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.
mysterysnack: (shit here i am falling down this chasm)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-23 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Not... really, no. More of a sidekick. Investigating mysteries and stuff like that.

Though I can scrap if I need to. [Let's be real though, he'd really rather not.]
onemorechapter: (Default)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:08 am (UTC)(link)


[So it's a talking dog. Faced with something of higher intelligence than most other dogs, she at least tried to give him the dignity of calming herself down.

Not all of the tension went out with her exhale, but it was a start.]


It's fine. [Beat.] I don't-... do well with dogs.
hypnotherapy: ([h] jack in)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2015-03-23 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
I always get the names mixed up. [ He sounds a little sheepish for a moment, before he composes himself. ]

...I'm fairly sure it wasn't giant monsters, though. [ He remembers seeing the news reports, at least. ]

That's an accurate guess, actually. Though I'm nobody you'd know.
mysterysnack: (... really?)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-23 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
No, hey, that's alright. I get it, not everybody's a dog person. It's-- we're cool. [Even though he's still internally on edge for... no good discernible reason. Awesome.]

... may as well break the ice here. My name's Mystery. Welcome to... well, I mean, it's Earth, but... not quite.
onemorechapter: (Perhaps if you had listened...)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Basically, yes. I arrived only a few hours ago. [Also to the point. Sounds like they have at least one thing in common.]
onemorechapter: (Discussion)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's nice. [...

Give it a moment.]


They must be a very good friend.

[There we go, actual social interaction.]
syborg: (i'm going out)

[personal profile] syborg 2015-03-23 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Investigating mysteries? [ What do you mean you don't solve problems by just pursuing them and beating the shit out of them, what kind of world do you live in ]

You don't really want to fight, then. [ Genos is just gonna mentally put you in the 'civilian' slot. ] What will you do if a monster comes? [ He doesn't sound judgemental, not that it really helps - just curious. ]
strengthinkindness: (When you make a change)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-03-23 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...they are...

Th-They...probably don't remember me, though...

[It was sad to think about. But it was the truth.]
onemorechapter: (...You've got to be kidding.)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
[For a given value of "cool".]

Blake.

[A short sound through her nose, the sort of exhale that would pair well with an eyeroll.]

"Not quite" is one way of putting it.
broltergeist: (The coldest calm falls)

[personal profile] broltergeist 2015-03-23 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ha, yeah.

[JUST TOTALLY CASUALLY. YUP SURE WAS A GHOST. COMPLETELY NORMAL OCCURRENCE, RIGHT?]

I dunno, I feel pretty all right! Kinda miss being able to fly and stuff, but eh, whatever, I'm awesome either way!

[Truth be told, Billy would really only flip out if he lost his ability to sing or something.

...or his access to smooth peanut butter. They're about equally important.]
syborg: (i'm in the grip of a hurricane)

[personal profile] syborg 2015-03-23 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
Are you looking for comrades too, or are you just mapping the terrain? [ It's definitely what he's doing - the latter, not the former. But then again, he's been here a little longer. ] It'll be useful to know. When monsters come, the civilians here will be mostly defenseless, so we have to prevent any of them from coming to harm.
onemorechapter: (We're in trouble)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
[That, at least, gets a note of sympathy into her expression.]

They'd forget you so easily?
mysterysnack: (... really?)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-23 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, supernatural stuff. Ghosts, monsters, haunted houses, things like that. [A sensible and sane world. One that doesn't involve Saitama, probably.]

What would I do...? Probably alert the people that can fight whatever monster. Which... I'm guessing you'd fall into that category.
icytouch: (Default)

[personal profile] icytouch 2015-03-23 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ swallowing around a dry throat, elsa clasps her hands together and turns toward fluttershy. ]

Are you all right?
strengthinkindness: (So glad)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-03-23 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...if they were sent back to their home world...then most likely...

It...tends to happen when we're brought to places like this...
mysterysnack: (what were you guys afraid of?)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-23 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Cool enough to not already be fighting. That's the value.]

Best way I've been able to come up with so far. Kinda... one of those alternate Earths you'd see in comics or something.
onemorechapter: (What's your idea?)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
All of the above. Getting my bearings and the lay of the land, and if I find someone I know, all the better.
strengthinkindness: (You keep on moving anyway)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-03-23 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
M...M-Mm...I-I think so...I j-just...wasn't expecting...all of that...

[She brushes some stray strands of hair from her face before glancing up at Elsa.]

A...A-Are you...?
syborg: (no home)

[personal profile] syborg 2015-03-23 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
I...see. [ Says the talking, red-haired, glasses-wearing dog. As if that's any less nonsensical than a world where punchable monsters are just an everyday occurrence.

don't you talk shit about his teacher, man.
]

Mm. [ Quick nod. You are definitely correct about that one. ] It's something I'm used to already. My skills won't get rusty this way.
onemorechapter: (Default)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:22 am (UTC)(link)


[The sympathy flips back to surprise.]

This is something that's happened to you before?
mysterysnack: (default headshot)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-23 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[... this brings up so many questions. Mystery quietly wonders if he had to investigate Billy Joe's dealings at some point as part of the Skulls. It's... probable.]

Y'know, considering some of the other powers some other people have gotten, I wouldn't be surprised if you could end up flying. Again.
ryuusei_subaru: (Wondering at the communicator)

[personal profile] ryuusei_subaru 2015-03-23 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... [So you are talking about the same Kodama Town...then...]

They weren't that big, no...about up to here. [He indicates War-Rock's height-which is only just a bit taller than him, maybe a little shorter than an average Electopian adult.] Not that strong, either, but people didn't really have the means to defend themselves back then, I think...

[Battle Cards were useful, but barely worked against viruses, never mind something like Murian lifeforms. But they didn't Denpa-Henkan with anyone, so they were really just cannon fodder to him and War-Rock by that point. Then again, considering people's mental state at the time...]

Still, it's good to see that I'm not completely on my own here. Maybe that means I'll see other people from our world too, people I know. Although... [He scratches his cheek a little sheepishly.] Given how trapped we are, I don't really want to see them stuck here, either...
lifeisfun: (Default)

[personal profile] lifeisfun 2015-03-23 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
That's a nice name, too!

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mikaela.
strengthinkindness: (That might've been me)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-03-23 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...T-Twice...in fact...before coming here...
onemorechapter: (Hmm.)

[personal profile] onemorechapter 2015-03-23 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Which is plenty, considering.]

That makes sense. More sense, anyway.