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Test Drive Meme #0

Henir's Time And Space
You awake into darkness, surrounded by impossible geometry and an unnerving thrum that fills the cold air. Strange shapes move in the distance, drifting between labyrinthine paths that bend and twist into an endless, senseless maze. Gravity seems to be merely a suggestion, and you'll quickly find that any surface is fine for walking on—sideways, upsidedown, it doesn't matter as long as you're not thinking too hard about it. In a world of raw chaos, the only rule that matters is your willingness to press on. Just don't step too carelessly—one wrong move, and you could end up spinning down (up?) into an endless abyss, lost forever in time and space.
The air is cold, and the longer you stay here the more it feels like that chill will never leave... this isn't a place where mortals should be. Regardless of how you arrived in this place, you'd best make your way back out soon.



... but you're not alone in this alien world. There are others here like yourself, and it never hurts to have a few allies in a strange place like this.
There are also a number of strange... objects? Creatures? Monsters? Whatever you want to call them, they're not terribly friendly and "speak" only in terrifying, unnatural screeches. They seem territorial, which is a problem in a world where space itself follows no logical sense. At least they seem to lose interest once a target it out of their sights(?), and they can be killed(??) if you hit them enough times with something sharp or heavy... if you can't defend yourself, it's better to just keep your distance. There's a lot of sharp edges on those weird things, they seem to be fully aware of that fact.

