TPB Omnibus #3! - The Bowels
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THE BOWELS
OVERVIEW
The hellish landscape dwelling beneath Panty’s Landing. Serving as both a sewer system and a jail, it’s a place nobody ever wants to find themselves—unless they never wanna see sunlight again…
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BIOGRAPHY
Before Panty’s Landing and Danger’s Cove, there was The Bowels, a maximum security prison built underground and reserved for the vilest criminals imaginable. Most would claim it bold to even write the name, and would rush away from you if you uttered it in their presence. See, rumors have plagued the place since its inception. Some believe mentioning its name will cause you to be haunted by the ghosts of those who died there, others believe you’ll be whisked away in the dead of night and taken there yourself, locked up for all eternity.
Why the reputation? Because of the brutality of the place. Once you’re locked in The Bowels, you’re forgotten about. Nobody’s going to feed you. Nobody’s going let you free. You’re no longer connected to the outside world, you’re simply a person trying to survive a nightmare jam-packed with leaders who torched their own people, pirates who pillaged entire towns, and killers who got their rocks off torturing innocent people. Over time, the darkness drove the captives insane—it’s said sailors could hear their maddened screams out at sea, and took it as a warning sign to avoid the island.
The Bowels was founded by Jacob “JJ” Jones, a self-proclaimed lawman of the sea. He was your everyday bounty hunter for a few years until he found this abandoned island, ate some mushrooms, and saw a vision of a demon demanding he feed it many, many twisted souls. This scared him into proposing the idea to neighboring towns, and after proving himself a man who can get the job done by arresting a few major criminals, they all agreed. Henceforth it became his mission to capture anyone evil.
Things quickly got out of hand, though. He kept eating those mushrooms, and that demon kept asking for more souls. Soon minor infractions such as stealing a stick of gum or peeing in a public pool were enough for JJ to threaten locking you up, and eventually he found himself locked away. Nobody knows his fate, but it’s very likely he was murdered. After that, The Bowels fell into legend, with few knowing its true location. Scurvy didn’t. Not at first.
Upon discovering it, he did everything he could to bury its existence, not wanting people to shy away from his newly-built city because of it. His grand plan saw it transformed into a sewer system, where he hoped the waste would eradicate any remaining prisoners. Unlucky for him, one person survived, one person who would bring about his line’s downfall—Daring Derek.
I won’t go on about Daring Derek here. He’s deserving of his own chapter. But, in short, he was a brilliant scientist who found himself locked away after attempting, numerous times, to stitch living people together. While in the Bowels, he began his life’s work, creating stuffed animals(the army he hoped would lead him to power), and the panties(the item he hoped would help them break free). These stuffed animals turned on him, using the panties to break themselves free and leave him down there to rot.
Little has changed since Scurvy’s rule. The Bowels history as a jail has been mostly forgotten, and no matter how much of a bastard Bon and the rest of the Panty Mafia are, they refuse to lock anyone else down there…
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SOME RANDOM(former)RESIDENTS
Crazy Steve and Crazier Steve– Brothers! They were the first two people ever locked in The Bowels. A pair of bank-robbin’, grave-robbin’, loons who pulled off what was, at the time, the biggest bank robbery in history. Arresting them is what propelled JJ to superstardom, for they’d killed every lawman who’d ever challenged them!
The Birthday Killer– This dude only killed people on their birthdays, and only if it matched his birthday, and only if they shared his name, and only if their favorite drink was his favorite drink and their favorite food was his favorite food and they were related to him. He only ever murdered his father. He was worried they were the same person and didn’t want to be killed first.
Superzero –A superhero who, after quickly rising to fame, plummeted into obscurity. He decided to stage his own crimes and then take the credit for stopping them by framing other people.
The Sandwich Cult– All fifty-three members of the sandwich cult ended up here. Don’t ask what they or what they did with sandwiches—you don’t want to know.
People Named Ian – Once JJ went off the deep-end, he developed a strange hatred for the name ‘Ian’. He claimed it was an evil-sounding name and that anyone possessing it was evil. This is when people began to realize he wasn’t so sane anymore…
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TRIVIA
-The name “The Bowels” actually comes from JJ himself. When he first pitched the idea he proclaimed the jail would become where the “shit of the world” goes.
-There was an attempt to start a colony here at one point. However, the two sides couldn’t agree on whether they should attempt to escape The Bowels or make them livable. An eventual civil war left them all dead.
-It is rumored that, at one point, JJ and Scurvy actually had a working relationship. Instead of killing his worst enemies, Scurvy would hand them over to JJ and let JJ take the glory of capturing them in exchange for massive amounts of money. They never met in person, supposedly, with Scurvy fearing he could be betrayed at any moment.
