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

[alittlemystery]

PIZZA! PIZZA!

[pumps his tiny fists in delight. and probably because the more enthusiasm he shows the less likely that the pizza ends up looking like this DON'T CHEAP OUT GRUNKLE STAN]

[alotofwhimsy]

[Wherever there are loud obnoxious noises, wherever there are lout enthusiastic chants, wherever there is a chance to annoy Grunkle Stan into buying them something good, Mabel will appear! Leaping up behind on Grunkle Stan's back, her own gem gleaming in the sunlight with so many sparkles. probably rainbow sparkles. Watch your eyes Stan, the colours!]

PIZZA! PIZZA!

[no_refunds]

[You eat your none pizza with left beef and LIKE IT

Nah, he'll get the good stuff this time. Spending money is more fun when it's not your own! He leads Dipper out of the crowded market and heads toward the nearby pizza joint.]

Alright kid, I hear ya! Pizza it is. Good to see this recent batch of weirdness hasn't dampened your appetite.

[And by that he means he's glad that Dipper isn't freaking out too badly about all of this. But hey, the kid's had his fair share of the aggressively paranormal.]

[alittlemystery]

[It's a lot easier than it could be since he's not alone. Anyway, all his freaking out is reserved for the excess of Bill]

As weirdness goes, I'll rate this a solid 8. But that's all the more reason to eat lots of food, right?

The rock in my head probably makes me more hungry.

[No Dipper. The onset of puberty and an upcoming growth spurt is the source of your hunger. but blaming a rock words too.]

I want sausage and pepperoni and extra cheese.

[no_refunds]

Eat our problems? That sounds like a great idea!

[He steps into the pizza place and orders just what Dipper asked for. He plops down in a chair while they wait and flicks the brim of Dipper's hat up an inch.]

So you're startin' to get the hang of that gem, huh?

[alittlemystery]

Yeah, it's not that hard once you get use to it. Just have to focus and things happen like they're suppose to.

What does yours even do, Grunkle Stan?

[no_refunds]

Eh, not much so far. But I can do this!

[The gem in his palm glows a dim grey, growing steadily in intensity as the light forms around his around his hands. It flashes and forms a pair of heavy-looking brass knuckles... except they're made of glistening black stone.]

Bam! Now I can punch things whenever I want!

[Not that he couldn't before, but now it'll be EXTRA painful!]

[alittlemystery]

Why don't I have a weapon?

[complain complain complain. geez Dipper you have telekinesis you can't have it ALL]

[no_refunds]

Ha! Sheesh, magic mind powers aren't enough for you?

[The obsidian knuckles vanish in a sparkly puff of smoke, which he bats away with a cough.]

Who knows, maybe you'll get one eventually. What kind of weapon would you want, anyway?

[alittlemystery]

I dunno.

Like maybe eye lasers or something? Can that be a weapon?

[no_refunds]

Sure, why not. But if it is, be careful not to vaporize your ol' Grunkle, alright?

[HEY THAT PIZZA IS FINALLY HERE]

[alittlemystery]

[And the pizza has Actual Toppings! It's a great day to be alive and. Spending the money of other people? Well, it's probably better than Grunkle trying to have a job. Dipper'll take it.]

Like you'd disappear that easily.

[takes a bite of pizza]

I guess laser eyes is an accident waiting to happen though.

[no_refunds]

[Dipper, you're just enabling him.

Stan talks around his mouthful of pizza, because manners are for chumps.]

Don't jinx me, kid.

They sound like an accident, a disaster, AND an angry mob! The less we get of any of those the better!

[alittlemystery]

Aren't all the angry mobs in our lives your fault, Grunkle Stan?

[no_refunds]

Hey! Only some of them! ..Alright, most of 'em.

But that undead one was your fault, and that's worth AT LEAST five normal angry mobs.

[alittlemystery]

Hey! I said I'm sorry about that! Like twenty times! Let it go!

I just wanted one zombie, I wouldn't have done that on purpose.

[no_refunds]

Alright, alright. I'll drop it. I guess you can say I'll... put it to rest?

[Please smack the pizza out of your Grunkle's hand. Puns like that should not go without pun-ishment.]

[alittlemystery]

Never do that again.

[if only dipper's TINY ARMS could reach over to do so. instead he just keeps giving Stan a LOOK and takes a big bite of his pizza, finishing off the slice]

[no_refunds]

Oh, fine. [Mabel would've liked that one. Speaking of the little scamp..]

D'you think we should save any of this for your sister?

[alittlemystery]

We could.

Or you could just come back and do this again with her.

[no_refunds]

Good thinkin'! [In that case, grabbing another slice for himself.]

I got us enough to last a couple of meals at least.. If you kids ever need somethin', just let me know and I'll figure it out.

[In other words: if you're not up for stealing, he totally is.]

[alittlemystery]

[he knows exactly what you mean, stan. DISAPPROVAL]

If you end up in jail I'm finding us a new guardian.

[no_refunds]

Uhuh, sure. I hate to break it to you kid, but you're stuck with me!

[JAILS ARE FOR WIMPS]

[alittlemystery]

Precocious and Charming Young Twins Seek Respectable, Employed Uncle Figure....

[pretends to write out the words]

Must provide a bedroom, three meals a day, and a gaming console.

[no_refunds]

"Precocious and charming"? With that kind of false advertising, you'd wind up in jail with me anyway!