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Cosmographia Mods ([personal profile] wearethecrystalmods) wrote2016-01-05 08:15 pm

Old Locations Post

This is the old version of the Locations post! Don't reference this. Use the new one instead.

Food Establishments

General Grocery Store – Exactly what you'd expect! With a nice big sign saying “GROCERIES” on it (hey, no one said the owners were the creative type) it's easy enough to find. In here you can find most basic necessities and food items you need to survive. Liquor is also available but you better be good at convincing Ma and Pa that you're of age!
The owners have worked out an agreement with the gems to give new gems their first $30 worth of groceries for free upon arrival, once presented with a one-use voucher. Be sure to pick one up from the Gem treasury! (Currently maintained by Sonico.)

Traveler's Wares International Market – After the temple became populated again with gems of all ethnicities, one of the townsfolk saw a golden business opportunity. Traveler's Wares has every foreign food item your characters won't be able to find in the general grocery store and if it doesn't? Ask the owner and he'll order it in for you! Unfortunately since all the items are imported, the prices are a bit higher than other places. But hey, you'll have miso and authentic curry spices!
Traveler's Wares is also the only place in town you can find bubble tea, sold and prepared by the owner's wife as a side business.

The Farmer's Market – Occurs weekly in the town plaza every Thursday. You can find almost anything at the Farmer's Market, all home made and home grown. Gems are also welcome to set up shop and sell their own wares at the market, but it costs a small fee for a spot.

Eleventy/Seventy – The local convenience store and the only place in town opened 24/7. Full of all sorts of junk food and pre-made food that'll proooooobably do bad things to your tummy, this place is ideal for all of your late night munchies. Or even your mid day munchies!

Poppin' Pizza – A popular hang out for the locals, Poppin' Pizza has a slick 60's mod decor interior and serves the best (and only!) pizza in town! Their specialty is the seafood pizza, made with locally caught seafood, but if that doesn't strike your fancy don't worry, they have all your usual pizza types as well. Want something custom-made? Go ahead and ask the head cook; she loves a good pizza challenge and is more than willing to make anything you want! Does delivery, but will not enter the temple.

Cod 'n Spuds – The more simplistic of the local restaurants, Cod 'n Spuds doesn't have a whole lot going for it on the interior front... or on the menu side. The only thing available is what it says on the tin: fish and chips. All of which locally sourced from farmers and fishers in town. Just make sure you don't ask for “french fries” instead of chips/spuds, or you'll be bluntly told to head over to McDuff's instead. Take out is available but not delivery.

NebulEuros – The local cafe, specializing in coffee like drinks, with a few basic food products also for sale. With free wifi, comfy chairs and fully customizable drinks it's a popular chill spot for a lot of local young folk. That being said it is a little pretentious, from its intentionally hard to say name to the size chart (small = comet, medium = planet, large = star), so don't be too surprised to hear some crazy orders on a regular basis.

Tiers of Joy Bakery – A small tucked away quaint bakery with sickeningly cute decor and even more sickeningly cute products. The place mostly specializes in cakes of all kinds but also offers all types of bread, cookies and pastries. Tiers of Joy is also the supplier of NebulEuros' baked goods, so thank them for your delicious cake pops.

Ice To Eat You – An ice cream parlour located close to the beach. Despite the morbid name, the draw of Ice To Eat You is they have every flavor you can think of – even smelt! In addition they also offer customizable sundaes, milkshakes, and floats. The variety and the cute seating makes it a popular date location.
The store used to have a giant ice cream cone on top but this unfortunately fell after a monster attack and has yet to be replaced.

McDuff's – The lone fast food chain establishment in town. Once shiny and new, the building is now run down, but the food is still surprisingly fine for fast food quality. Along with french fries and McNuggies you can get any kind of burger you want there, from the ever popular Big Duff, chicken burgers, fish burgers, shrimp burgers and even some uh... weirder ones. Breakfast is from 5 am to 11 am, and the only Joyful Meal toys available at any time are the Baby Beanys.

