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.
twentycoolpoints: (Zomg)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Dwah!

[Picky jolts and pulls the broken toy towards himself defensively.]

It's, it's cool! I've got... I mean...

[And then he leans in, voice hushed so that the vendor doesn't catch what he's doing.]

Y'mean, have you got some glue or something?
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9451050)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No but I have something better.

[Clapping his hands quietly, so the vendor didn't notice, Shou recreated the toy.] Swap it out, quick before he notices.
ceasetoexist: (Default)

[personal profile] ceasetoexist 2015-10-03 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even if the yelling might be slightly intimidating from a much older Picky, it isn't particularly fear worthy to Pokey. He's seen too much else to be intimidated by that, and he's just too upset at the moment for it to upset him very much. It doesn't occur to him to clarify what he means by 'home', either, since he sure doesn't mean Onett.

He rubs his temple in anger and frustration at the description.]


Yeah, I've....met me like that too.

....Did I hurt anyone?

[....He tried to kill you? You?]
twentycoolpoints: (Wut)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Picky has seen some pretty strange stuff in his time, so he's not too surprised. Surprised enough to lean forward and let his bangs drift back enough to reveal how wide his eyes are, but not surprised enough to shout about it.]

....sure! Got it!

[And then he is snatching the toy from Shou and putting it down right where he'd gotten the original from.

The vendor seems to have noticed nothing. Yay?]
twentycoolpoints: (To Heck With That)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[He is brand new to this whole brought-in-from-another-world business, and some of the more advanced concepts are still eluding him. Like the possibility of meeting yourself. He is not sure that he believes what this Porky is saying.

He resettles his hands in his pockets, hunching slightly.]


You clobbered us pretty bad. And when time finally flipped out and sucked you back in, Doctor Andonuts and a bunch of animals got sucked up with you.

....you didn't do any of that? So who... I mean, how...

[Out come his hands from his pockets, so he can shake them up and down in a gesture of demanding confusion.]

Porky, what the heck is up, here?!
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9451042)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sheepishly, he flipped the vendor a few coins who seemed to nod.] Lets... move on, before he makes us pay for the whole thing.
twentycoolpoints: (Yep)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, yeah, right, sure...

[He gives a sheepish grin and a nod to the vendor, then cringes away and turns all the way about, making with that moving on. And kind of presuming that the person that just saved his butt will be coming along.]

Hey, hey? Thanks a bunch.
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9490668)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shou grinned a little at Picky.] Hey, not a problem. It's not often I can use my abilities like that.

Are you new here?
twentycoolpoints: (Yaaaaay)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that a thing that you can do here? I mean... because of the gem stuff?

[And he grins back and lifts up those shaggy bangs of his, revealing a golden yellow square-shaped gem embedded in his forehead.]

Yeah! Yeah, I'm new. [Then down goes his hands, concealing the gem once more.] You've been here a while? How long?
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9458179)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah that's right. I've been given the ability to create small items right now/

[Oh that's cool. Shou taps his chest where his own would be sitting.]

I've been here... maybe three months or so? It's been a while, but I haven't lost count yet.
agent3: (could you not yo)

B

[personal profile] agent3 2015-10-03 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[The unfamiliar boy who's approached Thida with his challenge gets a quiet, thoughtful look. She knows this is a thing that people do here, sometimes, but it's still weird to be bombarded with a guessing game by someone she doesn't know.]

...First one's the lie?

[Doesn't mean she won't play, though.
alittlemystery: (. . .)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-03 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Two truths and a lie, huh? Considers what he's been told. looks the kid over...]

Probably the second one?
twentycoolpoints: (Cool Jacket)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Like... any item? Anything?

[That is a pretty neat power! Can you blame him for wanting to know more about it?]

Three months... huh. That long? I know it's pretty important that we're here, but... but you'd think we could all take care of it in a week or two, maybe?
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9451042)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[He clapped his hands and offered Picky a Boost he instantly created.] Yeah, anything I can hold in my hands I figure. I'm still working on making Duel Disks piece by piece like a puzzle.

Probably not. I heard that some people find their way home, but right now, this place is basically our home for the time being.
twentycoolpoints: (Zomg)

Re: B

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[His face falls and he slumps slightly forward.]

How'd you figure it out so fast? No one told you, right?

[And thus goes a very, very short game of two truths and a lie.]
twentycoolpoints: (Yeah)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope! I'm totally vegetarian. I've gotta make a pot of meatless chili for everyone sometime, for real, yeah...

[He is briefly getting lost in his awesome chili-making plans, because they're really great, but the self-satisfied grinning and nodding and sort of staring off into space only lasts a few moments.]

...So, uh, which one of the other two's a lie?
alittlemystery: (This book says trust no one.)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-03 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering you're here I'm more able to believe the last one than the first. Everyone has already fought monsters or have been magic space warriors or whatever before they got here.

Unless you're like super normal and if you are I am really sorry about everything that's gonna happen to you.
twentycoolpoints: (I For One)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone? Seriously?

[He's not sure if he should feel put out that he's not all that special in comparison, or excited that he is apparently cool enough to be in the Did Super Cool Hero Stuff club. After a little indecisive side-to-side mouth motion, he settles on the latter, smiles, and shrugs.]

No! No, no way, I'm not super normal! I'm just... kinda normal? Only a little normal! I mean, you don't NEED to be a psychic from the future with lasers and missles and stuff to be a hero or anything.

Uh. In my experience.
alittlemystery: (Soooo hey what are you into?)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-03 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll fit right in then. I didn't have any weird powers or whatever until I got here either. And I kinda forget I have them half the time anyway.

Being smart is way more helpful than having missiles.
twentycoolpoints: (Side Eye)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. Sometimes having missiles really comes in handy.

So, uh, what is gonna happen to me, anyway? Not that I'm worried or anything, but... it's good to know this stuff.
alittlemystery: (. . .)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-03 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well there's gem monsters that attack sometimes and it can be kinda hard to avoid fighting them. So sometimes you have to take care of that. And sometimes your friends fuse into a single entity that just makes them a worst person. And sometimes your powers might go out of whack a little?

It's not going to be awful but it can get really annoying when say for example your adult figure fuses with a stereotypical mean girl and follows you around calling you a nerd.

But uhm. The fights usually have a lot of strong people around if you're not up to it.
twentycoolpoints: (Rejoice)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh! Thanks!

[Picky takes the chocolate bar, then quickly gives the ingredients a look before peeling off the wrapper.]

And it's real? Like, it won't go poof like the stuff in the rooms?

[He'll find out one way or another, because he's taking a bite.]

If this is gonna be home, well, it's not so bad....
on_vehic_roids: (pic#9490611)

[personal profile] on_vehic_roids 2015-10-03 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything I make is real, from cards to small toys and food. I can only make one at a time but I'm not limited in my items.

[Yeah, going poof would suck, but fortunately Shou could indeed make almost anything.]

It's pretty nice here. I haven't encountered any problematic situations yet.
twentycoolpoints: (Lanky)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-03 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
...Huh. Well I'm already used to being called a nerd, so that's not gonna be a problem.

[Wait, wait, that's probably not the point. Picky gives his head a quick shake.]

I think I can handle monsters and I can take some insults, and I don't even think I get what my powers even are just yet... Uh, I guess I'll roll with the punches?

Uh, I'm Picky, by the way. Hi!

[And out goes his hand for a handshake.]
alittlemystery: (Hi there.)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-03 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[handshake it is, buddy]

I'm Dipper Pines, nice to meet you.

[at least you're in good company in dumb name town buddy]