Finding the Black Market
From the book If You’re Reading This, You’re Not Dead (Yet), by the legendary stalker Victor Ashford. Recovered from the corpse of a 172nd Infantry Brigade soldier inside The Cure's firing zone.
The Green's Black Market
The only fucking reason you should ever willingly come to the Green is for cyber. Fact of the matter is you ain't gonna find nothin like the shit they got here anywheres else. You gotta remember, this is an FBC Blacksite, and FBC don't let you into they little circlejerk unless you bring some fuckin lube. The Green got its pass with literal green, and it got that bread by letting the corps gangbang the poor fuckers who live here.
It turns out having zero fucking oversight or regulations on megacorps makes them go wild with the shit they cook up. Last time I was here, one of 'em came out with this wack ass fucking thing that let you hook onto the city's monorails and ride 'em by yourself. Problem is, the city monos are in the fucking air, like attached to the megabuildings and shit. And these things weren't any kinda quality neither. So what you ended up with was severed arms showing up to stops because the cyber flung 'em at Mach Jesus and ripped they arm clean off. I got blood all over my fucking coat and I'm still pissed about it.
That's the kinda bullshit you can expect, but at least the rest of what's for sale ain't half bad. On that last trip, I got a XM-Shredder for 40% market. But you ain't finding that price at the Sahara dealership, you only get that kinda price at the black market, that's why you're reading this.
What The Fuck Is It?
Aight so check this shit out. In most places, the black market ain't a real spot you can pull up to. It's everywhere all at once if you know what you're doin. But the black market in the Green ain't like that, well it kinda is but the good shit is at a real fucking place.
Basically, there's a group of dealers and smugglers who move around everyday and set up someplace new. And this can be literally anywhere, rooftops, abandoned buildings, on my last visit it was in the back of a whorehouse. They set up wherever they can and you can just pull up and buy shit like it's a fuckin flea market. Vendor's got they little stalls and everything.
Mind you, it's not just cyber and weapons they got, it's literally everything. Meds, drugs, mercs, slaves, fresh fuckin produce. You gotta remember, the money the corps pay people with in this fuckass city ain't worth shit. It's basically play money, if you live and work here they got your wallet by the fucking balls. Corpo cucks decide what you can spend your money on, where you can spend it, the prices of the shit you're buyin, and of course they're the ones who pay you too. Complete fucking market control. So that's why there's a black market. Because if there was none, half the city would fucking starve because they literally can't buy fucking food.
But I want you to think about that for a sec. People can't buy shit easy, the black market shows up to fill that hole. And they do that PHYSICALLY. You really think even a nomadic fuckin flea market goes undetected completely in one of the most surveilled fucking Blacksites on the fucking earth? Yeah, black market gets raided sometimes, but they're too fucking good at keeping their cocks attached.
Think about this for a minute, like really fucking think about it. The motherfuckers who run the black market aren't the people selling shit to you. They do they part, but there's a big boss up there telling them where to go and making the rules for the place. Someone is running the black market for real, it ain't some wholesome alliance between sellers. But who? Who the fuck is calling the shots? It's the fucking corps again, that's who. These fuckers control every aspect of the economy in the Green, you really gonna tell me they don't control this part of it too? To them, money is fucking money. Doesn't matter if someone buys some shit at a legit store, or trades jewelry for food so they don't starve. These fuckers are making bank either way.
But you wanna find them, you need to find them. Corpo fucks might be calling the shots there too but everyone makes a trip to the black market eventually.
Important Shit
- Black market doesn't have just one spot every night, they got 2-3 in the city
- There's always a market in the waterfront, that's the only district that always has one
- The day before the market opens, there's gonna be some kind of mark in the area 5 miles around the market. The mark changes, but it's always tiny and easy to miss. You're gonna need someone in the know to tell you what the current mark is
- The marks are smaller than a gnat's dick and show up in weird spots. The frequency of the marks gets higher the closer you are to it. The marks get taken down right before the market opens
- Market opens at 8pm and closes at 3am. They can't stay open past the witching hour
- Market takes any kind of money or valuables you got, but be ready to haggle
- Don't bring no guns or nothin to the black market, don't be fucking stupid. Guards shoot motherfuckers ON SIGHT if they see a gun even on you, they don't fucking care if you're holding it or not. There's not check-in or whatever the fuck for weapons, just don't fucking bring them, or keep them tucked away up your ass while you're there
- NO MAGIC. Now, you're reading this so you're probably too fucking stupid to do magic. But if you CAN do magic, first off, put this book down fuck you you fucking witch fuck. Second, the guards will fucking shoot you on sight. Good fucking riddance.
- When you find the place, fucking buy something, at least try to. People get real fuckin shaky about motherfuckers coming by to just look at shit or whatever
- Get to know the vendors. If you don't wanna have to Scooby-Doo this shit every time you need something, get friendly with the vendors. If they trust you, they'll let you know ahead of time where the market's gonna be that day
"Survival tip #446: Clear out of the black market at least an hour before it closes. If you came in a group, enter and leave 6-7 minutes apart."
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