Lucky Shamrock Tavern – A pub that quickly became a well-known and favored hangout for natives and gems who like to imbibe. Located a short walk from the General Grocery Store, it seems like a relic from years gone by, with a tacky shamrock motif, terrible green paintjob and a barely-functioning karaoke machine. Drinking contests are a regular occurrence.

Sup All Nite Diner - A medium-sized diner, located near the Lucky Shamrock Tavern. Interior is your typical diner standard with booths, tables, and counter seating, although the color palette of faded day-glo orange paint and smoke-darkened chrome leaves a little to be desired. Open 24/7 (for when you need a sobering cup of coffee after midnight or an early morning wake-up) although only the counter bar seats are open between the hours of 11 PM to 5 AM, with a limited menu and a skeleton crew of one cook and two wait-staff. Table seating and waited service is available during regular business hours. Food is your typical diner mix of assorted warm and cold sandwiches, subs, chicken and turkey entrees, and, if you're feeling daring, liver and onions. Breakfast options like eggs, omelettes, waffles, pancakes, french toast, and corn beef hash are all day. Dessert options are pies, cakes, and cookies provided by the local Tiers of Joy Bakery, and all frozen desserts feature ice cream from Ice to Eat You.


Specialty Shops

Julep Thrift – Looking for some clothes for cheap? Or maybe just hoping to have luck looking for something? This thrift store not only sells second hand clothes but also any other donatable item you can think of. Old books? Check. Old toys? Check. Old cutlery? Check. Worthless Bassist Hero controllers no one wants anymore? Check, check and check! You're also free to donate your own unneeded items here as well.

Mary-Ann's Fabric and Fashion – If second hand, hand made or shapeshifted clothing isn't your kind of thing, this place offers a wide variety of clothing for all seasons. The only downside is it's far from cheap, but if you're the fashion type then this is definitely up your alley. The store also sells fabric and sewing supplies, so if you'd rather make your own clothes this is one way to acquire what you need.
And before you ask, no the owner's name is not Mary-Ann.

The Motherboard: Electronics Store – If you're in need of a phone or computer (necessary to access any of the game's internet outside of one's own temple room) this is your place to get one! But don't expect anything too top of the line: the stock is quite limited, and most of it is embarrassingly old (VCRs? In this day and age?). Modern phones are available but your choices are limited to smart phones pre-loaded with undeletable “free to play” schlock (Queen's Gem Crush Saga, Irate Poultry, and LikeLive! to name a few) and... Blackberries. Just a whole bunch of Blackberries. But at least the Blackberries come in all colors!

Gemsona Jewels – A jewelry store that also doubles as a jewel appraisal. The owner is a big fan of the crystal gems, and will likely fangirl you a little if you stop by. Here's hoping though that none of your fallen comrades end up here by mistake!

BoxBomber Movie Rentals – Bet you never thought you'd see one of these again! Somehow the one here has managed to keep afloat. They have a wide variety of movies (VHS and DVD), TV shows and a smaller selection of video games, so anything you want you can probably find. However, all movies/tv shows/games must be parody names of their real life counterparts. This is to avoid unfair fourth walling of appable characters. So you can watch “Moulin Bleu!” but not “Moulin Rouge!”, “Pocket Creatures” but not “Pocket Monsters”, etc.

Cuddles and Snuggles Pet Store – Does your character want a pet? Then this is the place for them! Feel free to get any pet you like from here (within reason – we'd like to ask you use your discretion with anything too exotic that wouldn't be found in a small town pet store). You can get supplies, toys and food for your pets as well.


Other Locations

Town Plaza - Located in the center of town, the plaza is a large open area with a fountain and benches. The farmer's market is held here, and on days where there is no farmer's market you are free to sell your wares with no fee.

Post Office – Just your typical post office! You won't have much use for this in game, but if you've ordered anything online you can pick it up here.

