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.
pikana: (melia)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-11 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Won't find anything on Homs from any source besides her. As far as Melia knows, she's the only person from the Bionis.]

They're interesting. Not only have our very being has been destroyed and condensed into these gems, but they are able to manifest solid light and change the very essence of existence. Gems moving plants and the earth, dominion over the seas, able to change their shape... it's truly fascinating. I used to be very attuned to ether, so to find that energy gone and replaced with gems only for certain individuals draws me to them.
redotiertwo: (Default)

[personal profile] redotiertwo 2015-10-11 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Dammit, people asking about him is the worst thing though. Why would you do that and not just take his word that everything is two hundred percent awesome all the time?]

Me? I'm the finest feathery asshole you're ever gonna meet. What else is there to know.

[He breaks eye contact after that one, and flicks some seed out into the flock.]
cuteandquarky: (u serious)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-11 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Um.... [Jade isn't the best at reading emotional cues in person, but even that's weird to her.] Is... everything okay?
airwalks: (you are under my control)

[personal profile] airwalks 2015-10-11 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Think I can find my way around on my own.

More interested in seeing what you've done with your digs.

( Read: worried that Dave's bumming it in a garbage heap of a room, or worse. )
airwalks: (obey my will or i'll bury you alive)

[personal profile] airwalks 2015-10-11 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
( Not terribly convincing.

He could let it drop.

He's not gonna, though. Sorry, Davesprite, but you're not getting off that easy.
)

You need to work on your delivery.

You been here long?
airwalks: (& it's you who'll dig your own damn hole)

[personal profile] airwalks 2015-10-11 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up a sec.

( He leans over slightly, the line of his mouth tensing up; the sole indicator that his nonchalance has officially flown the coop. She's got his undivided attention now. )

"Destroyed"?
pikana: (melia)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-11 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Melia stops walking and looks up at him, nodding.]

Well... our bodies aren't made of flesh, blood and bone anymore, it's made out of light. When we entered those holes, what happened was that we became our gems. Even though we can still feel pain and touch things, our bodies as we knew them are gone.
redotiertwo: (so this seems bad)

[personal profile] redotiertwo 2015-10-11 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Come on, I deliver better than any pizza guy.

[Okay, no, he doesn't, but like hell he's admitting that in this situation, and to Bro. That would be showing weakness, and fuck that.]

Think it's getting to a month now. Time flies when you're having fun and not facing the immediate threat of death around every turn, right.
therealrisette: (What are you doing over there?)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-11 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
No... not yet. I don't even know what Minato-san looks like normally.

[Yes, this is a Rise that's met Minato. Perhaps not the weirdest part of this conversation, since Yukari met a Rise in Koriko and Minato was certainly there. But still, the weirdness keeps piling up, doesn't it?]
therealrisette: (Senpai your shirt opened again...)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-11 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Rise's smiling too, though she looks a bit sad. Cirno says she understands, and she's sure she doesn't blame her. But Rise knows what it's like to be left behind while the people you care about the most disappear. She didn't want Cirno to have to feel that way, ever...

But Cirno's continued answer chases that trace of sadness away quickly, replacing it with surprise.]


Oneechan's... a princess?! Like Cadence-san?!
burningbrighter: (Default)

[personal profile] burningbrighter 2015-10-11 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Any time. Just...don't worry, okay?
burningbrighter: (finger twitch)

[personal profile] burningbrighter 2015-10-11 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Sunset is finding this surprisingly familiar.]

Your tricks still giving you trouble? Don't worry, every new gem goes through this.
frozenmemories: (Yeah- You got it!)

[personal profile] frozenmemories 2015-10-11 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Uh huh! They crowned her and got magic and everything..and a LOT of people came back suddenly when there was a loud sound. A lot of things happened but...

[She's still not sure how to take Star Swirl or the creepy Calice thing but still...mostly because still going on BUT STILL!]

I kinda wish you could have seen it. It was really neat.
girl_at_the_window: (Now it's too late)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-11 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

No.

I think I'm one of those dead people.
loveinaflash: (pic#9603750)

[personal profile] loveinaflash 2015-10-11 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. Thanks again anyhow.
ofwindandarrows: (30)

[personal profile] ofwindandarrows 2015-10-11 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Normally...? [That's a different kind of weird. Like... Rise met Minato in a place where he'd changed his appearance somehow. At the moment, Yukari's not thinking about ponies - even if he told her about it. She's more trying to imagine him with a different haircut or something.]

