Cosmographia Monster/Event Journal ([personal profile] stigematize) wrote in [community profile] cosmoooc2015-09-28 11:25 pm
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TEST DRIVE - Part 3

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.

☆ This post will remain open until it begins to approach 5000 comments! Then a new test-drive post will be made.

☆ 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.
ablankslate: (Hehe)

Emmet Brickowski | The Lego Movie | Red Jasper

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[OOC: While he is going to be actual size, for simplicity sake if you want him to be larger to make things easier just say so in the subject line!]

Option 1: The Temple

[If you're in the Temple today, you'll probably notice a small incredibly average-looking man walking around, looking really confused.]

Ooookay, I don't remember waking up here or... why everything is so big now. Maybe I should call up L-

[Suddenly he finally notices all the gems everywhere (he didn't notice them at first since he didn't bother ever looking up) and is instantly in awe by all this beauty.]

I've never seen gems so beautiful in my life...

[And now he's just wandering around, just staring at the gems and not even noticing the large rectangular gem on his own back. He'll probably end up bumping into anyone, no matter how large, just because of how stunned he is right now.]

Option 2: Two Truths and a Lie

[Honestly when Emmet heard about the possibility of fighting monsters to get new powers, he was pretty reluctant to the idea. He wasn't much of a fighter in the first place and facing off against giant monsters when he hadn't gotten shapeshifting down yet. However when he heard that he can get a new power, he was stoked! Maybe he can get Masterbuilding back as a power!

So he happily walks up to the nearest person to do the event; excited even though he hadn't thought through the game yet.]


So two truths and a lie, I totally got this!

Sooooo... I like "Where's my Pants?", I like coffee, and I hate hot dogs!

[He grins widely, as if his lie was impossible to pick out or that any of what he said would be really interesting if they were true.]
monge: (🍦|| IDK WHAT I'M DOING)

2.

[personal profile] monge 2015-12-29 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not everyday someone is actually smaller than Komasan. And...by a lot, too, holy moley this is the world's tiniest human. He loves you already, tiny human, you are perfect in every way.

When he's approached, Komasan literally flops onto his hands and knees to get a closer look. It's like talking to a bug, and bugs were already great to begin with. This is the best day, nothing could possibly ruin this.]


Monge!! I like coffee, too, zura!

[Oh, wait, right, he was supposed to pick out which one was the lie, wasn't he? Oh well, he'd rather talk about coffee.

Besides, can tiny people even lie? They're too small, too pure.]
ablankslate: (Waaaiiit)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Well luckily he is getting used to being so tiny compared to everyone else so he doesn't even look shocked at seeing this large animal thing.]

Oh you like coffee too?! I love coffee, it's the best!

[Oh wait, he can't give away that that was a truth. Emmet clears his throat and tries to pull a serious face.]

I mean... it could also be a lie! For all you know I can't stand coffee!
Edited 2015-12-29 05:37 (UTC)
monge: (🍦|| I cry sparkles zura)

[personal profile] monge 2015-12-29 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?]

You shouldn't tell lies, they aren't very nice, zura... Just think of all the hard working coffee makers out there, you could be hurting their feelings saying things like that, z-zura...

[He tears up just thinking about it. Tiny man, he trusted you!]
ablankslate: (Calm down I know how to do things!)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no giant fuzzy thing, don't be sad!]

Oh no no it's not that I like lying and hurting people feelings, but if we do this we could get a new power! It's a lot better than having to fight a monster at least, right?

[Geez is lying as bad as fighting monsters? Emmet seriously starts to worry about it.]
monge: (🍦|| zura zura)

[personal profile] monge 2015-12-29 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Lying defeats monsters, zura?

[Komasan, no.]
ablankslate: (Hello everyone!)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[You're so lucky Emmet's absurdly patient.]

Oh no, there aren't any monsters this time, but if we do the "Two Truths and a Lie" game, we can get a cool new power without having to hurt anyone!

I'm hoping to get Master Building back since I miss not being able to build anything anymore.

[Even if this whole world feels different from his own.]
monge: (🍦|| IMPORTANT)

[personal profile] monge 2015-12-29 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[!!]

I could get laser eyes, zura!

[Very well, for the sake of laser eyes, Komasan will have to...lie. But first, he has to figure out the lie of this surprisingly sneaky tiny man...]

So is it true? Do you not like coffee, zura?!

[That's not how the game works, Komasan.]
ablankslate: (Hehe)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa, laser eyes would be cool too!

[If he wasn't so dead-set on being a Master Builder again, that would be a tempting option too. Now all his meals would be cooked super fast!

And oddly enough Emmet doesn't even seem to notice that Komasan didn't catch on that the coffee thing wasn't a lie.]


Noope! I actually really do love coffee! I buy some every day on my way to work!

... Well, I did before I arrived here.
Edited 2015-12-29 06:10 (UTC)
veryverydarkgrey: (pic#9663741)

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[personal profile] veryverydarkgrey 2015-12-29 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
I have.

