crystalclods | Test Drive Meme | August-September 2016

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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!

Threaded | Flat

B Pidge was drawn out of introspection and practice with her new 'gem' powers by the prospect of fresh, real food. She was happy to hunt down various things that she hadn't had in so long. Fresh veggies, fruits and all sorts of goodies. She had managed to get a little money, and was already close to spending all of it to get fresh foods. At the moment she was looking over some ripe apples that looked bright and juicy. "Oh quiznak I miss apples. I should have just enough for one. Let me just grab my wallet I-oops." As she was grabbing her wallet the food she had already bought tumbled out of her arm's hold.

C "Uhg... Of course, it would have to break down with me on this side." Pidge said, looking over the warp pad for a few moments and testing it's edge. "Hmm... Maybe I should check for the relic... and if it isn't back up when I return... then see if I can't make it work." She said, looking around before sliding the palm of her left hand over the gem on the back of her right. The glow from it materialized into a spade shaped Katar. Now that she was armed, in case of danger, she moved off toward what looked like it might have once been computer... ish, stuff.

Edited 2016-08-19 06:16 (UTC)

Arrival

[He can barely remember anything. He thought he had been talking to-

-who was he talking to? Someone important, certainly. She had been crying. Screaming. Reaching out with one small hand to him. Begging him to come to her. She looked so much like-

-but everything after that was just static and pain. A feeling of his guts dropping. He knew that feeling well, he dreamed often of falling.

Then there was the hole.

He had to get to the hole, but he couldn't move right. Even breathing hurt. And something... something else was demanding he get up- but unlike the hole, which felt safe, this was like fish hooks in his mind and his joints, yanking and tugging even while his body screamed in agony. He couldn't get up, but he was going to get up regardless if these strings of pure pain had anything to say about it. They were blanking what was left of his mind and soon there'd be nothing to resist what they wanted.

And well, Takumi was a stubborn man, certainly. So instead of sleeping he gripped at the ground, yanking out grass as he pulled himself. A few feet were like miles but the hole was right there it was RIGHT THERE an-

Someone spilled out of one the of Heart Gem room holes. But any chance to see who they were was quickly lost as their body glowed and returned to light, poofing back into their gem. The stone clattered across the floor with the remaining momentum, skidding to a stop against someone's feet.]

Combat

[He had been there for awhile now, and it was... refreshing. His mind felt like his own again for the first time in awhile. No headaches, no pain. Takumi wanted to get back of course, now that his body was healed- he couldn't leave his family to fight this war alone.

But there seemed to be no way to do so. The Heart wanted peace restored to this land. So he just had to have faith in his siblings and do what he could to do that until he could return. He just wasn't sure what he was going to do when he got back. Her eyes haunted his attempts to sleep- he was glad Gems apparently didn't need it. Better to spend those late nights training. And fighting, apparently.

The beast was on the beach, having slithered out of the sea while Takumi had been tossing stones. Now he was facing off with it, his bow (not the Fujin Yumi, but it sure FELT like the sacred weapon) drawn and an arrow of pure energy nocked. The gem set in the back of his neck glowed softly, visible in glimpses as his hair swayed.

He was fine taking this thing down alone, certainly. After all, who even else would be up this late at night?]

[C]
The mess here would put the laboratories back at home to shame...

[Magicians are often known for being messy, though Altair doesn't follow the stereotype of the eccentric mage whose laboratory is unnavigatable. He prefers things tidy - but he knows there's some truth behind the stereotype.]

Exactly what was the relic supposed to look like? I know they said 'helix shape', but did they give color, size...?

[Probably not, that would make things easy. Easier.]

[B]
[Altair has been distracted by a stall selling musical instruments. As he picks up a tambourine...]

Hmm... I wonder if we can bring anything we buy here back home. Do you know?

[You look like a fellow gem, and maybe you've been here a little longer.]