Somewhere off in the distance you can hear a whale-like cry, followed by a giant shadow that flies past too quickly to see... that one, you probably shouldn't try to fight.
Walking In Circles, Squares And Triangles
No matter which way you go, you never seem to make any progress in finding a way out... and eventually, even the senseless scenery starts to look familiar again. You're not going to get anywhere just by looking around.
But it's on this second pass through that you finally stumble upon something new. Seated comfortably in the middle of the path is a strange man in an iron mask, bound in rusted chains. He is holding... a very dainty tea cup, which appears to be completely empty. He looks up as you approach, waving in a friendly manner.
Mysterious Masked Man
You're an adventurer, aren't you? Yes? No? Ah, well, it's never too late to start! Don't worry about the details. Hmm, let me try a different question... you want to leave this place, don't you? Henir's Time and Space isn't exactly friendly to ones like yourself. Besides, it's starting to get a little... crowded, one might say. I think it'd be beneficial to all of us if you and your little friends went somewhere else, don't you agree?
Kukuku, that's more like it. Why don't we make a deal? You do something for me, and I'll see to it that you can escape this place in one piece. That's fair, don't you think?
Hmm? Who am I? Oh, no one important! Not anymore, that is. You can call me Glave. Come find me again when you're ready. I'll gladly put you to work.
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Introduce yourself to the locals! |
"You see those shape-like creatures over there? They're not the best for conversation, but you could say they're the natives of this world. The long ones are called Chaos Triangle, and the ones that spin in place are Chaos Circle and Chaos Square. Why don't you start by introducing yourself? Of course, they respond best to acts of extreme violence, so you'd best go in prepared. When you're done playing, bring me back the core of each one and I'll give you something good." • Defeat Chaos Triangle, Chaos Circle and Chaos Square. • They're not the toughest of enemies to fight... but they can still smack you pretty hard, they have sharp edges, and they don't like strangers. You can't reason with them and they don't seem to understand speech. Also, the Triangles skitter. It's kind of creepy. • After striking the final blow, the Chaos creatures will collapse into their polygonal components and leave behind their core (a sphere, cube, or pyramid). Bring back one of each to Glave to complete this quest. |
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I didn't lose my marbles, but... |
"You're not much of a fighter, are you? Or maybe you're just pretending so you can get the easier job... kukuku, who am I to judge? Very well, not everything requires brute force to accomplish. Let's see... well, I did happen to drop something earlier. A pair of blue cubes, about an inch across each side. I think it was somewhere... oh, maybe over there? I'm busy at the moment, so how about you find them for me?" • Find Glave's two missing cubes. • His directions are awful to the point of being useless, and they blend in with all the other glowing blue surfaces around here. This might actually be impossible, but try your best. • Was this a trick to make you go away while he bothered someone else? ... maybe! But hey, it wouldn't hurt to try, right? There's tons of blue cubes just floating around, so maybe you can just find a pair that's almost the same... |
Lamp Oil? Rope? Bombs?
Glave's offer is tempting, if suspicious, but he's not the only one who seems familiar with this place. Somewhere deeper in the endless maze is another such person, standing at the centre of a wide platform bereft of monsters or chaos-creatures... a rest area, if you will. The woman smiles, checking something off on the long scroll in her hands.
Mysterious Woman
Leaving this place? I'm afraid that's outside of my control. I'm just a simple travelling merchant. You'd be better off trying to convince someone like Glave. He can be a bit troublesome, but he's not so bad once you get to know him.
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Who would say no to free samples? |
"Since you're helping Glave, why don't you take a couple of my potions? It's bad for business if my customers get hurt. If you give one of them to someone else, I'll consider that a favour to myself. Let me know how it goes, and I'll see what I can do to make Glave see reason." • Find a traveller in need and give them a healing potion! It tastes like Tylenol, but it sure does work. • Or just lie. Drink both of them yourself! What's the worst that could happen? • Show Helen that everyone is working hard to escape and she'll knock some sense into Glave. |
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You can't go to Elrios without a bit of whaling. |
"Actually... there is something else you could help me with. I run a fishing business on the side, you see, and I've heard tales of a great Leviathan that roams this space. I've always wondered if other fish might've ended up here as well. I'll let you have this rod, and if you find anything that looks like a fish, let me know." • Go fishing... in space!! • There is no water here, it only kind of looks stupid. • If you keep at it for long enough, you might actually fish something up... or maybe you'll just hook one of the Chaos creatures. Try not to get killed! • What is that whale sound, anyway? Maybe you can bait it out...? |
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NPC CONTACT
Other NPCs may also be available for chatting... if you can find them.
glave
[ Hey you with the teacup just sitting back watching everybody run around like monkeys. ]
I need you to tell me something.
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That depends on what you're asking. I don't know everything, kukuku...
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Why not?
[ Why is she taking instruction from Some Guy who doesn't know everything about this place, this is stupid, what sort of welcoming committee is he ]
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[welcoming committee?? he's not being paid to do that, you guys are supposed to be his entertainment...]
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[ chiaki vc: i want to speak to the manager ]
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Okay.
Chiaki's going to leave, then, go find one of those murderous triangles, and then come trotting right back to Glave with the thing in hot pursuit, she's not done with her questions. ]
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he's just gonna let this play out, what's the next step of her master plan]
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he can't lift his arm to pretend to have a tea party like this... ah. truly a shame. he might be frowning behind his mask.]
I think you may have misunderstood the quest I gave you.
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Did I? I said hi, then I brought it over so we can play together. You guys seem to get along.
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... Fine, fine. I can tell that you're stubborn. What did you want to ask?
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glave bc i promised you i would :)
Glave. [Stop giving out quests you ass.]
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[:)? he's innocent, let him quest in peace]
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Well, to be honest with you, a rift to Henir opened up in Elrianode. I came to investigate. You, on the other hand, appear to be making people do your chores instead of sending them home.
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Ah, but not to worry! I can assure you I am doing my job exactly as instructed.
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[He's old but he's not that old, come on.]
Those old rifts aren't so close to the El besides. [Not as close as the new one, anyway.]
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[like it isn't already a problem, but. at least he does seem to be taking this a little more seriously... if the Great El fell into Henir's domain, who even knows what would happen? probably a third apocalypse. there'd be so much to clean up.]
... It's out of my hands this time. Opening and closing rifts between realities isn't as easy as it looks. If I tried to interfere now, it could cause everything to collapse.
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Glad to see you're taking this seriously. [Sucks that he can't just close the rift.] You're the expert on this sort of thing. Unfortunately, it isn't as though we can simply move the El to a safer location. Which begs the question now... what do we do about this?
[What can they do about this?]
drags myself back here 3 months late because the plot demands it
The person who made the mess can clean up after themselves. Why not try to relax until then? Think of this as a surprise vacation.
[to the void!]
plot: glave doesn't care
Can they, now? [Mom voice. Or maybe just "Denif is mad" voice. Which sounds kind of like a mom voice—] And how do you know, pray tell, that they'll want to?
[He doesn't want your fucking vacation he wants to file his paperwork!]
cmon dont be such a drama queen, its just a little spatiotemporal destruction...
Hmm.
Well, I suppose I'd have to come out of retirement, in that case... but that hasn't happened yet, so it must be fine. [is this helping ease Denif's worries, Glave sure thinks it should]
Do you think this is the first time a new Space-Time Admin has been appointed? I doubt he could do much worse than Luto.
UH-HUH IT SURE IS BUDDY
I have a feeling your lack of "coming out of retirement" is entirely due to your disposition with regard to hard work.
[Bitch.]
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Excluding, of course, the doings of cultists that I have no association with. [like, sure, he INVENTED the seed of life but he didn't ENCOURAGE them to use it or anything, he can't be held responsible for mistakes he made before his employment] If anything, you should be thanking me for keeping this place together during such trying times. It's a lot more difficult than it looks, you know.
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