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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 8, 2022 10:04:19 GMT
"Fellow time travellers, do you find yourself collecting various bits and bobs on your adventures, do you have room to store them in your machine? Are you one of those time travellers that use a device instead of a machine and got no where to store your collectables? If this is you I have the solution for you! Store-it-all is the latest and greatest storage solutions for all of your temporal storage needs! You cannot go around wearing your Osirian battle helmet in 21st century London or your 15th century rapier onboard a 44th century spaceship now can you, why not rent one of our storage units to store your antiques away safely! Whatever the currency from whatever the planet or decade we promise you storage for the best value there will ever be! Just dial up the co-ordinates here on your machine or device and you'll be whizzing away to the best storage solutions there is!" Marv Bestlay, CEO of Store-it-all!
Store-it-all! is a storage business for time travellers to store their goods they have acquired upon their adventures. The place is large, unconceivably large, with storage units upon many different levels ranging from 3 different sizes. Size one is the smallest and the cheapest but is one of the more common spaces one can rent, size 3 being the biggest and the most expensive. There is rumoured to be a Size 4, specifically to house vehicles, the rumour may or may not be true though (up to the discretion of the GM)
The place resembles a 21st century storage business with concrete walls and metal roll-up doors. However the place does have high tech security upon these doors making them secure, with extra security measures costing more to have installed. The place is also secured by security androids wearing early 21st century security uniforms yet have an arsenal of high tech weaponry at their disposal to protect the place. A team of androids also keep the place running such as engineers and auctioneers. There is also security cameras (again resembling 21st century security cameras but with high tech detection software) that dot the place in strategically placed positions.
Store-it-all! is owned by Mr Marv Bestlay, a plump and short man with balding ginger hair and a Hollywoodian style beard, looks to be within he's 50s. He is a man of dubious origin, often smocking cigars from different eras and planets and speaking in that classic businessman tone of voice , often or not being too polite and friendly. His office does resembles a 21st century office room complete with computer and filing cabinets oh and a potted plant in the corner maybe a couch for relaxation, an IKEA bookshelf with records on it as well, yet despite it looking primitive the high-tech stuff are hidden away yet the computer does have stuff that is more advanced for the computer of the era to it.
Below Marv's office is above the security room, complete with monitors for viewing the cameras, a locker room (aka android recharging station) and an armoury that is heavily guarded. Androids monitor the cameras daily and do take breaks to recharge within the recharging room when they are low on battery. The Armoury does contain high tech stun batons and blasters that are used in case of crime (mainly theft) being committed to apprehend the criminal. There is an office owned by the chief of security, an android himself who also sets up the patrol routes of the guards.
There is a hidden room somewhere within the deep storage places, where Marv keeps all of his money from various eras and planets. It is hidden by perception filters allowing people to walk right past it but in case others can by-pass the filters it does contain the best security within the entire storage place. (Up to the discretion of the GM as to what security methods are used)
If you do not play your rent on time for over a period of time you no longer own the storage unit and anything inside will be auctioned off. Auctions here are some of the best there will ever be, currencies from different eras and planets are used to bid on each storage unit with potential time travelling buyers wanting the goods inside. The winner claims anything there is inside of there, even if it a deadly weapon. The auctioneer is a specially designed android with advanced auctioneering capabilities and knowledge in any currency.
This location would work great as a small hub for time travelling players to submit anything they want into storage from their adventures for sake keeping, or be a location for an adventure. Adventure ideas include a heist into the place to steal something, a piece to the Key to Time located in disguise within one of the storage units, a group of weeping angels recently purchased in an auction have been moved and now attacking folks, something has been stolen from the players and need to figure out who did it etc.
