Comet

> But I'm not much of a thinker. So I figured I might as well just sorta jump right in head first, ya know?
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A somewhat wild girl hailing from a planet that advocates “return to nature”. Straightforward and energetic, her almost animalistic instincts make her extremely proficient at spotting lies.

## Appearance

Comet wears a gel-like hat that is semi-transparent, colored yellow. The hat has a fluffball on the top, with tassels hanging down to her shoulders. Her hair under her hat is a rich pink color. She has very short hair, just enough to cover her head. Her ears have earrings, with a red gem, followed by a blue/green feather.

Comet has large, green eyes, with thin, brown eyebrows. She wears a thin layer of pink eyeliner above her eyes. Her eyelashes appear to be brown, and short. Her nose is small and rounded, slightly darker than the rest of her face. She has a heart shaped face. Going down, her neck is the start of her slime mold, in swirling patterns. Her fingernails are painted a shade of pink.

Her shirt has two collar straps, green colored, fading into blue as it reaches the buttons that connect the two parts. The shirt goes around into back and eventually spilts and then has coattails, the underside being yellow and orange. In the front, it goes down, with a small pentagon shaped window. The rim of her entire outfit has a pink rim. The front of her shirt is short on the bottom, revealing the bottom part of her cleavage. Her entire stomach is revealed, swirling with her slime mold. She wears low-cut shorts, at the sides it is colored pink, with a few swirls on each side. They are also green and blue. Her sandals appear to have the same gel-like substance lacing them up as her hat.

## Playstyle

**Max Abilities:**

* Charisma 17
* Intuition 49.5
* Logic 0.5
* Charm 32.5
* Performance 16.5
* Stealth 22

Comet has about one thing going for her, and that's her Intuition. Comet is excellent at spotting lies and will undoubtedly see through you unless your Performance is extremely high. Once she's spotted someone lying, however, it's difficult for her to convince anyone of this. Her Charisma and Performance are both low and her Logic is practically nonexistent, so any of her efforts to attack will do little damage to one's reputation at best and backfire at worst. Her Charm is high enough to where she can get away with quite a bit, but she shares the title of lowest Stealth with Setsu and Raqio; her Charm can't save her from such low Stealth and poor stats otherwise, so she often ends up in cold sleep. If not, she's likely to be one of the first targets of the Gnosia.

As Gnosia or another lying role herself, Comet is hilariously incompetent. Much like Shigemichi, Comet has a tendency to fake claim roles without having the Performance to pull it off, often getting caught and put into cold sleep immediately. Due to her high Intuition and lack of forethought, she might even end up sabotaging her own allies. If you're trying to survive until the end with her as Gnosia for the sake of obtaining Notes or various endings, using Don't Vote can be helpful as can fake-claiming a role yourself to either deter her from claiming one if she hasn't already or support her lies if she has.

As a human, however, Comet can be a great ally if you keep her around. Particularly in the early game having her use Say You're Human can expose a ton of liars and make dangerous characters who refuse to answer - like Yuriko - suddenly vulnerable. If one of them targets her in response, she can use Don't Be Fooled to more easily expose their lies to others. If you visit her at night, she'll often tell you about a liar she's caught in the act. If it isn't too detrimental to your strategy, keeping her alive when you know she's human is worthwhile. Even if you *aren't* sure someone else will likely catch her lying for you and get her into cold sleep before it's too late, meaning it typically isn't worth your time to try targeting her yourself.

In contrast, getting her out of the way quickly is a good idea when you're Gnosia. Her catching you once might not be the end of the world, but if you underestimate her and keep her around for too long people will likely get on board eventually - and that's assuming you don't fall victim to Say You're Human.

## Story

Comet was born and raised on Planet Vuomo, which is filled dangerous wildlife and thus has a high mortality rate. As all children are on her planet, she was abandoned in a cave for several years after birth, a rite that "gets people used to the environment." Comet claims not to remember much of her time in the cave, only recalling that it was "really quiet."

Despite her dream of leading a starship to discover new planets, Comet was unable to leave Planet Vuomo. The slime mold affixed to her skin is considered too dangerous to risk leaving the planet; very few natives receive permission to leave. This was until she met Chipie, who traveled to the planet on his cargo ship during routine work. He helped to smuggle Comet off the planet by hiding her in a crate of ore. The two stayed friends and remained together. They arrived at Liu-An, where both were picked up by the D.Q.O. following the outbreak of Gnosia.

On the D.Q.O., Comet often asks people if they're Gnosia, as the "animalistic instincts" of her planet's residents allowed her to become very perceptive. In a loop where Comet is put into cold sleep, the slime mold, mistakenly believing Comet to be dead, spreads throughout the ship after Jonas removed Comet's body from the pod. The slime has a symbiotic relationship with her body, something Planet Vuomo inhabitants must learn to cope with when young. The slime consumes all but the player, Jonas (who created an impromptu sauna after discovering the slime dislikes heat), and Sha-Ming, who puts himself into cold sleep after being unable to get a straight answer from Jonas regarding why he removed Comet from the cold sleep pod.

According to the epilogue of the Normal Ending, Chipie refers Comet to a black market where she is able to sell her slime mold for a large sum. She uses these proceeds to purchase her own ship, becoming known as "Comet the Adventurer". Chipie, having fully undergone felinification, accompanied her as a black cat wherever she went. Comet's status after the True Ending is unknown.

## Trivia

* Comet was named after comet goldfish.
* Comet is associated with the Western zodiac sign Leo.
* An event was planned in which the characters would hold a cook-off with Comet participating. Any participants who ate Comet's food would die, however, presumably due to her slime mold making her capable of eating things deadly to others.
* Comet's age was redacted in the English version of the game, presumably to avoid needing to alter her design or remove scenes (such as her shower scene). An unused line mentioning her age was translated into English, so this change may have been made late in development.

## References

1. ↑ https://gnosia-game.com/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gnosia\_/comments/stkzz2/gnosia\_character\_stats\_dump/
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/286621-gnosia/79335155
4. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1608290/achievements
5. ↑ https://tcrf.net/Gnosia#Character\_Introductions.3F