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Laser Palace 199 Seahorse way, Santa Barbara |
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The Laser Palace is a complex dedicated to games such as laser game : a futuristic building which represents the inside of a space station, situated near a shopping mall. Reserved by Elena Nikolas, the place is deserted when Cruz Castillo arrives.
Walls are metallic-grey, illuminated at regular intervals with red and blue neon lightings fixed in the wall in the horizontal direction. These neon lightings delimit a path and guide the visitor in the corridors. The doors of futuristic shape allowing to reach other corridors are sliding, with a system of automatic opening and closure.
Some walls also have twinkling white or red lights such as warning lights indicating an alarm, increasing the dangerous and futuristic side of the Laser Palace. In the same way, all the corridors and rooms present smoke diffusers which limit the usual field of vision of the players.
Some other corridors are in reality a platform (of the width of Eden Capwell's wheelchair) and this time the neon lightings are not horizontal, but in the shape of circle marrying the walls, in order to represent a long tunnel and indicating the plan of the way to go. It is in fact a real labyrinth which is given to the players.
The intersections between the various corridors are rooms of octagonal forms whose walls are partially covered with mirrors. Between these mirrors, we find from on either side colored neon lightings as well as dummies in cosmonauts' suit (helmets and grey suits). It is in one of these rooms that Elena placed the dummy supposed to represent Eden.
A surveillance room situated within the complex allows, through security cameras, to follow all the movements of the players. Of course, this room is full of technology : computer screens, indicator lights...
At the bottom of the complex, we find a room with two entrances. This room is in reality a zone of storage for cleaning products or for equipment. It is in this room that Elena commits suicide, using both entrances to trap Cruz.