TEST DRIVE MEME

[wearethecrystalmods]

Hello and welcome to the COSMOGRAPHIA TEST DRIVE MEME! This is a place where you can get a feel for your character(s) in the game's setting! A couple quick points before we get down to business:

☆ Please take a look at our Premise, World Information, and our FAQ to get a feel for the rules and setting. This is great if you want to see what the game is about before jumping in!

☆ Test Drive threads are certainly allowed to be used for samples for your application, should you choose to submit one!

SAMPLE SCENARIOS:

A: By whatever means, you've tumbled through a hole into a cavernous temple. Gems suspended in bubbles float about the ceiling, and a large Heartlike gem looms before you. Touching it, whether out of curiosity or frustration, will give you some basic information, 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?

B: It's Thursday in Waverly Bay, and that can mean only one thing: the weekly Farmer's Market is here again! 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! 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.

C: Uh-oh! Looks like you've run into a monster! 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 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!

Comments

[abouttime]

... Underground beaches.

[boywiththelovetattoo]

We're not underground.

[He turns to re-examine the Heart while explaining.]

This is inside of a mountain. There's an entrance to the town outside.

[abouttime]

Are you serious?

[They have no idea what's going on. If they wandered back into the mountain... is this some kinda sick mirror to their own world?]

Can you take me there?

[social lessons 101 ft. frisk. At least they're not outright demanding.]

[boywiththelovetattoo]

[His eyes widen subtly at that, and he pauses for a good moment. When he does finally react, he doesn't say anything. Instead, he gestures with his head before he turns and starts heading for the entrance - a silent invitation.]

[abouttime]

[Being dead for eighteen years takes a lot out of you.

A silent invitation gets a silent response, as Chara starts to follow.]

[boywiththelovetattoo]

[The silence continues as Gaara leads them through the Temple, stopping when the entrance is in view. Outside is pure blue sky and white sand.

His attention goes more to that second thing.]

[abouttime]

[Chara runs completely past him once the entrance is in view, running across the sand and just feeling, the sun on their back and hot sand on their feet, and Jesus Christ lord above is it fucking bright. But they don't care.

They throw up their arms and whoop,] Yes! Surface!

[boywiththelovetattoo]

[Gaara gives them a moment to rush ahead, just sort of watching them for a moment, before he follows. The sun on his skin (his actual skin, he notes with a small frown) feels nice; not nearly as hot as he's used to but definitely comforting.]

It's been some time since you've seen the sky, hasn't it?

[abouttime]

You have no idea.

[They kick the sand around a little.]

[boywiththelovetattoo]

[Hmm. Gaara eyes the sand for a moment. It's light, definitely not the same composition that he's used to, but...

He reaches out a hand, and the sand that Chara kicked rises up slightly to form a wave that laps at their feet.]

[abouttime]

[... blink.]

Was that you?

[boywiththelovetattoo]

Yes.

[He re-crosses his arms. It didn't hurt to double-check nothing was messed up when he came here.]

Testing something.

[abouttime]

Testing what?

[boywiththelovetattoo]

[He looks away for a moment.]

If coming here might have affected my ability to control sand.

[abouttime]

[A human. With... magic? Unless...]

You're not fully human, are you? Besides the whole Gem thing?

[boywiththelovetattoo]

I'm...

[He actually has to think about this for a long moment. Eventually, he settles on the simplest answer he can.]

No.

[abouttime]

I figured as much. [They point towards the sand beneath their feet.]



Normal people can't do that. Not where I'm from.

[boywiththelovetattoo]

Ninjas usually have some sort of special skill that runs in family bloodlines. But that ability in particular is unique to me.

[abouttime]

[The way he says it, ninjas must be some kind of sub-class of humans with a special, magic gift. A little like Boss Monsters.]

You, or your family?