crystalclods | Test Drive Meme | December-February 2016/17


TEST DRIVE MEME
Welcome to the Cosmographia Test Drive Meme! This is a place for you to test out any characters you've been considering for the game or just to splash around in the waters and see what's right for you. Give our infopages a glance over and use the prompts below as a jumping off point! Threads from prompt A and B can be made canon for the game so long as both parties agree to it! Prompts C and D, unfortunately, cannot, as they take their cues from events and Excursions already run in Cosmographia. In short - pick a character, write up a starter and have a blast!
PROMPT A - ARRIVAL
You don't remember getting in this hole but you definitely remember falling out of it. You go tumbling out into the heart of a cavernous temple. Sparkling Gems suspended in bubbles float lazily about the ceiling, just a little out of reach. There's a greenish glow cast over the room by the huge crystal looming before you in the center. It's... curiously heart shaped, now you think to take a closer look at it. If you're curious enough to touch it, you'll get some basic answers about your situation... but then again, there's no guarantee you're just going to walk up to a giant weird thing in the middle of a giant weird room and touch it, right? Why not take a look around and see for yourself what kind of place this is? Perhaps you'll run into someone in the same predicament as you, or perhaps you'll run into someone who can help explain why there's a weird rock now affixed to your body?
PROMPT B - THE FARMER'S MARKET
It's Thursday in Waverly Bay, and that can mean only one thing: the weekly Farmer's Market is here again! The town plaza is all abuzz with activity today. Stalls not only from farmers on the outskirts of town but from crafty residents with interesting homemade items to sell, and businesses looking to attract the Market's crowd are all here! The weather's a little chilly but it's still an excellent place to spend the day, so long as you've got some money to spend. Are you shopping for a good deal on vegetables for dinner? Or perhaps you're getting a feel for the residents, having recently arrived? Or, perhaps, are you an industrious gem who's looking to set up shop? Either way, you're bound to run into somebody in this bustling, busy place.
PROMPT C - INVESTIGATION
Now that you're starting to get a hold of your powers, you've been sent through the warp pads on some kind of mission to Bricktown, the nearby city. As it turns out, the town is suffering from an infestation of small, bird-like creatures that have taken to nesting around town and letting out the most awful of rackets. Poofing these creatures will net you a small Gem shard. Poof as many as you can and bubble all those shards! You won't be able to do it alone, though. Maybe one of these birbs is just a bit out of reach or maybe you've not gotten a hang of your powers yet. Either way, working with your fellow Gems is the best way for you to get to the bottom of this and find where these birds are coming from!
PROMPT D - COMBAT
Uh-oh! Looks like you've run into a monster! These critters can pop up anywhere around Waverly Bay so it doesn't really matter where you were before or what you were up to. All you know now is that you need to buckle down and beat this thing! *Giant Mothwing* - With broad wings that shed scales on the wind, this corrupted Gem bears a striking resemblance to a large moth or butterfly. The body between its wings is no beauty, though - it usually stays rolled into a wheel-like spiral to protect its flat, pinkish gem, but when it uncurls to attack it looks more like a worm with teeth. Yikes! Loud noises make it lash out in agitation. Even when it's not attacking, it flies around restlessly, shedding sharp, glasslike scales that can leave nasty cuts as they whiz past. It'll be hard to get close to it unless it's lured down out of the sky. *Chameleoid* - The shape of this monster's body is more like a tardigrade than a lizard, but its camouflage ability and long, sticky tongue are worth commemorating. The Chameleoid can flatten and expand its body, and change the color and texture of its outer hide to blend in seamlessly with its surroundings, and it uses this ability to duck in and out of battle. Keep an eye out for suspicious movement when it vanishes from view. The Chameleoid shoots out its 20-foot-long tongue to disarm, trip up, and gross out Gems, but it's not averse to eating any small objects it might grab. The inside of its mouth looks softer than the rest of it, so maybe you can turn that to your advantage...? *Hippocampus* - A serpentine monster from the sea that sports a pair of razor-sharp forelimbs, two tusks, two horns, and a wicked set of jaws. Where's the protection for the rest of her body? She has a soft belly and a slightly more armored back. Luckily - for her, not you - she can breathe fire to respond to attacks on her tail. Why does an aquatic monster breathe fire?? Sometimes the world just doesn't have to make sense. She's about three three elephants long and faster on sand than she looks, preferring in battle to slither around swiftly and spit fire, but if caught, she'll turn her horns on you! *Wildcard Option* - Make your own! You know by now that you've got some special powers just from being a Gem. Apparently, from what little you've heard, you can shapeshift into things and pull a weapon from your gem, and you have some sort of unique special power. But maybe you don't know what it is yet, or you're still not used to using it? Guess you're going to have to learn on the job. Don't leave your fellow gems hanging if you see them fighting one of these little guys either! You're going to need each other to take 'em down!
PROMPT E - WILDCARD
Not into any of these prompts? Thought of something more fun? Go for it!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Nod nod.

