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.
chatwithdeath: (Quit fooling around...)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-08 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
She doesn't know who she was expecting, but they appeared to be a person. A person who suspiciously reminded her of someone else, but the reason for his state had to be another reason. How curious - and at least that curiosity stopped her from assuming they might be hostile. Well, no, she'll keep her guard up still.

"... Harmless old man suffering from an excessive number of untreated injuries." She didn't intent on worsening them either, but she knew where to strike if needed. "And no, I don't... We'll have to find an exit, and hope there's someone else here."
torya: [soniani] (i wanna be a rock star)

[personal profile] torya 2015-11-08 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ scrabbling along the ground for her groceries isn't exactly the kind of first impression Sonico would like to make on a stranger, but when she straightens up, groceries under control, she's smiling a little more genuinely, even if her face is a touch red ]

Um-- th--thank you...! Sorry about that. I guess I crammed too much food in at the bottom, eheh...

[ looking Naomi in the face now and tilting her head ]

D--did you just get here...? I don't think I've seen you around yet, so...
chatwithdeath: Art by: Aralez (Haunt)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-09 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Probably. Remember to distribute the weight next time.

[The thing about running into people similar to those you know: it's hard to look them in the eye and act like you don't know them.]

I did. Any suggestions what I should do first?
bitter_sweet_anarchy: (Default)

[personal profile] bitter_sweet_anarchy 2015-11-09 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you asked...

[ Her gem blinks, and...there's a lollipop in her hand! ]

...That's it. That's the power.
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[personal profile] creakyknees 2015-11-09 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough, Naomi. That bit about being harmless was half sarcasm, hhalf straight-up lie, so he can hardly blame her for being on edge. Raul is past his prime, that much is true, but he's far from harmless .

"What, these old things?" He asks, and lets out a noise that's at least as much cough as it is chuckle. "Don't worry about me, niña, I've had most of these burns and scars for longer than you've been alive. I ain't no new ghoul."

He gives a smile that's probably supposed to be reassuring, but it only serves to show the good doctor how many of his teeth are missing. Being a ghoul is gross. 1 star, would not recommend.

His smile disappears, however, when she mentions the possibility of finding someone else.

"...I guess that's the only thing we can do. I just hope they're equally as uninclined to be violent toward stranger's as the two of us are, or we could be in trouble."
better2do: (filled with determination)

C

[personal profile] better2do 2015-11-09 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Those were eggs.

Those were floating eggs.

That is so cool.

Asriel emerges from around the corner he had spied the eggs from, following behind curiously. What is this girl doing with floating eggs? Where is she going? It's worth it to find out, right?]
chatwithdeath: Official Art (Consider the facts)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Ghoul... so, you don't have one of these?" She raises a hand to collar and taps the gem she has embedded there. If he somehow arrived the same way she had, but it might be too early to assume.

There's no comment on his missing teeth, but she is turning her head to have a better look around the odd crystal chamber. Why were these small ones in bubbles?

"We'll see once we exit this place." And it looks like that should be easy enough to find. There seems to be a door right there... no handle though.
chatwithdeath: (What!?)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-09 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The gem itself? Her eyebrow raises.]

Your power focuses on lollipops?
breakingtheice: (pic#6404648)

Jack Frost | Rise of the Guardians | Azeztulite

[personal profile] breakingtheice 2015-11-09 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a boy in the temple who looks . . . fairly alarmed. This was all exciting and wondrous at first, before he'd realized he couldn't ignore the rules of gravity or even affect something as simple as the temperature.

Now he's tapping a staff on the ground, the wall, the glowing gem in the Heart of the temple itself, and it almost looks like he expects something to happen. The more that nothing does, the more troubled he looks.]
Edited 2015-11-09 04:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] creakyknees 2015-11-09 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Raul raises a barely-existent eyebrow at the sight of Naomi's gem - something he's missed until just now. A century ago he would've spotted it immediately, he swears, but his eyes aren't as good as they used to be. Nothing is, really.

"You too? I'd show you mine, but this doesn't seem like the place to step out of my clothes." With that, he taps his new gem that lies beneath the waistline of his mechanic's uniform - a green jumpsuit for some company called 'Petró-Chico,' with a nametag stitched onto the front that says 'Miguel.'

"Alright, you're the boss, lead the way." He says, gesturing for her to make her way through the door first. This lady seems to know what she's doing, which is a lot more than he can say, so it's only natural to him that he follow her lead. "You got a name, by the way?"
revivalunit: (Default)

[personal profile] revivalunit 2015-11-09 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
I would hope we could repair the lock even if I do find a preferable model.

[Clear isn't met with resistance so much as Torrs not realizing that he wants them to follow until he's far enough away to tug. Then they follow without issue.]
pikana: (Clear)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-11-09 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm good at fixing things.

[Well, making them 'passable' anyway. He leads him past the Heart towards a room in the back, with a locked door and a padlock. Clear looks at the lock for about twenty seconds.

Before he just grabs it and rips it off.]


