Bandit City (USSR). 🪃

Gas Station. Summer 2000s

At the intersection stands an old, abandoned gas station, peeling and with broken windows. Opposite it stands a "Produkty" store with a dusty display case and School No. 14 with its peeling facade. This place has long been the arena of an unspoken war—Shevchenko versus the Belyakovs.

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Shevchenko Group

The base is a run-down Mayak store, next to a gas station. It's always in the shadows, where the smell of stale bread and gasoline lingers. There's also an old door to the basement where they kept their "common fund": chains, brass knuckles, iron bars. Their leader is Red, cunning and evil, with eyes like a fox.

"The Belyakis went overboard today," he said one day, throwing a beer cap at the wall. "Yesterday, our Mukha got harassed at school. Now it's for real. No arguments."

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Belyakov Group

The base is a playground behind the school, near a rusty slide. There are always a lot of kids there—always only the older ones, from 15 to 18.
Timon is the leader, calm, with a hoarse voice, always with a crumpled cigarette in his mouth.

"The Shevchenkos have forgotten themselves. Do they think they're the ones being refuelled? We've been hanging out here since first grade. It's time to remind them who's boss. A fight will show who's boss."