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The Legscraper is the home of the Tokyo Lift and the building that houses the Tokyo Fitness Center on its top floors.

Background

The Legscraper is a large, dumbbell shaped tower in the Kōtō ward of Tokyo. At over 600m (1968.5 ft), it is one of the tallest Ballparks in the ILB. The skyscraper is famous for the pair of large, humanoid, 650m (2132.5 ft) legs that manifest under and around the stadium at unpredictable intervals — earning it the colloquial nickname, “The Legscraper”.

The complex includes over 400 different facilities for splorts, wellness, education, non-business functions, and botany, for which it won the “Most Indecisive Building” Award in XXXX. The building is equally well-known for its labyrinth-like architecture, and whilst Lift players, fans, and gym members have been known to navigate it with relative ease, the tower’s expansive layout has led to 15 total disappearances, with some unaware visitors becoming trapped for weeks.

Past Ownership

The land the Legscraper occupies had previously attained notoriety due to its proximity to the Lazarus Pit — a series of large underground, partially flooded caverns situated at the centre of the Lazarus Cave System. The enriched water from the cavern had been found to encourage fitness, health, and ▇▇▇▇▇, as well as supporting a rich ecosystem of endemic bioluminescent organisms, including several members of the genus Cyrtomium and three distinct genera of Salmonidae^[1]. The pit was first documented in the works of Kamakura Period diver and splortsman Mehashirou^[2]. Whilst initially illegible due to water damage, extensive restoration of the works by cryptogeologist (the study of funky rocks) Grollis Zephyr allowed researchers at the University of Tokyo to locate the caverns, although on-site research was limited after legal action was threatened by land owner TM Holdings™.

The 115 acres (47 ha) of land were subsequently acquired by American entertainment conglomerate Walt Dilsney for only 60,000,000 JPY (600,000 USD), who after considering international parks in Europe, Canada, and Hades, selected Tokyo for the marketability of the pit^[3]. Whilst ground was first broken only a month later, construction workers located in the area soon began to report symptoms of increased self-worth, empathy, and a strong desire to follow their dreams. Shocked by the prospect of self-improvement, Dilsney halted construction on the project 4 months into development, and in 1997, it was abandoned.

Construction

During Spring, XXXX, the deeds to the lot reverted to TM Holdings™, who then attempted to lease the land to various construction firms. The company was met with refutals from clients due to complaints of flooding, uneven ground, and highly localised magnetic storms. The deeds were ultimately transferred to professional wrestler Nandy Slumps after TM Holdings™ CFO Jobs Boss lost them in an underground Mahjong match. Slumps would go on to work with long-time collaborator Stijn Strongbody to raise funds for a public fitness center and low-income housing community, eventually receiving a 20,000,000,000 JPY (184,578,480 USD) grant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to develop the site.

Redevelopment of the site used extant infrastructure from Dilsneyworld, and was predicted to take over 2 years to complete. Contractors again reported unusual occurrences, including the overnight completion of multiple sections of the structure intended to be completed months later, the activation of devices not connected to a power source, and the disappearance of a 3.5m(11.5 ft) “Melvin the Minotaur" animatronic from the “Tunnel of Love” ride that had been scheduled for auction later that week, appraised at 800,000 USD. Workers also began to find “Lovingly Prepared Beef Wings” in their tool boxes, boots, and the engines of their construction vehicles. Whilst the other anomalies were eventually linked to the confounding effects of the then undiscovered legs, the origin of the “Beef Wings” is currently unknown.

Season 13 Floods

During the League-wide season 13 Ballpark renovations, building surveyors opened the “DO NOT OPEN” door on level 55 of the Legscraper. This door, later found to lead directly to an infinite pool of Immateria, resulted in the constant flooding over 20% of the tower’s local water levels. As flooding was eventually equalised by the opening of a second “DO NOT OPEN” hatch in the sub-sub-sub-basement 10 floors below.

Facilities

Besides the regulation Blaseball field on its upper levels, the Legscraper houses many facilities for all manner of splorts and games. These include Olympic sized swimming pools, indoor running tracks, astroturf fields, physiotherapy treatment centres, and a staggering number of gyms.

The building also contains numerous recreational facilities. One notable example is the Lotus Mango Conservatory and Community Garden. The Conservatory is home to a number of gifts from other teams in the league and was overseen by ex-Lift batter Lotus Mango prior to their trade to the Seattle Garages. Custodianship of the Conservatory has since transferred to Lift pitcher Alejandro Leaf.

The Legscraper also contains rooms for the team's players, regardless of whether or not the player resides in the tower. New arrivals to the team find fully furnished rooms marked with their names, despite no one being able to confirm that the rooms existed prior to their arrival. Players who are roomates find bunk beds already set up for them while players who have their own housing in Tokyo instead find lounges for use between games.

