Location

Neighbourhood

The starter city map. Eight tiles around your block, a bus stop that unlocks Downtown on Day 3, and a 10-event street-encounter shuffle bag.

Quick facts

Background: map_neighbourhood_day / map_neighbourhood_night (TimeSlot >= 2)
BGM / Ambient: outside / amb_city
Day 1 access: Yes (default city)
Hotspots: Walk around, Apartment, Park, Bar, Salon, Corner Store, Bus Stop, Resort bus (conditional)
Quick travel: Yes (quicktravelpossible)
Companion city: [[loc:downtown|Downtown]] via bus stop

TL;DR

The Neighbourhood is the starter city, available from Day 1 with no gates. The visible map background swaps to night at TimeSlot 2+. Seven hotspots route to the major neighbourhood locations (Apartment, Park, Bar, Salon, Corner Store) plus the Bus Stop to Downtown (unlocked Day 3 via SMS) and a Resort Bus tile that appears weekends or when you have a paid resort booking. Walking around fires the 10-event Street Encounter shuffle bag plus dedicated tattoo studio discovery and fame-tier encounters.

Outside is the canonical “city” knot. CityReturn dispatches back to Downtown when last_city == 1, otherwise to Outside.

The seven base hotspots

OutsideChoices is the choice list. All visible by default, no gating except the bus stops:

Choice	Routes to	Energy / Time	Notes
Walk around	StreetWander	3 / 0	Drives the street-encounter shuffle
Apartment	Apartment	0 / 0	Home base
Park	Park	0 / 0	Open-air hookup zone
Bar	Bar	0 / 0	Main income loop
Beauty Salon	Salon	0 / 0	Cosmetics + laser hair removal
Corner Store	Corner Store	0 / 0	Cheap Energy + pharmacy basics
Bus Stop (Downtown)	Downtown	0 / 0	`downtown_discovered` only

The bus stop is the only Downtown entry from this map. Before Day 3, it shows disabled with “Route reopens soon. Watch your inbox.” If downtown_discovered = true but you’re missing the SMS, the morning event in MorningEvents.ink triggers it.

Conditional tiles

A few tiles appear based on state:

Back to the resort (your suite is waiting, $15 bus). When resort_nights_booked > 0 AND you’re not currently on-site, the resort bus tile appears all week. Costs $15 bus fare, 5 Energy, 2 TimeSlot. Disabled variant (“need $15 bus fare”) shows if Money < 15.
Weekend trip (Cove Resort, $15 bus). When resort_nights_booked == 0 AND it’s Friday, Saturday, or Sunday (Day % 7 in {5, 6, 0}). Same cost.
Weekend plans, [event]. When weekend_event_pending > 0 AND not done today AND time-of-day fits. Routes to Weekend_Event_Entry. Seven event types: pool party, foam night, beach bonfire, cosplay meetup, Master’s Saturday social, joint broadcast, rooftop gathering.

Owner curfew flag

OutsideChoices checks the curfew condition once per visit. If you have a Master at intensity 3+ with MasterRelationship >= 6 and you’re Outside at TimeSlot 3+ without moved_out, the entry sets curfew_violated = true. Master scenes the next morning read it.

Inspection outfit-order beat

If the Master ran Inspection_Punishment type 3 this morning (force-equipped a feminine top), the entry checks inspection_outfit_today && not EquippedFeminine. If you stripped before leaving the apartment, your phone buzzes mid-block with a Master SMS calling it out, +3 Shame, flag consumed. One-shot per day.

Office discovery flyer

The Office Building tile in Downtown is gated on office_discovered. Outside fires the one-time flyer beat: at Day 7+ with bar_outfit >= 1 AND downtown_discovered, a printed flyer pinned to a lamppost reads “HARTWELL & ASSOCIATES, TEMP POSITION AVAILABLE.” Sets office_discovered = true and adds the new tile to Downtown the next visit.