Waverly Bay Clinic – A walk in clinic more so for the townsfolk than for the gems. Can't treat anything too serious unfortunately.

Waverly Bay Library – A public library for your use. It's only one floor and very modest in size, but its selection is still good for a small town. Don't bother trying to find books about the Gem War here though; weirdly enough no information seems to be available anywhere, here or online.

Hotel Carolina (with spa) – The only hotel in town. Without many visitors most of their income comes from the spa and pool they open to the public. Try not to think too hard about the name.

Amusement Park – Small enough to be more of a year round fair than an amusement park, this place only has a merry go round, ferris wheel, roller coaster, arcade and a few stalls selling your standard amusement park fare. The arcade is well maintained though and has plenty of games.

In The Buff Gym - In The Buff is Waverly Bay's local gym. It's small and many of its equipment is a little outdated, but it has at least one of most of the machines one could want out of a gym experience. If the mats smell a little funky or a couple of the punching bags have duct tape on them, well. Shut up.
You can pay a price for one-time admission or sign up for a membership if you so desire. They don't have quite enough staffing for personal trainers, but there are guided yoga sessions every Tuesday and Friday.

Light House – Abandoned. It sits on the outskirts of town, on top of the cliff the temple is built into.

Schrodinger's Forest – Densely surrounds one side of the town. The name is a puzzling one but then again, apparently to locals so is the forest's existence.

Junkyard – Exactly what it says. Here you can find all sorts of material to salvage for your own means. A mechanic maintains the place.

Ocean Junkyard - These massive piles of trash were pushed to the far, far side of the beach on the opposite side of the Temple and relatively close to the regular Junkyard. All of it is stuff that was on the ocean floor and everything in the piles is probably dealing with massive amounts of water damage, rust, and the growth of sea life (former sea life, since it was brought to the surface and probs died).
All this stuff got on shore when Walter slew a giant sea monster on the shores and all the built-up garbage on its back fell, leaving Percy to use his control over the waves to shove it where it's not in the middle of the beach and obstructing literally everything.

The Stage – A stage facing towards the beach, used for a variety of town events. Free to use by anyone, gems included!

Farms – There's a couple of these being run on the outskirts of town, but there's also a few abandoned ones as well. Your characters are free to do with those as they please.

Empty Buildings/Warehouses – Many of these litter the town and are ideal if your character would like to start up their own business!


Player Run

Obstacle course - Built on the beach by 'Wreck-It' Ralph. It has the basic amenities of a military obstacle course, including tires to climb through, a wall to climb over, and items to shoot or blast. Here, gems have a place to safely test their powers.

Waverly Bay Wrestling - A covert and secret affair, done in the town's storage building. It's meant to hold various town supplies, holiday decorations, emergency supplies like cots and first aid kits, election day booths, and even some basic groundskeeping tools. Amethyst, however, broke in and set up a wrestling ring for monthly bouts among gems. It's a simple ring, complete with stretch ropes and a bell on the side. The warehouse has a steady supply of folding chairs, folding tables, and ladders either for an audience to take advantage of while watching the fights...or for a fighter to take advantage of in the time honored tradition of fighting dirty.

The Foliage Foundation - Once an abandoned farm on the outskirts of town that has been revitalized by Poison Ivy. There's the farmhouse, a decently sized two-story barn, and a large shed. There's one large field with two or three average sized ones surrounding it. Inside the shed there's some old equipment, some left over from the previous owners, nothing too modern or fancy, and some tools and things Ivy has purchased. There's a water pump behind the back of the barn. The farmhouse itself is a simple two-story building, a bit creepy after being abandoned for so long, but all that's inside is some old furniture.

The Birdhouse - A small cottage on the outskirts of town, in the general area of the farmland and somewhere with trees. From the outside it's a cozy-looking wooden house with a rounded shingled roof and a wooden fenced-in porch with an awning over it. Here is where Roland, Ford, and Beatrice currently live. Here is a floorplan of the inside.

