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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

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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...I'm really going to have to check this place out proper as soon as possible.

You and me both.

Maybe we could explore together sometime -

Oh! I just realized, I never got your name. Mine is Jane Crocker, what's yours?

We can do that whenever you want! I don't think I feel too comfortable doing it by myself just yet.

Oh man, if my mom were here, she'd already be yelling at me for being so rude! I'm Connie, Connie Maheswaran!

Hoo hoo, it's fine! I've been just as rude! It's nice to meet you, Connie, though I wish it were under different circumstances.

You mean where we're not transported to a strange place with gems in our bodies and having no idea what's going on?

I almost wish I could say that's typical...well, what day is it?

Um...it should have been around a Friday from where I came from, I think. We sort of had to trust our computer calendars once we got into January, but we looked more at the month and number rather than the day. That doesn't necessarily mean it'd be the same for you, I'd bet.

I guess its just another way of telling days and all. I guess now it might matter a little less, unless there's a free and easy way to get out of here.

But I'm guessing we wouldn't be able to leave that easily if we were brought here like this.

I'd like to think it would matter a bit more! If we're going to be here long, I want to know how long.

Probably not, but it's worth investigation, wouldn't you say?

You and me both! Also, I'd like to know if we're in some sort of time loop and time for us back where we belong won't be, you know, severely messed with!

Definitely. Should be one of the first things we find out!

I hadn't thought of that...gosh, I haven't had a chance to think through much at all!

See, its important to know if they're gonna go Narnia on us, which isn't so bad, or if were just in a different world altogether and time is running the same way.

If so, I am SO grounded.

[Jane sighs, rubbing her temples. If things are running back in the game the same as they are here, then who knows what could happen without her...

Heck, maybe her being gone is for the best.

She slumps a little, chuckling weakly.] Gosh, if I could just be grounded for this, that'd make me happy.

[This makes something very clear to Connie: she had no idea what anyone did back in their worlds, least of all people she just talked to. She couldn't just assume they were regular people like her!]

So your parents are more free thinkers?

Huh - oh, um. My Dad? Well, erm, maybe? I'm not sure. He's just very Dadly, and I tend to be grounded often. But I haven't seen him in a long while, so...if I did go back home and get grounded again, that'd almost be nice.

You haven't seen him? What, did he go on a vacation? I mean, if he's been missing, who's been taking care of you?

He...disappeared.

[He didn't die. Caliborn was wrong, completely wrong. He could go eat his own poop for all she cared.]

He's been gone for five months, and I've been looking for him, but there's not a trace of him to be found, and there are some places that aren't safe for me to look. And, well, I take care of myself. My friends and I, we were all taking care of each other.

Oh. I'm sorry.

[It was a pretty intense thing to happen, losing a parent. She didn't know about it herself, but certainly it had an effect on Steven, so she hoped Jane was at least getting closer to finding him].

Are you guys adventurers then, like in books? You know, like a coven, or a fellowship, something like that?

We're...more like the kind you'd find in a video game.

[Literally.]

And I suppose we're adventurers by default - but we're not heroes. The game made that very, very clear.

Oh, neat! So, kindred spirits united by fate to face down whatever lies in their path! Cool!

[She's into the idea, though not as big on video games. That's more Steve's thing].

So you're...the antagonists?

That's...actually a very accurate description.

[She shakes her head.] No, not at all! We're part of the good guys, I think. At least, that's the position we've been put in. We're just not, you know, the hero-heroes.

It's pretty common! In fiction, anyway.

Oh, so you help the heroes then? That's cool too. That's technically what I do in my world too!

That's what it turned out to be, but the game was quite deceptive about it! We didn't find out we weren't the heroes until we were playing, and even by the time I came here, the heroes hadn't shown up yet. And they're supposed to be related to us! It's all very strange.

What? A surprise twist?! Not cool! I mean, its one thing to see it in a game, but if you're only just side characters, that's not cool.

Then again, I've definitely seen games where I've liked the side characters more than the heroes anyway. I'm sure you guys were just as important!

[Side characters...augh that chafes, but it might as well be true. Jane sighs, giving a sad smile.]

I certainly won't find out if we are here. I guess I'll have to take your word for it for now.

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