The Gourmet Club

the Gourmet Club in Meteiner Boulevard, Landis District, is an elite association of diners, the crème of Sector 190 society. The Gourmet Club is situated in a penthouse atop a three storey, hexagonal tower on the corner of Meteiner Boulevard. The judges will have no difficulties getting past the club’s security – a Henry III doormek with an extensible electro-prod. Henry III has a black and white colour scheme reminiscent of an olde world butler. A dickie bow rotates slowly at its neck. A top model elevator takes the judges up to the penthouse level. The foyer above is opulently decorated with real gold and silver inlay. Soothing muzak wraps around the judges. The main door directly opposite the elevator exit leads into a cloakroom staffed by an attendant robot. As the judges enter, it asks them if they wish to leave their helmets with it for safekeeping. The attendant robot will otherwise step to the side, allowing the judges to pass. The door at the other end of the cloakroom opens into the main banqueting hall, a room measuring approximately one hundred feet in length with a vaulted ceiling covered in undulating holofrescos. A long and narrow table dominates the hall. The table is laden with a cornucopia of colourful foods. Two-dozen citizens are sat, enjoying their meal. The only chair vacant is at the far end of the table. When the judges make their presence known, the room, once full of jolly conversation and laughter, falls silent, save for a few belches. Any action the judges choose to take will be met with indignation and verbal abuse – though the citizens present are too cultured to resort to expletives. If the judges ask the gourmets about their business with the illegal mutants, they will discover that the food laid on the table is made up of cooked mutant! The gourmets are somewhat appalled if the judges accuse them of cannibalism. ‘Cannibals? Pfagh! Only the most succulent meats adorn this table. We don’t select any old carrion, you know.’ If the judges inquire further about the Gourmet Club’s involvement with the mutants, they are informed that the only member who knows the full details is the toast, Joseph Sloppy Joe Bourgain – though he is absent due to business dealings. If the judges ask of his probable whereabouts, they are told that Bourgain is working from his office in Castelum Optimus Appt 97/C, one of the Fours Towers Luxy-Blocks in Soprano District. The Gourmet Club can offer the judges no further information.

Leader

Joseph "Sloppy Joe" Bourgain, RIP

Notable Members