02. THE LOCAL TERRAIN
Aug 13, 2014 22:45:46 GMT -8
Post by Storyteller on Aug 13, 2014 22:45:46 GMT -8
TOUR THROUGH THE GALAXY CAULDRON
but first, a disclaimer!
There is no place as the Galaxy Cauldron... Seriously...
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS GAME ARE NOT REAL.
Pity. I always wanted to be a moon princess....
The Galaxy Cauldron is infinite once you are inside of it. There are nine main locations your characters can explore, discover and visit - or even make their own. Before I get into that however, I want to go over a few important ground rules:
1) The spaceships that float over the "sky" move in opposites. They are like two magnets that are constantly polarizing and attracting each other so that they orbit. If the Sol Rhapsody is directly north of the Bowl, then the Nemesis is directly south. If the Nemesis is due East, then the Rhapsody is due West. They can not be moved or controlled in anyway to change their orbits.
2) The entire "ground" area is a desert of nothing but solid ground and sparkling gray sand. The sky is a midnight blue with billions of tiny pricks of twinkling light. The space between all of the different locations is about a mile, if not more- space/time is a little funky around here. The Bowl is the only place that can see the tops of all the different places and the spaceships.
3) Once you leave the bowl in a direction toward the location of your choice, with the exception of the spaceships which you can access from the bowl and two mirrors (see below) you are walking in an atmosphere that only shows the bowl behind you, and your chosen location in front of you. If you leave from location to find another, it takes three times as long and you may just end up back where you left or at the bowl.
4) The locations can be corrupted or purified over time.
5) The locations have spirits/youma floating around them but they don't usually interact with people. Those who have the gift of medium (or are corrupted by evil for the youma) can see them- and with appropriate gifts speak to them or command them.
6) All locations change randomly. Rooms that looked right one day, may look different another day as the time period changes. Sometimes a journal may be there, but the next day gone. Environment changes are done by the ST and are stable until otherwise noted.
7) Settings are the storytellers job... Feel free to set up generic things but if your "exploring" or "Looking for something" then that falls to the storyteller.
You can reach out for special things or ideas through PMs. --------------- The Locations -----------
The Bowl: Neutral
The Bowl's stage has two round mirrors on the north and south sides. The North mirror leads to a similar mirror on the Sol Rhapsody in the "teleporting"room. The South Mirror leads to a similar mirror aboard the Nemesis. Players can also opt to "walk" to the spaceships and "jump" aboard if they have a high enough jump or fly.
The Bowl is the only place where the Guardian of the Cauldron can be summoned or be found. There is a small written tablet embeded in the exact center of the stage with instructions on how to summon her for the final judgement. (Or April 1st, which ever occurs first.)
To summon the Guardian
All must attend with one thing in mind
The direction on which they wish to go
To be judged for their hearts desire.
Then a new world will be born.
All must attend with one thing in mind
The direction on which they wish to go
To be judged for their hearts desire.
Then a new world will be born.
The Bowl "setting" is this default unless otherwise noted by the Storyteller/ other players in the current scene.
The Moon Kingdom Palace: Positive Energy
The Moon kingdom palace is a lovely building with long coordinators and many rooms for dancing. The Moon boosts many beautiful features but is almost all silver, white and gold in color. There is little other bursts of color except in different sleeping rooms were their owners had taken in their own touches.
The Moon Kingdom palace shifts in various ways between past and present versions and hosts bedrooms of previous inhabitants (Including the Senshi, the Black Moon family, Nehellena). Most of the time the Moon Kingdom is quiet and Tranquil.
Sol Rhapsody: Positive Energy
This large ship once hosted colonists looking for a better life. Computers still display information about their world and planet. Computers, that, look a little like the ones down in the Moon Palace. These computers however have access to different information at different times- and suggest there was once a different place where the Moon, and other planet's royalty came from. The ship contains many rooms and gardens for gatherings. The ship remains ominously empty- no spirits walk these halls nor is there any noises except for when the computer is programmed to play music.
There are sleeping quarters for Selenity, any Sun oriented planetary powers, and the outer knights.
Sol's Rhapsody can not be chaos corrupted, only destroyed.
Elysian: Positive Energy
A paradise of Gardens and open air temples in greek style. This peaceful, life filled garden is a paradise of warmth and health. This is the only place in the Galaxy Cauldron where you can find animals, birds and insects living and making noise. Spirits in the form of small glowing balls fliter from place to place and sometimes manifest into human forms.
There are living quarters some of the temples for the people who oriented from Earth. (Beryl, Endymion, The Shinnenou, etc.)
Crystal Tokyo: Positive Energy
The Tower of Crystal is a large one that shimmers with protective energy and doesn't allow anyone with chaos energy (even a taint) to enter. The crystal teleports people to the top level where there is a palace surrounded by a moat. The Palace itself has Eight Towers that surround the base of the main palace. Each tower once belonged to a senshi and a general- though the general's living things only appear if they are present. The Senshi's things always appear.
The Crystal Palace hosts rooms for everyone- though some only appear when that person is present.
The Dark Kingdom: Chaos Energy
The Dark Kingdom is a cold, skull ridden place with far too many shadows to hide things. Youma crawl and exist in the dark places, waiting to serve or be sent out. Eyes follow most in the main rooms- though rarely in private unless invited in. There is a large throne room with pillars and a single throne high on a dias. Behind the throne is a door that frames the throne. This door leads down to Metallia's alter where the sun demon watches over all in a bodiless spirit.
The Dark Kingdom hosts living space for all chaos tainted people and those spaces sometimes change randomly - especially for the Shinntenou and Beryl.
The Nemesis: Chaos Energy
Unlike the Rhapsody, the Nemesis was built for War. It is powered by a large black crystal that can cancel out the other crystals by absorbing their energy and turning it into Chaos Energy. The Nemesis's interior contains many meeting rooms, and laberatories where Sapphire used to experiment. There are also training rooms for those who seek to change their fates. There are sleeping quarters for the Dead Moon family.
The Nemesis can't be purified, it can only be destroyed.
The Dead Moon Circus: Chaos Energy
The main part of the circus is upstairs supported and "tied down" by strings that resemble something far more akin to spiders webs then anything else. There is a long "stalk" portion that contains an elevator going up to the upper floors and show rooms. There is a "main ring" and two "small rings" that are the basis of the circus itself. Youma watch and practice their tricks to entertain fellow chaos tainted members on command.
There are living quarters for anyone associated with the Circus.
The Infinity Academy: Chaos Energy
Above ground there's 40 floors of classrooms, meeting areas and offices- and on the top most floors, living spaces coverted from places they once lived in life like the Tomoe Household...
Below ground there's an extensive six floors of laboratories and creature creations for Daimon eggs. However most of the equipment looks broken and what Daimon eggs were there aren't alive anymore. The bottom most lab, Tomoe's lab is the most smashed. Still... there are other things Tomoe was famous for...