[B]

Well, here's a peculiar shop among the hustle and bustle of fruit and vegetable sales: A cozy little stand dressed in silken cloths and shining charms. If anything, it screamed 'fortune teller', but rather than the scents of incense and the centering hum of a teller there resided the alluring smell of freshly-brewed tea. There was humming, yes, but a more melodic sort from the stand's rather bored keeper. Her feathered cap lay rested upon the counter, the adornment caught up in the steam wafting from a steadily-cooling cup of drink.

Beneath the passively smiling face that nestled atop a pair of ring-covered hands lay a sign reading: Homemade Tea for Coin or Thread

What did that mean...?

[D]

It all started as a routine trip to the market for some bread and milk, but it turned into an encounter with a very large... er... well, it certainly looked like a behemoth, but she wasn't 100% on that.

Problem number one was that she couldn't find her bow.

Problem number two was that, in her habit of singing when she was nervous, she noticed that the creature was content to stare her down rather than rip her to shreds here and now.

Her solution? Keep singing! Even dance! But even as she moved, she found herself without any other options. Seven hells, she was hoping this was working somehow, but she wouldn't mind a bit of backup...!

Exploration

Ah. The majestic outdoors. What better place than the wilderness.

Megumin had found a wonderful set of ruins, and she was about 90% sure there wasn't a Duluhan in the ruins. So, raising her staff, she grinned.

Arcane magic swirled around her as she started her chant, and seconds later the world turned red as a angry explosion descended upon the landscape, charring ash with its... fireworks.

Yep, fireworks. Not explosion.

Megumin scowled. "I need MORE points into this? I can't believe this I...!"

FLOP.

And now she's on the ground, exhausted. Help?

Market

Megumin is tired.

She's hungry.

She has no coins on her.

And thus, she is inchworming her way towards a market stall, trying to get at her food. But she is too hungry to state otherwise.

"Fooooood..."

A Stepping back from the giant heart Julien cranes his neck, looking down his own back at the gleaming blue stone embedded in the feathers of his back, not far above his tail. He's pretty eye-catching, looking like nothing so much as a blue and white pigeon the size of a microcar, or maybe a pony.

"...And now I'm a rock. You know, being actually visibly human was nice," he says to himself, in a light tone. Depressing thoughts are following that one and he would really prefer they didn't, so he shakes himself off, feathers fluffing, and tries to catch the eye of anyone in the room with him.

E So if he's a rock now and his body is a projection and changeable... how does he shapeshift? Julien's been trying since he ended up here and has acquired a tall mirror with only one or two cracks in the face to help, carrying it around and planting it in various out of the way places so he can watch himself try. So far all he's managed to do is look silly.

"Am I doing it wrong?" he asks his reflection. "Is this one of those 'don't try so hard' things?"

Edited 2016-08-20 00:15 (UTC)

A]

"...Am I dreaming again?"

Souji was prone to odd dreams, he knew. This time around he could vaguely recall the fog filled, soundless world with someone telling him the truth was shrouded, and that odd ache inside him could barely be brought to be more than a spark before it faded along with the dream.

And other times he dreamed about being his friend's parents, or fighting the Fox in a Luchador mask. He was never sure what he was going to get, but this time, falling out of a hole and landing hard on his backside (Familiar, again, he was getting kind of sick of this-- this was 3 days running already) and being in an odd stone temple...

Filled with gemstones. Beautiful, gorgeous gems of every shape, cut and colour, floating in bubbles way above his heads. And a large, heart shaped gem in the middle.

Okay. He knew how this stuff flew-- if he touched it, something would happen, right? It happened already like, 4, 5 times already if he counted the previous time loop. The question is, did he want to know?

"...Only one way to find out."

He must have been a cat in a past life, as he reached out to press his hand against the large crystal heart--

B]

Well, he needed a job to keep himself busy, even if his Qualities were already well built up. You could find him wandering around the stalls and stores, looking for job openings, as well as bargains and good quality ingredients. He wanted to do something for his friends, after all...

