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.
your_best_friend: (Default)

[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[A]

Flowey looks about, having absolutely no idea where he is. This is most definitely NOT the ruins. It's... some sort of temple? How did he get here? All he remembers is going through some hole that fit him exactly and then he was here.

...But at least this is a new place. He would have felt excited at this if he was able to feel. Nonetheless, a new place is intriguing enough for him to explore. He might as well meet the locals as well. He disappears into the ground and pops up in front of someone.

"Howdy! I'm Flowey. Flowey the flower. Would you mind telling me who you are and where I am?"

[B]

As you aproach a single flower with golden petals, it springs to life with a great big smile on it's face. ...Do you hear music? Nah, it's probably nothing.

"Howdy there!

Golly, that strange crystal seemed to have talked to me, so now I have to give you two truths and a lie!"

Well, the flower seems to be cutting right to the chase.

"My first statement... I am the prince of the underworld.
My second... I find junior jumbles harder than crosswords.
My third..."

Just then, his face turns into something twisted, like something out of a horror movie.



"I just killed you and you don't even know it."

Flowey pauses to let the last statement sink in. Then he's all back to happy smiles. "So! Which one do you think is the lie?"
Edited 2015-09-29 04:06 (UTC)
onegiantstep: (Welcome to the Space Olympics)

Gentaro Kisaragi | Kamen Rider Fourze | Moonstone

[personal profile] onegiantstep 2015-09-29 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[So you're going about your daily gem business, whether it's bringing in a bubbled monster or coming back after your morning jog, or even coming to after a mysterious you-shaped hole spat you out onto the floor, when all of a sudden...]

Hey, you!

[Oh god, here he comes.]

We're s'posed to being doing this truth thing for the Heart, right? Well c'mon! Hit me with your best shot! I'm gonna sniff out your lies like a bloodhound!

[he's starting to get really intense about playing this dumb party game, maybe you should just roll with it]
bloodredtears: (Give P-Peace a Chance...)

"Rando" | LISA: The Painful RPG

[personal profile] bloodredtears 2015-09-29 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
A. The Heart of the Crystal

[There is a complete mountain of a man prowling around the heart of the temple. His appearance does not exactly give one a sense of ease: he easily stands a little over six feet, and the pitch black cloak he uses to cover his bulging frame, alongside the skull mask he wears, does little to help any fears some might have at the sight of him. The first thoughts a lot of people might have would be either to confront him then and there or to run from him.

Luckily for you, the man has decided your course of action for you as he looks right at you and

...And he just puts a hand up in a non-threatening gesture, signaling that he doesn't want to fight.]


Hello. I h-h-hope I didn't surprise you.

[In comparison to his impressive frame, his voice is weak. Wavering a little, both from the stutter he seems to possess and an uncertainty, it seems, about speaking in general. In just difficulty, knowing what he wants to say but having a hard time getting it out.]

I already touched the c-crystal and heard what it had to say. Um. I don't know how this place w-works still, or all that's going on, but i-if you could tell me where I could help with anything, I-I'd appreciate it. W-We're all in this together, right?

B. Around Waverly Bay

[Rando isn't sure exactly how this is supposed to help anything: is it some kind of weird game? It doesn't seem to be very productive or how it might help either the people here or the people this place has brought here, nor does he have a particular interest in gaining power. But at the same time, it is what he's being asked to do, so it must be important on some level.

Surely the thing that brought him here, to what is, really, a paradise compared to Oliathe, wouldn't just be screwing with him.

Excuse him. A mountain of a man is coming slowly up to you.]


E-Excuse me, this might be odd but d-do you mind if I ask about a f-few things you might assume about me?
kuukai: (10. eh?)

B

[personal profile] kuukai 2015-09-29 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ask... ask wha'?

[ She looks up at him -- he's way taller than her, but then again most people are. Her nose twitches and she folds her arms. ]

Uh, I guess so. Whaddya want ta know?

[personal profile] akindperson 2015-09-29 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Zen just quietly gazes at the enthusiastic young man who had accosted him and boldly declared his confidence in being able to discern the lie from his truths. He still isn't sure why they had to tell a lie along with the truths but someone had explained to him earlier that it was a bit like a game.

There's a few beats of silence as Zen considers what he should say.]


I only have offensive abilities. I was born from humans. I didn't know life until after I met Rei and everyone else.
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[personal profile] bloodredtears 2015-09-29 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I m-maybe didn't explain that well? The, uh, the heart seems to want us t-to play a game? Where I tell two truths and o-one lie? I don't really get how that helps very much. D-Does it ask for things like t-this often?
kuukai: (16. headtilt)

[personal profile] kuukai 2015-09-29 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Wha'. Th'gem? [ Her eyes flick back to the temple. ]

Never heard it do tha' b'fore.
bloodredtears: (T...Tell me more)

[personal profile] bloodredtears 2015-09-29 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
I g-guess? That's what it f-felt like, the way it t-told it was like when I first touched it. It talked about getting a new power which...which is n-new in general? I've never really had a super power before.