[Here is another small human. In a bat costume. Hanging from the ceiling on what appears to be a rope made out of bricks. He glares at Emmett.]

Like the ones on the wall of my Batcave. That Catwoman tries to steal. They're the gems of justice.
sallya: (make a dragon wanna retire man)

[personal profile] sallya 2015-12-29 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Point taken.

...Separated from the others in the Outrealms then, huh.
monge: (🍦|| zura? zura?)

[personal profile] monge 2015-12-29 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[You are his kind of people, tiny man. But Komasan nods, like he knew the entire time.]

Hm hm, there would be no way you would lie about liking coffee, zura. No one would dislike a drink that makes you feel good, zura!

[Truly a detective.]

Then the lie must be...the first one, because you're already wearing pants, zura!

[...At least, he thinks he is. It's kind of hard to tell.]
ablankslate: (Who are you?)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hi Ba- [Oh wait he's all the way up there. Emmet starts shouting instead.] HI BATMAN! I DIDN'T KNOW GEMS COULD HAVE JUSTICE.

[Gems always seemed kind of neutral to him but granted he didn't know a whole lot before the whole Piece of Resistance thing.]
ablankslate: (Everything is awesome!)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly! The awesomeness you feel when you drink coffee totally makes the steep prices worth it!

[And they're so much larger and cheaper here which makes coffee even better!]

Also nope! "Where's My Pants" is my favorite sitcom! I wish they had the show here so that I can watch it again!
veryverydarkgrey: (pic#9663739)

[personal profile] veryverydarkgrey 2015-12-29 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
No shouting! Batman speaks in a gnarly whisper.

[UGH FINE THE KID HAS FORCED THE HANDS OF JUSTICE. The rope sort of lowers itself so Batman can at least face this kid eye-to-eye. While still hanging upside down.]

Everything is capable of justice. But mostly me. With the exception of the Joker.
Edited 2015-12-29 06:27 (UTC)
tippingfate: (16)

[personal profile] tippingfate 2015-12-29 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
It would explain why I'm different from what you remember as well. I could be from a different timeline, or well... this place does strange things regardless.
toaflame: (☀ here we are)

[personal profile] toaflame 2015-12-29 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
...that'd be a little hard, kid. Just sayin'.

[Nope nope different topic-]

Seriously though, do you know where...anything is in this market? Cause so far I've just been wastin' my time.
ablankslate: (Wait what was that)

[personal profile] ablankslate 2015-12-29 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[And Emmet starts whispering. Good job Batman.]

Sorry Batman.

[And he lets out a tiny gasp when he hears that everything is capable of justice.]

Even me?

[Emmet why are you acting as if you didn't save the universe before.]
tippingfate: (16)

[personal profile] tippingfate 2015-12-29 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He saw he coming out of the corner of his eye. Noted how she used the sun at her back to hide her exact location, and moved to attack the bug if she hit. The miss was by a fraction, and he sent another Elthunder after it regardless to keep it at bay so he could take a moment to assess his new ally.

Even without the sword she was clearly a solider, just from her stance alone he could tell that. The way she reprimanded him (and he DID feel his pride sting a bit from that. He was used to humans and Risen foes, not monsters. An excuse, but a mostly valid one) made him think she was used to dealing with subordinates. A general or at least leader of a squad of some sort.

The way she startled just slightly when the weapon appeared told him it wasn't a power she was aware of or used to- like his own tome it was something this place had given her. But the monster didn't seem strange to her either. Experienced with such large foes, but a newcomer here. Might cause a slight delay but one he had a feeling she would shore up quickly. Likely in this very battle.

He glanced at the sea, the beast between them and it, himself slightly to the side, her in front of it. He could use this]


Got it. Can you push it back?

[No surprise, no fumbling with introductions. That was for later, this was a battle and there was no time for such things]
sallya: (you know who i am)

[personal profile] sallya 2015-12-29 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Possibly.

...I still think my hex explanation is just as likely.

[which is her way of saying she does't want to admit she was wrong]
tippingfate: (5)

[personal profile] tippingfate 2015-12-29 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
I can't really argue it without more clues, honestly.

...I'm a little curious about this female me, too.
sallya: (HOT DAMN)

[personal profile] sallya 2015-12-29 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ah yes, there's that familiar dark chuckle]

Well, if you'd like to know her measurements I do have that information.

[because of course she does]

...But I'm afraid I can't share that with you.
tippingfate: (17)

[personal profile] tippingfate 2015-12-29 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
W-well I was more interested in what she's like as a tactician...

[Though she MUST look quite a bit like him for her to know him by sight...]
sallya: (you know who i am)

[personal profile] sallya 2015-12-29 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[please, she knew you by smell aura

...well and ok, facial features too]


Honestly? Probably the same.

[do you think she actually gives enough of a shit about the actual tactics to be able to tell you that]
tippingfate: (Default)

[personal profile] tippingfate 2015-12-29 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He sighs. Images of playing strategy games and sharing tactics with this other him are a little dashed. But what can you do?]

Still, I'm pretty sure my measurements are very different.