The Morel Farm is located in Rieux and functions as a venue for illegal street fighting.
History[]
The farm belonged to the Morels, a family of two parents & six children. In October 119 T.E., they had been carted to the quarantines in Toulouse after having been infected with Letumosis. They left behind a collection of rotting structures, which include the farmhouse, the barn and a chicken coop along with a hundred acres of crops. Only an arched storage building that had once housed tractors & hay bales remained intact. It stood solitary in the midst of an overgrown grain field. An old, dusty pillowcase was dyed black and flapped off the front porch of the building to warn neighbors to stay away from the diseased house.
For seven years, the farm remained deserted until a group of ruffians had claimed the house for their own and organized fights in it.
Those who ran the fights have constructed a stage in the middle of the house where combats take place. The stage consists of a platform with ropes surrounding it. Speakers overhead were placed to magnify the voice of the announcer onstage. There's room for over two hundred onlookers to stand with many of them having come from Toulouse, including cyborgs and others adorned with piercings, tattoos and surgical manipulations.
Every surface of the sloping walls in the house is covered in vivid graffiti. Plastic & metal crates were still stacked high at the back wall of the building. Straw littered the ground, but was trampled to dust by the crowd. Rows of cheap lightbulbs were strung on bright orange cords and more than a handful of them were flickering & threatening to burn out. The hot air in the house reeked of sweat, bodies and a sweetness from the fields that didn’t belong.
When fights began, a holograph would flicker to life over the announcer's head. Words would slowly rotate & flicker, displaying the names of the fighters & the number of fights they'd won. The holograph would then flash bright red and evaporate with the sound of a bellowing horn. The mediator then dropped down into the crowd and the fight began.
Recent Events[]
In August 126 T.E., Wolf joined the fights in the Morel farm. One night, he was arranged to fight Hunter. Scarlet went to find him there for an explanation about his tattoo that she related to the disappearance of Michelle Benoit & the torture of Luc Benoit. She then sent a comm to the police department in Toulouse for reporting the illegal activities in the Morel farm. After Wolf defeated Hunter and left, the police arrived. Panic swept through the crowd as they rushed for the door and scattered across the abandoned farm, Scarlet fleeing with them. Some stayed & tried to call for order, while others laughed at the cowards who fled.