Strip Clubs
(Brian
Silva)
Basics
Strip clubs are tucked-away somewhere in every 3rd
level (one in Downtown, one in Midtown & one in Uptown). Weasel Vision will display the club’s entry
fee and an arrow pointing to the door of the strip club. Each club requires a substantial amount of
cash to enter (adjustable per club).
Weasel enters a club by standing in front of its door and pressing the
“action” button (door opens up and Weasel automatically walks in). “C” wipe to black, then “W” wipe into club
interior. Weasel is seated at a little
front row table. Weasel has a minimal
amount of control while the performers are onstage (explained below). Each show always concludes with Weasel being
thrown out just before the peeler’s “big finish”. If Weasel doesn’t have enough cash to enter
the club, a negative buzzer noise will sound.
There
are 3 different “peels” (one per main district). Each peel uses the same music (“The
Stripper”). Each peeler performs a
suggestive burlesque routine (fan dance, umbrella dance, Rockette) while Weasel
watches from his stage-side table.
Weasel, along with the rest of the crowd goes wild for the peelers. The routines last for around a minute or so
(dependent upon final length of music edit).
Each peeler will perform a routine that starts out mild (demure &
conservative) but finishes wild (suggestive & scantily clad). The last stage of a peeler’s routine will
have her teetering on the edge of “showing it all” (a few strategically
positioned fans or half-closed umbrellas are all that remain). Just as the peeler is about to “take it all
off” the stage curtain lowers and the spotlights go out.
Weasel
& the Peelers
While
watching a peeler’s performance, Weasel, hoots, howls, whistles, pounds the
table and makes a genuine ass of himself (“action” button). The more Weasel reacts, the longer he gets to
stay and watch the show. A HUD graphic
will indicate that the player must repeatedly press the “action” button. An elongated “bouncer’s arm” slides in from off
screen toward Weasel. Rapidly pressing
the “action” button will push the bouncer’s arm back off screen. If Weasel manages to successfully press the
“action” button fast enough, he will get to see the conclusion of the peeler’s
routine. Once the curtain lowers in
front of the peeler, the lights go out and a fistfight breaks out (a flurry of
fight graphics fly all over the blackened background). Fade to black. “W” wipe back outside the strip club’s door
as Weasel comes sailing out, landing on his face (resume gameplay). If Weasel fails to press the “action” button
or doesn’t press it fast enough the hook will slide in from off screen toward
Weasel, yank him out of his chair by the throat, and pull him off screen. “C” wipe to black. “W” wipe back outside the strip club’s door
as Weasel comes sailing out, landing on his face (resume gameplay).
Mr. Helpful’s Act
Mr. Helpful is the opening act before each strip
club’s main performance. He has three
different routines to perform: 1) ventriloquist, 2) bagpipes, and 3) tap
dancer. He’s terrible and furiously hated by the audience. While seated at his usual front row table,
Weasel, along with the rest of the crowd, jeers, boos and hisses Mr. Helpful
(“action” button) as soon as the curtain rises.
The audience soon begins throwing dangerous objects at Mr. Helpful. Eventually, he’s killed near the end of each routine (fork in the
head, flattened by a stage light, shot in the dark). The audience falls silent (crickets are heard
as an uncomfortable single cough emanates from the crowd), then an upbeat
finale tune is played (the audience unenthusiastically applauds) and the
curtain lowers. Mr. Helpful is left
onstage just in front of the lowered curtain for a while as the following
peeler act performs. Eventually, a hand
reaches out from underneath the backstage curtain and drags Mr. Helpful’s limp
body offstage (very slowly).
The
Late Mr. Helpful
1.
Mr. Helpful is killed by a fork in the head near the conclusion of his
ventriloquist act. The fork is thrown from
somewhere out in the audience, striking Mr. Helpful dead center of his giant
forehead. Mr. Helpful freezes up like a
deer caught in the headlights (no struggling, no reaction). He sits straight up, wide-eyed and staring
directly ahead. His ventriloquist dummy
(Lil’ Help) turns it head to stare at Mr. Helpful. Suddenly, Mr. Helpful flops forward face
first onto the stage floor (knocking his stool out from under him). Lil’ Help, still being held straight up by
Mr. Helpful, turns to face the crowd and without warning, an arrow is shot from
the audience into the dummy’s forehead.
The dummy swiftly collapses face first into the stage.
2.
Mr. Helpful is crushed by a falling stage light near the end of his
bagpipes performance. The stage light
smashes Mr. Helpful facedown onto the stage on top of his bagpipes. The weight of the stage light slowly
decompresses the bagpipes (a horrible wailing is heard). Mr. Helpful is struggling to cling to life
(his exposed hand is shakily reaching and clasping for help). The heavy stage light finally crushes both Mr.
Helpful and his bagpipes. Mr. Helpful’s
hand struggles one last time and falls motionless. Seconds later, the stage light sinks down one
last time, expelling a little gas from Mr. Helpful.
3.
Mr. Helpful is shot near the conclusion of his tap dance number. As Mr. Helpful is readying for his “big
finish”, the strip club’s lights go out (it’s pitch black). Seconds later, “BANG!” a gunshot is heard as
the muzzle flash briefly lights the club again.
In that instant we see the hand holding the smoking gun (extended in
from off screen), and Mr. Helpful with a look of shock and confusion on his
face as he clutches his chest. The
lights come back on again. Mr. Helpful
is fighting to maintain his composure while stumbling around the stage. He attempts to sit down on a stool with no
luck and finally drops to his knees and lists to one side, sprawling out on his
back. This scenario should be very
realistic and horrible. The only thing
funny about it is that it’s happening to a guy whose head is too big for his
body.
Weasel
& Mr. Helpful
While
watching Mr. Helpful struggle and bomb onstage, Weasel, jeers, heckles, boos
& taunts (“action” button). All the
while Weasel is heckling Mr. Helpful, the audience is throwing objects at Mr.
Helpful (objects crash onstage and against the backdrop). The thrown objects (knives, forks, bottles,
fruit) increase in number as Weasel continually heckles Mr. Helpful. Repeated heckling will cause Mr. Helpful to
be occasionally struck by incoming objects (frequency of “direct hits”
increases as Weasel persistently heckles).
When struck, Mr. Helpful will simply continue performing like a true
professional. If Weasel doesn’t heckle
at all during Mr. Helpful’s act, Mr. Helpful will make it to the end of his
routine without being struck by an object, but will still be killed all the
same.