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.
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-20 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's true. Maybe it didn't apply anymore; maybe he wouldn't die of heartbreak if she disappeared from the vicinity without him for too long. Still, that wasn't something she would like to test.]

... Try it?

[Kanji, you may have lost her. Though, she'll venture a guess.]

Try living in our own rooms then?

[personal profile] akindperson 2016-01-21 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
I am unharmed... Are you?
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] All right people listen up!)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He nodded.]

Right, but bigger than that, Naoto- that part of the story always bugged me, so I got to thinkin', right?

Beauty was gone for two months, as the two of 'em promised. But it was when her dad n' brothers begged her to put off goin' back and she had that weird nightmare or... psychic blast or somethin'... she went back and found the Beast in a bad way.

What if that's literal? I mean, two months is a long time. We don't really needta be attached at the hip or have ya stay within earshot or somethin'. I think it was about promises and keepin' 'em.

So don't... don't feel chained by me or nothin', got it?
velvet_mystique: (Daintily bobbing)

[personal profile] velvet_mystique 2016-01-21 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
...Of course. Right this way.
velvet_mystique: (Neutral hovering)

[personal profile] velvet_mystique 2016-01-21 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
...Mnn. It's a sobering sight once you realize what it means.

Some of the others believe that we're supposed to be searching for a way to save those who have been corrupted like this. Others think we're just here to clean up after whoever left them all broken in the first place. The Heart hasn't clearly communicated its exact intentions, so we've been left to our own devices.
topgun_textiles: (pic#4596521)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's both. Cure the messed-up ones, kick the ass of the one who brought it here.

I'm guessin' nobody made a lotta progress... [He cast a glance to the bubbles above, and frowned. Those were people once.]
cuteandquarky: (laughing)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2016-01-21 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
i DO know jane!
we are sort of related but we did not actually meet until coming to waverly bay
though.......
what do you mean by she is your person??
rabbunctious: art by mozarelli @ tumblr (<3)

[personal profile] rabbunctious 2016-01-21 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
jane is my person
dirk gave me to her and she gave me the new name
it is not new anymore
but it is still mine
my name
so she is still my person
the one i love the most
<3
rabbunctious: (look up)

[personal profile] rabbunctious 2016-01-21 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[This is terrible news.

He hastily scribbles another picture next to the question. A flattish cylinder, halved lengthwise with a wavy line, a short line sticking up from the top, a little--oh. That's a candle, isn't it? It's a cake. A birthday cake.

He puts a question mark next to it and looks up at her. Did he miss her birthday?]
cyan_maid: (:O)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2016-01-21 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[O-

Oh my gosh. Jane takes a moment to press a hand to her chest. She is very, very touched.]


Oh - it was my birthday back home, but it was turning out to be a rather shoddy affair, and then all this happened...I completely forgot about it!

[She didn't even have a party, Seb!]
pishirogane: Icon by: <user name=pishirogane> (Neutral)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
... That's right. It's two months...

[Two months apart, they wouldn't be that far if they stayed in the Temple. As long as they were within close proximity, he would be fine.]

I understand. Very well, but if you begin feeling unwell, tell me.
topgun_textiles: (pic#4596523)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know it. [No more 'it's okay I'm fine I swear fuck everyone' Kanji.]

But... y-y'know, if y'wanna hang out or whatever anyway while we figure this place out, I'm down!

Hell, that crystal mentioned monsters. That means we can do it like old times after school, kickin' the shit outta bad guys!
rabbunctious: (jake)

[personal profile] rabbunctious 2016-01-21 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Unacceptable.

He picks up her groceries again but manages to balance it in the crook of one arm. His other hand he lifts up to Jane, even if she might have to lean a little awkwardly to hold it while they walk along.

They are going to have a party. This is non-negotiable. Jane Crocker's birthday is The Most Important Thing.]
pishirogane: Icon by: <user name=pishirogane> (Neutral)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Hm... Sure, we can do that.

The monsters... yes. Once we defeat them, we're to bring their gems here.
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] What's up?)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know, sayin' it out loud... is this a gem hospital or somethin'? Or a nursery?

Do they need to be in rocky places to fix themselves?

[He almost wanted to touch one of the bubbles, but something felt like he really, REALLY shouldn't. He didn't know how fragile they were; not even the one stuck in him.]
velvet_mystique: (Daintily bobbing)

[personal profile] velvet_mystique 2016-01-21 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Not much. Thus far, it seems they've only managed to heal people who've had their gems cracked recently. Which is far better than nothing, but... there's a lot left to do.
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] What's up?)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, it's better than nothin'.

[He touched the stone nestled under his shirt.]

Do people live here? I mean humans. Or is it all just gem people? What do they think of us?
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Well, a nursery... they're all located around the Heart. Those gems in the bubbles back there were all captured monsters.

[If he had the urge to touch one back there...]
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] What's up?)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He remembered the word 'corruption'. That shut off any urge immediately.]

Oh. Okay. Can't say I know how to make magic bubbles, though... that's gotta be what keeps 'em from reforming, right?
pishirogane: (Under my skin)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
It does. I don't know how to do it either right now. I can only... well...

[She raised her hand, and like before, vines crept on her arms and flowers bloomed in her palm.]
topgun_textiles: (I guess that's okay.)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
...Shit, you're gettin' really quick with that. Can ya change the color of 'em?
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
... I haven't tried.

[Since that was a cosmetic thing and she didn't care for it... Looking at the flowers, she decided to try. For a moment, there's nothing... but they soon yield and turn silver.]
topgun_textiles: (Uh oh.)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[A sound of delight when the silver color bled from the inside and outward to the tips of the petals.]

That's awesome!

[He hesitated, then, and backed off.]

...Sorry... I remember colorin' water for these daisies I grew as a kid, so I could make blue ones or purple ones or somethin'. Jus' kinda reminded me of that.
pishirogane: (Shut your face)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2016-01-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She blinked at his outburst and flushed. Immediately, she drew her hand away and called the flowers off just as he backed away.]

Ah... that's fine. I didn't know you would try experimenting with flowers like that.
topgun_textiles: (pic#3457478)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2016-01-21 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugged, looking away.]

I read about it somewhere. Can't remember where.

I guess it ain't much of a stretch when it comes to me, but I think flowers are kinda... pretty, and cute...