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Post by grinch on Aug 8, 2022 11:40:46 GMT
Nice idea. Not every time traveller has the luxury of a TARDIS when it comes to storage space. I take it they don’t allow organic life to be stored there? Could see someone getting into trouble if they store their menagerie of alien creatures in one of the units. Especially if they escape and run amok. Wouldn’t be a good look for the business.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 8, 2022 11:45:14 GMT
Nice idea. Not every time traveller has the luxury of a TARDIS when it comes to storage space. I take it they don’t allow organic life to be stored there? Could see someone getting into trouble if they store their menagerie of alien creatures in one of the units. Especially if they escape and run amok. Wouldn’t be a good look for the business. Yeah! That is a neat concept there, maybe not just organic like as we know it but also on the microscopic level as well, imagine buying a storage unit that has petri-dishes of every plague in the entire universe stored within their. Taxidermy as well though might be interesting finds of taxidermy alien/earth species, Taxidermy dinosaurs perhaps? |
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Post by grinch on Aug 8, 2022 11:51:05 GMT
Nice idea. Not every time traveller has the luxury of a TARDIS when it comes to storage space. I take it they don’t allow organic life to be stored there? Could see someone getting into trouble if they store their menagerie of alien creatures in one of the units. Especially if they escape and run amok. Wouldn’t be a good look for the business. Yeah! That is a neat concept there, maybe not just organic like as we know it but also on the microscopic level as well, imagine buying a storage unit that has petri-dishes of every plague in the entire universe stored within their. Taxidermy as well though might be interesting finds of taxidermy alien/earth species, Taxidermy dinosaurs perhaps? There’s certainly a lot of story potential here. Each storage unit could basically serve as an adventure seed in itself. You could almost do an anthology style campaign of desperate adventures but with the framework being around one particular unit. In fact, I could see a Shadow Proclamation/Time Agency campaign having an adventure where they investigate one of the storage lockers to discover it contains the trophies of a serial killer or maybe even criminals in a suspended animation chamber. |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 8, 2022 12:06:46 GMT
Yeah! That is a neat concept there, maybe not just organic like as we know it but also on the microscopic level as well, imagine buying a storage unit that has petri-dishes of every plague in the entire universe stored within their. Taxidermy as well though might be interesting finds of taxidermy alien/earth species, Taxidermy dinosaurs perhaps? There’s certainly a lot of story potential here. Each storage unit could basically serve as an adventure seed in itself. You could almost do an anthology style campaign of desperate adventures but with the framework being around one particular unit. In fact, I could see a Shadow Proclamation/Time Agency campaign having an adventure where they investigate one of the storage lockers to discover it contains the trophies of a serial killer or maybe even criminals in a suspended animation chamber. That would be interesting there, you are right though I did intend this as a place to start off adventures in (hence the auctions) but adventures set in the place might also be interesting as well, again weeping angels found and moved now attacking the guests, Vashta Nerada hiding in the darker corners or in darker units, an idea I had was Sontarans trying to invade the place in order to gain access to ancient weaponry hidden inside. Maybe having to find a piece to the Key to Time hidden inside of one of the units, of course you have the core to track it down but how will you get in especially when the owner of the unit is present there as well and well he is an unsavoury person to be around. Objects found within the units do make for good seeds as well though imagine what dangerous items are simply stored away inside next to the most mundane like Victorian cans of peaches or board games from the planet Tetris 4 |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 8, 2022 13:04:07 GMT
Yeah! That is a neat concept there, maybe not just organic like as we know it but also on the microscopic level as well, imagine buying a storage unit that has petri-dishes of every plague in the entire universe stored within their. Taxidermy as well though might be interesting finds of taxidermy alien/earth species, Taxidermy dinosaurs perhaps? There’s certainly a lot of story potential here. Each storage unit could basically serve as an adventure seed in itself. You could almost do an anthology style campaign of desperate adventures but with the framework being around one particular unit. Do you think Dr Meyer might rent out a few of the storage units within Store-it-all perhaps? I do not know if The Drifter is dimensionally transcendental however if that is not the case he does need a place to store his wares now doesn't he. I could see him being friends with Marv Bestlay the owner of Store-it-all as both are that sleazy businessman type and Meyer may own a Size 4 unit (the rumoured one that allows for vehicles to be stored) as a place to park up The Drifter perhaps? |
