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.
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (don't you have anything better to do?)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-31 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Asriel doesn't say anything, just nods. He knows full well that most humans don't react too well to the appearance of strange creatures.]
pikana: (melia)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-31 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Frankly, no. Just concern for your state.
perfectlynormalcthulhu: (chinrest)

[personal profile] perfectlynormalcthulhu 2015-10-31 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
There's an actual expression at this, as Anri smiles, ever so slightly.

"That's good. Thank you for confirming it."
your_best_friend: (Excited)

[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-10-31 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Asriel... just think about it. A whole new world! New characters! New locations! New lines of dialogue! Real people for us to talk to and Frisk to watch out for me so I don't do anything bad!

Neither of us are going to be bored for quite a while!
cuteandquarky: (cute face)

[personal profile] cuteandquarky 2015-10-31 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that is definitely not the Dave that she knows! It is a common name and all.]

Well, that's good to know! I do not think that anybody like that is here yet, but if I run into him, I will be sure to let you know! People show up around here all the time.
gigglesnortpriestess: (just a girl)

[personal profile] gigglesnortpriestess 2015-10-31 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that's a perk...but after living somewhere with the only way for communication was magical scrolls, it's a bit hard to get used to again.
sugarcar: (Default)

[personal profile] sugarcar 2015-10-31 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She slows her pace when she realizes he's walking a bit slower.]

It's nice t'meet ya then, Asriel. Have ya found yer gem yet?
hittingthesauce: (Default)

[personal profile] hittingthesauce 2015-10-31 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, man. If you see him, let him know he owes me 50 bucks.

[He totally doesn't, but that's not gonna stop John from trying to see if he can actually get $50.00 out of David just for the hell of it.]
torya: [soniani] (♫ i'd never disturb)

[personal profile] torya 2015-10-31 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Rise you just said the magic words. ]

Well, if you're hungry, then we'll definitely get something to eat. There's the snack table but that's not really a proper meal, huh...

[ big sistering intensifies ]

Um, what do you usually like to eat back at home, Rise-chan?
kuukai: (18. considering it)

[personal profile] kuukai 2015-10-31 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
I don' know. But s'real while we're here.

[ She looks uncomfortable. She's not sure how to make him feel better. ]
cinnagene: Bob Odenkirk's smile. In black and white, with a little bit of colour over his mouth which is laughing. (a little bit of colour)

[personal profile] cinnagene 2015-10-31 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
No, problem, kid.
pikana: (melia)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-31 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
Were people often afraid of you before?
markovich: (4)

[personal profile] markovich 2015-10-31 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh...

[Maybe what he said was kind of stupid. But at least he's realizing it now? As opposed to realizing it never...as usual.]

Well, now that I look at it more -- it looks kind of cool! Badass even. I mean, mine is just over my heart. How lame is that?

[...Awkward laugh.]
markovich: (9)

[personal profile] markovich 2015-10-31 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't know what magnanimous means but he's going to assume it's good since she doesn't seem really angry.

Also now he kind of feels bad for every time he pretended to be some kind of troll monster with his friends.]


My eyesight is fine! I have really awesome aim too! [HE WASN'T RUBBER SHOOTER FOR NOTHING!!!]
markovich: (28)

[personal profile] markovich 2015-10-31 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh god what is he looking at.]

Of course I have! [HE'S NOT STUPID OKAY well yeah he is but shut up.] But they don't have arms or legs or people-faces!
ofwindandarrows: (30)

[personal profile] ofwindandarrows 2015-10-31 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I think so. I mean, it's a little picked over, so only the outlier sizes are left, but since I assume you'd be wearing the smalls and extra smalls, something would probably fit you! [Her tone's back to chipper, as well, and she sounds like looking right over Rise is all in the past. She'll figure out how to ask what she wants to eventually. It's really not that far of a walk to the boutique, so they make it, and are in out of the crowd in short order. Yukari waves to whoever is manning the store, exchanges a couple words about just being there to look around, she's with someone new, and then they're left to have the store to explore.]

Clearance racks are over in the back. The new stuff's up by the windows... well, I guess that's how it always is in stores like this so.
pikana: (Takasu)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-10-31 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Octopus have legs! I got eight of them, see?

[He holds the two that were covering his ears indignantly and frowns.]

What about you? Your hair is really weird! How does it stand up like that?
hotpantsdreamer: (Nyeh Heah Heah! I'm So Cool!)

THE GREAT PAPYRUS! | Undertale

[personal profile] hotpantsdreamer 2015-10-31 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
A

[Things seem normal in the plaza of Waverly Bay today. Birds are singing, families are out and about, a man who runs a hot dog cart is running from his cart in utter fear.

Well. Maybe that part isn't so normal. Even less normal is the skeleton who has taken over the cart. The tall, lanky monster has a chef's hat on, slightly askew, and one hand to it's bony hips as he waves at the running, terrified hot dog peddler.]