↑ Zephyr G. et al. 'Impacts of the Tokyo “Lazarus Pit” on humans and the native biosphere', Nature? Scientific Journal
↑ Mehashirou 'Treatise on the Pit' Volumes 1-4. Note: Mehashirou is widely considered to be a pseudonym and the real name of the author is unknown.
↑ Licker, Boot 'The Wonderful World of Dilsney' p. 143-150

[1] Zephyr G. et al. 'Impacts of the Tokyo “Lazarus Pit” on humans and the native biosphere', Nature? Scientific Journal

[2] Mehashirou 'Treatise on the Pit' Volumes 1-4. Note: Mehashirou is widely considered to be a pseudonym and the real name of the author is unknown.

[3] Licker, Boot 'The Wonderful World of Dilsney' p. 143-150

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+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the home of the Tokyo Lift and the building that houses the [[Tokyo Fitness Center]] on its top floors.
-==Description==
-The Legscraper is the official stadium and home of the [[Tokyo Lift]]. The influences of the formerly deific legs it is built on and the mysterious cave system above which it is often stationed have turned the dumbbell-shaped skyscraper into a (relatively) benevolent entity. Members of the Lift can navigate the ever-shifting hallways and empty rooms of the tower with ease, while fans are channelled straight to the elevators leading to the rooftop stadium. Visiting teams and certain other groups, however, may become hopelessly lost until discovered by Lift staff; one party of [[Adult Dilsney Fan|Dilsney]] executives became trapped in an office-supplies cupboard for seventeen days, surviving on glue sticks and fluid squeezed from anti-static screen wipes. The origins of the Legscraper are known to few. Although the existence of the Lazarus Pit is now common knowledge in certain circles, the legs that support the Legscraper are dismissed as products of Dilsneyland Tokyo or an aspect of the Pit. The only ones aware of the Legscraper's true nature are players [[Nandy Slumps]], [[Stijn Strongbody]], and [[Knight Triumphant]].
-==History==
+==Background==
-The land that became home to the Legscraper was already notable before Walt Dilsney bought and half-built a theme park over it, and it is strongly speculated that Dilsney chose this location because of the Pit’s presence.
+The Legscraper is a large, dumbbell shaped tower in the Kōtō ward of Tokyo. At over 600m (1968.5 ft), it is one of the tallest Ballparks in the ILB. The skyscraper is famous for the pair of large, humanoid, 650m (2132.5 ft) legs that manifest under and around the stadium at unpredictable intervals — earning it the colloquial nickname, “The Legscraper”.
-===LAZARUS PIT===
+The complex includes over 400 different facilities for splorts, wellness, education, non-business functions, and botany, for which it won the “Most Indecisive Building” Award in XXXX. The building is equally well-known for its labyrinth-like architecture, and whilst Lift players, fans, and gym members have been known to navigate it with relative ease, the tower’s expansive layout has led to 15 total disappearances, with some unaware visitors becoming trapped for weeks.
-Though documented during the Kamakura Period by the avid splortsman known only as Mehashirou, no local or historical name for this site survives; the name used today is an invention of the Dilsney Corporation. The Lazarus Pit is an underground cavern and associated body of water containing magic that encourages fitness and health. Prior to Dilsney’s creation of a second manmade entrance, the only known passage into the Pit was a submerged sea cave in the Tokyo Bay. Situated at the nexus of a complex cave system, the Pit’s isolation combined with the water’s unique properties have resulted in a rich ecosystem of endemic bioluminescent organisms, including several members of the genus ''[[wikipedia:Cyrtomium|Cyrtomium]]'' and three distinct genera of ''[[wikipedia:Salmonidae|Salmonidae]]''.
-===LEG DAY===
+==Past Ownership==
-Before Blaseball was even an idea, Nandy Slumps was killing gods with Knight Triumphant. In the still-extant Moab Desert, a quarry of theirs would be split up in an effort to make it impossible for it to ravage the land once more. Nandy, in particular, took the legs. Still ambulatory and seeking its parts, Nandy decided to cut off a toe under the assumption that it would seek nearer parts first. Her gamble paid off, and she used the toe as bait to lead it across the Pacific. The legs remained above ground as she placed the toe in the caves that, unbeknownst to her, led to the Lazarus Pit.
+The land the Legscraper occupies had previously attained notoriety due to its proximity to the Lazarus Pit — a series of large underground, partially flooded caverns situated at the centre of the Lazarus Cave System. The enriched water from the cavern had been found to encourage fitness, health, and ▇▇▇▇▇, as well as supporting a rich ecosystem of endemic bioluminescent organisms, including several members of the genus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtomium Cyrtomium] and three distinct genera of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonidae Salmonidae]<ref>Zephyr G. et al. 'Impacts of the Tokyo “Lazarus Pit” on humans and the native biosphere', ''Nature? Scientific Journal''</ref>. The pit was first documented in the works of Kamakura Period diver and splortsman Mehashirou<ref>Mehashirou 'Treatise on the Pit' Volumes 1-4. Note: Mehashirou is widely considered to be a pseudonym and the real name of the author is unknown.</ref>. Whilst initially illegible due to water damage, extensive restoration of the works by cryptogeologist (the study of funky rocks) [[Grollis Zephyr]] allowed researchers at the University of Tokyo to locate the caverns, although on-site research was limited after legal action was threatened by land owner TM Holdings™.
