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.
vagabondhero: (Laughing)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Help? Didn't you already...

[And then he actually looks down. Hoo boy did he look like a right mess; it was enough to get a laugh out of him at the very least.]

Oh, I guess the healers didn't quite get as much of me as I thought! I guess I could use some after all.
mmands: (ultimate power | so take my hand)

[personal profile] mmands 2015-06-06 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
You'd be a cute backpack! And I'd turn you back later!

[You can't make out with a backpack.]
strengthinkindness: (That's awful!)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[There was a familiar thump that sounded from the heart room, signaling a new arrival. But as Fluttershy went to check it out, she gasped at the state he seemed to be in.]

O-Oh goodnes...! A-Are you all right...?

[He couldn't have gotten that from just the fall, right?]
scattered_rose: (No comment?)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
Thought so. [He walked over, at the same time swinging a satchel down from underneath his cloak with the practiced air of someone who does that a lot.] You're just lucky I know some stuff.

What happened, anyway?
strengthinkindness: (Oh look over there)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh well if that voice wasn't familiar.]

R-Rarity...!
vagabondhero: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I really appreciate it. The name's Zac by the way, nice to meetcha!

[He won't get in the way of whatever his new friend is going to do to patch him up, but his handshakes could wait.]

Oh, this? I just...had to put an end to something.

[More like someone, but at that point, anything that could have been considered human about Damasque had been taken over by the Blight...so...something was probably more accurate anyways.]

I focused a lot of magic into my spear and it kind of exploded while I was still holding it. Good thing I have Kaladram's favor, or I might be a little crispy right now!
vagabondhero: (Please tell me more)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[This heard while he was in the process of actually standing up, he turned around to see...a small...yellow...horse? With wings?? Well, this place was already delivering in new and exciting experiences.]

Well...I've been better, but I've fallen from worse places. And just who might you be?

[Oh man he is interested right now. He wants to know alllll about you!]
strengthinkindness: (Are you sure)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
B-But y-you're...you're hurt...

[Those are some serious looking injuries.]

Mm...M-My name's Fluttershy...
scattered_rose: (Eh?)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Putting the bag down, he rooted around in it for a moment for the med supplies- always a handy thing, particularly when you're trained to fight monsters for a living -and started to work, intent on what he was doing but listening all the same.]

Jeez, yeah magic will kinda do that to ya. I'm guessing Kaladram is a god or something?
vagabondhero: (Default)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[And then he took a look at himself. Wow, what a way to make a first impression.]

Oh, guess the healers weren't done with me before I fell through that sinkhole.

[And he seems wholly unconcerned. If you knew him, you'd know he's looked worse.]

Well, can't say I've ever met a talking Pegasus before, but it's nice to meetcha Fluttershy! You can call me Zac.

[And he'll hold out a gloved hand to shake her...hoof? Look he's being polite, or at least trying.]
vagabondhero: (Uhhhh...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
You got it! He's the patron god of Fire, so since I was born under his sign, fire's kind of my bread and butter! See?

[And he held out a gloved hand for his new friend to see...but nothing happened. He shook his hand a little, but still nothing. To say he looked disturbed would have been an understatement.]

T-that's...weird. I've always been able to conjure fire...
strengthinkindness: (But you find your strength anyway)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Despite still being a little worried, she smiled and placed her hoof in his hand.]

I-It's...nice to meet you too, Zac. Um...w-welcome to the temple...
scattered_rose: (Conversational topics II)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
[To be quite honest, he kind of expected that.]

Coming here kinda changes our abilities.
vagabondhero: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
[And a small shake she'll get. His arms still hurt kind of, so it wasn't a full shake, but it was friendly enough.]

Temple, huh? Where exactly...am I? This doesn't look like any architecture I've seen anywhere in Grand Meridia before.
strengthinkindness: (So glad)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...M-Most likely you're in another world...one that's a bit...far away from the world you're used to...
vagabondhero: (I'm sorry...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
So my magic's sealed...

[It was enough for him to feel a little down, actually. Fire had been a part of his life for so long that being without it kind of left him feeling like he was missing a part of himself.]
vagabondhero: (Laughing)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
That explains a lot.

[In fact that explained everything.]

Well, I was planning on traveling after everything got wrapped up back home, so...I guess this works out just fine!

[This was pretty perfect actually! New places, new faces, and a whole new adventure for him to toss himself head first into!!]
scattered_rose: (Listening)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Sealed's a good word for it...

[He spends a few minutes of concentration on his work, then speaks up again.]

Not totally, though? The gems we get when coming here come with a power. It's just... figuring it out that's the thing.
strengthinkindness: (Shy smile)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Well he's taking it better than most.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy's gem is just going to...start glowing a bit, and he might find a warm light passing over him.]
vagabondhero: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this thing?

[He gave the Spinel on his shoulder a few taps, staring at it with a contemplative look for a few seconds.]

A power...say, do you have a weapon on you?

[Well, if he only had one power to work with, he might as well start at the top of his list and work his way down.]
vagabondhero: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He does feel that warmth! And he notices that any soreness he might have had was starting to go away...and the bleeding had come to a full stop too!]

Wow...you're just full of surprises Fluttershy! Is that what these things are for?

[He's gonna poke the Spinel in his shoulder a few times, because seriously what IS this thing and why is it stuck in him?]
strengthinkindness: (This is me)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
M-Mm...s-sort of...The gems that are...um...given to us grant us powers...W-We have to discover them ourselves, and...w-we won't all have the same power...

O-One of mine is healing...
scattered_rose: (Conversational topics II)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, a power of some kind. The only problem is, it could be pretty much anything.

[Good timing on the question as he just finished up what he was doing, taking a few moments to clean up before stepping back.]

Yeah, I've got a couple weapons on me. [The way he's holding his hands might just be a casual gesture to accompany the words. Then again, with the way those forearm-covering gauntlets glinted, they may also be part of the answer.]
vagabondhero: (Default)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
((It just so happens that Zac's power is Weapon Communion! Meaning he can talk to weapons. Wonderful right? What this means for you is that your weapon will project a physical form and then he can speak with it in his mind's eye! It's up to you what form it takes and what it tells him, or if anything shows up at all, but huzzah!))

Ahhhh, I getcha. Let's see if this works.

[Zac, with permission, would place a hand on one of his new friend's gauntlets and a soft, shimmering light would start to come from his gem. When he opened his eyes, he was standing in a very familiar landscape with rolling grass below his feet and a starry sky above. Now to see if anyone else had joined him.]
Edited 2015-06-06 08:41 (UTC)
vagabondhero: (I have no clue)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...so they're like seraphite crystals! Couldn't they have just...I dunno, given us the stones instead of shoving them into our bodies? If they're just holding powers, then that seems a little unnecessary.