That's a great idea! Go drum up hype for us while I, The Great Papyrus, get's cooking!

[This was a great idea, just as Papyrus knew it would be. While the surface world sure was neat - and fashionable, too, as he truly appreciated the gem that they put near his shoulder (like a medal, which he would certainly have plenty of some day) - their cuisine seemed...a little lackluster. But that was certainly no trouble for a really cool skeleton of great skill like him to fix.

Papyrus looks down into the hot dog boiler and just gasps a bit, bony jaw hanging agape, as if the sight of hot dogs was a complete surprise to him.]


What!? These are barely hot dogs! They're more like...plain dogs. And no one wants a plain dog!

[The skeleton hmms a minute before discovering the condiments on the cart's side. And that is when inspiration strikes him.

Specifically, he's now pouring mustard and shaking relish directly in to the hot dog boiler, laughing at his ingenuity! It would work so much better if they had some pasta sauce, he thinks, but he'll just have to ask the stand owner when he gets back to get him some.]


B

[Sure hope you appreciate a skeleton just jumping out of the bushes right in front of you, because that's sure happening right now.]

Nyeh Heh Heh! You have no idea how lucky you are today because you're going to get to help me, The Great Papyrus, with his most ingenious puzzle yet! I know, I know - you're overwhelmed! Just take a deep breath, I'm sure you'll contain your excitement soon!

In this puzzle, I am going to tell you three statements! Two are the truthest truths, and one is a falsehood delicately fashioned with my fine silver tongue! Well, it would be silver if I had one!

Statement One: I am the Great Papyrus!

Statement Two: My skills as a master chef are...not quite as I say they are!

Statement Three: My fanclub has three whole members! That's three members closer to three million!

Can you make it through the slippery slope that divides falsehood and truth? I think it might be...a bit trickier than you think! Nyeh Heh Heh!
Edited 2015-10-31 17:41 (UTC)
markovich: (5)

A

[personal profile] markovich 2015-10-31 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yoshitake had just wanted to get a hot dog. That's all. Seemed simple enough. He was hungry, he smelled hot dogs, there was a hot dog stand. The screaming hot dog vendor that ran right on by him did seem kind of strange, but alas the life of a vendor can be a stressful one.]

Hey, can I get a--
markovich: (12)

[personal profile] markovich 2015-10-31 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Belatedly, he realizes that the person he's addressing is a damn skeleton and proceeds to yell rather loudly.]
comictext: (Default)

A

[personal profile] comictext 2015-10-31 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, bro, you forgot something.

[ Sans has been diligent in his exploration of the boardwalk while Papyrus has been terrifying hot dog stand owners. In his arms are six tubes of ketchup. ]

Just make sure leave some for on top of the dogs.
Edited 2015-10-31 18:22 (UTC)
coneyislandcrazy: (Action pose)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-10-31 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, thank you~

[She strikes a few superheroic poses flexing her modest muscle before the second guess]

Bzzzzt Wrong again cutie! Tony is a real mechanical wiz! It took a lot of money but that Scat-a-pult is great fun! Plus I can use it to fling myself across town in an emergency! I've done that twice!

Never met a giant bunny unless it was in some alternate universe.

[Never the less even though she guessed wrong, she still played the game and that means level up! New powers for both of them!]
hotpantsdreamer: (It's a human! Sans it's a human!)

[personal profile] hotpantsdreamer 2015-10-31 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Nyeh Heh Heh! You're screaming no doubt because you realized you're talking to that dashing hero and chef extraordinaire, the Great Papyrus!

Human! You're my first customer, and thanks to this incredible luck, you've been chosen to taste test my first blazing dog! No. You're very lucky!

[Because 'blazing' clearly helps show this is no hot dog, but a super hot dog. And really what else could the human be screaming in joy over?

Soon, Papyrus will be handing Yoshitake a hot dog. Well...kind of. The hot dog looks cooked at least, but Papyrus has sandwiched it between two buns which are soggy from ketchup, mustard, and relish.]


Here you go! Enjoy! I know I will!
hotpantsdreamer: (WHOAH!!)

Re: A

[personal profile] hotpantsdreamer 2015-10-31 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sans! Where have you been?!

[Papyrus says this as if Sans was not just vital in some way to this whole business, but as if his brother should just be expected to be near him most the time anyway.]

You couldn't have come too soon! This is just what I needed!

[And before Sans can even really warn him, Papyrus will take the top off a couple of the ketchup bottles and just...drop them in the boiler to simmer. Still, he stops and looks at one for a moment at Sans last statement.]

...Sans! I had a brilliant idea!
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[personal profile] comictext 2015-10-31 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry bro.

[ Sans hands over the ketchup bottles; all but one, which he pops open like a thermos and begins sipping from. (How he's able to retain the ketchup in his body despite being a skeleton is beyond anybody, including Sans.) ]

What is it?