Choking Out The Stars

An OC story blog, currently under maintenance. Created by havoc-bloom.

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Management Notice 01

Hello.

We would like to make light of a few recent updates regarding COTS.

First, COTS will contain possibly triggering themes, visuals, or topics. These include, but are not limited to:

Religious themes

Mentions of suicide

Physical and verbal abuse

Cult themes

Murder, gore, blood, etc

Disturbing, unsettling, or distorted imagery

Possible derealization and feelings of existential dread

Spiders, bugs, and other such creepy crawlies

We would like to make it clear that COTS may not be acceptable for all audiences. Please heed all warnings and proceed with caution.

As well as this, we’d like to make an announcement regarding the differences between Management and Maintenance.

MANAGEMENT handles community issues. Answering asks, reblogging posts regarding COTS, and “author’s notes” (Management Notices; like what you’re reading now!) will all be under the “cots management” tag.

MAINTENANCE handles functional issues. If there is a problem with a post, asks are closing/opening, or we create a new feature for COTS posts (like asking the characters), it will be under the “cots maintenance” tag.

Thank you and good day! We wish you well.

~ Management

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𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐱? [𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐯𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞, ____]

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 :>

No Veldigun except for the main six will be appearing unfortunately. The universe that COTS takes place in only houses six Veldigun, similar to the universe of DOAI.

~ Management

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The following is a transcript from Crest City’s local news station, The Crown News, regarding the disappearances of Matthew Melotte, Alistair Evans, and Jasmine O’Connor.

Two individuals spoke about this incident; DAVID HERRIS, primary news reporter, and ALICE WEBBER, secondary news reporter. GABRIEL BENNETT, meteorologist, is mentioned.

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]

DAVID: In the past month, three people have gone missing from the acclaimed Crest City, with seemingly no reason as to why. Matthew Melotte, Alistair Evans, and Jasmine O’Connor have all disappeared within the past three weeks, leaving close to no trace or reason as to where they went, or if they were murdered or kidnapped. We have Alice Webber with the details. Alice?

ALICE: Yes David, there’s been plenty of commotion around Crest City for the past while regarding these incidents. I’m currently standing outside of the office of Crest City’s mayor, Mr. Isaac Melotte, the father of one of the missing victims.

He has not said anything publicly about Mr. Evans or Ms. O’Connor just yet, but he has given statements about Matthew, stating that his son “was a pillar for the community,” and that he “will do anything to get [his] son back.”

Due to the lack of light shed on the disappearances of Alistair Evans and Jasmine O’Connor, a small movement has been created, with people asking “What About Alistair?” or “What About Jasmine?” Multiple missing posters for Matthew have been vandalized as part of the campaign; Mayor Melotte has not spoken about the movement. David, back to you.

DAVID: Thank you, Alice. And now we move on to Gabriel with the weather.

[END OF TRANSCRIPT]

We request TCN to continue to be silent regarding the disappearances of Jasmine and Alistair. Please do not report further on them, or legal action will be taken. Thank you for your cooperation.

~ Melotte Industries, LLC

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In The Beginning…

Hello.

Welcome to Choking Out The Stars, otherwise known as COTS, an OC story created by @havoc-bloom. This is a rewrite and reimagining of “The Legend of Crest City,” the previous working name for this story. A majority of the main characters are Veldigun, a species created by the YouTuber @pastraspec.

As it stands, this story’s remaking is not yet finished. This blog is meant to show off COTS piece by piece, similarly to an ARG, and everything once put into the canon of The Legend of Crest City (TLOCC) may be changed or retconned.

This story is meant to show off these characters and craft them the story they deserve. These characters are very close to the hearts of not just the creator, but to the people who know of them, and it is not fair to them to put their lives on the back burner.

We are proud to present Choking Out The Stars. We encourage you to look for clues, for meaning. We will do no more than give you shovels; it is up to you to dig. Please be patient, as this is a one-man project, and updates may be slow at times due to life being life. Do not hesitate to leave feedback. We are constantly looking for ways to improve. We thank you for your time, patience, and dedication. The show will begin soon.

~ Maintenance