Cosmographia Monster/Event Journal ([personal profile] stigematize) wrote in [community profile] cosmoooc2015-03-22 10:30 am
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TEST DRIVE

Maybe you've been here for a while, or maybe you just got here. Either way, you're all in the same situation - you've been turned into a magical gemstone and stranded in a foreign world! And all you've been left with is the clothes on your back, stripped of all powers except one.

Clearly, you’ll just have to make the best of it.

How this works:

☆ This is a test drive for [community profile] cosmographia, which means you should get a little familiar with the setting and premise.

☆ Otherwise, this is just meant to help you feel out how you may play and serves mainly as a chill interest gathering and get together kind of post! No app necessary, and you don't need to play in this post to apply - or vice versa.

☆ Everybody is welcome! There are no character limitations; pg au oc canon pigeon whatever. Just toss up a topcomment and/or jump any threads that pique your interest.

☆ Rules-wise: Be cool to yourself and others, and keep in mind the other game rules too.

☆ If you do apply to the game and are accepted, and you want to keep the CR, you may so long as what you did isn't setting breaking and everyone involved agrees.


YOUR OPTIONS:

☆ You find yourself in the Heart of a ruined temple. There is a large glowing gem that thrums with some kind of rhythm, and jewels scattered all over the room, kept in strange bubbles. At the very least, touching the large gem will give you a standard info-dump, but some of you might be a little cautious about touching weird luminescent gems. Good thing that there are other people there too!

☆ Or perhaps you already know everything there is to know, and are there in the Heart of the Ruined Temple to greet new arrivals. Or perhaps you simply had business there already, like storing away a corrupted gem from a monster, when someone new seemingly dropped in from no where.

☆ It's Farmer's Market day in the plaza of Waverly Bay! Perhaps you're there perusing the goods and strike up conversation, or accidentally bump into someone and get to know them that way. It's a fairly standard day.

☆ There's an event! You don't really know what else to call them - missions, perhaps? But something in the temple was triggered, and the glowy Heart gem has something new to "tell" you: If you want a new power, you should try telling other people two truths and a lie. Those who you interact with must try and divine the lie from your statements.

You have no idea how something this simple will get you a power, but hey.
smarthulk: (3)

[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He rubs his temple as he tries to calm back down.]

Sorry, I've just never been without my powers.
strengthinkindness: (And very caring)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Fluttershy nods.] Mm...I understand...I was a bit upset when I found I didn't have one of mine at first too...
thepoweroflove: (13)

Marty McFly | Back to the Future | Moonstone

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
1. New Arrival

[What.

What the hell is going on. Why did he think it was a good idea to walk into that hole and why is there this giant weird gem in front of him? It's one thing if he somehow ended up time traveling but he's pretty sure at no point in time were there giant floating gems.

Okay okay, he can deal with this, he just needs to calm down. Marty rubs his arm awkwardly before realizing that there was something hard where his heart should be. After patting his chest to make sure it wasn't just some weird mind trick, he nervously checks under his shirt to see what was going on with him. Sure enough, right over his heart there was what appeared to be a white rock.]


What the hell?!

[Marty stumbles back in shock and ends up falling over. Someone might need to go stop him before he accidentally hurts himself somehow.]

2. Mission

[Well this whole situation is weird, and Marty's not quite sure how he feels about it. However, the power he got was one of the cooler things about this place and he would be lying if he said he didn't want more of them. So even if it was an, admittedly kind of stupid test, he was willing to do it.

So he approaches the first random person he sees to try it out.]


Hey, mind if I ask you some questions?
Edited 2015-05-08 05:28 (UTC)
4thdimensional: (some serious s***)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a taller hole sealing up a short time later, leaving an older gentleman on the platform. Judging by his shirt, he seems to like trains. He's turned away from the rest of the chamber at first, but he soon spins to see a young man on the ground.]

Are you all right?

[Yes, that is a blue and green gem bulging from the geezer's forehead. And it's also Doc, who doesn't quite see the familiar face yet.]
thepoweroflove: (9)

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He knew that voice. Marty blinked up at the person and his eyes widened once he recognize who was talking to him.]

Doc!

[He can't manage to say anything else. This whole situation was weird for him.]
4thdimensional: (see you in the future)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Marty!

[Okay, he's just going to hurry on over and offer his hand, looking quite relieved to see him.]

I wondered if lightning had struck again...but this displacement feels entirely different. Did you emerge through a hole?
thepoweroflove: (3)

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
You too?

[Yes, he did go through a hole. Marty accepts the hand as he notices the rocks on Doc's forehead.]

Ah, do you know that you have rocks on your head, Doc?
4thdimensional: (see you in the future)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He's been so preoccupied that he didn't feel their presence. He touches his forehead, and sure enough...]

How on earth did that get there?