Edited 2016-08-20 03:11 (UTC)

Arrival

Mewtwo is nothing if not a Pokemon of its instincts. (..."Gem" of its instincts.) Of course it touched the Heart.

It's hard to reconcile this feeling of comfort with the rational knowledge that nothing is right, and Sird was not in that hole, and that whatever's just happened to Mewtwo means it can't get back out there and wring her neck. Harder still to get over the realization that its power is gone - it'd taken three steps out of the room and wobbled, taken aback at the resounding emptiness where its psychokinesis usually sat, omnipresent.

So it did what its instincts told him to, and retreated to the Heart. Out there there were sure to be others, other Gems(?!) and Pokemon and humans, and there was that nagging mistrust in its heart that didn't want to see another soul unless it had all the power at its disposal it was used to having. In here, there was this strangely comforting rock, which smoothed out the anger and the ~~fear~~ agitation and welcomed Mewtwo warmly into its sanctuary.

It perches on top of the Heart, with its feet folded under it, closes its eyes, and focuses. On the Heart - why on earth does it cause these feelings? - and on the kunzite stone now set on Mewtwo's stomach, where its navel would be if it had one.

If anyone intrudes on its meditation...it'll figure out what to do about that when it happens.

Combat

Some Gems have swords, some have gauntlets, some have...giant spoons?

At least this is familiar. The weight of the spoon, blessedly, is the same as the one he'd normally create with his psychic powers. It spares Mewtwo about half the stumbles he could be making. The other half are inescapable, as it turns and jumps and expects to lift into the air on reflex and...doesn't.

The Chameleoid should be easy to take down. Mewtwo can imagine exactly how it would go. Not being able to just do it drags out the process - not to mention it frustrates Mewtwo, and the more frustrated it gets, the more it can feel its technique slipping. It leaps over the tongue, tries to lunge in close and jab its spoon into her hide, and - the Chameleoid just vanishes. Dammit.

Mewtwo wobbles backwards, glancing around itself to assess the battlefield by sight. What it wouldn't give for a trainer right now - at its current level of ability, it wouldn't even have to be Red. But nobody here is a proper trainer (and it's not a proper Pokemon), just fellow fighters -

- and the Chameleoid is back, flicking its tongue at one of them. Mewtwo sends a single telepathic "!" at her target, a wordless plea to get the hell out of the way.

B
[Today there's a man with a white leather coat and overly-belted window pants in the farmer's market...with horns...and a weird tail...and pretty much nothing else. He's sorting what looks like dried leaves and flowers into silk bags before deftly tying them into bundles and placing them into piles.

If you're just passing by, he'd be more than willing to offer you a sample from a kettle that's slowly brewing over a hot plate. Care to try some?]

C

[Compared to his friends back home, he's actually not nearly as adept at combat. So, he's volunteered to help investigate, pondering over various artifacts and books with a keen interest. Sometimes, he finds himself distracted by one of the books, poring over its contents before realizing he has more of the room to investigate.

Come bother?]

It felt like the jostling wake up call a person gives themselves when they fall out of bed when Shinjiro came back to consciousness, hitting the ground and rolling a bit before sitting up slowly. The teenage boy greeted the cavern with a pained "Fuck..."

A lot had just happened back home. Recalling that information, he brought his hand to his chest, only to be surprised by a very solid feeling. It felt like stone. Stone where he should have been wounded.

So, he wasn't dead. There would be no answers revealed by just sitting around. He climbed up to his feet and started to look around the strange area, the floating gemstones in particular catching his eye. Thinking he may have been somewhere in Tartarus, he braced himself for the appearance of shadows. He was ready to fight if necessary, even without a weapon.

A

[The newest arrival to the temple isn't actually.. moving. She's awake, she's clearly alert but she's not actually getting up from where she sits on the floor, examining her hands with a sort of wonder normally reserved for those in the middle of a really intense drug ride.

