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.
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.
no_refunds: (I'm watchin' you kids..)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, let's see. So, that gem stuck in your head is magic. All of us who were brought here got one. It's what lets us talk to that big rock; and it can do all sorts of other weird stuff, like summoning weapons and givin' people super powers. The downside to that is that there's also a bit of a gem-monster problem goin' on around here, and our heart-shaped overlord wants us to protect this temple we're in and beat the gems out of them.

[He points up to the ceiling and the gem-filled bubbles hovering over their heads.]

And then we keep 'em here for... I dunno, until they can be fixed, I guess. We can get more powers by doing what the heart wants, and... I think that's about it. Oh, right. Outside of the temple there's this podunk little beach city, real remote and unhelpful. But they've got shops and whatnot, and they don't get into a full-blown panic when this gem weirdness picks up, so that's nice.

That's the gist of it. It's... a lot.
cyan_maid: (A tiny longing)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-29 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She listens quietly, doing her best to sort out all the information.]

...It...certainly is a lot. But it doesn't answer an important question - no offense to you, of course. Is there any reason why all this has happened? Why are we the ones in this mess?
no_refunds: (You call that a counterfit?)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-29 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Who knows. And that's the one thing the ol' boulder hasn't explained, either! We're from all over the place! Pretty sure I even saw some talking animals...

It just doesn't seem like there's a particular reason for it. Maybe it assumes that we're all equipped to handle the monster issue..
cyan_maid: (NO NO NO)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-29 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
But how? I mean, I came through that strange hole, but...holes like that don't just randomly appear, and definitely not in large numbers in who knows how many places...
no_refunds: (Let me level with ya)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-03-30 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's magic. You could give yourself an aneurysm trying to figure out how it works. You're better off just accepting what it is and trying to deal with it however ya can.
cyan_maid: (I really don't...)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-03-30 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Right. Accepting the absolutely insane. You've been trying to do that, Jane, why not give it a shot now?]

...Truth be told, I...really don't like just accepting it.
no_refunds: (I know this sounds crazy)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-04-01 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't say you had to like it. Trust me, I don't! But what other option is there?
cyan_maid: (You are EMBARRASSING me!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-04-02 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
No, I know! But it's kind of difficult for me. I have a history with...believing, and not believing.
no_refunds: (I'm watchin' you kids..)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-04-02 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that can be tough.. What sorta history, if you don't mind me asking? More or less believable than magic abducting gemstones?
cyan_maid: (Yeah this is a shitty disguise)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-04-02 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
About the same, actually. Where would you rank reality-altering video games and alien empresses apparently controlling everything you once held near and dear?

[This is said with complete seriousness.]
no_refunds: (Eesh)

[personal profile] no_refunds 2015-04-03 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[A brief pause, and he responds with the same matter-of-factness.]

Yeah, that sounds about equal. Maybe worse, even. That heart is bossy, but at least it's not omnipotent. I.. think not. I hope not. Eugh.