He's like... this tall [She makes a motion a little taller than herself], blue hair, his bangs always cover his right eye. [He's really cute... has the kind of eye color that set a precedent for her for attractive eye colors, and usually with such a strangely intense look... always smells nice... oh wait, she's supposed to be over that.] Usually looks kinda bored? He keeps his hands in his pockets a lot. [She gives a little laugh, as she sticks her hands in her own pockets and hunches over the way Minato always stands, her expression melding into a sort of passively analytical look at Rise.] Like this.
trixupmysleeve: (:o)

[personal profile] trixupmysleeve 2015-10-11 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Trixie had long since developed the art of a pokerface, she just wasn't very good at keeping it up. Her expression progressively fell as he logic'd his way through her lies till she pouted and dismissively turned her head.]

You are...correct. Trixie fabricated the first of her stories. A different powerful pony took care of the Ursa Minor, Trixie has never encountered an Ursa Major.
trixupmysleeve: (I'm all the rage)

[personal profile] trixupmysleeve 2015-10-11 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Trixie pouts all the same.]

Trixie is not going to let these cards defeat her!

[She struggles to pick up one of the cards, not quite getting the hang of her nails causing the card to slide across the table]

I-I am the great...and...powerful...

[There, she's snagged it and scooped up the card and presents it, sure enough it's the Queen of Diamonds. Either by accident or by design]

TRIXIE!!!!
cuteandquarky: (thinking)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-11 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh!

[This disturbs Jade less than it should. She's talked to a number of perfectly nice dead people in the past.]

Well, on the bright side, it is very nice here! There are some monsters and stuff, but the sea is pretty and most of the people are very friendly.
cyan_maid: (Goodness gracious me!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2015-10-11 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you happen to be the fourth one who's showed up. There's you, Dave, Davesprite, and my friend Dirk.

[She pauses for a moment. Does...this one know about the game, and all its weirdness? She doesn't want to be the one to explain it, but if he needs an explanation...

AND OH NO THAT LAST QUESTION. Jane does her best to smile, looking a bit sheepish.]
He's...been doing his best, I suppose. It can be hard sometimes when the trouble comes sniffing all of us out, you know?
babygotbackstroke: (🌊 015)

Makoto Tachibana | Free!

[personal profile] babygotbackstroke 2015-10-11 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Clearly, going through an unknown alley turned hole was generally not a good idea. Normally, this sort of thing would terrify him. But something was tugging at him to keep going, to find out where it led. So, Makoto continued on. It was just after school, so his school jacket was in his bag, along with his swim gear from practice earlier.

He didn't realize when the change happened, that he was now in some temple and no longer going through a hole in an alley in Iwatobi, but it happened and he gripped the strap on his school bag. What the-?!

"Where am I?" And was that a huge crystal heart in the middle? Was he is some sci-fi movie now? He sincerely hoped it was just Nagisa playing another terrible prank on him because this was not how he imagined himself spending his afternoon! He gulped and stepped a little closer, looking around. It... didn't seem too menacing. Just... strange, really. But he was no longer at home and that gave him a greater cause for concern!
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ironicoolly: (but still i'm a figure in a museum)

[personal profile] ironicoolly 2015-10-11 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[hrnrg well that makes him feel weirdly self-conscious. bro's gonna scrutinize the hell out of his room, isn't he?]

It doesn't look all that different from my old room. S'almost an exact replica, actually.
girl_at_the_window: (Now it's too late)

[personal profile] girl_at_the_window 2015-10-11 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
There are monsters everywhere. It's just that in some places, they're human.

[She smiles, a little sheepish at her own drama] What I mean is, it's a step up.
cuteandquarky: (neutral)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-11 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess that's true... though anyways, most of the time the monsters stay out of the actual town, so it's easy to avoid them. As far as I know, we don't have any human monsters here.

[Then again, there are still plenty of people here that Jade hasn't met yet.]
pikana: (Clear)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-11 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahhhh! Hooray! I did it!

[He claps his hands happily and jumps.]

Wait... you're a pony?