we are stupid like that.
Dayboqrx is the largest city in the history of the
universe (or at least on Earth if you want to get technical). At last census, the cities population was
just shy of 40 million, and is increasing exponentially. It is comprised of three main islands, North
Dayboqrx, East Dayboqrx, and Dayboqrx City.
The island that most of the show takes place on is the main island of Dayboqrx
City. 326 streets that travel southwest
to northeast run through the city, and 22 avenues (12 major and 10 minor) that
run northwest to southeast.
In the first episode, the four members of "The
Gang" are looking for a place to live in Dayboqrx, as they each gain early
admission to Dayboqrx University, in the Connection of Dayboqrx. They find a large penthouse rented out to
them by Lefty Davidson, a man who owns the bar downstairs in the Red Light
District of the city, the district located between the streets of 59th and
90th, making it the largest district in all of the city.
The Connection is where the three major Dayboqrx highways
meet, the highest volume section of the city. The three highways are:
Asham Boulevard, that runs through North and East
Dayboqrx, traveling to major attractions like Dayboqrx A&M University, Myre
Park, and Dayboqrx Arena at Dayboqrx State University.
Presidential Boulevard, that runs through the Eastern
portion of Dayboqrx. In the northern section of the city, as you travel farther
from the Connection, Presidential Boulevard becomes Fashion Avenue (north of
160th Street and south of 243rd Street).
Dayboqrx Pentagon Boulevard, runs around the Golden
Pentagon, making it hell for traffic during Rush Hour. It starts off traveling through the Lower
East Side into the pentagon, around East Avenue. Accidents on the DPB cause horrible delays, some of which extend
rush hour as late as 8 pm. Due to this,
the Dayboqrx City governmental administration suggests that when a problem like
this occurs, one would use the cities mass transit system. The 8, P, and T trains run through the
Pentagon and can take you wherever you want to go into the city.
The three major highways meet at what is called the
Connection, which can be found along 216th St. Just north of the
actual Connection is the hallowed campus of Dayboqrx University, the premier
higher learning institution of the city. Analogous to what could be close to an
Ivy league school, the Dayboqrx University teams has led research of scientific
and technological advances that makes it the most highly learned section of the
city, which isn't saying much.
There are two premier sporting venues at the Connection
on the campus, Vega Coliseum and Lillehammer Arena.
Vega Coliseum is the largest stadium in the entire city,
seating 89,000 Xtreme fans (did we mention that the Dayboqrx U. teams are
called the Xtreme, and their symbol is a teal and tan penguin?) The Coliseum is
used for football, soccer, and baseball. Due to its horrendous nature against
opposing teams, with 89,000 screaming fans in close proximity to the field, the
stadium has been nicknamed "The Jungle." Dayboqrx went an undefeated 4-0 in conference games at home last
season, allowing a stingy 10 points in those four games.
Lillehammer Arena is a smaller arena, but has
state-of-the-art facilities. It is more commonly referred to as "The Arena
at the Connection" as it overlooks the Dayboqrx River. It houses the ice
hockey and basketball teams.
The Red Light District is where "The Gang"
finds housing, because of the unfortunately low land values. If you know
anything about Red Light districts, then you should know that it makes very
little sense that a group of teenagers would live here, but then again, why
should this show make any sense at all.
Another important section of the city revolves around Parque
Avenue, and therefore it is called Parque Circle. There are high land values
here. I'm sure we will never mention any of this section in the show, so why am
I typing this, I should really stop, but yet here I am, still talking about
something unimportant...
This is why Dayboqrx is the weirdest city in the world:
Dayboqrx's weather patterns and calendar make it the
weirdest place in the world, mainly because we have the power to make things
like this, and really, we shouldn't have that kind of power.
In short, there is a giant mountain west of the city, Mt.
Dayboqrx. This mountain has eyes on it, so the citizens of Dayboqrx are always
being watched. There is a solitary man who lives in the mountain, and he
controls all of Dayboqrx's weather. For one, because of the mountain, the sun
sets every day at about one in the afternoon, as the mountain is extremely
tall. The man in the mountain is so lonely that he is depressed and therefore,
controls the weather for the negative. It is either raining or snowing or
cloudy almost every day, and this plays directly into some plot lines of
ours. Eh, that wasn’t very short in
hindsight, now was it?
Oh, and before I forget, did you notice Dayboqrx isn’t
spelled “Day Box” like it should be?
Well, if you’re curious, the Q and the R are both silent, so let’s move
on.
The calendar was instituted by a former mayoral
administration and consists of ten months of 45 days. There are nine days in a
Dayboqrx week, and therefore, five weeks a month. The days are not by any means
in the correct order, so let's explain:
The week begins with Premiumday, the most festive day of
the week. On this day, the Earth's seven moons (as seen from Dayboqrx, ...
we've gone too far haven't we. Never mind).
Now that you have read this and you aren't completely turned away from this show, please read through some of our episode scripts and the other READMEs to get more acquainted. If you are interested from what you have just read, I'm sure you'll love the scripts.
New scripts are uploaded to the website every Friday night at about 6:00 PM Eastern (starting August 22).
Written and prepared by John Painting, Maniac number one.
Dayboqrx invented and first spelled by Joe Termine.
Dayboqrx City designed by John Painting.
Weather and calendar aspects invented by James Achaia.
Characters invented by John Painting and James Achaia,
two people who really have nothing better to do than write this stuff.
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