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Post by grinch on Aug 8, 2022 19:19:23 GMT
There’s certainly a lot of story potential here. Each storage unit could basically serve as an adventure seed in itself. You could almost do an anthology style campaign of desperate adventures but with the framework being around one particular unit. Do you think Dr Meyer might rent out a few of the storage units within Store-it-all perhaps? I do not know if The Drifter is dimensionally transcendental however if that is not the case he does need a place to store his wares now doesn't he. I could see him being friends with Marv Bestlay the owner of Store-it-all as both are that sleazy businessman type and Meyer may own a Size 4 unit (the rumoured one that allows for vehicles to be stored) as a place to park up The Drifter perhaps? From what I can remember, in his write up Catsmate and I came up with the idea that the Drifter is somewhat dimensionally transcendental but not to the extent of a TARDIS. So, I could see him using a lockup to keep some of his goods with he having to regularly make trips back to the storage facility to restock and the like. Mind you, he’s not brilliant at keeping records so even he doesn’t know what he has or doesn’t has. I could definitely see him being on amicable terms with Bestlay. Bestlay probably always tries to buy Jeremy off him but he always refuses. Although, I could see their friendship being soured should Bestlay buy something off Meyer that ends up causing some degree of financial or personal trouble. Meyer’s not a big fan of refunds you see.... |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 8, 2022 19:24:08 GMT
Do you think Dr Meyer might rent out a few of the storage units within Store-it-all perhaps? I do not know if The Drifter is dimensionally transcendental however if that is not the case he does need a place to store his wares now doesn't he. I could see him being friends with Marv Bestlay the owner of Store-it-all as both are that sleazy businessman type and Meyer may own a Size 4 unit (the rumoured one that allows for vehicles to be stored) as a place to park up The Drifter perhaps? From what I can remember, in his write up Catsmate and I came up with the idea that the Drifter is somewhat dimensionally transcendental but not to the extent of a TARDIS. So, I could see him using a lockup to keep some of his goods with he having to regularly make trips back to the storage facility to restock and the like. Mind you, he’s not brilliant at keeping records so even he doesn’t know what he has or doesn’t has. I could definitely see him being on amicable terms with Bestlay. Bestlay probably always tries to buy Jeremy off him but he always refuses. Although, I could see their friendship being soured should Bestlay buy something off Meyer that ends up causing some degree of financial or personal trouble. Meyer’s not a big fan of refunds you see.... I mean Bestlay and Meyer could share a drink or two here and there in Bestlay's office, maybe Meyer is trying to swindle Bestlay into giving the secrets of his dimensionally transcendental storage facility but of course its a secret Bestlay is willing to keep the most secret. And yeah does seem ideal for Meyer to stock up on some goods here and there and accidentally discovering something he put in there a while ago which he had forgotten about. |
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Post by Catsmate on Aug 9, 2022 9:08:45 GMT
I rather like the idea of the Black Archive being outsourced, a PFI or PPP probably, and decades of dangerous objects being dropped into a storage facility. Fringe meets Nightingales.
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 9, 2022 11:11:45 GMT
I rather like the idea of the Black Archive being outsourced, a PFI or PPP probably, and decades of dangerous objects being dropped into a storage facility. Fringe meets Nightingales.
Depends if the Black Archive or even UNIT has away to access it, all though it does require a standard time machine so if the Black Archive new the coordinates to the place then maybe perhaps the Black Archive are frequently at the place maybe bidding in auctions to get new technology. |
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Post by grinch on Aug 14, 2022 11:56:24 GMT
