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.
cometkin: (concern | is my only home)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Aaaaaaarrrrgh.

... no. No, he had to keep it together. For Ayumu's sake. Deep breaths, Greg. Deep breaths, deep breaths, deep breaths.]


Okay. Okay, we're going to-- to find one of the real Gems figure out what happened. They have to be around here somewhere. This is their kind of place.
inventornextdoor: (I think I can fix it)

[personal profile] inventornextdoor 2015-04-29 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Wrong! And you can't call historical error either; I've been there myself!

[Well doesn't she just look proud of herself? Lucca's grin fades after a moment, though, and she glances about.]

That means I win, right? Is something supposed to happen?
ohmygah: (Get the chopsticks right this time dummy)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
R-right! Good thinking! Then we'll make 'em talk.

[She pounds her fist into her hand for dramatic effect.]
invictusfidelitas: (May there always be angels)

[personal profile] invictusfidelitas 2015-04-29 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
I... don't know? I'm not sure how any of this works.

[You picked the wrong person to ask questions, Lucca. He's still lost as anything.]

Maybe I have to ask, too?
cometkin: (sheepish | thousands of voices)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Um. Maybe not by punching.

[Because then they might punch back. And they don't want to be punched by Garnet.]
inventornextdoor: (All of the exposition)

[personal profile] inventornextdoor 2015-04-29 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Me either, and the big gem wasn't very clear on how this was supposed to go.

[How DO you know if you've gained a new power, anyway? There's no tell for it as far as she can see.]

It's worth a shot. Fire away!
ohmygah: (Devious plans flying left and right here)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Then kicking!

[She demonstrates with swinging one of her legs a little. She wavers a bit and nearly loses her balance before setting it back down.]
cometkin: (concern | is my only home)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
No, not by kicking either. Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet are all thousands of years old and a lot better at fighting than humans--and Steven is my son.
ohmygah: (You ever wonder why the sky is blue?)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[HMMMMM. She stares upward, thinking carefully.]

That could be a real mess. Like Darth Vader vs. Luke Skywalker. Only reversed...
invictusfidelitas: (I'll sing you a lullaby)

[personal profile] invictusfidelitas 2015-04-29 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Let's see...

[Give him just a moment to think here.]

I can control gravity, I've graduated school, and I work with a secret organization.
cometkin: (concern | is my only home)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
The only lightsaber fight I'm getting into with my son is a pretend one. With plastic lightsabers.
ohmygah: (Imma gonna grab a knife)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow! Those are real fun! Do ya make the, uh..

[She spreads out her arms and spins for this next part.] Shoooooom. Ker-csh! Shooooooom.
cometkin: (sheepish | thousands of voices)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Is there any other way to play with lightsabers?

[Greg was a kid when Star Wars happened. He has lightsabering down pat.]
Edited 2015-04-29 07:27 (UTC)
ohmygah: (And now for a word of wisdom!)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen people do it with a "Hoowaaaaaaaa hi-yaaaaaaaa" [Demonstrated with clear karate chops.] But it just doesn't look right.
pearl_chevalier: (curling my hair but ur an idiot)

Akoya Gero | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!

[personal profile] pearl_chevalier 2015-04-29 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course he's going to walk through a him-shaped hole. Nothing else would have fit him so perfectly. When he emerges from it into the temple, he seems... not too scared. In fact, he seems almost bored as he looks around the unfamiliar place, twirling his hair.]

What kind of nonsense is this?

[Why is there a lump on his finger? He'll reach to touch it and shudder when he finds it's a gem.]

Very funny, Zaou. What part of the school have you decorated? Come out.
Edited 2015-04-29 12:41 (UTC)
cometkin: (sheepish | thousands of voices)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no, you want to go khhh-shooooooom. Hi-yah is if you're Miss Piggy.

[From panicking to lightsaber noises in a matter of minutes.]
ohmygah: (Get the chopsticks right this time dummy)

[personal profile] ohmygah 2015-04-29 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Miss Piggy's always bugged me. How's a pig go and fall for a frog? And isn't it bad if the stage guy and an actress get in a relationship?
cometkin: (sheepish | thousands of voices)

[personal profile] cometkin 2015-04-29 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well, sometimes you end up loving someone who isn't even your species. [He shrugs.] Maybe that's why Kermit always rebuffs her, because he's the stage guy and she's the actress.
strengthinkindness: (And very caring)

[personal profile] strengthinkindness 2015-04-29 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...maybe this is a form you've become more comfortable with...that's why your gem chose this form for you...
togabito: (Default)

[personal profile] togabito 2015-04-29 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
"What's there not to get? I mean, it's weird that you'd decide to abduct me and not a citizen, but I've been through this song and dance before, you know. What Panopticon is this, anyway?"
togabito: (male)

[personal profile] togabito 2015-04-29 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
And now he's just looking at you like you're weird.

"...babies are small, helpless, and can't do anything, making them a counterproductive drain on society's resources. Being born is a crime with a mandatory million-year sentence. How do you not know that?"

...it doesn't sound like he's joking.
connie_maheswaran: (Feeling good about this)

Re: Greg Universe | Steven Universe

[personal profile] connie_maheswaran 2015-04-29 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, totally!

I just went with girl's only because its tradition. That and...well, there's not really that many guys around that age anyway. Most of them are pretty old.
wariodemambo: (Default)

Wario | Wario/Mario Bros

[personal profile] wariodemambo 2015-04-29 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, so all Wario here knows is that there's some kind of weird gem thing going on. He's TOTALLY DOWN FOR THAT. However, it's far more frustrating when there's a gem he wants to grab and he can't get it. Let alone when that gem is embedded in his own arm - it's almost taunting him. For the next couple of minutes, he's going to make a fool of himself trying to pluck it out before realizing that it's not really worth the effort. ]

Gragh, stupid gem! [ His tone grows more and more frustrated by the minute. ]
awesmazings: (☼ and I know ☼)

[personal profile] awesmazings 2015-04-29 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right?

[He stands up then, moving to brush off his knees before propping his hands on his hips.]

And pretty much everybody who shows up here is a gem, I think...so we can just ask some of the others what it's like!
green_mario: (11)

[personal profile] green_mario 2015-04-29 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Well... he kind of wished that he ran into someone else, but at least it's someone he recognizes?

He should probably stop him before he tries to tear his own arm off, though.]


Uh, I don't think you should be picking at that, Wario.

[Even though he's been idly picking at his own gem on his hand for the past few minutes. It's for an entirely different reason.]