"Yes. Well, let's see...the first time I met you, you wanted to spar as fellow Electricity-using Precure, it was pretty fun. And Nozomi..."

Pony shoulders aren't suited for shrugs, but Mako manages to do it anyway.

"She's my sister."

"Sounds like me. I've never met another electricity-user until now," laughed Yayoi.

"Oh? Sounds cool. Nozomi would be a cool sister."

"She is! Sometimes she helps out at the lab and we always have fun with that."

Pause for thought.

"Honestly, you're better at it than I am, but that's fine. Everyone has different strengths."

"I'd almost be worried for Nozomi in a lab, but she has gotten better with everything," said Yayoi with a laugh.

She nodded.

"I'm sure you're great at it too. I get this feeling you probably figured out more than I did. All I know is how to throw down lightning blasts everywhere."

"Well, at first, yeah, but once you figured out you could do more you were shaping it pretty easily. Me, I figured out how to make myself a human electromagnet and basically stopped there."

"That's still really cool," admitted Yayoi.

"Wait, shaping it? Like my Thunder sword and stuff? I just saw Reika do it several dozen times and eventually figured it out. Everyone else did too, but with other magic weapon forms."

Mako's tail swishes as she considers.

"You weren't even paying attention at one point and you made a perfect replica of Tokyo Tower. Out of lightning."

Yayoi sputters in a muffled laugh.

"That certainly sounds like me. It sums up my whole team to be honest."

"Until we got out of Equestria, I never met most of your regular team, but...that does sound like them, yeah."

Mako smiles.

"You've been doing good? Seeing anyone lately?"

"That's where the whole pony thing comes into play, right?" asked Yayoi curiously.

She nodded, giving a shrug. "I've had some dates before. I haven't had much of a social life though in between public appearances for my manga signings."

"Yeah, anyone in Equestria gets turns into one of the native races, and humans don't exist there."

Mako considers this before reaching up and patting Yayoi with one hoof.

"I'm sure you'll find a nice girl at some point. You're very lovable."

"That makes sense," said Yayoi thoughtfully. "Helps someone fit in better."

Yayoi blushed but nodded. "I hope so. Wow you really know me well if you know I'm bi huh?"

Shrug. One nice thing about being a polymorphic sentient rock is that she can finally shrug in pony form.

"You're my important friend and collaborator, of course I know you well."

Yayoi giggled at Mako's statement and nodded. "Yeah you have a good point there."

"Plus you're one of the like five people I trust to babysit my daughter."

"Oh you have kids?" said Yayoi. "Grats. They must be a handful."

There's a pause as Mako looks disappointed briefly.

"I guess I'm old enough now that mentioning it casually doesn't shock people like it did when I was a teenager, huh? Anyway, Etranger's actually my foster daughter. She's a three-headed dragon."

"Oh! That does make more sense. That's pretty cool actually."

Yayoi was grinning and rubbed her head sheepishly.

"One of my hobbies is messing with people, but it never did work with you. Some things never change, I guess!"

Yayoi laughed brightly at that. "I've always been dense like that!"

"Hey, you hungry? There's a place in town that does pretty good fish and chips if you want?"

"I can definitely eat. That sounds pretty good to me! Lead on!" Exclaimed Yayoi.

Test Drive Meme | December-February 2016/17

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