The beloved icon of a forgotten age, a dingy building with a brightly lit neon sign simply reading ‘GYM’ sits comfortably in an alley resting in the humble urbanity of most downtown regions. The only key feature of the building would be its blandness. It fit in where it belonged and did nothing more, there was to be no transforming into a mech requiring other buildings to be complete, nor was there to be an alien artifact that might destroy the natural order of the country. The building was, and that was that. That is until a panicked figure began bustling in and out of the building carrying boxes of varying weights and volumes in and out, a faint sound of carpentry could be heard from within for many weeks, the neighbors made sure the entire city knew of that. The long since abandoned building had a resident, and this resident seemed to have an endless supply of time and resources with which to do whatever it deemed fit on the property. At one point, some would swear of seeing the same resident run out twice before returning, but it seemed that the project was complete at last, the distant smell of paint had now faded into the breeze.
‘GRAND RE-OPENING! GYM DELUXE’
It was certainly a flashy flier, and the added deluxe in cursive certainly felt like something worth a grand reopening, but whether or not the once notorious name had earned such a title was for the customers to decide. Upon arriving at the familiar location, one thing seemed certain, it wasn’t open yet. The entire building had been covered in an enormous white sheet, hiding whatever improvements had been made beneath itself. A strange mascot character patrolled the storefront, clearly a part of whatever had happened here. This began the new life breathed forcefully into the lungs of such a piece of nostalgia, the only thing left to do to seal such a contract, was to unveil the building.