You find yourself sucked into the bottle and...here.
Wherever here is.
The ground beneath you is solid. There seems to be no boundaries. You can walk into forever, if you so chose, but you will find nothing. You think you're in space, but upon closer inspection, all those glowing dots are actually bottles.
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Before you can get too far, a feminine disembodied voice speaks. Her words seemingly echo and ripple across the space, causing the floating bottles to lightly clink in accompaniment to her words. She speaks to all who are there.
"You are trapped here in this dimension."
There is a small pause before the voice continues.
"But it wouldn't be fun to simply kill you all outright. My masters have always been one for a fair chance to rectify a mistake. Break the seal located within each of these bottles---"
Before everyone, four bottles appear, floating before those gathered. They're different than the others floating around. Larger, more ornate, and within each of them, is an environment.
"Do so, and you will earn the right for one last trial to earn your freedom and your lives...but you better not dawdle. When the sun rises in your world, and you haven't conquered the trials...you're all dead."
The words echo into silence, and whoever was speaking to you is gone. She does not reply when asked any questions. You all have been given your tasks.
It's time to see them done, or perish.
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gaia_crownWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: THE MECHANICS
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This section lasts from January 4th, 2019 - January 11th, 2019, after which will then be the finale It's go at your own pace! Sign ups are STILL OPEN
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Now you make the choice on where to go! Your character(s) is free to move about wherever they so wish! You may pick any thread to enter, as long as you read the corresponding information about it Your character can not be in multiple threads at once. Thus, when moving your character from thread to thread after completing objectives, please tag the top of your posts with [ (character name) is ENTERING ] when going into a thread, and tag the bottom of your posts with [ (character name) is EXITING ] when leaving any thread so that people know! If you're interacting with another player, common courtesy is to give them 24 hours from when you posted to respond. If the player does not reply to you in 24 hours, please feel free to move on! This isn't to be rude, but to be fair to everyone to let them experience as much as the event as possible and to not hold anyone up
Mauvians! If you have a human form unlocked, you are free to use it! Order: You guys can summon your objects and use your magic! Chaos: You guys can summon your weapons, and use your magic. Teleportation: Yes, you can use it. No, you can't leave the bottle. No, you can't teleport into other bottles. The teleportation is limited to the current bottled area you're in. There is no escaping this trap realm until all objectives have been completed
Starseed ripping: Yes, but there's a catch! First, you can only do so with player permission. Second, as soon as your character rips the starseed, it disappears, along with the owner. They die, so they get sent [ HERE ] along with their starseed back in their body
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Yeah, you know it. You're free to attack anyone in any thread. Friendly fire is also turned on, so you're free to attack anyone on the same side as you if you're thirsty for a fight Fighting will be done through dice rolling to keep it fair. Please use the corresponding stats for your character's appropriate level:
Civilians HP: 10 / 10 Dice: 1d6 (total is the amount of damage you do)
Please don't be mean and rude and gang up on another player, unless it's discussed before hand for suffering reasons. Nyx or myself will step in otherwise Your HP carries over to any thread you go to, which could put you at a disadvantage when tackling prompts! Consequences, right? If at any point your HP reaches 0, go [ HERE ]
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gaia_crownTHE TRIAL BOTTLES
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Feel free to tackle these trails as pairs or in a group, even! You can do everything solo as well if you wish, but your characters are in the same space as others during that time...interact with each other! To "beat" each trial, at least one character has to successfully complete it. Even if one character has completed a trial, you are all still encouraged to finish each trial with your own character! For each trial your character completes, they get an item they can use in another trial or for later Keep track of any items your character earns. This can be done be done using spoiler tags or in an additional quote box. If your character uses an item they earn, please post the action in bold, and then remove the item from your inventory After you finish a trial, you're welcome to come back to this thread, and then move onto another as well! You do not have to complete the trials in a certain order. You can do any in whatever order you want! You're allowed to enter a trial and not complete the trial You can leave a trial without completing the trial! Thinking of the Central Hub spits your character out of the Trial Bottle. If you lost any HP attempting a trial though, you don't get that back
gaia_starThe Bottle Sea
Approaching this bottle, you hear the lapping of waves and the sound of seagulls. It also has that salty ocean air smell, tinged with scurvy Reaching out to touch this bottle sucks you in and sends you [ HERE ]
gaia_starThe Bottle Desert
Approaching this bottle, you hear the sound of bacon sizzling. It also puts off an incredibly dry heat as you draw near Reaching out to touch this bottle sucks you in and sends you [ HERE ]
