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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.
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They weren't that big, no...about up to here. [He indicates War-Rock's height-which is only just a bit taller than him, maybe a little shorter than an average Electopian adult.] Not that strong, either, but people didn't really have the means to defend themselves back then, I think...
[Battle Cards were useful, but barely worked against viruses, never mind something like Murian lifeforms. But they didn't Denpa-Henkan with anyone, so they were really just cannon fodder to him and War-Rock by that point. Then again, considering people's mental state at the time...]
Still, it's good to see that I'm not completely on my own here. Maybe that means I'll see other people from our world too, people I know. Although... [He scratches his cheek a little sheepishly.] Given how trapped we are, I don't really want to see them stuck here, either...
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I think I drove a few away from damaging my shop. They didn't like that very much. [ He seems amused at the memory. ]
At least you'll have some friends. Less lonely that way, at least.
Your Wizard didn't come with you? [ That's a concern. ]
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[He frowns. It was strange and unnatural, it put his friends in danger...and he never wants to see Link Power drop like that again. It's not something to be toyed with!]
Less lonely...I guess that's one way to see it. It doesn't seem hard to make friends here, either. [Everyone's so friendly! So far, anyway. Then again, they're all lost here together, huh...
The frown remains on his face.]
No. He was complaining that the hole I entered was weird, and I was listening to him, but somehow I went in anyway...and it was like he just disappeared from my Hunter while I was in there. I guess the hole really was made just for me...
[He hopes War-Rock is safe at home. :( ]
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We're all bunched together in one place. It's only natural.
So you had the same kind of experience. I'm not sure what called me, either.
[ He notes that frown. ]
Don't worry. I'm sure he can take care of himself.
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[Well, viruses did only show up three years ago thanks to the FMians. Maybe this guy was one of the first to use the Battle Cards on the network...so "years" is probably right, even if it does sound like he's been at it longer than that. But that's impossible, right?]
I think everyone who ended up here had that kind of experience...or at least, everyone I've talked to so far. I wonder what it means...
[But thinking about War-Rock...well, with his personality at least, it brings back a tiny smile.]
He's very strong. And stubborn. I think he can probably manage. I can't help but worry anyway, though, he's one of my best friends!
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[ It's not impossible as a netnavi - but, of course, netnavis were phased out and eventually became obsolete, as the world moved to radio waves and Wizards.
That is, at least, the accepted explanation. ]
We were pulled here by something. That much seems obvious. But for what reason, I wouldn't know.
It's only natural you'd worry, especially since he's your partner. [ He doesn't think about his operator, how many years it's been since...
(It's been such a long time.) ] But you can't do anything about it now, so focus on what's ahead. Besides, I bet he'd be saying something along the lines of "What, you don't trust me to take care of myself?" if he could hear you.
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[Wary glance. But other than viruses and Denpa-humans...what else was there, back then?
Still...the mention of War-Rock gets a reluctant laugh out of him.]
That is something he would say...
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[ He laughs a little. ] You battle each other with Wizards, right? In EM Battles. It was something like that.
[ He can't help but be cryptic, because it's better than just straight up admitting he's a 200+ year old netnavi. It sounds ridiculous. ]
I know someone a lot like that, so. They kind of get offended when you worry about them. "Oi, you don't think I'm capable enough?", and so on...
[ Sigh. Fireman never really changes, after all these years. ]
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[Then again, Subaru's met a lot of strange things, so...]
Un. My Wizard's a Battle Wizard, so I know what you're talking about. So I guess this was something before Wizards? Navis?
[He remembers NetNavis, but only as the generic ones summoned by cards. Custom ones were obsolete by his time. The imitation gets Magicman another laugh from the boy, though.]
Yeah, he's like that. A bit of a handful, honestly...
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Netbattling was used to refer to combat between netnavis, yes. Some things don't change, even between generations, though. Humans acquired new partners, and formed the same bonds.
They're really difficult to deal with sometimes, aren't they? But, well, I guess if they weren't so stubborn, they wouldn't be themselves.
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[You...you're not a normal person, are you...At first Subaru was thinking that maybe you were some kind of weird historian, but now...]
Well, i don't think we'd be the same kind of friends if they weren't...I've learned a lot from him.
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Okay so maybe he's not strictly speaking human, but, details. ]
In a customised copybot, we can tailor our appearances. But editing for age seems pointless once you hit the hundred years mark, let alone two hundred. [ Shrugs. If that's not enough to clue you in to what he is, then he doesn't know what else will short of telling you directly. ]
Mm. I'm sure he's taught you a lot. They tend to be good-hearted, if rough around the edges.
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[He's a technogeek, ok. He knows his tech history.]
You're a NetNavi from that long ago?
[He might be looking at you with stars in his eyes now, just sayin'. Holy shit you're like the precursor to Matter Waves and Wizards and if it's lasted this long your Copybot must be an improved model with better battery life that never saw much use because NetNavis were already growing obsolete and he'd ask to look at it except you're technically a gem now so probably you don't have it and-
holyshit you're so cool]
Uh...yeah. He has...
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I'm - well, I was upgraded with wave compatibility, in a copybot body. It's no point existing if we can't interact with your world any more, so...we can access the Wave World. It's kind of nostalgic, traveling along it, you know. If you're up to date on your history...the cyberworld was constructed the same kind of way.
So, yes, I'm very old by now. [ He seems to feel better sharing it. ]
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[Hearing that you're as old as they come does nothing to dim his enthusiasm. If anything, it seems to make it more pronounced.]
That's so cool! I'd ask if I could see it but ah...
[Not only is that kinda rude, you...probably don't have that specific body anymore considering...gem. Yeah.]
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You're interested in technology, then? [ He's reminded of Netto in some ways. And ah - that's nostalgic. ] More than most your age?
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[The grin on his face is more than a little sheepish.]
I am. The Class President is always telling me I should get out more instead of tinkering with things, so I guess I like it more than most my age.