TEST DRIVE

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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

[strawberry_roll]

*Ichigo blinks up at her.*

Monsters...?

*She doesn't sound as scared or worried as you might expect. That sounded more curious than anything else. Her brow furrows a little in concentration, then she huffs.*

...I can't fly, though.

[cyan_maid]

[In all honesty? Curiosity is much easier to deal with than fear or worry.]

Neither can I. Fly, I mean. What's that got to do with anything?

[strawberry_roll]

Normally I can fly. Heck, most of my cousins learned how to hover 'n all before they could walk. So how come I can't now?

[cyan_maid]

Uh...

[Tiny strawberry child who can fly. Normally. Uh, wow, okay. That's new.]

I...don't know? Is there, erm, anything else that you can normally do, that you can't now?

1/2

[strawberry_roll]

Ummm...

*She pauses, face screwing up with concentration. Again, however, she doesn't appear to accomplish anything. Nothing other than frustrating herself, anyway.*

2/2

[strawberry_roll]

...Oh, c'mon! I can't grow up either?! How'm I supposed t' fight like this?!

[cyan_maid]

[Jane makes a startled sound at her outburst.]

G-Grow up...?

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah! You know, get bigger? ...Or smaller, but I don't think I can do that now either...

...This sucks.

[cyan_maid]

[Jane allows herself a moment of jaw-dropped shock at the idea of someone growing or shrinking at will before she shakes herself out of it. There are definitely some strange things about their situation, but she's not going to believe in that until she sees it.

...And, frankly, it doesn't seem like that judgment is a good idea to share at the moment.]

Er, well, um...maybe it's because of the gems? Maybe, since it can give us different powers, we can't do the things we could do before?

[strawberry_roll]

Then why pick someone who already has powers...? That doesn't make much sense...

*Trailing off, she glowers at the back of her hand. It's a pretty little gem, but she's not so sure she's fond of the trade-off...*

[cyan_maid]

[She shakes her head.] I couldn't say. There are probably others who are in the same predicament as you are - gosh, I know I had powers before I came here, but I barely understood them, so I don't think I count.

[strawberry_roll]

Well, if they picked us for those, then I think they haven't thought their cunning plan all the way through...

*She folds her arms and starts sulking.*

[cyan_maid]

...

[A sigh.]

Maybe, maybe not. But we're here, aren't we? Might as well see what happens now. I doubt it could be worse.

[strawberry_roll]

...Oooh, fate-tempting.

[cyan_maid]

[A snort.] Well...yes. A bit.

[strawberry_roll]

Well, not much else we can do now, anyway.

*She sighs, but then smiles up at you.*

Anyway, my name's Ichigo! What's yours?

[cyan_maid]

[Jane smiles at Ichigo's smile, and holds a hand out for her to shake.]

Mine is Jane. It's nice to meet you, though I wish it were under better circumstances.

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah, well, can't be helped.

*She'll take that hand and give it a nice, firm shake.*

So who's in charge here?

[cyan_maid]

Hoo hoo! Who indeed - I've heard that the large heartlike gem over there [She points to the big pulsing gem.] is supposed to call the shots, but I haven't made myself acquainted with it yet.

[strawberry_roll]

.........

...Seriously?

[cyan_maid]

Apparently.

It's one of the few things here I'm not too keen on believing...or testing. Not just yet, anyway.

[strawberry_roll]

Yeah, like... how're we even supposed to talk to it? *Holding up her hand so that Jane can see her gem, she adds:* Are these gonna act like cell phones or what? Some kinda communicator? That's not so bad for me, but, uh...

*Her gaze traces up to where Jane's own gem rests. Talk about awkward...*

[cyan_maid]

I...think we just have to touch it. Some folks have gems in strange places, like on their feet or what have you. I doubt it would be very comfortable for them to press their gem to that thing.

[strawberry_roll]

...huh...

Maybe there should be, like, a sign or something? Like a big arrow pointing at it that says "WELCOME TO WHEREEVER-THIS-IS! TO SPEAK TO OUR LEADER, TOUCH THIS."

[cyan_maid]

Maybe we should make one. It'd certainly make things a lot easier.