From what I can remember, in his write up Catsmate and I came up with the idea that the Drifter is somewhat dimensionally transcendental but not to the extent of a TARDIS. So, I could see him using a lockup to keep some of his goods with he having to regularly make trips back to the storage facility to restock and the like. Mind you, he’s not brilliant at keeping records so even he doesn’t know what he has or doesn’t has. I could definitely see him being on amicable terms with Bestlay. Bestlay probably always tries to buy Jeremy off him but he always refuses. Although, I could see their friendship being soured should Bestlay buy something off Meyer that ends up causing some degree of financial or personal trouble. Meyer’s not a big fan of refunds you see.... I mean Bestlay and Meyer could share a drink or two here and there in Bestlay's office, maybe Meyer is trying to swindle Bestlay into giving the secrets of his dimensionally transcendental storage facility but of course its a secret Bestlay is willing to keep the most secret. And yeah does seem ideal for Meyer to stock up on some goods here and there and accidentally discovering something he put in there a while ago which he had forgotten about. I like that. A playful back and forth between the pair with Bestlay refusing to let onto the exact mechanics regarding the dimensional transcendental nature of his facility. After all, if Doctor Meyer were ever to discover a way to make the interior of the Drifter bigger, then he wouldn’t need the services of Store-It-All now, would he? |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 14, 2022 12:36:12 GMT
I mean Bestlay and Meyer could share a drink or two here and there in Bestlay's office, maybe Meyer is trying to swindle Bestlay into giving the secrets of his dimensionally transcendental storage facility but of course its a secret Bestlay is willing to keep the most secret. And yeah does seem ideal for Meyer to stock up on some goods here and there and accidentally discovering something he put in there a while ago which he had forgotten about. I like that. A playful back and forth between the pair with Bestlay refusing to let onto the exact mechanics regarding the dimensional transcendental nature of his facility. After all, if Doctor Meyer were ever to discover a way to make the interior of the Drifter bigger, then he wouldn’t need the services of Store-It-All now, would he? Not only that, discretion of the GM, Bestlay might even be a Time Lord, I know i thought of him as being a time traveller previously before he made Store-it-all. For all we know the place is actually his TARDIS and hides the console room well. Of course up to the GM though but I do imagine him being a time traveller previously, either is a Time Lord with a TARDIS or found a TARDIS or has some other technology to make its interior bigger on the inside of course. If Bestlay is a Time Lord well his regeneration can be explained away as a new owner of the company. But of course though he still would be friends with Doctor Meyer them drinking in Bestlay's office all the time Meyer is there. Maybe even allows him into the auctions as well, do you think Doctor Meyer would compete within the auctions at Store-it-all? |
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Post by Catsmate on Aug 15, 2022 8:52:07 GMT
I like that. A playful back and forth between the pair with Bestlay refusing to let onto the exact mechanics regarding the dimensional transcendental nature of his facility. After all, if Doctor Meyer were ever to discover a way to make the interior of the Drifter bigger, then he wouldn’t need the services of Store-It-All now, would he? Not only that, discretion of the GM, Bestlay might even be a Time Lord, I know i thought of him as being a time traveller previously before he made Store-it-all. For all we know the place is actually his TARDIS and hides the console room well. Of course up to the GM though but I do imagine him being a time traveller previously, either is a Time Lord with a TARDIS or found a TARDIS or has some other technology to make its interior bigger on the inside of course. If Bestlay is a Time Lord well his regeneration can be explained away as a new owner of the company. But of course though he still would be friends with Doctor Meyer them drinking in Bestlay's office all the time Meyer is there. Maybe even allows him into the auctions as well, do you think Doctor Meyer would compete within the auctions at Store-it-all? |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 15, 2022 10:57:18 GMT
Not only that, discretion of the GM, Bestlay might even be a Time Lord, I know i thought of him as being a time traveller previously before he made Store-it-all. For all we know the place is actually his TARDIS and hides the console room well. Of course up to the GM though but I do imagine him being a time traveller previously, either is a Time Lord with a TARDIS or found a TARDIS or has some other technology to make its interior bigger on the inside of course. If Bestlay is a Time Lord well his regeneration can be explained away as a new owner of the company. But of course though he still would be friends with Doctor Meyer them drinking in Bestlay's office all the time Meyer is there. Maybe even allows him into the auctions as well, do you think Doctor Meyer would compete within the auctions at Store-it-all? OOOO I do love me some Drax (I want Danny Dyer to play him), and kind of, if I had to make something canon of him I would make him a Time Lord for sure, I do like the idea he failed his exams or hid from the Time War as a survivor though. |
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Post by grinch on Aug 18, 2022 15:56:30 GMT
Maybe Bestlay is just a big fan of Gallifreyan culture? (Or at least what he knows of it) His personal office contains all the trappings of Time Lord society and he has for the most part developed dimensional transcendental technology. But of course, it’s not on part with the likes of a TARDIS.
