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.
crabmunicator: (020)

[personal profile] crabmunicator 2016-01-07 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's modeled after nighttime, dumbass. Did you forget we're nocturnal? Besides, the sun is blinding hot and only weirdos like Kanaya like it.

[He scans over the view he's created again, across the buildings and up to the sky.]

If I have to live on an Earth I'm not going to squander the opportunity to make my own living space look more like something I know.
bitchgrass: (Didn't know how lost I was)

[personal profile] bitchgrass 2016-01-08 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Second youngest. [oof, that's said with a bit more bitterness than might be expected] Though I wouldn't blame you if you assumed I was the youngest, the actual youngest is a um... well that's just say that aside from acting spoiled rotten she doesn't play the part of darling little sister as well as I do.

We used to! [or so her fake memories claim] Though after the eldest left the rest of us went on a journey together. Now that we're all rulers though we each live in our respective lands.
cuteandquarky: (pbbbt)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2016-01-08 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, right, she had almost forgotten how abrasive and obnoxious Karkat could be. Why couldn't one of the nicer trolls have ended up here, like Aradia or Kanaya? They were really polite, and much better conversationalists than Karkat.

...Okay, she's still glad he's here.]


I didn't forget, it is just weird to see! And it's not just the night anyways; your buildings are all weird and dark too. I was just pointing out an interesting detail. There is no reason to be such an asshole about it!
onisensei: (gangsta)

Eikichi Onizuka. / Great Teacher Onizuka

[personal profile] onisensei 2016-01-08 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[A]

[ Yup, another day in the temple, another newbie arriving, though this one looks...different to say the least.

Muscular at roughly five foot nine, his bleached blond hair is lighter by the temples light.

He is also wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. Despite this he seems to have produced a cigarette from somewhere and is taking a long drag on it as he stares up at the massive Crystal, and then turning back to look for the hole he just fell through. His gem appears to be a black and white round shape in his belly button which he's now just noticed and is picking at idly.

After a lot of thinking about all this he finally breaks the silence]

Huh.
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[b]

OK so he's some kind of superhero now? With a shiny rock nestled between his abs that's supposed to give him powers?

Well that's amazing sure but also check out this beach!

Enjoy the show as this new gem in his boxers goes about sculpting several shapes in the sand, a castle, a alien monster, and some curvaceous women...he's got a lot on his mind.

Feel free to join him though as he puffs away on his cigarette and sculpts what looks to be a masked wrestler]

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[C]

[Onizuka has to laugh, is this really all he's gotta do? Play some kids game to get a new power? Well so be it! He'll play and he'll win!

Scanning the room he points to the nearest person, hopefully he doesn't look too intimidating]

Yo! You and me. Let's do this!
terraburning: (Default)

Sorry about the delay

[personal profile] terraburning 2016-01-08 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Terra stares up at the strange Esper fearfully.

"Tem...ple? This isn't...a cemetery?"
crabmunicator: (034)

[personal profile] crabmunicator 2016-01-09 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you forget that 'asshole' is the primary trait of my personality? I know it's been--no, actually, less for you! Less than three years--but that is not enough for me drop that entirely. Besides, Jade, I'm not being that bad. You know what byzantine depths my overactive bile sack can drive me to.
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scarlet_devil: ([Adult] You can't be serious)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2016-01-09 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If she can call five feet 'tall' then yes, she's tall. And she's frankly starting to get fed up that no one seems to have come from her Gensokyo, and she's equally annoyed with being assumed to be a fake. ]

Remilia Scarlet, you idiot. And not the one you know.
sparereset: (distress)

Papyrus | Undertale | Gem TBD | The worst AU

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-10 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He had stumbled. He had tried to continue through his tears, to do his brother proud. But he had stumbled, and then there was blackness, and a hole, and he has no idea WHAT happened, but that had been his life lately.]

[There's another skeleton tumbling into the temple today. He looks worn out, with nicks on his rather odd outfit. The pseudo hero thing is weird enough, but he's also wearing a blue winter coat that doesn't fit him right. It seems it's not the first time the coat has been cut up, with a slash mark on the front carefully stitched up. The coat may be familiar to anyone whose met another certain skeleton.]

[He seems to have been crying. How a skeleton cries is a mystery, but so is the fact his sockets are closed.]

[But then they snap open and he's sitting up, looking around.]
No...no, no, no, no!

[He's stumbling to his feet, looking panicked.] Where-human! HUMAN! [He's almost shouting by default, but apparently he CAN shout louder.] Is this another one of your strange abilities?! Are you giving me a puzzle?! But you don't even like puzzles!

Our fight isn't done! You...you can't-!
Edited 2016-01-10 17:01 (UTC)
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (i'm so afraid)

THIS IS A VERY SAD IDEA MY GOODNESS

[personal profile] better2do 2016-01-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[That voice.

It was familiar, Asriel realized - it was Papyrus. But it couldn't be the Papyrus who gathered everyone he could when he told him to go to New Home as Flowey, could it? The one that went to live on the surface with Frisk? This one sounds...scared. Frustrated. Desperate, even. And...was he looking for Frisk? To fight them? Why, and...why doesn't he use Frisk's name?

Asriel peers around a corner, mostly obscured by the bubbled gems, and his eyes widen once he sees Papyrus proper. He's...he's wearing Sans' jacket. And the stitches on it...

So shocked is he by this that he barely notices he's lost his balance until he falls on the ground with an audible whump, bubbles scattering in his wake.]