Connie's Grotto - A place not everyone is privy to. Made and hidden by Connie herself, it sits farther out along the cliffs near the beach. It's covelike, but not too submerged, allowing for the walls on the inside to be decorated and for things like tapestries, snacks and tons of papers and writing and pencils for plans to be stored. Connie also has a makeshift map of Waverly Bay, along with a book she's just started here.

Aventurine's Tree - A monolith of a plant, grown by Jane and Berry's fusion Aventurine. It sits on the hill by the lighthouse, and if one climbs up to its branches, they will find a wide variety of fruits and vegetables growing there. Impossible? Very much so, but it is an invaluable source of food for the gems.

The Garden Plots - By the lighthouse are maintained by several different gems, each one growing their own preferred produce.

Madison's Witch Hut - it's just mads' spooky house

Dr. Quinnzel's Office - The office is on the second floor of a building near the Cafe so the scent of coffee and pretentious teenagers is thick nearby. Take the stairs around the side or if you need there's an old fashioned elevator you can use inside the building to gain access to her cozy quarters. A sign on the door has her name and phone number attached in case she isn't in and you need her.
The office itself is a mix of professionalism and childish indulgences. Large thick books about the human mind line the shelves along with plush toys collected from the amusement park and various festivals. Pictures of diplomas and certificates that Harley has printed off the internet hang alongside some framed photographs of landscapes, and a couple of paintings she's either bought or been given by other patients.
Comfy second hand fake leather furniture, a shiny metal desk with far too many desk toys on it, and of course the traditional fainting sofa makes this room feel a little small but warm and inviting all the same. Especially with the attached kitchenette usually smelling like hot chocolate and cookies.
Feel free to drop by if the light is on outside for some psychiatric help, emotional therapy or if you just want to chat with the cities certified nutjob head shrinker. The first meeting is always free and Harley is very flexible on payments.

Beat Down - Beat Down is a club sat right on the edge of the docks in Waverly Bay. Formerly an abandoned storage warehouse, it was commandeered by Dirk Strider and renovated into a dojo/rave club for all members of the town.
The building itself is run down, at best. Enough repair has been done to it so that there are no longer any gaping holes or vermin, but the overall look is still dingy and disused. It's covered in grafitti both inside and out.
The interior is loosely divided into two areas. One is geared up with some second hand dj equipment and a wild light setup. This is the rave sector. It's a fairly spacious environment to dance. Dirk can be hired to DJ parties and is glad to rent the space out if people want it.
The other area is a dojo, though there's no weaponry to be found inside. Instead there are training dummies, self-help guides, a pile of puppets, and of course, an unorthodox instructor who is usually there and willing to teach for a fee. Just using the space to practice your powers is alright, but anything involving a teacher requires payment which he's willing to discuss.

Nice Cream Stand - A roving stand that sells Nice Cream - popsicles and ice cream bars with nice things written on the sticks and packaging. Frisk got the idea from a dude in the Underground.

Waverly Pray: Waverly Pray is the Bay's local all-denominations religious center. In a town this small it really is most cost-effective to just have one big church, or at least that's what the people who opened it up seem to think. The building itself is two floors tall and homey, and there's a constantly-updating sign by the door with meeting times and room assignments for different denominations. Many of the more major Bay religions have a permanent room assignment and weekly meeting times, while others switch out and shift around as they please.
The building itself is managed by a few dedicated staff, including the secretary, with whom all room reservations and more permanent space signups can be made. They also provide a complementary but limited selection of coffee, tea and water in the foyer. Rooms themselves are outfitted with folding chairs and tables that can be moved around as you like, and groups with more permanent spaces are encouraged to decorate them to their liking. Just don't mind the old, unfortunately-patterned carpeting.
In response to the new offworld Bay residents, there is now a printed sign beneath the room assignment board that is also present posted to the bulletin board within. It says, among other things, 'NO human sacrifices on premises' and 'NO summoning ANYTHING!!!'.

