Delivery Teaser: Open Gate
Added 2022-03-21 21:46:37 +0000 UTCReferring to Open Gate as a mere ‘pub’ would be akin to calling the Hope Diamond a ‘shiny bauble’. The statement is technically true, but it’s also so much more.
Open Gate is one of the world’s few Neutrality Zones open to all species and human variants. Members of warring Fae factions sit at the same table, discussing everything except politics; Wendigos and Rakshasas order onion rings and drink Guinness alongside humans who would, in any other location, be their entrée. Open Gate predates The Collision—native Dubliners will either swear up and down that it’s always been there or claim that the pub, located two blocks from Trinity College, doesn’t exist. No one has yet been able to decipher what standard Open Gate uses when deciding whom to let enter and thus become lifelong patrons, but general consensus is that its judgement is independent of morality, age, occupation, or species.
The only thing truly known about Open Gate (other than the fact that Giles, its owner, pours a perfect pint) is that it’s a truly Safe Place. Any patron who makes trouble is promptly expelled from and by the pub, and never again allowed to find the front door. Many witches and other magic users have attempted to guess what wards or spells Giles has in place to make this happen, but their efforts have been thwarted by the fact that Giles, a former accountant, is one of the least magical humans in existence. If there is indeed magic at work—and surely there must be—then someone or something else is responsible.
Either way, Open Gate is the MC’s afterwork hangout of choice, be it because they like to sketch other patrons, read next to the fireplace, or just want to enjoy a cider. Several of Golightly’s clients also congregate there, and you’ll be presented with the opportunity to become better acquainted with them . . . without worrying that they might kill you over a verbal slipup or late parcel.
