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: (Aside Glance)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-14 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Now there's an admission that Picky does not know how to process. His arms pull closer to his body, and if his hands could get deeper into his pockets, they'd go there. Is he making eye contact? Hard to tell, the way his head is tilted and his bangs are covering things up.]

....I don't know if it'd have been good to go with you, either.
ceasetoexist: (Downtrodden)

[personal profile] ceasetoexist 2015-10-14 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
No. It wouldn't have been.

I was a coward to go to begin with. I know that doesn't mean much. But I mean it.
twentycoolpoints: (Lineface)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-14 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[This is so, so much more honesty and vulnerability than he had ever seen from the Porky he remembered. It's strange. It's too much to believe. It has to be a trick.]

You really were.

[Even if it's not, it's not like Picky knows what he should be saying. Fiveton is still too fresh in his mind. And he's never, ever been good at this stuff.]

I...

[...missed him? He huffs. He looks away.]

I need to go.

[Having said that, he turns away.]
twentycoolpoints: (Lanky)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-14 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
...yeah, wow, I haven't heard of any of those. Worlds are really that different, huh?

I'm originally from Onett, that's in northern Eagleland, but I'm going to university in Fiveton. Guess that might not mean much to you, huh?

[He laughs and rubs at the back of his neck.]
frozenmemories: (Slightly blushing)

[personal profile] frozenmemories 2015-10-14 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[There is a faint blush on Cirno's cheeks although a more confidant smile appears on her face. She'd still been working on that when Rise left and had been making some progress. Even in a new place, slightly freaking out because of not again and what is going on..not to mention a moment early on of 'Please do not let me be back in Rakuen again' For now, she will focus on her best friend....and girlfriend.]

You are more then welcome Rise.

[She noticed the lack of that word. One noticeable difference might be obvious after a moment. The fact there is no longer a bracelet on her wrist and there is no noticeable flinch. That lack of aura is starting to bother her a bit but for now...]

Of course we will. Even if it takes a long time and a lot of effort. Sis taught me that..besides, Good things come to those who wait and believe.
ceasetoexist: (Brothers)

[personal profile] ceasetoexist 2015-10-14 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[That figures.

...That's fair. And Pokey knows it. He opens his mouth to say one more thing. To say...he doesn't know. What does he say?

And then he knows what to say.]


Take care of yourself.

[And walks away, hands in his pockets. He can't help but keep his head down as he walks away a bit either. Or stop himself from kicking one of the closer stall tables near him as he does leave.

Some things change. Some don't.]
twentycoolpoints: (Fear and Shame)

[personal profile] twentycoolpoints 2015-10-14 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Back to his brother now, Picky tenses visibly. If he doesn't mean it, if it's just a trick, he won't fall for it. If he does mean it....

He doesn't know what it means if he does mean it. He's got to think about this. He can't do this right now. So he makes a vague sound acknowledgement, and hurries off. He'll think about it. He'll think about it and see what other's think and ask Tracy...

....well. Not that last one. How's he going to handle things here, if he can't go to Tracy for this stuff? It's a painful thought, and it's putting more speed into his steps. Once he's free from the crowd, he breaks into a run, now just needing to be gone.]
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Into her eyes)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh for the love of... Is her senses dulled too? Well, her senses may not be as strong as they were, but that voice sure sounded familiar. She walks around the big gem, and tries to get a look at Cirno. ]

Come out now, I heard you back there...
frozenmemories: (What are you talking about?!?!)

[personal profile] frozenmemories 2015-10-14 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
No! You don't wanna! I'm no one important!

[There is a bit of frantic in her voice now. That was definitely Remilia's voice.It would have been a bit harder to catch her...if Cirno wasn't trying to fly to get back on her feet and to help balance.

Although once she notices it's not working, she's just going to sit there, a confused look on her face.
]

...Why isn't it working...?
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] You can't be serious)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
Cirno. It must be you, but you look... taller.

No escape for the fairy. Or former fairy, to be more exact. Remi feels sluggish and all that, but hopefully she can grab Cirno.]

Don't look at me, something took our powers!
therealrisette: (Legaspu!)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-14 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-?!

[The small girl jumps at the sound, both turning to look and backing away a little at the same time. She may have heard Remilia mentioned back in Equestria, but she'd never been given a description, so the woman doesn't look familiar at all.]

Are... Are you alright?

[She's still a little jumpy after that, but genuinely concerned. Did she just arrive the same way Rise did?]
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Not happy)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Just testing a few things. Like, for instance, she suddenly seems to lack her powers. ]

Aside from the fact my powers were taken from me? Oh, I'm fine. Really.
therealrisette: (Sideways glance)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-14 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
Fluttershy-san's here? And she's still a pony?