Waverly Bay Colosseum: Built for the first ever Waverly Bay Gem tournament, this stone coliseum stands on its own little island of sorts some several yards off-shore of the Temple's end of the beach, connected to it by a sandy land bridge. While all of the decoration for the event has been taken down, the interior still sports a raised arena for combat and training purposes that is free for anyone to use. Some of the equipment leftover from the tournament (weights, some targets, etc) can be found stacked neatly off to one side and is also available for use but don't count on it being kept up or replaced if broken unless another gem has been gracious enough to do so. You break it, you buy the replacement.

Vivien’s Garden: A small florist shop named after his mother, opened in a storefront in town, from which Virgil will sell potted plants and floral arrangements. The store is quiet, barely decorated, and crammed with budding flowers. It consists of a small room with an old counter and cash register and large display windows with the name painted in one, all the walls lined with shelves of plants. Most of the pots, shelves, and many other goods are picked up from the dump or stolen and it gives the shop a tired, semi-rustic look. Behind the counter is a small back work room with a sink and work table, and more shelves. There is an access door the alley behind the storefront, where stems and thorns are set aside.
Virgil will start experimenting with plant breeding in the back, to develop stronger and more resilient flowers and shrubs. There is a special shelf dedicated to the results of these experiments, discounted but at one’s own risk because some of his experiments tend to have… aggressive tendencies.
The shop will be open five days a week, Monday-Friday 9-5. Prices are reasonable, even cheap. Virgil considers it more of a passion project than a lucrative business, but he has plans to possibly collaborate with other proprietors of greenery around the town. The available plants will change seasonally, from garden vegetables in the spring to resilient succulents and air plants in the winter. He will also likely have a hammock hanging in the work room for sleeping when he gets caught up in work and doesn’t feel like going back to the temple.

The Internet

Amazonite – For all your online shopping needs! Amazonite has pretty much anything you could ask for and can't find in town. Expect a long delivery time though!

Waverly Bay Is Weird Forum – Run by local young people, this forum is mostly there to discuss the weird happenings that occur in the area.

Temple Gem Forum – The actual message board used by temple gems. No one's sure who set it up but it's been there well before new gems started appearing in the temple so might as well use it to communicate to one another.
If you're the type to do a bunch of digging though you'll find a few threads that haven't been archived. All of them involve two users called "this is hawkward" and "balboa76", and almost all of them also involve "this is hawkward" posting (long deleted) OooTube videos of their "hardcore parkour" and being chastised for their stupidity in all caps by "balboa76". Hmm...

YumeLength – Well if forums aren't your thing, guess there's always blogging.


Requesting a Location

Before saying a location exists in your tag, please request it here first! This is so we don't lose track of what we have, which was a problem in the past. Please make sure the place is approved first as well!

If you'd like to start up a player run location use this form here as well.


coneyislandcrazy: (The big boss)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2016-01-10 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Dr. Quinnzel's Office
IC CONTACT:  Al @ [plurk.com profile] alkapwnd or alkapwnd87@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION: The office is on the second floor of a building near the Cafe so the scent of coffee and pretentious teenagers is thick nearby. Take the stairs around the side or if you need there's an old fashioned elevator you can use inside the building to gain access to her cozy quarters. A sign on the door has her name and phone number attached in case she isn't in and you need her.

The office itself is a mix of professionalism and childish indulgences. Large thick books about the human mind line the shelves along with plush toys collected from the amusement park and various festivals. Pictures of diplomas and certificates that Harley has printed off the internet hang alongside some framed photographs of landscapes, and a couple of paintings she's either bought or been given by other patients.

Comfy second hand fake leather furniture, a shiny metal desk with far too many desk toys on it, and of course the traditional fainting sofa makes this room feel a little small but warm and inviting all the same. Especially with the attached kitchenette usually smelling like hot chocolate and cookies.

Feel free to drop by if the light is on outside for some psychiatric help, emotional therapy or if you just want to chat with the cities certified nutjob head shrinker. The first meeting is always free and Harley is very flexible on payments. 
 