-===DILSNEYLAND===
+The 115 acres (47 ha) of land were subsequently acquired by American entertainment conglomerate Walt Dilsney for only 60,000,000 JPY (600,000 USD), who after considering international parks in Europe, Canada, and Hades, selected Tokyo for the marketability of the pit<ref>Licker, Boot 'The Wonderful World of Dilsney' p. 143-150</ref>. Whilst ground was first broken only a month later, construction workers located in the area soon began to report symptoms of increased self-worth, empathy, and a strong desire to follow their dreams. Shocked by the prospect of self-improvement, Dilsney halted construction on the project 4 months into development, and in 1997, it was abandoned.
-As professional Blaseball beckoned, Slumps eventually left the legs in a shady grove, expecting them to decay and be forgotten. Instead they were preserved by the Pit's magics. When the Dilsney Corporation took ownership of the locale in 19XX, the mighty limbs became the centrepiece of the themed area "Leg-o-Land", home to attractions including the Ankle Biters soft play area and the short-lived Thigh Will Be Done bistro. Park staff deployed to this area reported symptoms such as rampant muscle growth, raging thirst and cataracts, but were dismissed by Dilsney executives as "paranoid malingerers". The park failed spectacularly, and in 1997, it was abandoned.
-===LEGSCRAPER===
+==Construction==
-When Slumps won the title deeds to the former Dilsneyland Tokyo in an unsanctioned backroom Mahjong tournament, she was unaware of her previous connection to the location. Her first site visit revealed the truth; the awesome, uncorrupted legs stood proudly as the focal point of the park and performed a subtle curtsey as she passed. Alert to the pressures facing low-income residents of Tokyo, Slumps had already been considering redeveloping the area for rent-free social housing. The legs would, in time, become the centrepiece of the development, crowned by a futuristic skyscraper hosting healthcare and leisure facilities serving the community. Thus, the Legscraper was born.
+During Spring, XXXX, the deeds to the lot reverted to TM Holdings™, who then attempted to lease the land to various construction firms. The company was met with refutals from clients due to complaints of flooding, uneven ground, and highly localised magnetic storms. The deeds were ultimately transferred to professional wrestler [[Nandy Slumps]] after TM Holdings™ CFO Jobs Boss lost them in an underground Mahjong match. Slumps would go on to work with long-time collaborator [[Stijn Strongbody]] to raise funds for a public fitness center and low-income housing community, eventually receiving a 20,000,000,000 JPY (184,578,480 USD) grant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to develop the site.
+Redevelopment of the site used extant infrastructure from Dilsneyworld, and was predicted to take over 2 years to complete. Contractors again reported unusual occurrences, including the overnight completion of multiple sections of the structure intended to be completed months later, the activation of devices not connected to a power source, and the disappearance of a 3.5m(11.5 ft) “Melvin the Minotaur" animatronic from the “Tunnel of Love” ride that had been scheduled for auction later that week, appraised at 800,000 USD. Workers also began to find “Lovingly Prepared Beef Wings” in their tool boxes, boots, and the engines of their construction vehicles. Whilst the other anomalies were eventually linked to the confounding effects of the then undiscovered legs, the origin of the “Beef Wings” is currently unknown.
+==Season 13 Floods==
+During the League-wide season 13 Ballpark renovations, building surveyors opened the “DO NOT OPEN” door on level 55 of the Legscraper. This door, later found to lead directly to an infinite pool of Immateria, resulted in the constant flooding over 20% of the tower’s local water levels. As flooding was eventually equalised by the opening of a second “DO NOT OPEN” hatch in the sub-sub-sub-basement 10 floors below.
+==Facilities==
+Besides the regulation Blaseball field on its upper levels, the Legscraper houses many facilities for all manner of splorts and games. These include Olympic sized swimming pools, indoor running tracks, astroturf fields, physiotherapy treatment centres, and a staggering number of gyms.
+The building also contains numerous recreational facilities. One notable example is the Lotus Mango Conservatory and Community Garden. The Conservatory is home to a number of gifts from other teams in the league and was overseen by ex-Lift batter [[Lotus Mango]] prior to their trade to the [[Seattle Garages]]. Custodianship of the Conservatory has since transferred to Lift pitcher [[Alejandro Leaf]].
+The Legscraper also contains rooms for the team's players, regardless of whether or not the player resides in the tower. New arrivals to the team find fully furnished rooms marked with their names, despite no one being able to confirm that the rooms existed prior to their arrival. Players who are roomates find bunk beds already set up for them while players who have their own housing in Tokyo instead find lounges for use between games.
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