Owww...
sparereset: (distress)

I BLAME TUMBLR

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-10 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He whips around, his eyes glowing, bones starting to appear around him. It's the Human, it's the Human who is full of LOVE and is far too dangerous, he can't let them hit him, he can't because he has to save them! He has to save them or-]

[No]

[It's not the human. Within an instant, the bones and glow are gone and he's hurrying over. It's a child! They're wearing a striped shirt and everything.]

[He's still looking around, now more frantically, as he kneels by Asriel to help him up.]


Child, you should not be here! There is a very dangerous being nearby, you must join the other evacuees!
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (huh?)

FUCKING TUMBLR

[personal profile] better2do 2016-01-10 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't surprise Asriel how quick Papyrus is to come and help him up - that's just the kind of skeleton he is - but his words are very strange. Asriel looks at him wide-eyed once he's back on his feet, grasping the hem of his sweater nervously.]

E...Evacuees?
sparereset: (Oh dear)

Re: FUCKING TUMBLR

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-10 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Oh no, no, no, you did not hear? Alphys thought she had everyone! She didn't tell me where everyone was going. [He didn't want to know. Of course he'd never tell, but it was better he just never knew in the first place so accidents didn't happen.]

[Things were too strange to trust it wouldn't come out somehow, so he'd rather he didn't know at all!]

[He stands up straight, a hand on Asriel's back, still keeping an eye out.]
The Judgement Hall. If I can find the Judgement Hall again, it should be simple to send you to the throne room! The King will know where to keep you safe while I deal with the Human.
better2do: (let me help you)

[personal profile] better2do 2016-01-10 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[None of that makes any sense to Asriel, but one thing is clear - Papyrus has no idea he's not in the Underground anymore. Asriel reaches around to take Papyrus's hand, shaking his head.]

No - no, you're...this isn't...we're not in New Home anymore, and, we can't go back. You came through a hole, didn't you?
strawberry_roll: (...What?)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2016-01-10 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
*Another skeleton...? One who's taller, and the way he's dressed... It's hard not to be reminded of somebody else. Somebody who asked her to keep an eye out for...*

...Papyrus?

*Too late, she realizes that might be a little presumptuous, so she tries again, as she floats closer:* Ex-excuse me, but... are you Papyrus?
sparereset: (Oh dear)

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-11 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but New Home is underground. More underground doesn't make it less underground. [It's never too dangerous to have a teaching moment for a child apparently.]
Edited 2016-01-11 02:57 (UTC)
sparereset: (Oh dear)

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-11 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[His head snaps towards Ichigo. The voice is actually reassuring because the Human Never Talks. It's rather creepy when mixed with that disturbed expression of theirs.]

[Though he has no idea who this monster is.]


Y-yes! It's is I, the Great Papyrus! [It's a shaky introduction, lacking his usual confidence, but he's had a very, very bad day.] I'm afraid to say I can't remember when we met, and I would love to get reacquainted later, but right now, I am dealing with someone who is very dangerous! You should join the other evacuees.

You do know about the evacuation, correct?
strawberry_roll: (Dramatic Zoom-In!)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2016-01-11 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
...Evacuation...?

No, no... That's not... I dunno what that's all about, but... You're in the Gem Temple of Waverly Bay now. An' Sans has been looking for you.
sparereset: (Jeeze....)

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-11 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Gem Temple? Waverly Bay? Those aren't locations he recognizes and he's about to comment, but then-]

[He jerks back, like he's been physically hit. A hand moves to grip the jacket.]


...that's not a very funny joke.
strawberry_roll: (Infodump GO!)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2016-01-11 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
It's not a joke.

*Moving back herself, she waves a hand towards the giant floating gem.* You see that big crystal, over there? That's the Heart. It brought you here. Just like it brought him here, too.

...You can touch it, if you want. Give it a chance to explain itself.
sparereset: (Desperate hope)

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-11 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
When someone calls you out on a joke, you have to admit it's a joke! It's one of the rules! [What rules, who even made rules. He probably did.]

[But while he's saying this, he does go to touch the gem because why not, this can't go wrong. Even if he's still looking for a human.]
Really, it's quite rude to insist it's not a joke, especially when it's so tast-

[Oh....oh wait a minute, that is a lot of information there.]

[Which is...weird and confusing, but one thing is popping out to him.]

[You may have died before coming here, but you won't be here.]

[The words died in his mouth, his eyes widening, because there's a lot to be confused about, but that part, he can understand. He can see what that means, especially when he's never met this monster, even though they know Sans.]

[Was...was it possible...?]

[He wants to believe. He so desperately wants to believe, but today, it had been hard. It had been harder than it's ever been in his LIFE to believe that things could go right, that they could be okay.]

[There might be some tears, and the shock turns into what can only be called desperate hope, his hand gripping at the coat.]


Sans.....

Is Sans...

Really here? You have seen him recently?
strawberry_roll: (Smile brighter than the stars~☆)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2016-01-11 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. He helped me cover the gardens during the big storm a couple weeks ago. An' he's been hopin' you'd show up!
sparereset: (Desperate hope)

[personal profile] sparereset 2016-01-11 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Gardens? Weeks? But how could he have-

[He's frowning, looking at the gem.]

There's...time differences?
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (i'm so afraid)

[personal profile] better2do 2016-01-11 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but this is...

[Augh, how can he explain it? It's gotta be something you see, right? Asriel tugs Papyrus in the direction to the main door.]

Come see, it's not the same. It's all different!