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.
mitorta: (☆ kept on the inside)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Amethyst has seen a lot of gems in her time, so it doesn't take her but a few minutes to identify what he is. She knows she hasn't seen as many as most, but...anything coming from kindergarten would be familiar to her.

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.
myriades: (Justice. And a Slim Jim.)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He opens his mouth to tell her 'No I'm Yu.' but closes it again. For one thing he's starting to be convinced this is a dream. It's nothing like the tv world after all... and a person shaped hole he had a urge to climb into sounds a lot like something his mind would make up during sleep.

And two... well it seems to be giving her something to focus on. He's been called worse]


I'm in your hands.
mitorta: (☆ sometimes a shadow wins)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[It does help, at least. She takes his hand suddenly again and starts tugging him along, away from the holes in the wall specifically.]

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.
myriades: (This is fucking bullshit.)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He frowns softly. There's something going on here for her personally. He has good instinct for these things.]

If something wrong? This place doesn't look dangerous...
mitorta: (☆ the way that words do)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
...a place like this shouldn't be active anymore.

[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.
myriades: (second runner-up is)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He follows obediently, very very confused. Everything she says is Greek to him]

I... don't really understand. But it sounds important.
mitorta: (☆ you can turn a phrase)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay, you don't gotta. Just listen to me and you'll be fine. First of all- don't worry about those holes.

[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.
myriades: (Who the fuck is Souji Seta)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[All gemstones, like what she called him. Well, except Steven. He's pretty sure that's not a gemstone.]

...are you not getting along with them?
mitorta: (☆ when they settle 'neath your skin)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[No Steven is totally a gemstone, she promises.]

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?
myriades: (It means whatever the fuck)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[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.
mitorta: (☆ but I wonder what would happen)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Amethyst gives a nod before pulling up to a stop at the door that leads to the cave to the beach. She hesitates for only a moment before finding that it opens in response to her gem, much to her relief.]

Good, at least that still works. C'mon, let's check this place out.
myriades: (So far tonight your little powertrip)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-06 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he sees her open the door, he touches his own gem curiously. Does his do that too?

He follows her out, looking around]


...the beach? But how...?
mitorta: (☆ nothing's gonna hurt you)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-06 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs a little, putting one hand behind her head.]

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.
myriades: (You're the handjob girl right?)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Your home is a place like this, Amethyst-san?

[He makes a vague gesture not only at the beach, but the temple too.]
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mitorta: (☆ when they settle 'neath your skin)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[...ssssan? ...that's....huh.]

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.
myriades: (Either you can sell it to me)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[This doesn't surprise him- She's a purple lady, and while to Yu's ear she's speaking Japanese, she doesn't SEEM Japanese. But always better to be too polite and awkward then too casual, and insulting.]

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?
mitorta: (☆ sometimes a shadow wins)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm...not sure. Not too far, hopefully.

[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.
myriades: (who could light up a lightbulb)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, obviously making a decision]

Me too. They'll be confused and scared. Things are easier with friends there.
mitorta: (☆ if you say what you wanna say)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, and they'll have us. So they won't be alone or anything.

[Man, this is weird for her to think about. For a long time, she was the only gem around that she knew of that was created this way on Earth.]

There were...a lot of holes, back there. So we might have to keep our eyes peeled. So tell me if you see anything weird, okay Amber?
myriades: (...I had my arms ripped off.)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives her a thumbs up, and is then promptly distracted by the sea, looking dreamy]

Hmm... but it'd be okay to enjoy the nice weather. While looking, of course?
mitorta: (☆ kept on the inside)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[Sorry Yu, she's a little distracted herself.]

Oh, uh...sure. Do whatever you want, Amber. Just stay close.
myriades: (in my stainless steel fingertips)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't wander far. But he does look out into the sea, thinking his heavy Yu thoughts. This is getting too real to be a dream, he must legitly BE here. And Amethyst seems to have assumed he is a gem like her. And maybe he is now? That amber nugget is certainly there.

This wasn't the tv world. He could tell the moment he reached for Izanagi and felt the familiar real world block. He was THERE but he couldn't be used.

So he had really been transported somewhere else. And if those holes were anything to go by, others had or would be as well. Maybe even his friends. He supposed he could try and go BACK through the hole, but something made him feel... like he was needed here. If nothing else, others that fell through would need help like he did. If not for Amethyst he very well could had wandered right outside in a fugue. Right into the water and drowned.

...oh no, is that where everyone else went?!

So after awhile she might notice Yu still staring at the water, the surf reaching his ankles and wetting his shoes, looking like he was watching kittens drown while staring at seemingly nothing]
mitorta: (☆ when they settle 'neath your skin)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[While Yu wanders the beach, Amethyst does a little looking herself. She scours the edge of the cliff face that this new temple seems to be set in, checking to make sure there aren't any more holes that other gems could have crawled out of. From the looks of things, this wasn't Beach City at all...though it seemed kinda similar.

Eventually, she does notice how quiet Yu has been and turns to check on him, cupping her hands around her mouth to call out.]


Yo, Amber! You okay over there?
myriades: (...I had my arms ripped off.)

[personal profile] myriades 2015-05-07 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine...

[He was being silly. Bodies would have... washed up, right? Gross. Gross and morbid and he shakes his head to get rid of the image before meandering back to Amethyst]

Did you find anything?
mitorta: (☆ or you can start speaking up)

[personal profile] mitorta 2015-05-07 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, nothin' that I haven't found already. This beach is pretty empty though, it's weird...I thought I'd run into some people or something.

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