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Post by grinch on Aug 18, 2022 15:57:49 GMT
I like that. A playful back and forth between the pair with Bestlay refusing to let onto the exact mechanics regarding the dimensional transcendental nature of his facility. After all, if Doctor Meyer were ever to discover a way to make the interior of the Drifter bigger, then he wouldn’t need the services of Store-It-All now, would he? Not only that, discretion of the GM, Bestlay might even be a Time Lord, I know i thought of him as being a time traveller previously before he made Store-it-all. For all we know the place is actually his TARDIS and hides the console room well. Of course up to the GM though but I do imagine him being a time traveller previously, either is a Time Lord with a TARDIS or found a TARDIS or has some other technology to make its interior bigger on the inside of course. If Bestlay is a Time Lord well his regeneration can be explained away as a new owner of the company. But of course though he still would be friends with Doctor Meyer them drinking in Bestlay's office all the time Meyer is there. Maybe even allows him into the auctions as well, do you think Doctor Meyer would compete within the auctions at Store-it-all? I could maybe see Doctor Meyer competing within the odd auction but it’s probably not something he regularly does. The presence of Jeremy tends to turn some people off... Probably just goes for the chance of networking and promoting his own business. |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 18, 2022 16:24:53 GMT
Not only that, discretion of the GM, Bestlay might even be a Time Lord, I know i thought of him as being a time traveller previously before he made Store-it-all. For all we know the place is actually his TARDIS and hides the console room well. Of course up to the GM though but I do imagine him being a time traveller previously, either is a Time Lord with a TARDIS or found a TARDIS or has some other technology to make its interior bigger on the inside of course. If Bestlay is a Time Lord well his regeneration can be explained away as a new owner of the company. But of course though he still would be friends with Doctor Meyer them drinking in Bestlay's office all the time Meyer is there. Maybe even allows him into the auctions as well, do you think Doctor Meyer would compete within the auctions at Store-it-all? I could maybe see Doctor Meyer competing within the odd auction but it’s probably not something he regularly does. The presence of Jeremy tends to turn some people off... Probably just goes for the chance of networking and promoting his own business. Hey that is fair at least still maybe when Jeremy is not around of course though. Still Marv Bestlay and Doctor Meyer I can see being good friends, feel free to use Store-it-All as a location for Meyer within his own universe as well, but also as you said a great place for adventure seeds. Come to think about it I may make a google doc of storage units and the contents that can be found in them that may be of use and interest for plots or random curiosities. |
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Post by grinch on Aug 18, 2022 17:24:34 GMT
I could maybe see Doctor Meyer competing within the odd auction but it’s probably not something he regularly does. The presence of Jeremy tends to turn some people off... Probably just goes for the chance of networking and promoting his own business. Hey that is fair at least still maybe when Jeremy is not around of course though. Still Marv Bestlay and Doctor Meyer I can see being good friends, feel free to use Store-it-All as a location for Meyer within his own universe as well, but also as you said a great place for adventure seeds. Come to think about it I may make a google doc of storage units and the contents that can be found in them that may be of use and interest for plots or random curiosities. The thing with Jeremy is, even when he’s not in the room he’s usually hanging about somewhere. If Meyer is going to have a Raston Warrior Robot as a bodyguard he’s going to make full use of him! Sure, go ahead. Could make for a good resource. |
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Post by soultaker666212 on Aug 18, 2022 17:43:59 GMT
Hey that is fair at least still maybe when Jeremy is not around of course though. Still Marv Bestlay and Doctor Meyer I can see being good friends, feel free to use Store-it-All as a location for Meyer within his own universe as well, but also as you said a great place for adventure seeds. Come to think about it I may make a google doc of storage units and the contents that can be found in them that may be of use and interest for plots or random curiosities. The thing with Jeremy is, even when he’s not in the room he’s usually hanging about somewhere. If Meyer is going to have a Raston Warrior Robot as a bodyguard he’s going to make full use of him! Sure, go ahead. Could make for a good resource. I mean on the contrary, having a Raston Warrior Robot at an auction may solidify him as someone not to mess with though actually. |
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Post by grinch on Oct 26, 2022 10:53:33 GMT
The thing with Jeremy is, even when he’s not in the room he’s usually hanging about somewhere. If Meyer is going to have a Raston Warrior Robot as a bodyguard he’s going to make full use of him! Sure, go ahead. Could make for a good resource. I mean on the contrary, having a Raston Warrior Robot at an auction may solidify him as someone not to mess with though actually. Good point. Last time someone tried to jump Meyer after an auction, they got a javelin through the head. After that, most people tend to give him a wide berth. |
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