[Once he's sure Marty's okay, he moves to stand in front of the crystal, the nearest reflective surface. Sure enough, what's embedded there is a bright crystal.]

I can assure you it's not a fashion trend from any future I've seen. I certainly didn't have it a minute ago. Did anything unusual happen to you?

[His voice is pitching up in that way it sometimes does when he's starting to worry. He turns back around---well, Marty doesn't look any different.]

smarthulk: (7)

[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, what powers do you have?
strengthinkindness: (Maybe we'd better...)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
O-Oh...well, they're not really powers, just...abilities...but I'm able to talk to animals...and I can fly... [She unfolds her wings to show him.]

When I first came hereI...couldn't do those things...but I can now...
thepoweroflove: (2)

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, about that...

[Awkwardly, Marty pulls down the collar of his shirt so that the triangular gemstone on his chest is showing.]

What the hell happened to us, anyway?
smarthulk: (3)

[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
They took away your ability to fly? [But she's a Pegasus.] Did they take your wings?
strengthinkindness: (W-well...)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, no...I still had my wings...but I couldn't fly...

I'm not really a good flyer anyway, though, even back home...I was more upset that I couldn't talk to animals...
4thdimensional: (the letter)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's new. Doc frowns for a moment, then turns back to the large gem and absently touches his reflection in it...

...and when he does, his eyes widen. He's silent as waves of unfamiliar information flood into him, and when he finally turns back to Marty he looks slightly shaken.]


Come here and touch the crystal, Marty. It'll tell you.
smarthulk: (2)

[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
That just seems like a cruel thing to do. [She's so tiny and innocent, he can't help but feel protective.]
strengthinkindness: (There's so many things I am)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...especially because talking to animals...is a big part of who I am...

So I'm really glad when I got it back...
thepoweroflove: (3)

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately for Doc, Marty doesn't look quite convince.]

Are you sure, Doc?

[No offence, but when you touch a mysterious crystal and immediately after instruct your friend to do the same, it kind of sounds like you've been brainwashed by said crystal.]
smarthulk: (5)

[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
So I guess you can understand why I snapped back there. My strength is who I am.

I'm Hulk. [He holds out one of those big hands of his out for a... hoofshake?]
strengthinkindness: (This is me)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[She nodded.] It's hard losing that part of yourself...

It's...nice to meet you...I'm Fluttershy... [She places her hoof in his hand. The difference in size was noticeable.]
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[personal profile] smarthulk 2015-05-08 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He very gingerly shakes her hoof once, it's surprisingly delicate, like he's used to having to use a light touch. He might not have his strength, but he's not risking it, and besides.]

Fluttershy? Heh, cute.

4thdimensional: (see you in the future)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, be a chicken then. He'll tell you.]

It told me what happened to us. Apparently, this is a world where crystal gems have great power, but the gems need the help of outsiders.

To accomplish this, we have been transformed into manifestations crystal gems---as I understand it we're not entirely human anymore, despite appearances.

[Yeah, probably sounds nuts, right? He swears though.]
thepoweroflove: (Default)

[personal profile] thepoweroflove 2015-05-08 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucky for Doc, Marty knows that whenever he says something this crazy, he's not lying.

Brainwashing is still a possibility though.]


So we've been turned into gems because they want us to fight something?

[That's... vague.]
4thdimensional: (reading minds)

[personal profile] 4thdimensional 2015-05-08 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
That appears to be the gist of it. There are many others in the same situation, and we're to form alliances with them.

[He rubs his forehead-gem. What a headache...]

And, of course, nothing about a return to Hill Valley.
ceasetoexist: (I don't care)

[personal profile] ceasetoexist 2015-05-08 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Despite being told that, he just keeps walking down that way, at least a little. Still, he about faces and starts heading the other way before he looks like too much of an idiot.

He looks over at Kafei, barely, as he passes by again.]


Thanks.

[He almost feels bad being this immediately and outright short spoken and dickish towards Kafei in a way that couldn't even begin to be considered an attempt at being playful. Just being an asshole.

But only almost. He wouldn't have minded seeing a familiar face, if he was being honest. That face being Kafei isn't a good start to this adventure, though, as far as he's concerned. Because, in a way, it's just so much of a reminder of how much further and further he's getting from home, from Mayfield, the one place he ever felt he belonged. No reminders of them there, but of someone who drove him crazy back in Horseville? Yeah. He could have that apparently.

Hell. He should have gone ahead and just thrown something at the big stupid dumb gem. Who cares at this point? Maybe it would've gotten pissed off and zapped him somewhere else, maybe someplace a little more tolerable at least.

Still. He stops for a moment, still not having exited the cave, before turning to Kafei again.]


How long have you been here?
Edited 2015-05-08 07:37 (UTC)
strengthinkindness: (Brushing away hair)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-05-08 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[She blushes a little, brushing some of her mane from her face.] Th-Thank you...