Dawnbreak Boulevard: Jaunt Info

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Dawnbreak Boulevard
Movies, Meta, and Mayhem
November 14 - December 24

Hollywood is timeless - so timeless that it spans both universes and timelines. Dawnbreak Boulevard is one of those places. The City of Movies, Vineland, is where everyone’s dreams are made or shattered at their feet. Larger than a panoramic city shot, and as small as a baby’s close-up, it takes all sorts of personalities to create a movie. However, behind the glitz, glamor, and red carpets, there is a seedier side of Vineland, one of love triangles, the intricate machinations needed to get a movie made, and above all, the almighty dollar, which makes the cameras roll and keeps the lights shining. Welcome to Transcendent Pictures, where dreams can come true if you’re lucky.

Currently, Transcendent is about to start filming The Phantom Thief, a pulp noir film based on the work of an extremely popular dime-novel author whose books have been flying off the shelves. There is quite a lot of excitement around this particular upcoming picture, as its main-character detective is one of the most beloved characters in current fiction. It has all of the hallmarks of a blockbuster, but as with everything in Vineland, anything can happen.

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WORLD INFO

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Vineland is in 1950s California, on an Earth but not quite our Earth, most notable in the lack of much of the ugly inequality underpinning modern society. There are still those with more money and resources than others, but it’s not as closely tied to race, sex, political beliefs or any of that - in theory, anyone has a chance to work their way to the top.

Movie studios are almost a world unto themselves. Most people, other than the highest up in the hierarchy live on-site, in apartments or houses (depending on your status!) to one side of where the magic happens: the soundstages. Transcendent Pictures has the best soundstages in Vineland, somewhere that anything can happen. The entire complex is miles across, and encompasses anything and everything you might need. There are clothing stores connected to the Wardrobe department, there is food, and there are the mysterious offices where executives, producers, and administrators work, as well as film editors, sound editors, and all the other people needed to make movies happen. Anyone in Transcendent is known to the administrators. Everyone has a tab, and their expenditures are taken out of their pay. Outside of the complex, further into the surrounding countryside, there are mansions where the rich and famous live, huge houses that are almost their own towns.

Everything is larger than life, drama and personalities amplified by the world of fiction that surrounds everyone each day. Little slights can blow up easily, and things that might seem inconsequential to the outside world can overwhelm people and destroy lives.

For all that, though, this is an entirely mundane world, with no inherent magic. The use of magic in a public setting will attract suspicion, and may tire the caster out more quickly than usual or not work as effectively as usual. Investigators are advised not to rely on supernatural abilities while in Vineland. (Liminal/psychic skills will work as normal, but again, Travelers should be mindful of who’s nearby before doing anything flashy.)