Cosmo The Magnificent: Cosmo
Description:
Set just north of What Was and slightly east of What Could Be rises a massive building with towers, antennas and eerie lights coming from numerous windows. A thunderstorm seems to be trapped over the building but at the same time rays of sunlight dapple the concrete facade. Electricity arcs from various apparatus emerging from the building where the cracks of thunder drown out the unearthly howls and beautiful ethereal music coming from the building.
Inside the building are various rooms filled floor to ceiling with esoteric equipment. The darkness of the rooms is lit by glowing colored liquids bubbling through glass tubing and the occasional arc of electricity. Through the gloom and flashes you can see cages with creatures unlike those ever seen. Most are hybrids of meat and machine and no two look the same. In the rare silences of the creatures you hear the bubbling and sloshing of vast reservoirs of liquid and the faint chuff-whee sounds of mechanical pumps.
As you watch mechanical arms come down from the ceiling removing a squealing creature from its cage and carting it off to an adjacent room. The squeals become shrieks as flashes of electricity silhouette the transformation of the creature. The shrieks die down to a melodic bleating and the transformed creature is returned to its cage.
In the distance you see bright spotlights shining in to the sky and hear the faint strains of calliope music. It appears a traveling fair has set up outside of Cosmo's Lab.
Message:
A surly goblinoid glares at you through the gate with a mechanical lens inset instead of his right eye.
'Hrmph, the master always likes to see fresh me....visitors. Come on in. I'm Harold.'
Harold unlocks the gate using a mechanical arm emerging from his back and gestures you inside.
'Don't touch any of the experiments unless you want to become one,' Harold says with a leer of metallic teeth and grime. He leads you through the rooms with a whirr-chick with each step of his machined left leg.
A face of angelic beauty stops you as you round a corner. 'Scaring the guests, Harold?' she asks in a soft voice.
'Aye, lass, it's why I like working the gate,' he replies with a grin.
'I'll take our visitor from here. My name is Sheila.'
Sheila bobs her head on a three foot long neck and beckons you forward with one of slender hands. You can't help but notice her fingers are unnaturally long and end in sharp black claws. As she turns you see dark metallic tips on the ends of her hair and small silver scales that vanish in to her dark red tunic.
She cocks her head to the right for a moment as if listening to something only she can hear. 'Cosmo is in Garden Alpha Three. This way,' she says with a quick smile.
After leading you through more twists and turns and a couple of near accidents doors open on to a vast garden lit with bright white overhead lights. Plants of all sizes and shapes fill the vast space. Many of the plants move and twist as if there was a wind but the air is still. Sheila leads you to a large tree in the middle of the garden. Wide branches arch overhead cutting the harsh white light down to a mellow illumination.
An odd man in a lab coat is holding a device next to the trunk of the tree and is intently peering at a small screen. He looks up and looks you over with odd flashing goggles. 'Ah, welcome to my laboratory. None of my experiments seem to have molested you. Thank you for visiting my establishment. I may have work for you if you are interested. Sheila and Harold can tell you more.'
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