After a while this fascination seems to turn to her FEET, apparently simply having them is a strange and wild wonder. Only after a good HOUR of just sitting there will she even try to get up and stand to her full considerable nearly eight feet tall height.

And wobble with the precarious balance of someone who hasn't walked for quite a while, arms spread to the side, the first step cautious at best.]

I got this, I got this..!

[No she doesn't. The wobble goes a little too far and she crashes over with a yelp. She'll be back up in a minute, surely.]

B

[Yep this is definitely Earth, that looks like an Earth sky, those look like Earth people, but BOY has technology changed!

Having ventured out of the temple and now on far steadier legs, Carnelian's ventured into inhabited areas! And found somewhere comfortable to sit (directly on top of a parked car in fact; it's dented a bit under her weight) and watch people and gems go by with wide-eyed fascination.]

I guess this means we won. Look at it all..

[Her tone is quiet but still easy to overhear, etched in the same obvious fascinated wonder she's been regarding everything else so far.]

C

AARRGGHH, WORK YOU STUPID MACHINE!!!

[Boy is that a loud angry voice. Carnelian had gotten here just fine! She'd found a whole lot of dusty stuff just fine, and something that looked potentially useful to the nerds back at the temple, but getting back OUT just ISN'T WORKING.

Of course, her primary idea of fixing anything is percussive maintenance. By the kick she just gave the warp pad, this was clearly supposed to HELP somehow. This really isn't out of the ordinary for someone who might be rather temperamental. That what looks like fur matching her patterning and coloring is spreading down her arms and back is possibly a bit more strange. She doesn't seem to be shapeshifting.. at least not on purpose.]

Come on! I don't want to be stuck here all day!!

[A]
"Almost--- hnrff--!!"

The massive tumble and thud that brought him to the cavern's floor was brief, but the embarrassment of landing on his back shell's spikes and having to struggle to right himself was... lasting much longer than he would have wanted. Not that the view of the twinkling ceiling wasn't pretty, but he was pretty sure he had more pressing things he needed to be looking for. Like a way back out. This might have been his first time going through a Wondertrade, but he was pretty sure all of this wasn't supposed to be a part of it.

"U-um... help?"

Huh. Did his voice sound a little... weird today? Kinda like a human? Well, he'd tack it onto the list of questions right after how he picked up that weird, rocky lump parting his chest fuzz. Maybe he rolled over it and it somehow got stuck while he was tumbling into... wherever he was.

Looked a lot prettier than most rocks he'd seen, though...

[B]
After a thorough and satisfying explanation of his current situation, Chesnaught had plenty of time- and some actual on-his-feet balance- to get a feel for his newfound 'home'. Not to say he didn't have a few new questions on his mind, though- was it still unusual for him to be walking around a marketplace without a trainer? More importantly, if he was supposed to be some kind of gemstone now, was it weird that he was feeling hungry? Or did gemstones get hungry, somehow? And if they did, what did they even eat?

He hoped it was those sour berries he liked so much. Then he wouldn't feel guilty about eating so many. But he wasn't going to be doing that anyway; his old trainer was the one who carried the money, so without him...

Well, he'd mostly be walking stall to stall and asking "What can I do to get this" when he wasn't staring forlorn at 'chocolate oranges' and 'sour apples'...

[There's a new arrival in the temple, hasn't even picked himself up off the floor yet. He's a tiny thing, certainly no older than nine. He's coughing pretty hard, and he's... wet?

And naked. Is this kid okay???]

B.

Considering everything, being able to eat with fresh veggies was a must for Fumina as she traversed the market, picking up things from different stands and paying them. Fortunately she had gotten to the gem-run bank and traded in what little yen she had for the amount she had.

"Two mangos please," said Fumina as she was handed them and she traded the coins for it. Smiling, she turned to leave when quite frankly, she wasn't looking where she was going, and practically ran into someone. "Sorry! I wasn't looking!"

D.

Going out into the forest, even if it was pretty was a bad idea and Fumina was backed up against a stone wall. She hadn't realized that the giant moth was hostile, and she spent most of the time running away from it.