[Says the practical walking mountain.]
Edited 2015-09-29 05:10 (UTC)
kuukai: (13. i can be reasonable)

[personal profile] kuukai 2015-09-29 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
So 's yer power... like, bein' able ta lie really well? [ She snorts. Weird power, albeit probably useful. ]

All righ', hit me up.
strawberry_roll: (...What?)

[A] Also WOWIE, UNDERTALE~!

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
*...The Heart's pulling plants in here now?*

Oh, hey there! I'm Ichigo, and this is the Temple. ...You must've just gotten outta your hole, huh...?
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
"It's nice to meet you, Ichigo! Yep! There was a hole and now I'm here. Does this happen often?"
clumsyknight: (One way or another)

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[personal profile] clumsyknight 2015-09-29 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Goofy hadn't been here long now. Only a few short days and he hadn't see Sora or Donald anywhere. Perhaps it truly was a luck of the draw that he may or may not see them here. It made him a little sad, an all too close reminder of whom he left back home as well since starting this journey at the King's bidding. But, he couldn't let that stop him from exploring! Goofy was awfully patient, he'll get to see his son and friends soon enough.

For now, he was perusing the Farmer's Market, everything looking nice and different. Indeed, he already had a bag of food that he wanted to try. He turned away from the stand his was at, bumping right into someone with an 'OOF!']


Aw, I'm sorry, sir/ma'am. Are ya alright?
strawberry_roll: (Oooohhh... 'kay.)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty often. The Heart brings in new folks all the time.

...Hey, did you touch the big gem back in the room where you came in?
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
The heart, huh? What exactly does it do? It can be a very stupid move to tamper in things you don't understand, you know?
strawberry_roll: (Infodump GO!)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's what brings us here and gives us our Gems. But you're already a Gem, so... really, touching it just let it tell you the basics 'bout why we've been brought here an' all, and most of the people who've been around here a while can handle that part.
your_best_friend: (Wat)

[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
A gem? You must be mistaken. I'm a monster. Gems are just pretty rocks found in the earth.

[Looks like you may have t help him a little. If you DO look, Ichigo would be able to find some Epidote on the back of his "head" where the recepticle and stalk meet.]
strawberry_roll: (...What?)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
*Oh, dear. Looking him up and down, she frowns.*

...Well... Everyone who comes through one of those holes gets turned into a Gem. See, look? Here's mine...

*And she turns her left hand so that he can see the Star Ruby resting on the back of it more clearly.*

And yours is probably... Could you turn around a moment...?
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
...If you say so!

[Flowey will go ahead and look behind him, though he doesn't exactly see the point of this.]
strawberry_roll: (Smile brighter than the stars~☆)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah, there it is! Yours is just on the back of your head--! That's probably why you didn't even notice--!
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...Well, then.]

Golly... If I truly am a gem now... What exactly are gems?

[Flowey can't help but be curious.]

...Do gems have souls?
strawberry_roll: (Oooohhh... 'kay.)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Huh...?

*That took her completely off guard, and she tilts her head a little.*

...Well, I... I think so? Like, I don't see why we wouldn't...?
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Flowey looks at Ichigo with shock. A small smile then forms on his face as he laughs a little.]

I finally have a soul again... I... I can feel...

...

Does this crystal heart have an owner, or is it alive?
strawberry_roll: (Looking down...)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
...We don't know. There's a lot we still don't know about the Heart, actually... We just know why we were brought here, and given these Gems and our new powers...

*As she confesses that, she folds her arms, clearly uncomfortable. This part generally isn't easy. At all. And seeing how happy Flowey is right this moment, even if she doesn't entirely understand it... Explaining the rest of it is probably gonna suck.*
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[personal profile] your_best_friend 2015-09-29 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... I guess I'll have to them them later! So what all is there to do around here? Is it just gems here?

...Do they think "kill or be killed"?

[Flowey, stop, because you just might start to scare Ichigo.]
strawberry_roll: (Infodump GO!)

[personal profile] strawberry_roll 2015-09-29 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Hm? Oh, no... There's the beach, and Waverly Bay... everyone there's just human. They weren't brought here the same way we were. They just live here.

And no... no, there's no killing. Fighting, yes, but since we're Gems, if we get hurt too badly we'll just poof back into our gems to recover.

Still, you'll wanna take good care of yours, okay? Don't let it get damaged... and if you do get cracked... or, well. I guess you can't see yours easily, so you'll have to ask others to check up on it for you, huh...?