It's open~~~
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cowardsoftware: (too late i win)

1/2

[personal profile] cowardsoftware 2015-11-09 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hell yeah! Who needs new powers, new outfits are much better!
cowardsoftware: (a blue screen of death is left for you)

[personal profile] cowardsoftware 2015-11-09 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[...Though, she's lowering her voice and scooting in to whisper conspiratorially. IE talk normally but with lower volume.]

(We DON'T need the power, right? I only have one, maybe that's not enough... but are we expecting a fight?)

[What do gems even do with these, she has no idea.]
pikana: (Clear)

[personal profile] pikana 2015-11-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Um... I don't know. What power do you have?

...

And if worst comes to worst, I'll protect you! My power is a shield umbrella. So we can use our brains to fight while I fend off the monster.

[Optimism]
youllpayforyourinsolence: (smug bitch)

[personal profile] youllpayforyourinsolence 2015-11-09 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps you will find more use in actually touching the crystal with your hand. It's far more... Informative.

[And out of nowhere walks a very tall, very beautiful women with huge wings coming from her head. She gives a small smile as she sees how... lost Jack looks.]
makeadragonwannaretire: (You have nothing to threaten me with.)

[personal profile] makeadragonwannaretire 2015-11-09 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well she doesn't like your face!]

Hmpf. Absolute foolishness. Giving me fire that doesn't burn, what's even the point.

[Off to have a nice sulk about this turn of events.]
coneyislandcrazy: (Omnomnom)

[personal profile] coneyislandcrazy 2015-11-09 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh...well that sure is somethin'. And you can manipulate the building blocks of life? Now THAT's overpowered.

[She cackles]

Around here the building blocks of our life is called DNA. There's this classic documentary called Jurassic Park? It really gets into the importance of science and it's limitations at the time. You should check it out!
chatwithdeath: YouTube: babygirl91580 (How peculiar)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-09 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, keep your clothes on." Says the doctor who should probably put more clothes on, but she digresses, looking at the company name and the name tag. Miguel, huh?

And she's the boss again... somehow. What a life, but she walks over to the door to look it over. It's bizarre, and it appears fairly heavy being made of what looks like stone. Still, actually raising a hand to it, the door just opens without much sound. She doesn't notice her gem glowing at this.

"Huh..."
torya: [tsuji santa] (just keep heading straight)

[personal profile] torya 2015-11-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well if you're out here, you probably touched the Heart already... so if you haven't, the best thing to do is go and find Akoya-kun to talk to. We have a fund set up for people who've just arrived and he's in charge of it. You might find him back at the Temple -- he's got pink hair and, um... well...

[ a pause and then a sheepish smile ]

You'll probably know him when you see him.
calystegia: (ouchies)

[personal profile] calystegia 2015-11-10 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Y-Yeah I remember the hole too... and I remember thinking "wowzers, that's so strange, that hole is totes made for me!" and then before I knew it...

...Maybe that wasn't such a smart idea. [laughs nervously] Whoopsie...

Guess we'll just have to... "investigate" and find out where we are...
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[personal profile] creakyknees 2015-11-10 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Raul can't help but smirk at that. It's an understandable reaction, really, to not want to see his gross ghoul body.

"If you say so, Niña." He says, following the woman as I. He can't help but notice that she neglected to tell him her name. Just as well, though, as he hasn't told her his real one anyway. "I do have one. It's big, like a belt buckle. Bright green too."

"I gotta say, I've had a few things embedded in me before - gravel, bullets, cazador stingers. Never anything this big before, and never this deep in my abdomen." He continues talking, raising an eyebrow slightly at the door raising, but not mentioning it. It probably has a sensor or something - a bit weird that it still works, but nothing he's never seen before.

"I figure I'll probably be fine, but what about you? You aren't gonna keel over on me, are you?"
youllpayforyourinsolence: (Care to share?)

[personal profile] youllpayforyourinsolence 2015-11-10 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Only when it's in a pure, exposed form or in an ether crystal, of course. Once it's in a homs or any other life form, I can't directly manipulate it. It's a power that suits me very much at home... though I am disappointed I lack that ability here.

[She listens with interest and nods, making a mental note about that]

I will take the time to study that. It will be interesting to have knowledge of the differences.
chatwithdeath: YouTube: babygirl91580 (What to do?)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-10 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not like I have my usual tools to examine you..." Honestly, he thinks his ghoul body disgusted her... that's funny. "Besides, that would be a sight. A half-naked ghoul stumbling out trying to pull his clothes on..."

Because she does not mind leaving him behind if he continues rambling on. "A green gem..."

Those had to have some significance then. "So it seems more as though they're fused to our bodies then. Or perhaps our bodies are attached to them..." She chuckles humorlessly - it's one too many odd-world for her now - before stepping out into the... well, she doesn't know what it is, but she hears birds and waves. They were near the ocean?

"No. Pick up the pace unless you think an arm or leg is about to drop off, but again, I don't have sutures on me."
chatwithdeath: (Hmm... How did you die?)

[personal profile] chatwithdeath 2015-11-10 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Akoya... Alright.

[She stares at the girl, notes her pink hair, and raises an eyebrow.]

I'll need more than just his hair color.