The Warehouse is an unlicensed and unofficial bar and dance club
operated by local crime kingpin Karol Mathis and located in the
post-apocalyptic industrial section of Saratoga Falls. It formerly
belonged to one of the Van den Berg family businesses and is
connected to the abandoned grain elevator by the railroad tracks.
The Warehouse is a physically imposing structure built of brick.
It is three stories high and covers at least three acres of land. The
walls are blank up to the third floor, which have windows running
along under the eaves of the roof. These windows are dirty, cracked,
and in many cases broken.
Inside, the Warehouse has only two floors. The first floor is
divided into two main sections, with half of the building given over
to a dance floor and stage. The other half is divided into a series
of saloons. Vendors work at makeshift bars made of plywood sheets set
on sawhorses, selling packaged snacks, beer, liquor, and marijuana.
Most of the rest of the rooms contain chairs, tables, and booths
reclaimed from salvage yards and abandoned restaurants. In the saloon
farthest from the dance floor is another, smaller stage where smaller
musical acts can perform.
The top floor, which consisted of offices, is a makeshift hotel.
It costs twenty dollars a person for fifteen minutes in a room; fifty
dollars a person for an hour. Each room has a mattress; clean sheets
can be rented for an extra ten dollar charge. Condoms can also be
purchased.
Beneath the first floor is a basement area with small rooms that
have the character of dungeons. These are highly secret and kept
strictly for the use of staff.
The Warehouse is a high-school-only venue, and although IDs are
not checked, anyone who is not obviously a high school student will
be chased off the premises. The age limit applies to the staff as
well, though a few exceptions have been made in the case of key
vendors who have recently graduated.
Entertainment is provided by school bands or by DJs if no bands
are scheduled to play.
Vendors in the Warehouse operate independently but must buy their
supplies from Mathis. Each vendor is given a monopoly on a particular
product--a brand of beer; a type of liquor; weed--and are required
to make a minimum weekly purchase. They derive their profits by
taking in more in sales than they pay out. Mathis does not take a cut
of the sales, so there is no need to keep and examine books; he
typically collects seven to eight thousand a week. Naturally, he pays
off the cops to look the other way to what goes on out there.
On-site management is handled by Dwayne Macaulay, an old hand at
dealing with high school students. He collects the money and fulfills
the orders, and he also pays for security in the form of marijuana
sold at a deep discount to the security staff. In practice, the
entire supply is purchased by Erik Carstairs, who oversees the
security staff, and parcels it out as he sees fit to a staff that is
predominantly made up of Westside students.
The staffing situation at the time of BoM is
below. Some vendors work only one night; others on two. "I"
indicates the security member polices the interior for trouble; "X"
indicates he stands guard outside and directs traffic. Each security
member works on only one night (Friday or Saturday)
Vendor
|
Product
|
Days
|
|
Security Staff
|
Oscar Cantu
|
Sex rooms
|
2
|
Erik Carstairs
|
I
|
Matt Reston
|
Marijuana
|
2
|
Dominic Kleason
|
I
|
Alex Massey
|
Vodka
|
1
|
Blake O'Brien
|
I
|
Jacob May
|
Vodka
|
1
|
Brian Kelly
|
I
|
Antonio Sanchez
|
Lager
|
1
|
Cole Stanchik
|
I
|
Ricardo Pedroza
|
Lager
|
1
|
James Bridges
|
I
|
Luis Castillo
|
Tequila
|
1
|
Brian Westlake
|
I
|
Robert Vargas
|
Tequila
|
1
|
Dustin Miller
|
I
|
Mitchell Belz
|
Sam Adams
|
1
|
Jacob Shults
|
I
|
Randal Moore
|
Sam Adams
|
1
|
Stephen Knoll
|
I
|
Nathan Franco
|
Rum
|
2
|
Jacob May
|
I
|
Drew Jeffries
|
Whiskey
|
1
|
Antonio Sanchez
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Whiskey
|
1
|
Ricardo Pedroza
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Candy bars
|
1
|
Dylan Lloyd
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Candy bars
|
1
|
Ryan Shuler
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Box wine
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Box wine
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
Lane Overstreet
|
Mezcal
|
2
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
Tim Stark
|
Tobacco
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Tobacco
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Micro beers
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Micro beers
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Colas
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
I
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Colas
|
1
|
Jan Taylor
|
X
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Mixers
|
1
|
Jeremy Brooks
|
X
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Mixers
|
1
|
Tim Stark
|
X
|
Owen Hubble
|
Mixers
|
1
|
Joshua Call
|
X
|
Luke Romero
|
Mixers
|
1
|
Jeff Spencer
|
X
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
Brian Heath
|
X
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
Brophy Maddox
|
X
|
Kyle Kent
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
X
|
Michael Hurst
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
X
|
Dylan Lloyd
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
X
|
Ryan Shuler
|
Keg Beer
|
1
|
[Eastman TBD]
|
X
|
The Warehouse is open to large parties only on Fridays and
Saturdays. All other days of the week--morning, noon or night--you
enter at your peril. Among those who will be found on the premises at
those times: Oscar Cantu, Matt Reston, Antonio Sanchez, Randal Moore,
Drew Jeffries, Lane Overstreet, Kyle Kent, James Bridges, Joshua
Call, Jeff Spencer, Brian Heath.
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