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: (happy headshot)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-25 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
... Okay, one point? You sounded like you were going to launch into like... stereotypical villain monologue there. Probably wanna watch for that.

But hey, if you're gonna put on some kinda show, it'd be cool to come and watch!
selfium: (smileium)

[personal profile] selfium 2015-03-25 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
No, I shouldn't have been walking backwards. It's a bad habit. [Fred would say that it's about as close as Honey gets to a character flaw but.] I know! Let me make it up to you by helping you shop.
mysterysnack: (... really?)

[personal profile] mysterysnack 2015-03-25 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, might as well. Hm, two truths and a lie, huh...? [Hold on, he's gotta ponder this. How much to give away here?]

My name is Mystery, I used to help my friends run a paranormal investigation service, and I have never personally been in a fight. [There. That should be interesting enough to work off of.]
strengthinkindness: (Shy smile)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-03-25 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
O-Oh...! Um...th-that's very nice of you, but...you don't have to...

[Truth be told, she didn't mind. But she didn't want this person to feel obligated to help her.]
weiss_nine: <user name="jjabberboxy"> (turn away and slam the door)

[personal profile] weiss_nine 2015-03-25 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[all right! she knows the way out pretty well, because she made a point to learn it, so they probably won't get horribly lost.]
aura_spear: (14)

[personal profile] aura_spear 2015-03-25 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Meanwhile, Pyrrha follows Weiss' lead, making note of the temple structure and the path to the exit, so she could find her way out on her own later.]

Have you seen any of the others yet?
weiss_nine: <user name="iconsbyafangirl" site="tumblr.com"> (it's time to see what i can do)

[personal profile] weiss_nine 2015-03-25 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ok, why does ruby get cool powers that's just unfair. still.]

Good. Now, let's try to find our way out of here.

[haha. this could take a while.]
weiss_nine: <user name="iconsbyafangirl" site="tumblr.com"> (a kingdom of isolation)

[personal profile] weiss_nine 2015-03-25 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmmmm. Well, Ruby's dog is named Zwei, so "Mystery" as a name isn't terribly weird . . . It would be strange for a dog to help run a "paranormal investigation service" (whatever that this), but since everything fights where Weiss is from, the obvious answer is that one.]

I personally find it highly unlikely that anyone could go through life without being in at least one fight, so I choose that as the lie.
al2o3cr: (They think that we're through)

[personal profile] al2o3cr 2015-03-25 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Ruby nods.]

For now, I think we'd better trust it. I mean, at the very least some of the other people it pulled here might be friendly?
al2o3cr: (I had a dream - a dream about you)

[personal profile] al2o3cr 2015-03-25 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey her semblance is probably gone since everyone gets nerfed to regular person power levels until they do missions, so.]

Right.

[She looks around.]

... where do we start trying to do that, exactly?
broltergeist: (I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world)

[personal profile] broltergeist 2015-03-25 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy blinks, confused enough by all this to stop the waterworks, and his hand goes to his neck before he's even thinking about it. He can't see the stone, considering its position, but he sure feels it - both by touching it and in a stranger, more... intimate? manner now that it's been pointed out to him.]

Huh? Hey, when did I get this? Not exactly my first choice for weird body jewelry.

[Then the OTHER thing Bill said registers, and his eyes light up.]

Whoa, hold the phone, brogician! Did you say I'm not a ghost anymore? People can SEE me again?? Hah, no wonder I can't fly! Stop ALL the presses; Billy Joe Cobra is back in action, woooooooooooo!
weiss_nine: <user name="iconsbyafangirl" site="tumblr.com"> (let the storm rage on)

[personal profile] weiss_nine 2015-03-25 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you knew.

[read: you're the team leader! fix it!]
al2o3cr: (Bright lights and... lollipops?)

[personal profile] al2o3cr 2015-03-25 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Well being a leader is half keeping everyone calm even when you don't know what you're doing, SO!]

Right! O-of course. This way.

[Down this hallway? Yeah, down this hallway.]
zenithboy: (DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE VIOLENT)

[personal profile] zenithboy 2015-03-25 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[I know, right?? HE'S SO BORED but at least they're not in crazy-ass full-body straightjackets and a padded room this time.]