gaia_starThe Bottle Sky
Approaching this bottle, you hear the sound of air rushing past your ears, and the smell of not enough air Reaching out to touch this bottle sucks you in and sends you [ HERE ]
gaia_starThe Bottle Catacombs
Approaching this bottle, you hear the sound of bones lightly rattling and the smell of death. What does death smell like? Well, here it smells musty, thick, and kind of suffocating Reaching out to touch this bottle sucks you in and sends you [ HERE ]
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gaia_crownTHE CENTRAL HUB BOTTLES
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Not ready to head into the trials yet and want to stick around? Awesome! Every 4 RL hours from the timestamp of your last bottle grab post, if you're feeling adventurous, you can roll 1d20 to have your character grab one of the nearby bottles and see what's inside. It's a surprise until you open it Health potions can be used on yourself or on other people, if you so chose! Effects stack (unless you leave, of course)! If you roll the same status effect back to back (without leaving the Hub), that doesn't stack. Nothing happens Effects disappear if you enter a trial bottle or die This trap realm is not liable for any harm or death that stems from your curiosity. Please enjoy
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1: Super lucky you! There's a Super Health Potion inside. Use it now, or stash it in your inventory for later use. Restores 25 HP
2: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You think nothing happened, but when you speak, all everyone hears is gibberish! To your own ears, you sound normal. This effect wears off if you enter a trial bottle!
3: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly hover a bit above the ground. It actually feels like you're swimming underwater, but in the air! You breathe just fine, because it's still air, but now you have to swim through it. Hey, you can swim up and go high, or swim down, to go low, at least! Your hair and clothes also ripple like you're underwater as well. This effect wears off if you enter a trial bottle!
4: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You're turned into a skeleton! Just a straight up skeleton. Despite having no eyeballs, or vital organs and stuff, you can still see and talk and hear and all that good stuff! This effect wears off if someone tickles your Ulna bone or if you enter a trial bottle!
5: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You're turned into a bird (of your choice)! You still talk normally though, so that's cool. The effect wears off if you enter a trial bottle!
6: Super lucky you! There's a Super Health Potion inside. Use it now, or stash it in your inventory for later use. Restores 25 HP
7: Lucky you! Within the bottle is another bottle you somehow get out. This is an attack potion. You use it by throwing it at a target. It does 50 HP DMG. Use it on some poor soul now or stash it in your inventory for later use
8: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly start to hiccup, and you can't stop unless someone hits you, or you enter a trial bottle!
9: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly feel like you're body is weighed down by lead. It's hard to move, not to mention sluggish. This effect disappears once you enter a trial bottle!
10: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You're turned into a squeaking frog (watch a youtube video about these too, it's pretty adorable)! This effect disappears once you enter a trial bottle!
11: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly lose a limb or body part (of your choice)! It's nothing bloody or painful (for once), it's just gone. If your character already has a lost limb or a body body part they suddenly get it back. This effect disappears once you enter a trial bottle!
12: Super lucky you! There's a Super Health Potion inside. Use it now, or stash it in your inventory for later use. Restores 25 HP
13: Death is in this bottle. Immediate death as it shoots you right between the eyes. It's quick and painless and you go [ HERE ]
14: When you open this bottle, a fuzzy moth flutters out. "Finally." It says, and then flutters away until it disappears in the darkness. Huh
15: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You can now only speak in lies (no secret identity compromising)! This effect disappears if you enter a trial bottle!
16: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You're turned into a mermaid (human top, fish tail, thankfully)! If you're a Mauvian, you're a mermaid with cat ears! This effect disappears if you enter a trial bottle (but since you don't have legs, you either have to flop, roll, or be carried to a trial bottle)!
17: Lucky you! Within the bottle is another bottle you somehow get out. This is an attack potion. You use it by throwing it at a target. It does 50 HP DMG. Use it on some poor soul now or stash it in your inventory for later use
18: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly start to feel irrationally angry! Like, there is no logical reason for you to be this mad. You won't stop feeling this mad unless someone hits you, or you enter a trial bottle!
19: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. Your hair suddenly grows until it's floor length (if you're a corrupt senshi, it shortens to just under your ears)! Your hair returns to the normal length when you enter a trial bottle!
20: Super lucky you! There's a Super Health Potion inside. Use it now, or stash it in your inventory for later use. Restores 25 HP
Was this what being flushed down a toilet was like? It was an odd thought, but there none the less. Being sucked into the bottle was an incredibly weird experience, one she wasn't keen to repeat. the surroundings were somewhat new, like the park, except more dense and less park like. The corrupt looked around once she was securely on her feet.
