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TEST DRIVE MEME

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!

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A.
[Jaune lay sprawled on the floor of the temple. He groaned in pain, debating whether to even bother trying to get up. The last thing he remembered was that weird hole he had found half buried in the snow. And now he was staring up at...rocks? Jaune closed and opened his eyes slowly, finally coming to the conclusion that he really probably shouldn't lay there all day -- even if everything hurt.

So he sat up, rubbing his neck. He wondered if he had fallen far from the opening. If he shouted would Ruby or the others hear him? Jaune looked up but saw no sign of an opening in the ceiling where a Jaune-shaped hole should be.]

Great.

[It figured his day would go about this well. They'd probably never let him live this one down. Another epic fail he could add to the list.]
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C.
[Right, because Jaune hadn't even completely figured out aura or semblances yet and now he was supposed to know how to do impossible things like shapeshift or summon a weapon he wasn't even entirely sure was there? Jaune laughs nervously, holding up his hands placatingly and hoping maybe these things are more reasonable than grimm.]

Nice rock monster. You don't want to eat me...I'm---AAAHH!

[Jaune dodged to the left as the small, green thing lunged at his face, rolling and popping back up with ease. It could jump pretty high for a thing with small legs. Maybe it was the number of legs that helped it. Whatever the case, Jaune may not have a weapon but he was still fairly quick and could probably keep from getting bitten...for now anyway. Jaune's eyes immediately flicked right and left to locate the monster. He was probably going to need some help.]

[Since her return to Waverly Bay, Pyrrha had stopped coming by the Heart Room to check for newcomers. She knew she probably should in order to help them, but...she'd mostly been keeping to herself these days. She still went to her jobs and interacted with the people she encountered, but she found she preferred solitude more often than not.

And she couldn't help but sigh a little as she realized that. Her experiences have changed her a bit more than she wished it had.

She was making an effort to reach out to others again, though. It was taking a bit of time, and she was still hesitant about getting too close to others, in case they found out, like Yang did, what had happened to her. But she was trying. And after fighting gem monsters, delivering the bubbled gem to the temple at least gave her an excuse to drop by the Heart room.

But she had barely taken two steps into the chamber, gem floating in its bubble in her palm, when she froze, her eyes widening as her heart drops into her stomach.

It...It couldn't be...!]

J...J-Jaune...?

[Jaune had managed to get on his feet before anyone else entered the chamber. He didn't notice them come in at first. He was too busy peering up into the floating rocks, trying to see a hole that wasn't there. It wasn't until he heard his name that he even registered that someone had joined him. Whether it's the strange location or the fall that has him distracted, at first he didn't connect the voice with someone familiar (let alone someone important to him).

And then he turned around.

Jaune's eyes widened. He's never been good at hiding his emotions, especially when caught off guard. He's an honest one after all and in this case the shock was written all over his face. His face paled and for a moment all he could do was gape. It...it can't be. It felt like the floor was about to fall out from under him or maybe it already had. He managed not to stumble, at least not over his feet. His words, however...]

I can't...P-Pyrrha?

[His voice came out a lot softer than he meant for it to, tripping over his tongue as he brain tried to catch up. He's surprised he could even say her name. He couldn't move. He couldn't speak again until he understood what was happening. How she was even here and alive.]

[Tears were already beginning to fill her eyes, and a tremble passed through her body as she stared. Despite already experiencing something of a miracle being brought back to life by returning to Waverly Bay, and despite being able to spend time with Ruby and the others while she was here, she had resigned to thinking she would never see her own teammates again...never see him again. And yet this world has proven her wrong one more.

And though she started to take a step towards him, she found herself hesitating. Because how could she? How could she talk to him now, after everything that's happened? After what she must have put him through? She didn't even know if he had experienced what she had - if he knew what ends up happening to her. But he must have, for him to react that way to seeing her.

And what right did she have...to seek comfort from him now, after all she had done?

Her breath hitched softly, and she couldn't stop as a few tears rolled down her cheeks as she drew back some, as if getting ready to leave.

She wouldn't run. Not this time. But she was prepared to go...if only because, truthfully, she was scared of what he would even say.]