The giant mothwing flew up into the air and blew a gust of sharp scales and Fumina yelped, shielding herself. Suddenly, without warning, the scales split into pieces and fell to the ground from a beam fired from a tiny opponent.

"... I was saved?"

Looking up, Star Winning Gundam stood in front of her, its tiny gunblade drawn defensively. "Star Winning..."

It turned to look at her, and nodded. "You're alive..." said Fumina in awe.

It winked at her, and turned to face the opponent as she grinned. With her Winning Road in hand, she might just come out of this alive. "Lets go, Star Winning Gundam!"

And the tiny opponent took off at the moth, earning a challenging noise from the creature. Though, to be fair, Fumina probably needed more help too.

C - INVESTIGATE
[He was used to missions, though usually they were more about stopping a certain evil scientist and not a fetch quest. But, all the same, he'd volunteered because what ELSE was a displaced secret agent going to do?

Perry arrives and hops off the warp pad, looking around with a scowl. This wasn't exactly what he had in mind; it was a wreck! Perry hadn't seen a disorganized mess this bad before, and he lived with two kids! He sighed and mimed rolling up nonexistence sleeves -- best to get to work. Perry waddles over to the nearest pile and starts tossing things around. He gets pretty focused, so he might accidentally hit someone if he's not careful.]

D - Combat
[The small semi-aquatic mammal slammed into the cliff side, causing his hat to fall off. He made a grunting noise when he hit, but didn't react in time when the Chameleoid's tongue shot out and snatched up his hat, the fedora disappearing into his mouth. Perry looked disgusted, sticking his own tongue out. That was his favorite (and only) fedora here! Perry pushed himself back up onto his feet, now it was personal! He started running for the Chameleoid again, but pulled up short when it vanished into thin air. Perry blinked and looked around, but there was no sign of it.

Huh...that was weird.

Perry is then suddenly hit again, but this time he reacts and does a flip in the air, slashing his beaver-like tail at what looks like nothing but is apparently the Chameleoid because it flickers back into view for a split second. Perry's foot gets caught by its tongue though and the creature tosses him up into the air. He twists to prepare his landing and notices the Chameleoid has disappeared again. Perry lands on the ground in a crouch, scanning the area. Now where did it go? He needed that hat back!]

A - ARRIVAL

Corgi was digging, and now there are shiny things! Yay, shiny things!

Corgi is going to bark at them! Come down here so he can play with you, shiny things!

B - FARMER'S MARKET

Corgi is smelling things! Tasty things!

Hello human! Corgi is sad, please give him those tasty smelling things you have!

A

"Oh, wow, look at this place!" If you happen to wander back into the cave, you'll find a gray pegasus wandering around in complete awe. Even if her yellow eyes are all googly-eyed. She looks absolutely happy to be here.

"It's so pretty here!" she says before noticing you. "Oh, hi! You're looking at the stones, too? Don't they look amazing? I'm sure Rarity might want to check out this one!"

And as she goes to lay a hoof on it, instead of zapping her with all the information she needs, it... slides out of place and drops to the ground.

"Wh-Whoops! Sorry, I-I don't know what went wrong here! I just touched it!"

C

Muffins has been assigned to help you guys out in the investigation! However, despite the fact that you guys have no idea what to look for, she's busy trying her best to look around...

...even if there's a loud crash and she probably broke the Warp Pad, too.

"I'm okay... really!"

[Gem: agate on her throat.]

[A]

[A child, nine or ten at best, carefully steps out of the hole and tumbles to the floor as it shuts behind her. With a small "ow," she pulls herself to her feet and brushes off her somewhat dated-looking dress. She picks her hat off the floor where it's landed and looks around, confused...]

Sharon? Val? ...Diane?

[B]

[The farmer's market isn't as big as the ones she's used to in the big city, but for a lost child from 1963, it still instills a bit of trepidation. Careful not to touch anything, she looks in awe at the food and clothes, drawing closer to a scarf. She stops when she notices the price tag and tilts her head to the side.]