Nah, you lucked out. I can barely see yours next to that panda patch. And hey, at least I look like a manly asshole!
isprettyevil: (...the caterpillars would gather at its)

[personal profile] isprettyevil 2015-03-25 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, so manly...

[Pandy peeled and began devouring her pilfered banana in a... Well, in exactly the manner you'd expect.

Why yes, she is taunting Retro.
]

Now that you've got your body back, better reel in that gunshow before we get arrested.

...Again.

[personal profile] justcantwaittobeking 2015-03-25 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, if you're giving me food, I'm not gonna argue!

[He double-takes for a second.]

Oh, ohhh, are you searching for All-Blue, too?!

[personal profile] justcantwaittobeking 2015-03-25 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
Heeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!

[Shouted loudly enough that pretty much everyone in the market could hear...]

Are you a monkey?!
connie_maheswaran: (Boom baby)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-25 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hmm. She seemed nice enough, and about as willing to step out into the open as she did. That put Connie a little at ease].

Oh, that's fascinating, though I admit I'd be a little disoriented by something like that. This, though, is a little shocking to me, I'll admit, since this is also familiar.

Fluttershy? Nice to meet you, that's a pretty name. I'm Connie!
connie_maheswaran: (Regular Connie)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-25 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her name was Schnee? Odd].

Sure, I guess. I don't mind guessing games.
connie_maheswaran: (Thinking)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-25 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another person named Amethyst?! Connie was startled, then came to her sense].

Well no, sorry. I was looking for the Crystal Gem named that. So that's your name too?
connie_maheswaran: (WHYYYYY)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-25 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cosmo can do a great many things was an understatement. Connie was literally floored to see such intense memories, as well as to learn that this dog made Dogcoptor look like a joke by comparison. Steven would have LOVED to meet Cosmo here, and Connie felt pretty privileged herself, if not overwhelmed by everything he'd done and seen in these recollections].

Wow, that is...I don't think I have the words! But they brought you here and blocked your powers? Maybe you'll be expected to get them back in time. But yes, I'm looking for Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems: Amethyst, Pearl and Garnet.
amymethyst: ([amy] cute smile)

[personal profile] amymethyst 2015-03-25 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well I mean. My name's Amy, but uh. As of like a week or so ago I'm the princess of the Amethyst Kingdom in Gemworld. But also Amy.

[Explaining this is not going well oh god. She sighs and smiles.]

It's weird.
whatthanos: (squirrel concern)

[personal profile] whatthanos 2015-03-25 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that gets her attention quickly enough. She hangs upside-down from the tree she was in.]

Who, me? I'm Squirrel Girl! See? [She gestures to her outfit] Squirrel!
lunarrover: (01. When the party was nice)

[personal profile] lunarrover 2015-03-25 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[And to think: Those were just memories of his job as a security chief, Cosmo hasn't even touched on his adventures in saving the universe - but many parts of those memories are scary and sad and he makes a point to keep them in his own mind.]

<Alright, Connie, come with Cosmo and we will see about finding your Crystal Gem friends.> [Connie may feel a small tingling in the back of her mind, as he searches her memories for what they actually look like. Don't worry, though, he won't pry into her more private thoughts.] <If you see any of my friends, let Cosmo know. They are called the Guardians of the Galaxy, it is being very important that Cosmo speaks with them, if they are here.>

[Images and names flash through Connie's mind once more, of the surviving members of the Guardians of the Galaxy. There are about eight of them left after their latest debacle: Mantis, Moondragon, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Jack Flag, Bug, and Major Victory. They'd all gone their separate ways after Peter's death, but their help would be invaluable if he could get in contact with just one of them.]
lunarrover: (14. Get back u flea infested mongrel!)

[personal profile] lunarrover 2015-03-25 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Technically Cosmo was a telepath WAY before he was a Gem, even if he can't quite remember how he got these psychic powers.]

<Either or. Cosmo has working ears, in addition to telepathy.>

[If Mystery can talk, Cosmo sees no reason not to flaunt it.]