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PLAYING WITH FIRE, Page 35

alschroeder

on May 4, 2013

I was going to explain the First Level's headquarters in one panel, and then realized I'd need more than that…a LOT more—so this is a little interlude from Heidi Gulliver's reporter's notes (because Lafferty and Frost would never get this expository) about where they live, where they're headquartered, etc.  The suites at the beginning of this story arc was at the NYC Worldtree Hotel.  Soul/Lore was visiting, and Lafferty has a suite there too—but he doesn't live there, instead choosing another place to live, which I'll show later.
These particular maps of the world and New Mexico are in the public domain, by the bye.  No laws were broken in their reproduction.
 The rank and file Raven Corporation members think the Next Level is an elite troubleshooting task force within the Corporation. They are given special privileges. They can ride free, and even commandeer, Firstchoice commerical jets, which is one of the Raven Corporations' subsidiaries, which gives them access to the entire world.
The Rainbow Mesa Complex—the HIDDEN one, not the corporate headquarters by Celestial Lake–is the true headquarters of the Next Level.  Ageless lives there, as does Vigilant.
I'll do another update tomorrow. I'll feel free to interrupt the story with these informational bits, however.  I've still got a lot more to explain.