[That's kind of surprising! Or... well, maybe not, since they're all gems now. She'd kind of assumed everyone was generally human-shaped, though.]

Have you seen-?

[She starts to ask, but suddenly halts, looking saddened by something.]

Er... I guess I don't know what any of them look like anymore...

[Fluttershy was always a pony, at least most of the Fluttershys were. Most of the rest of her friends weren't, so they probably look different in this place. Like Minato.]
therealrisette: (Bestie snuggles. ♥)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-14 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...

[While looking down at the hands held in her own, she does notice the bracelet missing, but it's just a curious detail to her for now. Nothing compared to the two of them being permanently human-shaped for the first time since they met. Actually, Cirno should probably be wondering why Rise's noticeably smaller than she ever was outside of dreams before. But then again, the size differences between them as human and fairy have always varied from situation to situation, so perhaps it doesn't register at all.]

I already feel better now that you're here.

[Flashing her brightest smile at Cirno.]

Hey! I wonder if there'll be a school we can go to together in this place too?
therealrisette: (Quietly concerned)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-14 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Your powers?

[Rise doesn't know what kind of powers this woman could have had. Obviously, she has wings, but that's not really much of a hint.

What she does put together is that for the first time in two years, she can't easily reach and call out her Persona. So this place isn't like the TV world at all.]


Um... do you know where we are?

[Because Rise still hasn't touched that ominous gemstone in the room, so she hasn't gotten the arrival message and information either.]
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Into her eyes)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Why, the powers of a vampire.

[ She's not noticed the gem on her own chest, but she's noticed Rise's. As far as she knew, though, it could just be some kind of fashion statement. ]

No, I do not. I'm as lost as you are.

[ Remi hasn't considered touching it yet... ]
therealrisette: (Legaspu!)

[personal profile] therealrisette 2015-10-14 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[That is not a word you want to just casually throw around in front of a lost and scared young girl, Remilia!]

L-Like... a real vampire?!

[She doesn't know much about this world, but she knows she's seen a lot of things in the last two. Heck, she was even a unicorn herself in the last one. Vampires don't seem completely impossible anymore.]
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Neutral)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I Wouldn't hurt a young girl, though...

[ A pause. She looks at the heart gem... ]

Is any of this familiar?
frozenmemories: (Thinking)

[personal profile] frozenmemories 2015-10-14 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's easy to grab her and Cirno doesn't even try to get away. She's talking in that information and there is a bit of a upset look crossing her face.]

I....I just got those back too. and I don't want to be here. I should be home with Sis and Big brother...

[Yet, When she finds out Rise is here, she'll change her mind. And now she realizes that Remilia had noticed one key difference. Her knuckles are all scarred up and her hair is slightly longer.]

..Yeah..I'm taller. It's a long story...but you do too. Why?
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Into her eyes)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean you just got those back? I didn't know fairies had siblings.]

[ Remilia doesn't say anything about Cirno's hands, but they get a raised eyebrow. ]

...I've always been this tall.
frozenmemories: (Listening)

[personal profile] frozenmemories 2015-10-14 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't...I got adopted by my sister in the first place we met, where they took power and memories from us. When we met back up in the second place, she made sure I was okay and her husband did the same.

[Slight explanation. Not the full thing, which is fairly obvious but still.]

Nuh-uh...You were always a bit taller then me..now you look a LOT taller..and older.
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Neutral)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
...I see.

[ Remilia releases her, and was quite surprised at how different Cirno seemed to be acting. ]

That's nonsense, you must be confused.

[ Or just a different Remilia than the one Cirno's met. ]
trixupmysleeve: (see me dominate cuz I'm powerful and gre)

[personal profile] trixupmysleeve 2015-10-14 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...seems like a lot of hassle to go through just because someone told you to never take it off. Trixie will however guess the second is the lie!
alittlemystery: (Excuse me!)

[personal profile] alittlemystery 2015-10-14 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, not at all. But it gives me a bit of a picture of where you're from anyway. Not all places even have universities.
scarlet_devil: ([Adult] Neutral)

[personal profile] scarlet_devil 2015-10-14 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So, it's clear that Remilia's pretty much well and truly trapped in this universe, and missing most of her powers... but at least she looks like herself. She even has her wings, still. It was strange, though, that Cirno though she was meant to look like a young girl rather than a young woman.

Anyway, she had decided to leave the temple and explore, and soon came across this sight. ]


I hear it caused a pun-demonium.