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WHQN Radio
Sep. 8th, 2022 07:02 pmOriginal
A fairly nondescript office building aside from the radio tower that sits on top of it. Big red letters down the side spell out WHQN. There are two main floors. Between these two contains a reception area, office space, meeting/break rooms, and two radio studio booths.
The basement is where record storage is kept. Following Crash's takeover of the station and a... dramatic remodeling by fire and Mana's magic, it's now bigger than what the outside of the building would suggest and full of all music from 1980 to 2005, contained within enchanted vinyl records. This same revamp also caused the building to become mildly haunted- playing whatever music it wishes every once in a while.
While roughly alphabetized, record storage is a finite yet winding maze of shelves, cabinets, and tables best left to monsters with supernatural navigation. However, Crash has done his best to put up signs and sets of bells for future volunteers and emergencies respectively. Every record, especially ones that never would've existed in vinyl form, has insurance in the form of a magical enchantment- replacing themselves with a brand new copy when shattered.
Technology-wise, most of the building is on par with the 1950s. Mics and headphones and control boards are all big and clunky and might take a while to get used to. But there are also places where a Simulacrum with the right-sized feeding wires can plug themselves directly into the system.
While a Sim is plugged in, they're able to bring up and control the station's mainframe. It appears to them as a visual overlay that they can change with a holographic keyboard, allowing them to select music across WHQN's vinyl library, import their own music files, create playlists, and control station functions in a much more modern, Spotify-type setup.
This overlay is not visible to anyone else unless they are similarly plugged in.
Finally, there is also an emergency lockdown function, which will bring down large metal plates down over all the doors and windows. This is only usable from the inside.
A fairly nondescript office building aside from the radio tower that sits on top of it. Big red letters down the side spell out WHQN. There are two main floors. Between these two contains a reception area, office space, meeting/break rooms, and two radio studio booths.
The basement is where record storage is kept. Following Crash's takeover of the station and a... dramatic remodeling by fire and Mana's magic, it's now bigger than what the outside of the building would suggest and full of all music from 1980 to 2005, contained within enchanted vinyl records. This same revamp also caused the building to become mildly haunted- playing whatever music it wishes every once in a while.
While roughly alphabetized, record storage is a finite yet winding maze of shelves, cabinets, and tables best left to monsters with supernatural navigation. However, Crash has done his best to put up signs and sets of bells for future volunteers and emergencies respectively. Every record, especially ones that never would've existed in vinyl form, has insurance in the form of a magical enchantment- replacing themselves with a brand new copy when shattered.
Technology-wise, most of the building is on par with the 1950s. Mics and headphones and control boards are all big and clunky and might take a while to get used to. But there are also places where a Simulacrum with the right-sized feeding wires can plug themselves directly into the system.
While a Sim is plugged in, they're able to bring up and control the station's mainframe. It appears to them as a visual overlay that they can change with a holographic keyboard, allowing them to select music across WHQN's vinyl library, import their own music files, create playlists, and control station functions in a much more modern, Spotify-type setup.
This overlay is not visible to anyone else unless they are similarly plugged in.
Finally, there is also an emergency lockdown function, which will bring down large metal plates down over all the doors and windows. This is only usable from the inside.
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