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 (huh?)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-28 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Asriel turns at the unfamiliar voice, looking at the turtle with wide eyes. He's...seen a monster somewhat like you, sir, but much older and decrepit.]

I-I mean...the Underground. There's only one...
polyturtle: (I'M TTLY MODEST)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-28 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Where you come from, right?

[He looks slightly freaked out by the appearance, and he almost instinctively bends his knees a little.. How to break it to him gently?]

You're not where you were anymore, I'm afraid.
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (don't you have anything better to do?)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-28 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Asriel nods, but at the additional information...]

O-Oh...that's what the bear girl said. And...a lot of other people, too.

[He's been getting the rundown fairly often, lately. Judging by his expression, it's still pretty unbelievable.]

Can't I go back? I shouldn't really...have left.
polyturtle: (oh...oh dear...)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-28 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...No.

[...This is just so awkward, talking to a little goat kid who just looks ready to break down at any moment because he can't go home and Don has to be the one to break it to him.

Shell it all, multiverse. It never gets any better, this part.]


I'm sorry. You're going to be here awhile, wherever here is.
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (i'm so afraid)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[If it helps, he's not breaking down into tears immediately upon hearing that. He just looks...somewhat grim.]

But...that's really bad, I can't...I can't stay.

[The emphasis on that word...it speaks of a lot more than just being in this place.]
polyturtle: (oh...oh dear...)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-28 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[That was a comfort. Small comfort, but a comfort.]

I know. But...we're stuck here.
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (i was so tired of being a flower)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[The minute he doesn't feel like himself, he's going to hide out somewhere. That's what he's got to do, right? So he doesn't end up...]

H-Has anyone tried to leave?
polyturtle: (this final jeopardy is hard)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-29 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I...can't say I know for sure. I just got here myself. But from past experience, if they have, its likely they've not succeeded.

...Will you be okay?

[No. He knows the answer to that one as he goes to kneel down towards the kid's level.]
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better2do: (i always was a crybaby)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[He heaves a tiny, dejected sigh. So he will be stuck here.]

I-I...don't know.
polyturtle: (oh...oh dear...)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-29 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[This poor kid.]

What's your name?
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (huh?)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Asriel.

...What's yours?

[If he's stuck here, he might as well know who he's stuck with.]
polyturtle: ...923078164062862089986280348253421... (3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-29 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Donatello. Don for short, if you prefer.

...Hey, there's a possibility others you know might have been brought into this world. Is there anyone who you'd be looking for? Family, friends...
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better2do: (just forget me)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
N-No...I've met...two people from home already. They didn't say whether anyone else was here.

[Even if they were, he wouldn't want them to see him.]
polyturtle: (this final jeopardy is hard)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-29 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[And yet no indication of them being friends or family...]

Will you be all right with them?
better2do: (filled with determination)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[A very determined nod! And for once, something like a smile.]

They're my best friend. I'll be okay.
polyturtle: (I'M TTLY MODEST)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-29 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok. Do you need help finding them, right now?

[Ok, good, he is hopefully helping.]
better2do: icon by me, in-game sprite (it's me your best friend)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-29 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head.]

I'll go to them in a bit. I'm still...taking everything in.
polyturtle: (I'M TTLY MODEST)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-30 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that makes sense. Going to another universe is pretty overwhelming.
better2do: icon by me, in-game art (i was so tired of being a flower)

[personal profile] better2do 2015-10-30 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a moment, glancing around.]

There are...humans here. Right?
polyturtle: (this final jeopardy is hard)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2015-10-30 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I reckon there will be.

[He doesn't even ask why. He can warrant a guess, from his own experience.]

Still, we can figure something out when we come on them. See how they react first to our presence.
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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.]