Edited 2016-01-10 15:50 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nailed_it 2016-01-12 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Sup All Nite (Diner)
IC CONTACT: NPC location!
DESCRIPTION: A medium-sized diner, located near the Lucky Shamrock Tavern. Interior is your typical diner standard with booths, tables, and counter seating, although the color palette of faded day-glo orange paint and smoke-darkened chrome leaves a little to be desired. Open 24/7 (for when you need a sobering cup of coffee after midnight or an early morning wake-up) although only the counter bar seats are open between the hours of 11 PM to 5 AM, with a limited menu and a skeleton crew of one cook and two wait-staff. Table seating and waited service is available during regular business hours. Food is your typical diner mix of assorted warm and cold sandwiches, subs, chicken and turkey entrees, and, if you're feeling daring, liver and onions. Breakfast options like eggs, omelettes, waffles, pancakes, french toast, and corn beef hash are all day. Dessert options are pies, cakes, and cookies provided by the local Tiers of Joy Bakery, and all frozen desserts feature ice cream from Ice to Eat You.
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[personal profile] miasmajesty 2016-01-15 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Beat Down
IC CONTACT: fetchmodus @ plurk
DESCRIPTION: Beat Down is a club sat right on the edge of the docks in Waverly Bay. Formerly an abandoned storage warehouse, it was commandeered by Dirk Strider and renovated into a dojo/rave club for all members of the town.

The building itself is run down, at best. Enough repair has been done to it so that there are no longer any gaping holes or vermin, but the overall look is still dingy and disused. It's covered in grafitti both inside and out.

The interior is loosely divided into two areas. One is geared up with some second hand dj equipment and a wild light setup. This is the rave sector. It's a fairly spacious environment to dance. Dirk can be hired to DJ parties and is glad to rent the space out if people want it.

The other area is a dojo, though there's no weaponry to be found inside. Instead there are training dummies, self-help guides, a pile of puppets, and of course, an unorthodox instructor who is usually there and willing to teach for a fee. Just using the space to practice your powers is alright, but anything involving a teacher requires payment which he's willing to discuss.
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[personal profile] wizardofharmony 2016-01-22 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: The Nice Cream Stand
IC CONTACT: just pm this account or blissauthority @ plurk
DESCRIPTION: A roving stand that sells Nice Cream - popsicles and ice cream bars with nice things written on the sticks and packaging. Frisk got the idea from a dude in the Underground. May be a spin-off operation of Ice To Meet You!
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hi this is ink im too lazy to switch accounts

[personal profile] terribibble 2016-01-23 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: In The Buff
IC CONTACT: NPC location
DESCRIPTION: In The Buff is Waverly Bay's local gym. It's small and many of its equipment is a little outdated, but it has at least one of most of the machines one could want out of a gym experience. If the mats smell a little funky or a couple of the punching bags have duct tape on them, well. Shut up.

You can pay a price for one-time admission or sign up for a membership if you so desire. They don't have quite enough staffing for personal trainers, but there are guided yoga sessions every Tuesday and Friday.
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[personal profile] kelp_for_brains 2016-01-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: The Ocean Junkyard
IC CONTACT: NPC location technically, since it's sorta just there. The mechanic will probably take care of it.
DESCRIPTION: These massive piles of trash were pushed to the far, far side of the beach on the opposite side of the Temple and relatively close to the regular Junkyard. All of it is stuff that was on the ocean floor and everything in the piles is probably dealing with massive amounts of water damage, rust, and the growth of sea life (former sea life, since it was brought to the surface and probs died).