The Street Wander shuffle

StreetWander (3 Energy, 0 TimeSlot) is the dedicated walk choice. It rolls in this order:

Fame encounters (priority): at sissy_fame >= 75, 30% chance to fire one of 3 fame variants. At sissy_fame >= 50-74, 20% chance, 2 variants.
Regular encounters (60% chance): weighted by weight_roll: - Common (60%): Catcall, Car Honk, Compliment, Couple Whispers - Medium (30%): Old Acquaintance, Mistaken Identity - Rare (10%): Mocking Group, Aggressive Approach
Tattoo Studio discovery (one-shot, Day 7+, sets tattoo_discovered).
Neutral fall-through. “Nothing happens, just the hum of the city.”

The 8 regular encounters.

Each branches on visibly_femme() (default-male skips the spicy version):

Catcall. Construction site. Ignore (+2 Shame) or play along (+1 Fem, +2 Shame, sway-walk image).
Car Honk. Tinted-window driver. No thanks (+1 Shame), flip them off (-1 Fem), or ignore.
Compliment. Two women, “love your look.” +1 Fem, -1 Shame. Mumble or accept warmly.
Couple Whispers. Park bench. is_visibly_aroused adds an explicit shame beat. +2-3 Shame.
Old Acquaintance. Classmate. Fem 20+ gets the “you look different” awkward beat. Long story / wrong person.
Mistaken Identity. Delivery driver calls you “miss.” Sign and say nothing (+1 Fem) / play along (+2 Fem, +1 Shame) / correct him (+2 Shame).
Mocking Group. Convenience store crew. Visibly femme triggers the twirl beat: walk past (-1 Fem) or accept (+1 Sub, +2 Shame), then optionally twirl (+1 Fem, +1 Sub, +3 Shame, +3 Arousal, smacked ass).
Aggressive Approach. Stranger with hand on your back. Step away (+1 Shame), tell him off (-1 Fem), or let him walk you (+1 Sub, +1 Fem, +2 Shame, +3 Arousal). Following routes into Street_Aggressive_Alley (#shot:hero, #stats:groped, +1 Fem, +1 Sub, +3 Shame).

The 3 fame encounters.

Triggered at sissy_fame 50+ (2 variants) or 75+ (3 variants):

Recognized. “Holy shit, you’re that sissy from the internet!” Public callout. +2 sissy_fame, +3 Shame, +1 Fem.
Photo. Teenager fan asks for a selfie. +1-3 sissy_fame, +2 Shame.
Confrontation (75+ only). Acquaintance shows you a screenshot of yourself online. +5 Shame, branches into shame-asking or defiant.

Tips and gotchas

Quick travel is enabled here

#quicktravelpossible:true means the location-map UI shows quick-jump pins on tap. Saves clicks if you’re chaining errands.

Street Wander is the only way to discover the Tattoo Studio

StreetWander_TattooDiscovery is the only path that sets tattoo_discovered = true. The Downtown Tattoo Studio tile and the Red Light Tattoo Studio tile both check this flag. Walking around the neighbourhood from Day 7+ is the only trigger; the flag has no fallback discovery beat.

Visibly femme is broader than EquippedFeminine

The visibly_femme() helper returns true for ANY of: EquippedFeminine, EquippedPanties, wearing_chastity, wearing_wig, has_long_hair, has_makeup_on, nail_tier > 0. A Day-3 PC at Fem 14 with painted nails will pull the spicy variants of the encounters even though Femininity itself is low. See .claude/rules/ink-narrative.md § visibly_femme() for the gating rule.

CityReturn is one of two doors out

Most Downtown locations exit back via CityReturn, which dispatches to whichever city you came from (last_city). The Neighbourhood doesn’t track last_city for itself, so a CityReturn from a sub-location while last_city=0 always lands you here.

Downtown, the second city the bus stop reaches.
Apartment, Park, Bar, Salon, Corner Store, the five tiles in this city.
Resort Cove (and sub-locations) for the weekend trip exit.
The Master, whose curfew and inspection beats both read state from this hub.