She paused as the voice she heard earlier echoed through the space, and blinked, brows raising into her bangs in slight alarm. A trap, hm? With tests to get out? Yikes. What had they gotten themselves into? This wasn't something she had expected at all when she accepted what she thought had been a harmless trinket.
It was here that Still noticed something else though. She wasn't holding onto the bottle anymore. It was gone for the time being---her hands weren't empty though.
The corrupt blinked as she look at the page, Chauvet, who she guessed she must have grabbed when they'd been sucked in. Oh. Well. Then. Still looked at her a moment, and then couldn't help but run a hand over the material of the Page's dress around her waist.
"What's this made out of, hm?"
She'd get to serious matters in a moment---she had to handle this awkward situation first.
Down and down and down she fell, like Alice into Wonderland. Floating gently among the mists and stars, she watched wide-eyed as the scenery around her changed, and then with two soft clicks her heels touched on ground, one after the other. She looked down at her waist and saw hands and then followed them back to a coat and garters, where she realized she was still in good company. There might have been a voice or something about trials or dying, yada yada, but all Chauvet was thinking about was how soft this senshi's hair looked in the low light, how she had a stray bang out of place and that Chauvet should set it right for her.
And then she was addressed and Chauvet gulped, like Stillwaterite might as well have stripped her down to Katie and found her in that pizza van again. "It's--uhh--" she stammered, grappling for a single working brain cell in her fog of Jesus Pete I'm gay, "--girlfriend material. High quality. Gotta have it dry cleaned, or it wrinkles."
Chauvet looked at Still's coat, eyes flickering down and up. "How about yours?" She knew there was small chance that the corrupt would want anything to do with her, but she couldn't help but put the ball in the other girl's court. You know, just in case.
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Sailor Phoebe is Entering
It was not a gentle landing, and the senshi of euphoria groaned as she pushed herself up off the ground and into a sitting position, a hand still rubbing at her side as sunset eyes flicked around the strange place she'd now found herself in. It was...well, it was weird. Phoebe didn't really know what to think of it, or the voice that filled the darkness and starlight around her.
Wait, those weren't stars.
"Bottles, what the heck?" Had she maybe hit her head? How many concussions could a person take before they had to worry about permanent damage? She tried not to worry too much about that specifically as she got to her feet and dusted herself off as she turned slowly in place, continuing to survey.
She felt the corrupted senshi before she saw her, but it was the sight of that cracked chest and those dark wings that thrust the poor girl's heart up into her throat. Not the acid green girl, but someone like her, and she was standing way too close to that page.
With a mix of panic and duty the senshi rushed forward and pushed herself between the two, two hands shoving into the front of the corrupt's torso before she placed herself firmly in front of the Cosmos page. "Get away from her!" She wasn't going to let another person's starseed get destroyed. She couldn't!
Nix's arrival in the bottle couldn't really be characterized as...graceful. The boy loved to be acrobatic and nimble in his movements, but getting sucked into...bottleverse or whatever had him all sorts of confused, so he arrived in flailing and awkward.
After a brief moment...he realized this place didn't have a floor. So he just stopped flailing, and then the fall stopped. "Huh."
He glanced around quickly, adjusting his sash, checking to see if anyone observed his...most graceful arrival. He figured people would be too distracted by, well, threats of death to all to really worry about his dumb arrival.
And, in fact, upon reflection, he realized he should be more worried about that too.
Not really having any better idea of what to do, he decided to approach the first people he saw--a knight and, gulp, a rather strong-looking corrupt senshi.
He started toward them, but then another senshi turned up, and he paused. That senshi had possibly the right idea in most circumstances, but then again, that voice said they'd all die. So he called out, "Shouldn't we, you know, try to work together a bit? I mean, I dunno 'bout you, but I don' wanna die tonight."
His landing was inelegant, or as inelegant as a cat's landing could be, but he was glad there was a hard floor beneath him. The sensation of being sucked into a bottle wasn't exactly one the cat liked as his puffed out tail and arched back proved. His shock and annoyance rapidly faded when he noticed the little stars twinkling were actually bottles.
This was quite facinating and something he wanted to explore more however before he could do more then take a few steps some voice started to talk from nowhere. She said stuff like how they were trapped, they needed to break a seal, and that there was a time limit. And as she was talking four big bottles appeared. Much bigger then the rest although the little ones still interested the guardian cat more.
