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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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Gym? No, I'm not equipment.
[...is he joking? Who even knows]
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No, gem! See? Like mine!
[She pulls the edge of her shirt down for a second to show him before just- suddenly grabbing his hand and pressing it to his own neck as best she can. It's...really hard, since she's short, but she manages.]
You've got one too!
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He doesn't think 'gemstone' right away. He thinks 'oh god is that a tumor'
and images of Dojima smoking all the time and giving him a random tumor in the last ten minutes flood through his head and if anything he goes paler then before, eyes wide]
....oh.
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Oooh this is bad....this is so bad...
[But even as she says that she remembers, oh, there's a gem here who probably doesn't want to hear that his existence is bad and it shuts her up extremely fast. If anything she could almost be as pale as he is, but it's hard to tell as her hands still in her hair.]
..D...don't worry. It'll be fine, okay? I'll figure something out.
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Hey... it's okay. Take a deep breath.
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She has to think. She can't let him see that this is a problem, because it's not (but it is, she knows it is, there shouldn't be any kindergartens active anymore). After a moment she blurts without thinking.]
C'mere! Lemme see your gem!
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[He crouches a little, spreading the collar of his dress shirt so she can see what he can't.
It's a warm orange-yellow, smooth and unfaceted. Like a dollop of honey]
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She reaches a hand out impulsively, as if to touch his gem...before quickly jerking back. She can't do that. It isn't the same. But she remembers when she got her name, when she learned what her gem was...when Rose...]
Amber. You're Amber, okay?
Just stick with me. Like I said, I...I'll figure something out.
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And two... well it seems to be giving her something to focus on. He's been called worse]
I'm in your hands.
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Okay, we need to find Garnet and Pearl bef-
[But there she stops as quickly as she started, freezing in place for a moment. Amethyst hadn't actually considered what they might do if they encountered another kindergarten gem. Rose found her, not the others.
...would they even react the same? What if they just wanted to bubble his gem to put the problem out of sight?
Out of sight, out of mind.]
...actually, we're doing this on our own. I can tell them about you later.
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If something wrong? This place doesn't look dangerous...
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[She answers slowly, not looking his way but instead ahead at the many holes in the wall.]
But...you're fine, okay? There's nothing wrong with you. Don't let anyone tell you that there is. Ever.
[Then she mumbles, trying to tug him along with her again.]
You're just as important as any other Gem, homeworld or not.
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I... don't really understand. But it sounds important.
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[She can barely look at them now. She wonders just...how many others could be out there right now, wandering Earth.]
Second. I'm Amethyst. Third: if you run into anybody who calls themselves Garnet or Pearl? Don't talk to 'em just yet. Let me handle it.
...If you run into a kid named Steven, he's okay. But don't tell him too much.
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...are you not getting along with them?
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Not exactly. ...It's complicated.
[She doesn't want to tell him she's worried how they'll react to his...well, existence.]
Just don't talk to them until I tell you it's okay, okay?
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[He could tell she was trying to look out for him, even if he didn't really understand it. So he offered her a warm smile]
I'll take your word for it.
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Good, at least that still works. C'mon, let's check this place out.
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He follows her out, looking around]
...the beach? But how...?
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Lucky guess. I figured that if the Temple back home leads out to the beach, then this one might too. ...not as homey as home, but it's better than nothing.
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[He makes a vague gesture not only at the beach, but the temple too.]
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It's just Amethyst, but...you can call me whatever, I guess. But yeah, kinda. There should be a house where this cave is, though.
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Amethyst. Got it.
[He looks at the cave mouth, frowning.]
...if others fall out of the holes, and there's no house... where will they go?
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[God, she doesn't want like ten of these guys to have to keep an eye on.]
If there are others, though, I'll find them.
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Me too. They'll be confused and scared. Things are easier with friends there.
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