Test Drive Meme | December-February 2016/17

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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!

Comments

[tyrantball]

Desco draws herself up, placing her hands on her...hips? The purple-grey outcroppings of chitin above her legs, at least.

"Training is for humans. Desco grows stronger by murdering other demons!"

A pause as she tilts her head to one side, the golden eye between her horns blinking.

"Of course, Desco hasn't seen any other demons here..."

[voicetested]

And I doubt you're going to find them, much less murder them. Particularly if you announce your intentions so transparently.

[ Alalia no don't just... give someone advice on how better to murder their fellow kind.

She's eyeing Desco with a little more caution than before, though ]

Is that what you're claiming to be? A demon?

[ WELL REALLY ALALIA WHAT ELSE COULD SHE BE ]

I AM SO SORRY FOR DESCOS EVERYTHING

[tyrantball]

There's a very long pause as Desco just...looks at Alalia, moving her arms so that the golden eyes set in the back of her hands can also stare along with the three eyes on her torso.

There's a slight clicking sound as she taps on the chitin covering her body with one crimson claw.

"...Preachy Lady once asked Desco if she had ever considered finding her own purpose in life instead of just being what Big Sis wanted her to be. Desco honestly believed that was the stupidest question she'd ever be asked in her entire life."

A pause.

"Desco is implying that what you just asked is stupider than that. Desco is very helpfully explaining this because she doesn't think you're bright enough to understand Desco's subtle hidden meanings."

[voicetested]

[ Alalia's face does... something. It's kind of hard to tell what exactly. Her lips briefly purse and twist like she's fighting hard to keep a straight face and to keep a lid on whatever it was she's about to say. But then after a moment, she smiles. Or more accurately, her lips skin back from her teeth. Her eyes crinkle. That's... technically a smile. ]

Ah, I see. I suppose it comes down to a difference in language! Creatures like you are usually simply monsters back in my own world. Perhaps beasts. Demon isn't a word we cared to throw around much. Much too loaded, I suppose.

[ is this passive aggressive enough for you. is it, desco. ]

[tyrantball]

Desco smiles brightly, her serrated teeth gleaming.

"Ah! Desco graciously accepts your compliments! Ahh, the adulation of the idiotic masses makes Desco feel all tingly!"

It is, sadly, extremely difficult to actually insult Desco.

[voicetested]

[ SHE'S STARTING TO SEE THAT. ]

Are all... demons from your worlds like this?

[ She's starting to understand just why they all want to kill each other. Not that she'd say that out loud. It'd be terribly rude. But still. ]

[tyrantball]

"As a Final Boss, Desco is the strongest and most wonderful class of demon, so she is a standard to which other, lesser demons can only aspire."

GRIN GRIN.

"She even receives direct lessons on being a proper Final Boss from the great Tyrant Valvatorez, the most powerful vampire in all the Netherworlds!"