The Midnight Sun

The term “The Midnight Sun” refers to both the establishment bearing that name, and the group that runs it. This thread is intended to state some information about the group, and detail a few things about the way things are done. Keep in mind, most of this following information is not public information in character, so unless your character has been told about some potion of this information by someone who is in the know, they have no excuse to know the following information. It is, however, understood that any character formally employed by The Midnight Sun has either been told, or has learned this information during their employment. (With the exception of information specifically marked as such.)

It is known to all who visit, that The Midnight Sun uses a unique in-house currency, called Midnight Sun Tokens. These coins come in four denominations, each one increasing by a magnitude of ten. In order of least to most valuable, they are called Moons, Suns, Eclipses, and Novas. The Midnight Sun logo is present on all denominations of coin. Only these tokens are accepted as payment for services within the Midnight Sun, with the one exception being the bar. At the front desk, one may speak with the exchange clerk to exchange anything of value for Midnight Sun Tokens, including other currencies, jewelry, solid metal, as well as other things, like souls. (Soul buying prices are dependent upon the quality of the soul in question.) Exchange is also possible in the other direction, one may exchange tokens for the major currencies of the world. The exchange rate is reasonable, and if one were to do the math, they would find all services fairly priced.

For purposes of cost estimation, one Moon may be considered approximately equal to 1 USD. One Sun is approximately equal to 10 USD, etc.

The group uses a unique system of enchanted gemstones to communicate telepathically. All members wear on their person, a purple gem. Every employee may choose how to wear their gem, be it embedded into a bit of jewelry, on a piece of clothing, in a trinket or weapon, or on a piercing. To function, these gems must be within a close proximity of the wearer, the optimal effect is achieved when the gemstone is touching their skin. When the gems are functioning, they glow a bit, and allow telepathic communication. The communication can be proximity based, directed to a singular individual, a small group of chosen individuals, or sent to the network at large. In most cases, the enchantment is of low power, only allowing auditory communication. This is to prevent abuse, and to allow the gems to avoid interfering with other magical effects.

Those who do have magical sight or other magical detection abilities may notice the gems in their non-operational state, though they could easily be overlooked due to the low power. However, when the gems are functioning, a greater amount of magic is in play, making them much more easily noticeable.

Some time early in their employment, almost all employees receive lessons in the proper usage of their gems from Mr. Crenso, who also manages the network. It may be assumed that all employees both wear a gem in some way, and are competent in using them to send messages.
Additionally, all Midnight Sun Employees, as part of their employment, are offered food from the kitchen for free. Employees that require special nutritional accommodations, like vampires, for example, also have case by case special arrangements.

Midnight Sun Employees are paid bi-weekly, every other Friday, in tokens. Salaries are relatively high, especially when compared with comparable positions with other businesses, and keeping in mind that housing arrangements and food are provided separately, and not charged for. Percentage based raises are awarded yearly, based on performance, and additionally on special occasions such as a particularly outstanding achievement.
The wait staff may choose to take tips from their customers, but are paid enough that any tips are merely supplementary income. Most employees choose to take their salary in tokens, and most choose to save the majority of their accumulated funds, not needing to spend much on a day to day basis.

Midnight Sun suppliers aren’t paid on the same schedule as employees. Suppliers are paid immediately upon the delivery of their goods, based on how many goods they’ve delivered. In working out a supply agreement, TMS and the supplier work out a list of things the supplier is to supply, how much they’ll be paid for each type of good (as a unit price), as well as how much of each good TMS expects them to deliver, and when to make the delivery. The unit prices agreed upon in the initial contract are highly negotiable if the quality or scarcity of the goods in questions changes during the duration of the contract. Good suppliers are often awarded incremental increases in unit prices. Some suppliers choose to be paid in tokens, others choose to take gold bits. That choice is up to the supplier as the deal is being made initially.

Most suppliers bring their ingredients on carriages or carts to an unloading dock at the back of The Midnight Sun Establishment, where unloading employees unload their cart, measure the volume of goods, and pay the supplier on the spot.

Kate Green, by special arrangement due to the legally questionable nature of some of the goods she provides, also has a garden in the basement, where she grows some of the goods she sells. However, the procedure is largely the same, even if the locations are not.

All Midnight Sun employees are offered, upon their employment, a room of their own within the establishment. The majority of these rooms are located on the second floor. The player character employees who currently reside in second floor rooms are as listed below in no particular order.

Skarlet
Alden Marshal
Cyronin the Blue
Kevin
Odric Belthron
Tick
Davous the Black

Additionally, the administrative staff of The Midnight Sun have their offices on the third floor. Attached to each office is a room like the ones on the second floor, intended for the owner of the office to live in. The list of player characters that make their home on the third floor is as follows.

Empress Naoki & Artemis (Shared six room suite)
Reese Cresno
Grandma
Maelik The Fellblade

Large underground areas lie beneath The Midnight Sun, primary accessible through a large, locked metal door in the Employees Only section. All information regarding this system of basements is given on a need to know basis. Currently, there are two topics that represent this area.
Hasdrubal’s Lair and Kate’s Undergarden

In addition to the specific areas represented in those two threads, a number of other basement locations exist, but have not been detailed in RP yet. To preserve the mysteriousness, and to be lazy, I will not detail those locations here, save to say the following. The accumulated wealth of The Midnight Sun is stored, at least in part, below the establishment. And additionally, there is a tunnel, connecting the basement of The Midnight Sun to The Black Tower.

This thread will be updated sometime in the future with more clarification and information. If you have any questions, please ask.