Thirty-two dollars? Do things really cost that much in the future?

[D]

[Melody was just checking out the community gardens, noting all the plants and making sure there weren't any weeds or other problems. Nothing was supposed to go wrong. She stops cold and slowly turns around at a sound, where a Strawberry Spider has started lumbering up towards her.

Her hands go to her throat and she stares up, shaking and rooted to the ground.

Someone help.]

A

[His vibe was supposed to return to 'normal'. But this felt far from normal. If anything he felt mostly like he had for the past three weeks, and looking down to prod at his body after walking through the door to the Dead God's pad and into... here... he looked like he had too.

Well except for one thing. The perfectly round stone orb, about the size of his fist that was hovering over his shoulder. As if he was lifting it with his telekinesis. But something instinctively told him he wasn't- that it was part of him, like a limb. It bobbed and weaved, but never drifted more then a foot away as he wandered the strange crystal room he found himself in.

Neku spotted the giant heart gem and the sign hanging near by. Touch it? Instead he crosses his arms, giving it the stink eye]

Yeah no, sounds like an idiot trap to me.

[It'll probably explode]

D (Giant Mothwing)

[Some gems had weapons. He guessed he might too, but if he did he had no idea how to summon it. Instead when it came to a fight he reverted to what he knew.

Neku was floating a little off the ground, 'skating' along the ground with his telekinesis as the giant bug's scales fell around him. With an occasional flick of his hand he sends them back at it, trying to slice it in return. But so far he was only agitating it.]

Fine, you wanna be that way?

[He stops defending, instead focusing on one of the nearby large rocks, hefting it up to fire at it- and leaving himself open to it's attacks]

~B~

Oh. Oh, wowsers! Is this real? How is this real?! WHAT EVEN IS THIS. Jazz is just wandering around the Farmer's Market, staring wide-eyed at the...everything. How does this even work.

"Oh man, this is super-awesome-mega-epic!"

So, yeah, there's a new Gem freaking out over the concept of produce.

Prompt A:

[There's a slightly pudgy, terrified and confused-looking teenaged girl who seems to be a new arrival. She's taken a very vested interest in the various bubbled gems, poking them for a while before determining that she can't really pop them.

She's clad in a blue and silver swooshy dress that is absolutely dripping with sparkles and has some killer jewelry to match, almost making the glittering little tiara that signifies her status irrelevant. Seriously. There are so many sparkles you'd be forgiven if you didn't notice the little gem that's now stuck to the back of her right hand.

That dress is also incredibly difficult to move around in, given that the panniers give the skirt the wingspan of an albatross and the train is maybe 20 feet long. As a result, her presence is taking up about a third of the heart room. She walks over and reaches out just slightly to touch the heart-shaped gem in the center...

...and then she trips over her probably 50-pound outfit and falls on her face. Good thing her gem isn't cracked.

Help.]

Prompt E - Amusement Park

[Okay, she's learned her fucking lesson from her arrival, and that's no more DROWNING IN FRILLS, ever. At least not while she's here. As such, she's wearing a simple floral sweater and long-ish skirt she found from the thrift store.

She's also... getting on the roller coaster.

And getting back on as soon as she gets off. This continues for a while.

When not obsessing over the roller coaster, she's observing some of the games in the arcade and moves toward one she's sure she can actually play without embarrassing herself. Looks like some sort of rhythm game.

Care to be her Player 2?]

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A - Arrival

[Man what did he get himself into now? Out of a hole tumbles out some sort of goat-like minotaur ~~that almost smells like one too~~ who looks pretty steamed over the fact that he didn't land very nicely on his now aching tail.]

Mmf... this doesn't look like anywhere I've been before.

