Mermaid Lounge

The Mermaid Lounge is a large bar operating out of Siren Alley, Rapture's red-light district. Though not a required destination, it's recommended that Subject Delta visit the Mermaid Lounge during the events of BioShock 2.

History
Located in Little Eden Plaza, the Mermaid Lounge, like the rest of Siren Alley, originally had a more respectable name and image, but both have been lost to time. When the locality served as Rapture's mason's quarter, the tavern catered to the finest architects and designers in Rapture looking to conduct some business over a bite to eat or relax with a drink after a day's work.

The Civil War brought everything to an end by disrupting life in Rapture and putting the builders out of a job. This in turn meant that the establishment lost all its customers. Slowly the area became the city's red-light district, and the bar similarly lowered its image becoming the Mermaid Lounge. It achieved a sleazy image with its cheap alchoholic drinks and deteriorating interior. Gambling was not illegal in Rapture, but the Lounge's backroom casino offered the denizens of Siren Alley an alternative to the extravegant Pharaoh's Fortune Casino.

BioShock 2
When Subject Delta arrives in the Mermaid Lounge, the place is in poor shape. The first floor is in the worst shape of the facility with it's peeling wallpaper, broken furniture, and large, cratered floor.

First Floor
There are three Leadhead Splicers in the place: one is on the upper floor, one is in the side dining area, and one bangs on a Jukebox trying to get it to play Bessie Smith's "Need A Little Sugar in my Bowl." There's a Health Station and Little Sister Vent in the front as well as an El Ammo Bandito vending machine by the restroom. The restroom itself is frozen over, the result of a busted pipe, and has some valuable loot beneath the ice. Thawing it reveals the corpse of a man who evidently died while splicing up, judging by the EVE Hypo stuck in his arm.

The dining area opposite the bar has a pair of corpses, but nothing else. Behind the bar is the pantry and storage area where, judging by all of the jugs of Distilled Water, the owner would water down the drinks. In the southwest-most corner of the Lounge is a small room with a Power to the People machine, but it's locked with a security gate.

Second Floor
When Delta walks upstairs, he can see two shadowy figures inside the kitchen area, but they dart away as he comes close.

In the back are two areas, the manager's office to the left and the casino to the right. Inside the office, Delta finds the manager dead in his chair, the bloody power tool on the desk is the likely murder weapon. There's a secret room hidden behind a bookcase with a one-way mirror that looks in on the casino. When Delta enters, he sees a pair of Splicers arguing over a game of cards. The two will eventually attack eachother, but Delta can finish them both off with a flick of the 'Turret Control' switch which activates two Machine Gun Turrets hidden behind two posters of Jasmine Jolene. The casino itself has a few tables set up for poker and ten Slot Machines, but not much else. Walking out of the casino will cause a new customer to enter the bar.

The kitchen can be opened with the Hack Tool. There's some valuable materials on the shelf and a Safe with four Phosphorus Buck, 30 Anti-Personel Rounds, and 2 Health kits.

Jumping down the hole, Delta can now use the Power to the People station. After doing so, the previously unlocked gate swings shut, some Splicers light an oil slick to set off an oil drum, and another Splicer jumps down the hole to try and finish Delta off. After dealing with the Splicers, Delta can leave the Lounge having done everything of value.

Single Use Events

 * There is 1 Power to the People vending machine

Audio Diaries
NOTE: You can only reach these diaries before the flood.
 * Gilbert Alexander - The Rumbler - In the restroom.
 * Jamie Byass - Plasmid Shipment - On a table below a Turret in the casino.
 * Augustus Sinclair - Farther to Fall - In the room with a Power to the People machine.