All this stuff got on shore when Walter slew a giant sea monster on the shores and all the built-up garbage on its back fell, leaving Percy to use his control over the waves to shove it where it's not in the middle of the beach and obstructing literally everything. Why not back into the ocean? First off, that's pollution. Second, there's plenty of braniacs here who would love to scavenge out a new supply.
Edited 2016-01-26 01:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hasmovedon 2016-02-04 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Waverly Pray
IC CONTACT: NPC Location
DESCRIPTION: Waverly Pray is the Bay's local all-denominations religious center. In a town this small it really is most cost-effective to just have one big church, or at least that's what the people who opened it up seem to think. The building itself is two floors tall and homey, and there's a constantly-updating sign by the door with meeting times and room assignments for different denominations. Many of the more major Bay religions have a permanent room assignment and weekly meeting times, while others switch out and shift around as they please.

The building itself is managed by a few dedicated staff, including the secretary, with whom all room reservations and more permanent space signups can be made. They also provide a complementary but limited selection of coffee, tea and water in the foyer. Rooms themselves are outfitted with folding chairs and tables that can be moved around as you like, and groups with more permanent spaces are encouraged to decorate them to their liking. Just don't mind the old, unfortunately-patterned carpeting.

In response to the new offworld Bay residents, there is now a printed sign beneath the room assignment board that is also present posted to the bulletin board within. It says, among other things, 'NO human sacrifices on premises' and 'NO summoning ANYTHING!!!'.
Edited 2016-02-04 21:30 (UTC)
nailed_it: (Do you even lift?)

[personal profile] nailed_it 2016-05-01 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Waverly Bay Colosseum
IC CONTACT: Essentially an NPC location now but Yang has an IC inbox here if needed.
DESCRIPTION: Built for the first ever Waverly Bay Gem tournament, this stone coliseum stands on its own little island of sorts some several yards off-shore of the Temple's end of the beach, connected to it by a sandy land bridge. While all of the decoration for the event has been taken down, the interior still sports a raised arena for combat and training purposes that is free for anyone to use. Some of the equipment leftover from the tournament (weights, some targets, etc) can be found stacked neatly off to one side and is also available for use but don't count on it being kept up or replaced if broken unless another gem has been gracious enough to do so. You break it, you buy the replacement.

Also Foomin brought up a great point here that something like this (and possibly the tournament itself) may have created some grumblings among some of the locals, particularly now that it seems it will become a permanent fixture. I know specific NPCs are usually under the Mods control so I was wondering if there was some way to thread out Yang either needing to speak with the Mayor's Aide (or even the Mayor themselves) following this location becoming obviously permanent or some kind of other general NPC reaction to this. It wouldn't have to be anything big at all! Any kind of reaction would be neat to see!
Edited (forgot a link whoops) 2016-05-01 19:44 (UTC)

[personal profile] cutiemutie 2016-05-20 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
BUILDING: Vivien’s Garden
IC CONTACT: plurk.com/pythonmelon or pythonmelon@yahoo.com
DESCRIPTION:
A small florist shop named after his mother, opened in a storefront in town, from which Virgil will sell potted plants and floral arrangements. The store is quiet, barely decorated, and crammed with budding flowers. It consists of a small room with an old counter and cash register and large display windows with the name painted in one, all the walls lined with shelves of plants. Most of the pots, shelves, and many other goods are picked up from the dump or stolen and it gives the shop a tired, semi-rustic look. Behind the counter is a small back work room with a sink and work table, and more shelves. There is an access door the alley behind the storefront, where stems and thorns are set aside.

Virgil will start experimenting with plant breeding in the back, to develop stronger and more resilient flowers and shrubs. There is a special shelf dedicated to the results of these experiments, discounted but at one’s own risk because some of his experiments tend to have… aggressive tendencies.

The shop will be open five days a week, Monday-Friday 9-5. Prices are reasonable, even cheap. Virgil considers it more of a passion project than a lucrative business, but he has plans to possibly collaborate with other proprietors of greenery around the town. The available plants will change seasonally, from garden vegetables in the spring to resilient succulents and air plants in the winter. He will also likely have a hammock hanging in the work room for sleeping when he gets caught up in work and doesn’t feel like going back to the temple.
Edited 2016-05-20 21:53 (UTC)

[personal profile] cutiemutie 2016-05-22 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much!