[Blue gazes around at the place, but his instincts are strangely quiet and he's not sure he likes it. Something glints on his hand almost like it was trying to catch his attention and he stares at it for a second, bewildered until he spots the giant heart-shaped gem in the room glowing ominously. What is that, what's all of this?]
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B - Market

[Blue has to be careful of what his horn bumps into overhead, but he strolls through on icy blue hooves, he's in a strange place again without any of his gear and still not a hylian again.

Huh, a cheese stand. Maybe a snack wouldn't be that bad, but then he pauses at a striped wheel of goat cheese. Weird that it looks an awful lot like what's on his head.]
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C - The Four Sword Lives Forever!

[Seems someone's figured out his gem weapon and he's incredibly pleased that it looks close enough to a certain sword. The minotaur eyes the rampaging gem beast and... makes a tusked grin. This is different than the fight in that bloody maze, far from it... it's exactly the kind of situation he's familiar with from Hyrule. This time he can be the hero he knows he still is!]

Hey ugly! You don't look that tough to me...!

[Whether that thing rises to his taunt or not, he swings at the strawberry covered (and scented) spider monster with his newest sword. No shield, but he doesn't need a shield.]

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A) Arrival

[It seems that there's a new arrival around here. Annoyed, she gets onto her feet and starts dusting off her kimono-like robes as she mutters under her breath.]

That is the last time I let Miss Washu talk me into one of her little experiments. Blasted woman doesn't know when to use something else instead of us...

[At that point, she takes notice of whomever might be stepping in to see who has shown up.]

You there! Tell me where I am and how I can get back to where I came from. To be quite honest, I don't see me getting back the way I came in. Stupid woman probably thinks it's hilarious.

B) Farmer's Market

[This little place feels so... strange. Even back in the home she stays in at Earth, they didn't have things like this. Curiosity is getting the better of her as she starts looking around at the various items on display.]

Curiouser and curiouser. It's like a little... oh, what do they call it... "knick-knack" place. Are they really this good?

D) Combat

Get back! I'm warning you!

[Oh, of all the things she could end up getting caught up dealing with, it's a Chameleoid. The thing is creeping her out terribly, especially with that tongue it possesses. Seeing as Ayeka hasn't figured out her weapon just yet, she's more pronounced to grabbing a rock and chucking it at it.]

I will not let you try to turn me into your dinner, you got it?!

A) Arrival

Oh...! Aha! This is quite the predicament.

[And lying on the floor is a woman garbed in a fancy white gown with golden regalia on her head. Probably the most interesting thing about her is the rainbow-like hair that's a part of her.]

Excuse me! May I ask for some assistance? I've never been a human before so I have no idea on how I can get up and be steady on my two... feet? Oh, it's so weird not saying "hooves".

C) Investigation

Such a strange place. I really wish we were given a lot more simplier instructions other than "Find this at X location."

[As Celestia wanders around, she lets out a little sigh.]

Oh, who am I kidding? I know for a fact that would be something I would do. Of course, I'd hope I wouldn't be very vague about it... Have you found anything yet?

Arrival

[He and R.J. had been stalking the little glasses nerd from Max's crew- things were going pretty well, when-

-well, when he had the very sudden and insistent urge to go in one of the girls' bathrooms. Which was weird cuz he didn't even have to pee. But Johnny Jhonny was a (young) man that lived day to day on instinct and bad life choices. So of course he didn't even stutter in his step before doing it. R.J. didn't even stop him- they probably assumed he had some plan.

Or really really needed to pee.

Which was how he stumbled into this weird rock room. RJ didn't follow, which was probably weirder then the room itself, in his mind. He couldn't manage to wiggle back into the hole (though he got pretty far, he would be proud to say), so it looked like it was time to explore a bit.

Only there was this weird rock thing in his hand and his first thought was the 18 hour marathon of monster movies they just watched last weekend and 'alien egg'. So time to take care of that first.

Which is how one might find a 12 year old sitting on the Heart Room floor aggressively trying to chew his gem off the palm of his hand. Hard enough there are audible 'clickclick's]

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