#midwest killjoys

it’s summer and the sun is shining brightly. it’s fall and the sun is shining brightly. it’s winter and the sun is shining brightly. it’s spring and the sun is shining brightly. you’ve lost track of the seasons.

you tune into your nearest radio station for updates only to be met with static. then, someone screams before the line is harshly cut.

another radio station is pure static. no matter where you are you’re met with it, and if you listen closely you can hear whisperers. no one knows why, though.

you’re sweating in the daylight. it’s hot, hotter than hot. a joy collapsed from heat stroke a few yards back but you continue your journey. and when day turns to night, it’s cold. your blanket and leather jacket do nothing to help your shivers. you hate this.

(Im so sorry about my late response !! I wasn't feeling well but hopefully my answerll make up for my absence ! 😶)

Motor City:

Ahh well as a Midwest joy I can tell you exact ! (Especially because Madame Bitch will hate me for it)

So our Capital is called Motor City... And it's a lot like Battery City... Except a lot of the buildings were from before BLI came in and are just made to look pretty. It's very bright, there's lots of lights, tunnels, and bridges,, it's like the city's constantly moving. (Kind of stupid they added lots but don't bother fixing the broken huh?) After word spread of Killjoy's escaping Battery City, BLI upgraded the security/cameras in Motor City (hence why killjoy's tend to wear darker "grungier" outfits in the Midwest... Gotta blend in with what you can). Underneath the "glorious" city there's the Lobby,, yes just like in Bat City too,, it's very dirty and it's where BLI likes to keep all the ugly in the city they can't hide. All the factories,, the overworked class and droids,, it's just... Not pretty. I assume it's very similar to the slums there... They also make an extreme effort to make water inaccessible,, don't believe what they say. The water is fine... But don't be stupid and try to break the walls down yourself

Zone 1:

Everything is neat in Motor City. Everything is clean. Everything is perfect... But outside the city everything is in ruins. It's such a drastic difference it's almost incomprehensible. The zones on the west coast are very open, but the zones of the Midwest tend to be more cluttered... In the first zone there's nothing but abandoned vehicles, businesses, and factories. Even buildings so tall you can't even see the top of em ! Completely in ruins... But since everything's so close to the city the Dracs/Exterminators patrol it quite frequently. That's why anything you want/need has to be quick and if you're just escaping you don't want to stop running until you at least hit Suburbia. Don't get me wrong though... We killjoys look out for each other, there are plenty of paths/tunnels made by the joys to safely (try to safely) navigate even the more dangerous zones.. but keep in mind BLI has got their own paths too.

Zone 2:

Suburbia... It's also very cluttered, just not as much. It's filled with abandoned homes/schools/drug stores, most of which have been made into temporary homes for killjoys. You have to keep moving,, so most joys leave what they can/have to spare for other joys to use... And they do the same and so on ! There's lots of graffiti and art everywhere as well.. cursing BLI mostly (and obviously). Everyone expects things to be very green but... Everything's still growing back ! (Nuclear war harms everyone ! Haven't seen rain here in god knows how long) There's some, but it's limited and mostly dead/brush

Zone 3-6:

And the reason I group them together is because... Everything really looks the same, you start getting into what used to be fuckin Ohio.. buildings are more spaced out, there are forests of bare trees everywhere,,, lots of fields too (do your best to avoid ! Remember you can't let them catch you!!), some farms if you're up north... As you get further into the zones it starts to look more like the zones surrounding Bat City.. not sandy, but deserted,, it can get hot,, maybe the right words suffocating, we've just had a drought for as long as I can remember (* forgets what he's doing half the time *), though I've heard from older joys that they've seen snow,, now I don't know if that's true, I just know that we've (BLI has) fucked up

(I'm so sorry about the late reply as well !!)

No they would not !! You're absolutely right about that ! I gave a pretty detailed answer on the scenery here

But as for how the killjoys live??

Just like the joys of the zones on the west coast really. We're all living and fighting for the same purpose. We spend our days scavenging, fighting BLI (whilst helping people escape !), and doing what we can to not go crazy/be bored out of our minds ! We've got our own battles and our own sanctuaries.. and we have lots of fun too of course, it's the apocalypse so fuck it right?

-Terror 🦝💥

Midwestern Killjoys

- Battery City was the Director’s vision, but there were those who were inspired by her desire for clean, corporate perfection. Some of these people have transformed the Midwest’s largest urban center into a utopia of emotionless white, courtesy of Better Living Industries.

- This metropolis is known as Wind City, for the icy winds that blow from the lake, and for the acres upon acres of windmills that provide the city with power.

- It doesn’t get nearly as hot in the summer as it does in the desert. (I think I’ve experienced heat over 100° maybe once in my entire life)

- The winter is brutal, though. If you think you’re tough enough to bear the cold without covering yourself up, then you’ll have to learn how to shoot without fingers, cause frostbite will take them from you faster than you think.

- The worst part about the weather is how unpredictable it is. There’s an old adage that says, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes. It’ll change.” You can trudge through snow in the morning and come home sweating in the sun. (To be fair, most of us start sweating at about 70°)

- Scratch that last point. The tornadoes are the worst part about the weather. Everything you’ve built, gone in seconds, like someone ran your whole settlement through a blender and dumped it back on the ground.

- The woods are a Killjoy’s best friend. There are animals to hunt, wood for fires, and water for drinking. If you can find enough oil to fry up the mushrooms that grow in the spring, you’re in for a delicious meal. It’s also a lot safer than trying to steal from BLI’s huge cornfields and getting sniped, or trying to raid a grain silo and getting sucked to the bottom.

- Most midwest Joys drive trucks instead of cars or bikes. They’re everywhere, and you can fit a lot more people in the bed of a truck than in the backseat of a car. It also makes it easier for the Joys in the back to shoot in whatever direction they need.

- Autumn is sacred. BLI takes the crops away, and you can see for miles. The trees burn red and orange, and the Killjoys follow, inspired to fight like the trees and show off their colors before they die.