[God Pyrrha, don't cry. The tears speak volumes to Jaune, but so does her body language. She was his teammate, his partner. And while he'd been a complete idiot before on several matters, he felt pretty confident in his ability to gauge a situation like this. This moment was going to decide a lot of things and, unfortunately, he was at a complete loss.

He did know one thing though and that was that he had been given his partner back.

He could be upset later and, honestly, he'd always been angrier at himself than he'd ever been with Pyrrha. He'd played the scene over and over and while a part of him felt betrayed, the majority of him had just felt an overwhelming sense of guilt. But none of that mattered right now. She was there in front of him and she looked like she was about to run out of his life again.

He wasn't going to let her do this to him again. He wasn't going to let her run away...if he could help it. Wasn't this what he and the others had set out on a quest for anyway? To find answers...and instead he'd found her.

Where she draws back, Jaune surges forward. He's not bold enough to kiss her, not like last time, and that wasn't going to help matters anyway. Besides, the kiss had been all her ~~he tells himself it was probably only for distraction and desperation anyway~~. He does, however, attempt to pull her into a hug--if she doesn't manage to pull away first.]

Pyrrha.

[Truthfully, he didn't know what to say yet, but he wasn't willing to let her flee until he'd figured it out either.]

[She doesn't move when he comes closer, but she can't help but stiffen when he embraces her. Her heart pounds in her chest, and she places her hands on his shoulders, ready to push him away.

Because she can't...she doesn't deserve this...She doesn't...

The tears are flowing more freely now as her body shudders with a silent sob, her arms circling around him as she returns the embrace. And she knows...she knows she doesn't deserve any comfort. But she's too afraid to let go now.]

[She's real. She's solid and in his arms. It's impossible and yet she's there. It's not a dream, not like the one's he'd been having for so long now. This is real.

Jaune's throat tightens. He can't stand seeing her like this. This was Pyrrha. She wasn't supposed to be like this...so...so vulnerable. He holds her for a moment, buying himself a little more time. She's shaking against him, but at least she's returned the embrace. He let's the moment last, but he knows it can't be forever.

He takes a shaky breath and brings his hands up to lightly grip her arms as he pulls back. Partly to continue his own reassurance that she is there and partly to stop her from getting away from him. He's not sure he can stop her, but he's going to try his hardest to ensure that his friends are never able to get away from him like that again.

He wants to look at her more clearly now. He's still close, he wants to wipe away her tears but he's afraid to let go of her arms. He's afraid this will turn into one of those nightmares where she crumbles before him...turning to dust like Ruby had described to him. His voice is soft when he speaks again. He's almost surprised he can speak.]

Pyrrha...I...I'm so glad you're safe. You're here. I...I thought you were gone and I couldn't help you. Why---why wouldn't you let me help you?

[Even as he asks the question he knows it's not fair. He would have been so useless in that fight it wouldn't have even been funny. That still doesn't make him feel any less responsible for the loss of his teammate. It was his responsibility. He was the leader and he had been unable to do anything to support his team as it had fallen apart. He hadn't even been there to SEE it fall apart.]

Pyrrha...I'm so sorry. I couldn't save you. I couldn't...I couldn't do anything.

[There is guilt all over his face.]

[She shudders a bit as he pulls away, and for a moment the fear comes rushing back. She's worried and scared that he'll hate her, and maybe she deserved that.

But the look on his face, the one of sorrow and guilt, hurts so much worse than his anger would have.

With a trembling breath, she shakes her head, and after a moment of hesitation, she reaches a hand up to his face to stroke his cheek, if he would let her.]

J-Jaune...don't. Please.

[More tears were streaming down her face, but she forced herself to steady her voice.]

It wasn't your fault. None of it was. I...I didn't want you to. I didn't want you to get hurt.

[Her hand on his cheek is a gesture he had missed. It was comforting, familiar, and warm.]

I can't help it. I was supposed to be there, Pyrrha. We're partners, remember? I just wanted to protect you. I know that situation was impossible. I know you saved my life that night...but I didn't get to save yours.

[He draws in a breath and lets it out]

I was useless...again.

[She had taken the choice away from him...not that it would have been much of a choice. He knew that's why she'd done it. She knew that Jaune would never had left her willingly. It didn't make it any better or easier to accept.]

Jaune Arc | RWBY | Pyrite or Amber...not sure yet

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