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cosmoooc2015-03-22 10:30 am
stigematize) wrote in 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 forcosmographia, 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.
Clearly, you’ll just have to make the best of it.
How this works:
☆ This is a test drive for
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.
THAT WORD STILL BREAKS THE COUNT and excuse u u knew what i meant obvs
BEACH.]
ur still a scrub
There's a figure carved into the side of that cliff and he's not entirely sure it's human.]
Strange...
[That's more for himself than anything.]
no yOU
...gems...
[ITS GOT ROCKS IN IT SHUN. Or at least visibly carved ones.]
but I can't be a scrub for I am the ambassador of BUY RAID RAPTORS
Gems must have a lot more significance here than they do back home, if this whole place was built with them in mind.
[Though you'd think that would have been relatively obvious by now, Shun's doing a bit of 'thinking out loud' here.]
whoever gave you the title LIED, obviously
If anything the most he does is look to the rest of the beach. Hey. Hey Shun.
He's tugging your jacket--and after a look toward the town far distant, he'll go back to staring at the sand.]
or perhaps it is you who is the LIAR
Also why are you doing that. Don't do that. He doesn't like the feeling of things snagging his jacket. And he's going to be not very subtly stepping out of grab range.
Well, given the choice between town and beach, he knows which one he's picking.]
Might be able to get some answers, then.
[Onwards to town...again, with no real care for if you're following or not. He's certainly not paying attention to whether you are or not beyond registering your footsteps if you do.]
-GASP- IMPOSSIBLE
Well he just. Sort of pathetically drops his hand again, following still. Yes he's still following. It's a lot scarier to do anything alone okay?
Anyway the town is just a small little one with a tiny 'amusement' park and necessities really. The construction looks older than even Standard, really.]
/dramatic orchestral music
Anyway. Having gone from Heartland to Maiami, this place is definitely a strong contrast to both of those. It's miniscule in comparison, for one, and the construction's fairly boring as opposed to all Heartland's strange design and places like LDS. He can't exactly fault it for being necessities only, though.]
Not much of a town.
[But he's still a bit annoyed that getting information might be harder than he thought.
Also that there's no convenient alleyways to lurk in.]/DRAMATIC GROUNDHOG
Reira's making no comment on 'not much'; honestly, small as it is, it seems better than Commons at any rate. Interestingly as they wander, they might find a few signs reading things like 'GEM DISCOUNT' or 'WILL OFFER GOODS FOR SERVICES (GEMS ONLY)'.
Once he notices those, he is indeed going to just stare at you, Shun.]
no usagi u are the zombies
True, it is a little nicer than what he's seen so far of Synchro, but that doesn't mean much - the higher parts of City are nice too, but from what he's heard they're full of pretentious assholes who watch manhunts for entertainment.
Also don't look at him like that, Reira.]
I doubt they're interested in someone who just woke up here and knows nothing about 'Gems'. I'll look into it when I know more.
[Well that seems logical enough.]
Mirror says tomato :0
And alright if you're gonna keep walking so will he. Not as if the people hiring gems could possibly know about gems, right?]
then you are the tomatoes
So yes. Have this stubborn asshole combing every inch of the town before he actually approaches anyone. You're the one who decided to follow him.]
hellye i'm the protagonist now
enjoy the suffering
Speaking of giving up, looks like he's resigned himself to actually talking to someone. Old habits die hard, though; of all the places to ask, he's picked the junkyard. The post office is second on his list if he doesn't get enough info here, since that seems like a likely 'hub' of sorts for local knowledge.
COMMENCE AWKWARD NPC CONVERSATION.]
ishalllll
And as for the npc in question, Shun can find the current worker on shift at the junkyard entrance, running the till. You'll have to knock on the glass, Shun--they can't hear you with their headphonesssss.]
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Anyway. The junkyard guy just looks up, takes one look at the gem and...
Well after opening the speaker flap...] You're not planning to raid the junkyard like those last few are y'..?
[He liked the one fellow, who actually asked if there was a charge, but the first one was just a snit ok.]
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Also he totally would consider raiding if he were back home. But he isn't, so he shakes his head. Best not to antagonise this guy before he tells them anything.]
No. I need information.
[Straight to the point, as usual.]
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Dude doesn't even notice Reira, incredible. Anyway.] Information?
...About what? [He sounds rather incredulous--as if for some reason you should have that alrady.]
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About this place. I...we, [He concedes this at least, gesturing toward Reira.] only just got here. If there was information we were supposed to receive on arrival, we missed it.
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Geeze that thing's recruiting younger and younger isn't it..!?
...And hell, I don't know how you guys get that info; soon as you lot appeared anyone I asked that bothered answering just said something about a 'heart' taking them in to fight those monsters that show up half the time!
[Ok that got Reira's attention. And now he's staring at Shun again. Oh no hohhhhno-]
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I think I know what 'heart' they mean. Do you know anything about this?
[That was abrupt. He taps his gem 'eye', juuuuust in case you didn't manage to spot it.]
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Whatever. The guy wrinkles his face, Reira looking from one to the other as they talk.] Eerrrr...'sides the fact that it's you or something?
I dunno everyone coming from that temple place has been weird about it, most I get is that somehow they're actually the rocks. You look pretty human to me though, no offense.
[.................
Excuse Reira, he'll be clinging to his bear and staring at the ground in the face of impending existential crisis.]
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Do you know where we could find anyone else from the temple? We just came from there, but there didn't seem to be anyone around.
That's because you went straight from the heart to outside and then to town. Also sorry Reira, he's not exactly paying attention to you right now.]
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[Eh, no hard feelings from Reira really; he's calmed himself from these states before...]
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