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.
strengthinkindness: (W-well...)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
M-Mm...I'm not...sure exactly how it works...B-But its less that they've given us the stones, and more...w-we've become the stones...Th-They're part of us now, and we gain power from them...
vagabondhero: (Uhhhh...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
...But I'm a person. I've been a person since I was born. I can't be a person and also a gemstone, can I? I feel like that's breaking some rules.

[Zacadia Ryilan, saying what most people are thinking when they first show up here. You're a kid now, you're a gem now, you're a kid now, you're a gem now.]
strengthinkindness: (Part of the plan)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...most people who come here started as something else...Humans, ponies...otherworldly creatures...But being brought here, we're all turned into...magical gems...

A-And there are...human-gems...Someone who had come here was actually born as a gem and a human...
scattered_rose: (Default)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He certainly got a guest, two of them in fact. There were two large birds of prey there of an indistinct species, particularly when wearing white masks over the top halves of their heads. Their feet were gleaming metal though, three prominent talons on each foot.]
vagabondhero: (Happy go lucky)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
So...magic. Got it.

[Honestly, magic was a fairly broad topic back home. As far as the Magical Theory community was concerned, the base manipulation of raw magical energy had no real limit to it. And this was kind of like what Vivian did to things when she made them poof into clouds of raw magic and then absorbed them.]

Well, I did want to experience new and exciting things, so I can't be too mad.
vagabondhero: (Please tell me more)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Well howdy there birds! Have a wild haired young man taking a seat so he can get mildly eye level with the both of you. Sorry if he looks a little starstruck, this is his favorite part of his power.]

I wonder what kinds of stories you have to tell, I'll bet you both got some good ones.
Edited 2015-06-06 08:57 (UTC)
strengthinkindness: (You look really busy)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...w-well, there is plenty of new things here...

I-If you'd like, I could...show you around the temple a bit...
otoko: (OnO (MRP-))

YEE

[personal profile] otoko 2015-06-06 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Clink clink clink--Gongenzaka is just coming in, and normally he'd be a lot calmer about 'oh new arrival' except--]

AA...AAAUUUAAAUUUUHH...

[YOU ARE BLOODY.] A-Are you alright..!?
vagabondhero: (Woo hoo!)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
That'd be great! Lead the way Fluttershy!

[Oh man, he is ALL about this right now!! Adventure, adventure, adventure!]
scattered_rose: (Default)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
We have many stories, yes. [The one on the right spoke first, followed by the one on the left.] We have been with him many years.

I am Anima.
[The other's head dipped.]

And I an Anila.

[The names were rather feminine but then, so were their voices.]
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strengthinkindness: (That's what we're here for)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
[With a soft giggle, Fluttershy takes Zac on a tour of the temple.]

T-To be honest, I haven't been through...all of the temple myself...i-it's so big, I'm not sure anyone's really explored it fully yet...
vagabondhero: (I have no clue)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Well hello Mr. Giant, Zac's just gonna stare up at you as he turned around.]

...Was that a sinkhole or a portal I fell through? I must be close to the White Plains.

[Because you sir, are huge. Apart from his confusion, he doesn't seem particularly distressed about his blood loss.]

I'm...alright, I've fallen from worse places.
vagabondhero: (Default)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well it's a right pleasure meeting you both, you can call me Zac.

[And boy does he look pleased as punch to be making your acquaintances.]

You have? What kinds of things have you seen since you started traveling with...

[Oh wait...]

Oh. I forgot to get his name, I should probably do that when I get back.
otoko: (o3o)

[personal profile] otoko 2015-06-06 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
The fall is not what I, the man Gongenzaka, am worried about! [Yeesh!] You're bleeding..!
vagabondhero: (Please tell me more)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
An unexplored temple...

[Can you see the stars in his eyes right now? They're practically twinkling.]

This place is gonna be amazing!
scattered_rose: (Default)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
[A short chuckle, and they answered together.] Daniel. [And then] He has another name, but that is his birth name. And the one he has chosen for himself.

[Anima spent a moment in thought, in recollection.]

We have seen many things. We were made for him, you see. And so we have grown with him.

We protect him as much as we can. We help him fight all the monsters on the outside...

...so he only has to worry about the monsters on the inside.

[Though there was a dose of concern about that.]
strengthinkindness: (Shy smile)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Glancing up at him, she smiles a bit. It was always nice to see people willing to give places like this a chance.

She led him to the corridor where the living quarters were.]


Th-These are the rooms where most of us stay...Y-You should have a room too, that only opens to your gem...
vagabondhero: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
You...don't sound like you're from any tribe on the White Plains.

[They'd be complimenting him on his battle wounds, not worrying about him. This was strange. You're strange you giant not-white-plains-tribesman man.]

Oh. I guess the healers weren't finished when I fell down that hole...it's not bad though, nothing that'll kill me anyways. I gotta figure out where I am first before I can find anyone to patch me up.
otoko: (wURRRAAAAHG)

[personal profile] otoko 2015-06-06 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
I, the man Gongenzaka, have never even heard of the 'White Plains'...those would be a place from your own world, certainly!

[AND UM??] N-Not even bandages..!? These should be wrapped up at the least shouldn't they?!
vagabondhero: (I have no clue)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, a monster hunter then. Their work is usually pretty grisly.

[Even in Grand Meridia, it took a special kind of person to be a Monster Hunter. They saw things that even hardened adventurers like himself would cringe at.]

He's lucky to have such diligent guardians, hopefully this place has given him some kind of reprieve from that kind of life.
vagabondhero: (I have no clue)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
...Definitely a portal then.

[Huh...so this wasn't even somewhere in Grand Meridia. Well...there was that old adage about being careful what you wished for.]

I...don't have any bandages on me. How about you?
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2015-06-06 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
[NNNNNHHHH...] Mmmmm... Unfortunately I, the man Gongenzaka, do not have any on my person but...

[He turns toward the door.] Follow me--I can at least provide something until I, the man Gongenzaka, find one of those who can heal!
vagabondhero: (Default)

[personal profile] vagabondhero 2015-06-06 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He gave a long, sharp whistle at the sound of that. He was so used to sleeping on the road that "Room that is yours" sounded like he'd just been given a key to the city.]

My own room? Like...with a bed? And running water??
scattered_rose: (Default)

[personal profile] scattered_rose 2015-06-06 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Some, yes. There are monsters here, but nothing like the ones we are familiar with.

Nor is this the first different dimension we've been to. [A short chuckle, with a sort of clicking of her beak.] We had a reprieve ourselves, for a while.
strengthinkindness: (And very caring)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-06-06 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She nodded.] Mm...a-and it's...magic...s-so you're able to imagine almost anything, and it will appear...