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Test Drive Meme | August-September 2016









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 the Gem Observatory. From the sounds of things, there's an ancient relic here somewhere that could serve useful for the Gems in the Temple and someone has to go out and find it.

... the only problem is that you're not exactly sure where you should start looking in this place. And on top of that, it's a complete mess. Junk and debris and books and papers everywhere with no clue where this relic could be. You're going to have to do some serious digging to find this thing.

And on top of that, you might find that when you try to go back the warp pad you took here has managed to stop working in between your arrival and now. Maybe something went wrong back in the control room? Or the pad itself needs fixing? You'll have to poke around in the guts of the machine to try and figure this one out.
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...?

Strawberry Spider - Though its long, spindly legs holding it off the ground make it look like a spider, this monster is actually mostly made up of plant material. Trees and strawberry plants are rooted in the corrupted Gem's featureless, geometric body, forming woody legs and blanketing the monster in foliage and strawberries.

Its aroma may be sweet, but the Strawberry Spider is ruthless and very, very perturbed. It stands 15 feet tall and 25 feet wide, and its skittering feet move fast to stomp on attacking Gems. Thinking of cutting off a leg? Try it, and hundreds of strawberry runners will immediately sprout from the stump to ensnare you. The strawberries are hungry, and they've got a "taste for blood"...

Damaging the plants living on it won't actually hurt the corrupted Gem, and they grow back fast. This will be a tough monster to defeat.

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!
redpeacoat: (what's that?)

[personal profile] redpeacoat 2016-08-24 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Judging by its lack of response, it didn't seem capable of providing a direct reply. It seemed to understand him to some extent though, the creature's stance less threatening. He, too, let down his guard slightly. For all he knew, this was its home, and he was unintentionally trespassing in it. Mewtwo could check him out all that he wanted to.
psywaves: ([frlg] assessing)

[personal profile] psywaves 2016-08-24 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Intimidating appearance, for an unexceptional height. Confident? Not easily spooked.

Hmm.

Mewtwo turns back to the Heart and places a hand on it, closing its eyes briefly, as though listening. Then it opens its eyes, and beckons Shinjiro over to the giant rock with the same hand.]
redpeacoat: (now what?)

[personal profile] redpeacoat 2016-08-24 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It wanted him to touch the heart too? Alright. He shuffled towards the rock, extending an arm. Upon contact, he was instantly connected with voice informing him of the basics. He was a 'gem'? With powers? It sounded like one of those video games Iori got lost in on a daily basis.

He stepped back and looked at the creature beside him once more. It was a gem too, obviously. But Shinjiro hadn't been one for very long, fingering the burned holes in his pea coat to touch the stone-like material embedded in his chest. It seemed it hadn't either. "You probably have as much of a clue to what's going on as I do." He muttered.
psywaves: ([frlg] uncertain)

[personal profile] psywaves 2016-08-25 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes, that, exactly. Mewtwo nods at him, putting its hand idly back on the Heart. (It's comforting.)

Now, don't get it wrong. Its instincts would rather it do nothing more than park itself back on the Heart and refuse to acknowledge this unfamiliar human - strangers make it very, very nervous, and if it had its psychokinesis, that nervousness would become aloofness and aggression in a hot second.

But - call it a nudge from the Heart, maybe. The fact is that it doesn't have its psychokinesis, and so, if it's to make any progress here, it'll have to overcome its worries and find other Gems it can work with. So...it should take the risk. Push through its unease and accept this confused stranger.

Mewtwo lifts its other hand, and - hesitates for a moment. Then it points to the exit, making a tiny, voiceless grumbling noise, and glances a question at Shinjiro.]
redpeacoat: (what's the plan?)

[personal profile] redpeacoat 2016-08-25 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a brief moment of surprise in his expression; the creature could understand him, or at least seemed to get the drift of his words. He followed Mewtwo's gesture. "Yeah, we should get the hell out of here." They only had limited information from the heart, and it was information that spawned more questions.

Shinjiro started ahead first, figuring the other would follow. Better he get surprised by any hidden traps or enemies before it did.
psywaves: ([art] fortitude)

[personal profile] psywaves 2016-08-27 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[...Decisive. Mewtwo respects that.

It keeps up easily, leaving little space between them. It uses the time to mull things over - turning over in its head whatever instinct compels it to care for the Heart (it is a rock.) and the possible consequences of this situation it's landed itself in.

A quiet "rrrrr" noise builds in its throat the more it thinks, like an irritated cat's warning whine, and it doesn't quite realize it's glaring holes in the wall until something flicks past in its vision and it has to come to an abrupt halt and shake off its focus to get a good look at it.

On the wall, there's...something. The light's low, but it looks like...paint? Like a deliberate marking of some kind.

It looks up. Is Shinjiro still walking ahead?]
redpeacoat: (?)

[personal profile] redpeacoat 2016-08-30 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
He had kept moving forward, but when Mewtwo's presence seemed to disappear, he glanced back, noticing the creature had stopped. Had it found something?

"What is it?" He asked, closing the distance he'd created between them and approaching the mark on the wall.