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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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Arrival

[Neku knew holes. It was why he was currently a Gargoyle instead of the form the Fog God had cursed him with orginally. But he couldn't resist crawling in another one even though he knew better. Knew the crushing pain and terror that waited for him.

Only that never happened. There's was a weird tingly between his shoulderblades, but nothing else until he reached the other side, spilling out with a snarl. Most people that arrived in the Temple were humans- he was certainly not- his lower body was made up of blue and indigo scales and oversized reptilian legs, a huge tail... and his arms were wyvren wings. Even his head, while mostly human, was adorned with over sized horns.

He spins around, on all fours, tail lashing- waiting for some kind of attack from *somewhere*]

Outside town

[He wasn't in Ryslig anymore. He should be happy.

He doesn't have to eat human flesh, he doesn't have to fear another random strange painful transformation or attack. But he was still a monster... and the people he had formed his little family with either weren't here or... were actually someone else. Neku wasn't exactly the most social to start with- and over a year in that hell made him all the more reclusive. He didn't WANT to make new friends. He wanted HIS family back.

So instead of exploring the town or temple he hid out in a small cliff over hang looking out at sea, often crawling down the side to vanish into small caves or just staring out at the water- until someone stumbled on him]

Ngh... go find somewhere else to be.

[Finding someone else exploring the outskirts was surprising, but even more so was hearing a familiar voice grumpily telling him to get the fuck out.

Unable to help himself, Beat refuses to move and instead places his fists on his waist, standing at the entrance to the cliff, wings outspread a little to block the light.]

No way dude, how am I s'posed to bug you if yer holed up ina cave I di'nt make an' hidin' away??

[Dropping his wings to let light illuminate him, Beat grins and steps in a little more, trying to get a better look at his friend. He sort of sounded like how he sounded during the volcano stuff.]

[The extra light (and the flames dancing around his mouth- he can't breath fire but his guts are more then happy to crackle either way) proves it's exactly who Beat thinks- and is indeed like he was back when the mountain lured them in.

Neku stares at him, still snarling- if anything he looks even MORE pissed off. After Naomi he can't do this. Seeing a different Beat or Joshua or Rhyme might kill him. The Beat he remembers didn't have wings or hooves]

I said back off.

Whoa whoa - [Is that fire? He's not fire proof anymore, is he?] WHOA BRO IT'S ME I SWEAR.

[Sure, Beat could do the smart thing and back off. Instead he just stands there and scratches at the back of his neck, trying to quickly think of a way to prove it, tail lashing.

Oh.]

Ryslig, bro! 'Member? Gods an' fogs an' things all goin' ass up??

... you're from Ryslig?

[The fire dies out, and while he's obviously still on the defensive he looks less about to attack him]

When... how- did the hole turn you into a demon this time?

[God he sounds so damn hopeful]

Aw man, no. Er, it's all time crap 'gain. I'm from later on, I think? 'Less you [Came back after he died] got changed into a garg again later.

[Shifting aside so more light can come in, Beat makes his way in closer so his friend can inspect him, and he can inspect his friend in return.]

[He hauls himself up onto just his back legs, walking over, his nostrils flaring even though his sense of smell isn't as good as it was as a Manticore]

Time shit again... lovely.

[And all his aggression is just gone]

I'm... really happy to see you, man.

'Mazin' how that comes up a lot.

[He doesn't sound amazed at all. Though he will grin widely and smack Neku on the ... closest spot to his shoulder he can get.]

Same yo! Weren't 'spectin' no one from ho- there to be here! [Not home. No matter how much it felt like it.

And dear god he's not telling Neku the things that happened between volcano and beats time.]

So what we do now bro?

[He hears that near-slip, and doesn't judge Beat for it. He's thought the same thing a few times.

But when Beat claps his sorta-shoulder his claws click on something hard that isn't scale]

Hell if I know- this place is... really different. The humans here aren't even SCARED of the... gems?

[The word Gems makes Beat make a face and his hand goes to the back of his neck, rubbing over something there as he frowns.]

The hell even is these? I uh... I touched the heart stone thing inside [Even without the sign saying touch it, he would have. Press the red button and all.] an' I kinda get it but...

[But it's Beat.]

I think it's kinda similar to what the Fog God did to us- only not as bad. Made us into something to suit it's needs, you know?

[He turns around, holding his wings open. Right between his shoulderblades nestles a stone, but it's clear that's not what Beat clicked- the opal cracks spread from the stone to his scales, more focused on one wing but also lacing the other wing and down his back.

They matched the scars he had carried back from the Pit, the heavier veins on the wing that had been shattered. Even though the wounds had been on his Manticore form apparently they carried over]

You got one too, right?

Ugh, bro, dunno 'bout you but I'm kinda gettin' tired of bein' all putty shaped contestantly.

[The pattern is familiar enough to Beat he recognizes it immediately and he frowns. Scars were shitty that way. His own carried over as well, but at least with his red skin, it was difficult to immediately see.]

Yeah yo...

[He turns and brushes the hair away from his neck. At the base of his skull, slightly hidden in the blonde hair, there's a small red stone, that blends well with his skin. It's only visible when the light of the cave bounces off it.]

[He leans in to look at it]

Wish mine hid that well. Wait-

[That neck tattoo is new-! Only he also recognizes it]

...I did this?

[.. Woops. Okay, no big, it's just the tat.]

Yeah yo. 'Vinced you to tat me up!

[Tilts his head to let Neku see his own handiwork]

Yer pansy ass wouldn't get one too tho. Loser.

Tch, glad future me still has some common sense.

Bluh bluh bluh giant chicken.

[He feels so much better being in a strange place with his friend by his side.]

No, lizard.

[He walks past Beat, standing out in the opening and enjoying the sun]

... damn I'm so glad the stone thing didn't carry over.

Heh, aight yo, true.

[Beat follows to shove his way in beside Neku. Giant lizard butt.]

You di'nt keep anythin' comin' over? No fire or nothin'?

Nothing. I mean, I can spit fire a little, but I'm pretty sure that's from the gem, not from being a gargoyle.

Well, I can still fly. Which you know, I shouldn't be able to do without-

[He wiggles his fingers- indicating magic, god powers, gems hijinks, UG soul power. Everything, anything]

-I'm too heavy even with my wings being this big. But it still works. Everything else is gone.

Huh. I ain't gettin' nothin' from the gem but the urge to pick at it.

[Which he does now, reaching to his neck to scratch at it lightly. He had rocks in his skin before, picking at them became habit. Watching Neku's fingers wiggle is amusing. It doesn't look quite right.]

Maybe summa it sticks. But I ain't got fire, or my possessin' peeps thing. 'Least I ain't hungry fer blood or nothin'. Or human. Could go fer a burger tho.

Edited 2016-06-25 11:23 (UTC)

...can you fly with those things?

How you think I got up here dude?

[With a grin, Beat launches himself off the edge of the cave entrance, quickly spreading his wings to beat powerfully at the air to gain altitude.]

You the one that taught me, bro!

Huh, guess I shouldn't be surprised- who else would, Joshua?

[He winces a little at the name, suddenly missing his friend. Not that he missed a lot of the things Joshau DID, but he was beyond denying that he was his friend regardless]

Neku Sakuraba | TWEWY (Ryslig CRAU) | Boulder Opal

outside town: agua nueva agate

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Arrival