Mercy

## People

### Enemies

**Mercy** is a bastardization of Gramercy Park, a small, fenced-in private park and the surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan.

## Background

Mercy is made of what pre-War America called “Gramercy Park”. After Bellevue became a walled settlement, Mercy formed as a shanty town outside the walls with the people who couldn’t afford to stay inside. While it’s free to live there, it’s not free of crime and violence. “Mercy” has become a bit of a misnomer as the citizens of mercy are not shown much mercy themselves.

This has left a cultural vacuum that the new drug that’s been entering in from Gas House, “Glee”, has begun to fill. Sick people living in squalor and inebriated state; the area feels like even worse of a slum, which only amplifies the rate at which people resort to Glee. East 17th Street, where Mt. Sinai is located, has now become a sort of “Drug Bazaar”.

## Inter-City Relations

Mercy borders NoMad, Bellevue, and Gas House, and is in close proximity to Rose and Loisada, and the possible player settlement of Union Square.

Mercy is being kept high by a drug influx from Gas House, and the citizens are getting treatment for other medical issues in Bellevue. The vagrants from Mercy are also causing issues with NoMad.

## NPCs

* *Wolf* Seedy Drug Dealer. Overall bad dude, but won’t stab you outright, but definitely doesn’t have your best interest in town, either. Best to just ignore him.
* *Billie Jones* One of the few women not on Glee. A bit of a fish-out-of-water, she has only been in Mercy a few days, and will follow you out if you agree. (Possible Companion)
* *Brannigan* Lawman with a secret. Brannigan is a surprisingly kind man, especially considering his day occupation as a peacekeeper. A family man, he loves his wife and newborn. However, to keep his family afloat, he’s redlining as a gigolo on the other side of town.
* *Marina & Angela* Marina, also known as She-Demon, is a very angry and bitter woman. Her daughter, Angela, is a kind and innocent girl, and the only person that Marina is kind to. Marina does use Bliss, but only when Angela is asleep, or if they’re separated.

### The Drug Bazar

* *CALIPSO* The **Centralized Artificial Language and Information Programming System Operator** (C.A.L.I.P.S.O.) is a pre-War Robotic “Newsie”. This is not even a robot, it’s an interface, similar to speaking with MODUS, Mr. House, or President Eden. This sunny-dispositioned robotic personality was modeled after the typical New York City Daytime Talk Show Hosts, but does not have true AI; only knowing what she is programmed with. She repeats pre-war broadcasts, and the occasional newly programmed messages.
* *Medok Macra* A paranoid source of information. Similar to No-Bark from Novac, Medok speaks mostly about conspiracies and paranoia, but similar to No Bark, his ramblings usually have a bit of truth to them, some of them even being exactly right, but presented in such an incredulous manner, the player may not believe him at first. For example, he will talk about the radioactive fertilizer in Rose, the Vault-Tec experiment at Bellevue, and the pre-war government source of Glee.
* *Milo & Crichlow* An expecting couple looking to escape poverty before the birth of their child, Milo & Crichlow are desperate enough to try and con the player. The couple has massive debts, keeping them from fleeing, out of fear for their safety if they leave without paying. Depending on how you help or guide them in this, they have different options to relocate to, in order to raise their child.
* *“Pharmacists”* Drug Dealers at the Bazzar call themselves "pharmacists" and will bark at you at a distance and heckle each other in order to win your business.

### Gramercy Roughs

A large gang, financed by the drug trade.

* *Loan Shark (Name TBD)* A seedy pawn shop owner and loan shark, that many people in Mercy owe money to. This debt keeps them in town as not to get hunted down by the Roughs that seemingly work for/with him. He owns the massive debts of Milo & Crichlow, but most Roughs refuse to outrite rough up a pregnant woman, so they call in for outside help.
* *Rough Leader (Name TBD)* The de facto leader of the Gramercy Roughs, [Rough Leader] deals directly with the Loan Shark, as well as any other groups that would have dealings with them, including the BMG, the Tetragrammaton, Pharmacists, Glee Club, etc.
* *Generic Gang Members*

### The Healing Hands

* *Faith Healer (Name TBD)* This member of the Church of St. Monica has actual healing powers. Whether it’s a miracle from St. Monica, a miracle from Atom, or just a new mutation remains to be distinguished, but he believes in the story of St. Monica, and believes he is a vessel of her miracle healing. He is a pacifist, forgiving others, but ultimately is a pushover, and is extremely naive and trusting of those around him.
* *The Flock* The Flock is a group made of some of the Mercy Residents that were the first to be healed by [Faith Healer]. They quickly added theatrics to the mix, and are looking to create a cult of personality around the Healer. However, they have not fully established what this will be, and several of them have vastly different options (Individuals TBD)
* *The Sick*

## Side Stories/Quests

1. *The Moments of Happiness* Deal with the Glee Trade in Mercy
2. *What I Did for Love* Deal with Brannigan’s secret
3. *Wouldn't It Be Loverly* Deal with Milo & Crichlow
4. *Tomorrow Is a Latter Day* Deal with the Healing Hands

## Player Interaction

* The player can determine where the pregnant couple relocates to, if at all.
* The player also can change the drug trade in Mercy, depending on their dealings here and in the surrounding areas.
* The player can reveal Brannigan’s secret, or keep it safe, and will affect Brannigan’s AI package afterwards.

## Relation to Main Games

* Medok thinks his name comes from “Med-Tek” creator of Mentats.
* Pharmacists mention “Better Living Through Chems”, alluding to the Massachusetts Surgical Journal in Fallout 4
* Glee Club members say “At least we’re not on Smooch. That stuff looks like snot.” as a reference to the canceled Fallout 3: VanBuren Smooch

## Notes

* “Glee” was inspired by “Joy” and “Bliss”
* Milo & Crichlow are named after Milo & Cheen from Gridlock, where Bliss inspired Glee. Crichlow is the surname of the actress that played Cheen.
* *Fallout: London* also has a ‘happy’ drug called “Bliss”. Pharmacists mention “Glee! It’s like Bliss, but that’s not sold around here.
* The Gramercy Roughs are a play on “Gramercy Riffs”, the ‘biggest gang in New York’ in the movie The Warriors.
* There is a reference to Demona from Disney’s Gargoyles, in the character Marina. Marina Sirtis was the voice actress for Demona, who lived in a townhouse in Gramercy Park.
* Wolf references “Monsters of Gramercy Park”, which is a 2005 psychological thriller novel by Danny Leigh.
* A non-hostile rat named “Stuart” is a reference to Stuart Little, who canonically lives in “22 Gramercy Park”
* Wolf’s line “"This was once called Gramercy Park, boys. Now it's the only tree sanctuary in New York." Nah, it’s just a shit private park we get really anal about.” is a reference to Soylent Green.