TEST DRIVE

[stigematize]

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 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.

Comments

[microbrobotics]

[ yikes. okay now he feels bad. ]

You're serious. I thought that was, like, sarcastic emphasis?

[alittlemystery]

No that's an actual thing that happened in my life.

[munches the rest of his burrito]

You just got here, right?

[microbrobotics]

Dude. No offense, but your life is weird.

[ he just. sighs and finds somewhere to flop down for a second. ]

Like five minutes ago? Max? I'm thinking extradimensional portal except this place isn't nearly as trippy as the last one.

[alittlemystery]

Got it in one. And no one can find a return portal.

So you're kinda stuck unless you can build a portal.

[microbrobotics]

[ Could he? He's seen the tech, but replicating it ... ]

Mmmaybe? Depends?

[alittlemystery]

And power it?

[microbrobotics]

Also depends.

[ He glances up at that big ol' glowing crystal in the middle of the room. ]

Depends on what everything else is running off of. And what else they have here. I mean, if there's teleportation tech at all, that could be modified -

[ This is going to turn into a tech babble real quick here. ]

[alittlemystery]

Outside this temple this place is the sleepiest most isolated little town that has internet that only accesses the local cafe's menu online.

Sometimes youtube will like half load but you can only pull up cat videos and covers of Let It Go.

[microbrobotics]

[ OH GOD NO ]

What? That's it? Are you kidding me?

[alittlemystery]

Conceal, don't feel.

[microbrobotics]

What does that even mean.

[alittlemystery]

Are you okay? Did. Did I accidentally hurt you?

[microbrobotics]

The lack of basic necessities is what's killing me here! And I've never even heard of that song.

[alittlemystery]

At least you have a magic stone now?

[microbrobotics]

I'm not a magic stone kind of guy, okay. I build robots back home.

[alittlemystery]

Well maybe now you can summon golems or something.

That's like robots.

[microbrobotics]

That's not -

[ He pauses. ]

... Actually that'd be pretty cool.

[alittlemystery]

Yeah, I have telekinesis. It's not that strong yet but it's pretty cool.

[microbrobotics]

Whoa. Show me something? That sounds awesome.

[alittlemystery]

[there's a glow through his hat and WHOA HIRO you're floating!!

Like only a foot off the ground but still!]

Like that! See? I'm doing it WITH MY MIND.

[microbrobotics]

[ That's still enough okay. His face lights up with delight and awe. ]

Holy crap! That's amazing! Bet you could fly if you had enough practice!

[alittlemystery]

[let's him back down]

A lot of practice. I can't do it very long. But I've been working on it!

[microbrobotics]

Dude, still! Having abilities like that in the first place? I've never seen anything like it where I come from.

[alittlemystery]

You probably have some now too.

[microbrobotics]

-- Right, I've got - man, how'd you know? Did you just try everything until something happened?

[ He holds out his hand, staring at the indigo-colored gem embedded there. ]