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.
tyrantball: (MWAHAHAHAHA)

[personal profile] tyrantball 2015-10-04 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Desco is the Final Boss! Killing everyone is her job."
cuteandquarky: (thinking)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jade slooowly tilts her head to the side, considering each option. She doesn't know what a Reaptide party is, but it seems like a silly thing to make up! So it's got to be the horse or the age, and Pylon is such a neat name for a horse that she wants it to be true.]

You know... I am not sure that you are eighteen! You look a little younger.
girl_at_the_window: (Oh careless love)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Sixteen. I'm sixteen. [She laughs] You want to try me?
cuteandquarky: (c:)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too! And hmm... let me see!

I grew up on an island without any other people. I've died at least two times. Aaand, I can control the wind! Which one do you think is false?
coneyislandcrazy: (Action pose)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-10-04 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What can I say? I'm not the first girl to get swept off her feet by a charming bad boy who could make me laugh.

Lucky for me he got bored or I might have been following him till one or both of us were dog food. He bailed on me and life took me another way. A better way.

[ Even if she knows the minute she sees him again she's gonna try to kiss and kill him, possibly at the same time]
relaxfriend: (bullworth is mine)

[personal profile] relaxfriend 2015-10-04 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
But Gary has no emotions

All that response gets is a roll of his eyes.

In honesty - while Gary always loves to tell the tale of how he destroyed his stupid school and had people eating out of the palm of his hands - this seemed far more interesting. At least, at the moment. So he took a seat by a conveniently placed bench and gesture with his hand, "Right. Do tell."
relaxfriend: (bullworth is mine)

[personal profile] relaxfriend 2015-10-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
So, I take it "Homs" [air quotes] are humans? What's the difference between the two aside from, you know, the wings growing out of your heads.
girl_at_the_window: (Oh careless love)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles a little more strongly at that. Prostitute or not (and that's still her working hypothesis), it's nice to know that things got better for this woman]

Guess it turned out for the best, then. I'm happy for you, really I am.
girl_at_the_window: (Walking talking to myself)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Susan lets out a low whistle] You sure it's only one?

No, no, wait up. I'll get it.

[Dying at least twice is something she would have thought impossible, but then, she's died and she's still here, and it seems too out of left field not to be true. Which leaves the other two, both of which are wholly bizarre]

Um... The first one? I think it's the first one. You didn't really grow up on an island.
relaxfriend: (telling lies and ruining lives)

[personal profile] relaxfriend 2015-10-04 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gary was going to turn around and walk right on out of there, not wanting to push his luck. But then the grape gets him in the face and he snorts an ugly laugh from trying and failing to keep it in. Holy shit that was hilarious.]

Right between the eyes. I'm getting good at this. What is that like, 10 points?

[And there is just a smug smile to combat the glare.]
coneyislandcrazy: (FORE!)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-10-04 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw you're such a sweetie!

But! Now it's my turn to challenge you!

1. I once traveled to the farthest corner of space with a big busty superhero to fight aliens, robots and ride on a Caticorn! That's like a big green lion with curly rams horns and a purple mane. Also it's psychic.

2. I once traveled back in time while fighting a villain and accidentally messed up history so that the greatest hero of our world became the most feared and terrible dictator the world had ever seen!

3. I once tried to mail myself on vacation, crash landed on an island and was worshipped as their "Princess Queen Goddess." And handsome dudes covered in oil were fighting for my entertainment!
Edited 2015-10-04 20:29 (UTC)
girl_at_the_window: (Made me throw my old friend down)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . .]

[Wow. None of those sound remotely true. Susan might be mentally changing your description from "prostitute" to "insane prostitute"]

[She clears her throat, trying not to look so openly unbelieving]


Uh... I guess the third one.
coneyislandcrazy: (hooked ya!)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-10-04 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well you're half right. ]

Bzzzzt! Sorry! Remember that Volcano I mentioned earlier? See it turns out the tribe on that island worshipped me because I looked like my boyfriend who had already found that island and taken it over. So we were supposed to be married and then he was gonna throw me in the volcano to appease the gods! Then the chump finds out he's gotta go in too! Well he never did like having a joke turned around on him so we fought our way out and the explosion nearly cooked my goose!

Lucky me I landed in the ocean and some handsome fishy smelling superhero gave me a lift back home on a whale!

[To be fair, your odds were good either way.]
cuteandquarky: (cheese!)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope! I grew up on an island! It was just me and my dog Bec for most of my life, but he took good care of me!

I can't control the wind, though. That was my friend! I can control space, though. Or... I could before I ended up here, anyways. Now I can't control much of anything.
girl_at_the_window: (You pass my door but won't come in)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's testament to what Susan's seen in the last few weeks that she's willing to just accept that and roll with it]

I can't imagine growing up with no-one around. I surely can't.
girl_at_the_window: (Now it's too late)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[O...kaaaaay. Yep. Something here is definitely insane. Whether it's you or the situation remains to be seen]

...So, which one was the lie?
agent3: (Center smile)

[personal profile] agent3 2015-10-04 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Offered hand is taken and shaken!]

Thida.
cuteandquarky: (meh)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jade shrugs. It hadn't been fun, but it had been her life, too - she'd been used to it.]

Well, I wasn't entirely alone. I could still talk to people and stuff! They just weren't physically there. But what about you? You said you had a dad and a horse?
girl_at_the_window: (Now it's too late)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[nope no we're not talking about her past LET'S NOT]

How do you mean, talk to people without them being there?
cuteandquarky: (thinking)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
With the Internet! I had a computer and a wireless signal and pesterchum, so it wasn't too hard to make friends...

[Oh, wait. What kind of world is this girl from again?]

Um... did you have the Internet where you came from?
girl_at_the_window: (Made me throw my old friend down)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow. None of those words mean anything. Susan picks out the word "net", and, bearing in mind that this girl is from an island, puts two and two together to make five:]

We don't have any kind of nets. We're farmers.
cuteandquarky: (taking notes)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well... Think of it more like... Do you have phones? Or do you write letters, at least?

[If not, then this analogy will take even more work.]
coneyislandcrazy: (;P)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-10-04 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She holds up her fingers indicating number two]

I've never time traveled before, except going forwards one day at a time. But I made friends with this super strong super babe named "Power Girl" and while we were fighting crime this weirdo named "Clock King" threw a ring at us and it warped us to the far side of the universe.

We fought to rescue a planet full of hippies led by this muscular cheesy lothario. It was pretty awesome. Also she got married but I think she's broken up with him by now. Long distance relationships can be so hard you know?
girl_at_the_window: (Made me throw my old friend down)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...You know all that sounds kind of insane, right?

I mean, I'm not saying you're lying! I just. Really?
girl_at_the_window: (Now it's too late)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-04 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Susan frowns] Of course we write letters. I don't know what a phone is, though.