Disregarding the four bottles first the large cat knocked one of the small 'star' bottles down and after poking at it a bit he got it open. To his surprise a small bottle fell out, a health potion it looked like. "Cool!" He hopped up and down for a moment before it occurred to him that he had no pockets to store the little potion in. Once more annoyed the cat sat and poked at his prize dejectedly, "If only Arthur was here... or Lacerta."
The white guardian cat had done something where he could keep fish snacks on him at all times but Mel didn't get a chance to learn that before the training session ended. He really wanted to learn how to keep snacks too. Mel's ears pricked up though when he remembered seeing Lacerta in the mist before he was sucked into the bottle. So with that thought in his mind he gently took the bottle into his mouth and started to search for the little senshi. She had to have pockets he could borrow right?
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Ella decided she liked the feeling of falling--it made her stomach feel weird, like she was about to laugh or throw up and she couldn't decide which. Above them all, some voice gave the group some kind of ominous message, to which Ella nodded along somberly, crossing her arms over the hoodie she'd worn to keep out the chill. There were worse things than being dead, but she supposed there was a sense of urgency to their calling that she was supposed to respect.
Ignoring whatever spat went on between all the glittery whoevers in one corner, Ella turned up her music and shuffled on over to the bottles, accidentally nudging a free floater with her shoulder. It was providence that she caught it before it fell, and she stared intently at the contents, wondering if this was like...Bottleception. Or Ella hears a Who. Shaking the contents a bit, she went to slide the bottle in her pocket when the cork came off, surrounding her in a fine mist. Ella's heels began to lift from the ground below, and she cackled as slowly, she rotated mid-air.
"Who wants to do the bone juice one?" She called out to nobody in particular, using her newfound superpower to slowly front-flip. "It smells like a graveyard."
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[ Sailor Genbu in Entering ]
"Jesuuuus...." It came out rough, unhappy, and the grouchy girl's features certainly belayed her lack of amusement at this new set of circumstances they;d just been thrust into. First a ******** up dream version of the Nutcracker, and now this. Whatever this is.
Brows creasing and frown deepening Genbu turned in place. "Where are we?" At first she thought maybe it was space, which seemed crazy, but the light spots hanging in the darkness were bottles literally hanging in the darkness.
Blue eyes searched for Seiryuu first before looking for Eurydike, one gloved hand reaching up to brush her fingers against the bottom of the closest bottle. It turned gently at her touch.
This was long from Zircon's first rodeo, but she didn't have to like it, landing on the platform with hands that itched for her boomerang. She took stock of her surroundings: sparse, starry--no, bottled, and getting more populated by the minute. Whatever entity had trapped them in was threatening them with certain death, which already had Zircon on edge, but to make matters worse, she'd lost hold of her lieutenant and failed to recover Sweetite. All in all, the night was slowly becoming one big loss.
And of course. Stillwaterite was there. Zircon's scowl couldn't go any deeper, but she tried all the same.
Skulking off to opposite side of the growing crowd, she kept her eyes open for the rest of her recruits, considering the floating bottles before her. It occurred to her that on top of all of this nonsense, she'd be missing out on the meteor shower this evening, and her eyes lost any remaining glimmer of light.
Sometimes, being a responsible general was just terrible. How did anyone else manage?
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Oh.
This one was cheeky and she liked that. It was refreshing to meet someone who could keep up a good attitude, even under incredibly odd and stressful circumstances. Still couldn't help but grin lightly at the Page. She was about to answer her, except she was suddenly pushed off by an Order signature.
"Ah---" The corrupt stumbled back a few steps, brows lifting into bangs as she regarded the Order senshi---hey, wait, was that Zircon over there? She looked positively dour. "Oh, relax." She replied, as she smoothed out her coat. "If I wanted to harm her, it would have been done already." She looked over at Nix as he spoke, approaching them, and nodded her head in appreciation. She jabbed a thumb at him. "There's some sound advice right there. Whatever we're in, there's no time for fighting amongst ourselves---"
Well, she had been about to leave the Page alone and tend to these trials, but since Phoebe had come along...
Still's eyes creased in mirth. The corrupt found she was able to teleport still, just a bit, but enough. She disappeared from sight only to reappear next to Chauvet. "You're a go getter, and I like that. So let's go get some stuff done, hm?" She wrapped an arm around the Page's waist, and leapt to one of the trial bottles---the one that called out to her with the sounds of the sea.
