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.
exceptionallybright: (euh)

Re: no worries!

[personal profile] exceptionallybright 2015-03-29 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
Fine. What would you want out of your power? [He didn't want to demean anyone but Stan didn't stick out as a fighter to him]
Edited (fixing a word) 2015-03-29 08:32 (UTC)
cape_and_wizard_hat: (Bragging)

[personal profile] cape_and_wizard_hat 2015-03-29 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Trixie flops her hat on the ground in front of her and tries concentrating her normal way, trying to pick up her hat with her magic. ...It doesn't seem to work. She takes a breath and attempts to concentrate through the gem above her horn. It's slow going at first, but eventually, a pink aura lights up around the hat and soon enough, it lifts up from off the ground.

Once Trixie sees this, she gets excited. She forces it into a smug look.]

Was there ever any doubt?
connie_maheswaran: (Check it)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-29 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I noticed that. If we have this many, and since almost all of us aren't already made gems, it makes me wonder how strong the monsters in this world are.

[But it was hopeful, don't get her wrong! That at least got her excited].

I'm already trying to figure that part out. I know its a gem sanctum, but even back home I wasn't allowed to go into one of those. I don't even know how often Steven did.

Chie, hi! My name is Connie!

connie_maheswaran: (I want to be part of your universe)

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-03-29 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. I get it. If that happened, of course you wouldn't want to do it too often.

[Having had a few bad experienced with some social apprehension, there was still some things that Connie wasn't too gung ho about herself].

There's a lot of people here, and we're all gems, so maybe that group harmony can happen here too, right?

Well, good luck there, for both of us! Finding some of my friends here would be nothing but a good thing!

beyourrock: (I don't want to fight you!)

[personal profile] beyourrock 2015-03-29 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pearl falls back as well onto her rear with a small yelp of surprise. She shakes her head, rubbing it as she makes it back up to her feet. She opens her mouth to apologize before her pale blue eyes rest on who exactly it was.

At first a surge of fear washes over her frame, but it is quickly replaced by seething anger as she bristles, her hands in tight fists.]


Peridot! Don't tell me this is your doing! [It could have been, seeing as how Gem technology had advanced so much since she last saw it.]
Edited 2015-03-30 03:24 (UTC)
beyourrock: (A spaceship.)

[personal profile] beyourrock 2015-03-29 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't check the presence of poison on smell alone. Plus that produce belongs on that stand.

[She soon crosses her arms, looking at the man's hat. With that symbol.]

You're not from around here either, are you?
cyan_maid: (NO NO NO)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-29 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jane looks over to the adult who addressed her. It's kind of strange to see an adult after five months of only three other teens for company - heck, it's strange to see anybody. That doesn't mean she's going to swallow whatever's told to her easily, though.]

That...really does sound extremely unappealing. Can I assume you've touched it to know that it can do that?
cyan_maid: (What's that now?)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-29 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jane blinks once, twice. She glances down at the bump in Chie's foot and bites at the inside of her cheek.]

In as in...well...in? Not just stuck? How are you sure?
alittlemystery: (But that is not okay ever!!!!)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-03-29 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! I said I'm sorry about that! Like twenty times! Let it go!

I just wanted one zombie, I wouldn't have done that on purpose.
empireofmymind: (little smile)

[personal profile] empireofmymind 2015-03-29 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
They must both be grateful. [ Ken smiles back. Other people's happiness has been making him happy, lately.

...but oh, right. ]
Do you mind if I ask which was the lie?
no_refunds: (Get a load of this guy!)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, alright. I'll drop it. I guess you can say I'll... put it to rest?

[Please smack the pizza out of your Grunkle's hand. Puns like that should not go without pun-ishment.]
alittlemystery: (Seriously dude.)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-03-29 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Never do that again.

[if only dipper's TINY ARMS could reach over to do so. instead he just keeps giving Stan a LOOK and takes a big bite of his pizza, finishing off the slice]
no_refunds: (*old man pout*)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, fine. [Mabel would've liked that one. Speaking of the little scamp..]

D'you think we should save any of this for your sister?
alittlemystery: (Excuse me!)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-03-29 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
We could.

Or you could just come back and do this again with her.
no_refunds: (This is so shocking)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Punching metal hurts, even with the brass knuckles and the gem strength. It keeps him from throwing another hit and actually listening to Springtrap's garbled voice.]

Augh.. H-hel-Hello...? What? What do you want!?

[Now that he's closer, he realizes that Springtrap smells kind of... musty and rotten.]
no_refunds: (That's my girl!)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Good thinkin'! [In that case, grabbing another slice for himself.]

I got us enough to last a couple of meals at least.. If you kids ever need somethin', just let me know and I'll figure it out.

[In other words: if you're not up for stealing, he totally is.]
no_refunds: (I need to be there!)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, so've most folks who got stuck here. It's loads easier than having to explain it to every new face over and over... Basically it, uh.. it sorta talks straight into your noggin to give a run-down of what happened.

But if you really want to hold off on dealing with that thing, I can give ya the short version.
no_refunds: (Who? Me? What?)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.. Uh, whoops! [He picks it back up and tosses it over to the correct stand.]

Wow, how'd you guess? [SARCASM EVIDENT. He holds up the obsidian gemstone stuck in the back of his right hand.]
alittlemystery: (Why is this my life.)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-03-29 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[he knows exactly what you mean, stan. DISAPPROVAL]

If you end up in jail I'm finding us a new guardian.
cyan_maid: Jane is neutral or unsure (Um...)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-29 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives a little bit of a blank stare at the gem heart.]

...I think a verbal run-down would be much better to start with, if you don't mind.
beyourrock: (Looking to Garnet.)

[personal profile] beyourrock 2015-03-29 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[She rolls her eyes before she steps up to him, peering at his hand.]

I wonder how this place summoned so many humans here... [Pearl amuses aloud as she looks at her small faint reflection in the faucets of his gem.]

Are you experiencing any discomfort with it?
no_refunds: (Stiiill got it!)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhuh, sure. I hate to break it to you kid, but you're stuck with me!

[JAILS ARE FOR WIMPS]
alittlemystery: (This book says trust no one.)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-03-29 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Precocious and Charming Young Twins Seek Respectable, Employed Uncle Figure....

[pretends to write out the words]

Must provide a bedroom, three meals a day, and a gaming console.
no_refunds: (Hrrrm)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[He turns his hand over to peer down at it, frowning.]

Not in the physical sense. Kinda the opposite, actually...

But it threw a wrench into everything else going on in my life. From what I gathered, it tricked us all into comin' here the same way.
no_refunds: (Oohhh nooo im so scared)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Precocious and charming"? With that kind of false advertising, you'd wind up in jail with me anyway!