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You awaken amidst the darkness with only a faint light to greet you. Your body is hemmed in by shards of crystals, gently sparkling and possibly pricking your skin. The surrounding landscape is dyed in the pinks and purples of the dusk filled with crystals protruding from the ground, some as large as a skyscraper. Even the few shy moon creatures you find in the wild have strange crystal growths on their hides. This is far from home— perhaps a dream? You pinch your skin and slap your cheeks, yet nothing seems to do the trick. Searching for answers yields nothing but an endless expanse of purple dust as far as the eye can see. You have four options: one, panic; two, soil yourself; three, admire it all then soil yourself; or four, go into survival mode. Eventually, you’ll realize that you’re not alone.

After a day or two of living off the crystal wilderness, a group of people find you worse for wear. They are the gallant Moon Knights from the planet of Prismatica. After the strange phenomenon during the past months when scientists observed the sudden appearance of rainbow crystals in the sky, the government has been feverishly combing through the moon for more Moonblessed to be rescued. You’ll eventually be brought into Iris’s moon government center.

You all may have your usual inquiries — Where are we? Who are you? What's going on? Why did I inhale all those permanent markers in the third grade? — and the Prismals are almost too eager to answer. They tell you about their world and about the first appearance of the Moonblessed as the medical staff give you an examination to make sure you’re not carrying any viruses or biological hazards. If you react violently, you may be restrained and nerfed with a specialized neurotransmitting gun that releases a numbing agent through the top of your spine. Once the examinations are over, you’re informed that you will be provided accommodations on their planet during your stay.

While waiting for transport to be prepared, you may freely roam around the government center. Eventually you’re called back from exploring, escorted to the docks, and led onto a large transport vessel that makes frequent trips back and forth between the moons and the planet. Faces onboard vary from both old and new Moonblessed as well as the local Prismals. The next destination: Prismatica.

▶ Whip It Good
Iris Moon, Government Center (Arrival) and Planet Prismatica, City of Lunatia | top

Welcome to Prismatica’s hub, Lunatia, the city of your dreams! A bustling metropolis lush with bright lights, vibrant colors, luxuriant plant life, and all the conveniences of technology absent from your own world… It seems like paradise to all the uninitiated. After a quick tour of the city, new arrivals can find themselves getting cozy in their new homes.

A Settle in your new home at Level 2 to find new roommates and say hello to your neighbors! City officials will give you directions to the designated districts across Level 2 and instruct you to pick out a unit. Each apartment complex has a different aesthetic, some may look cozy, some stylish, and some bizarre. The free accommodations have a basic living space that can only fit two or three people at most in one unit.

Starter Chromaspace furnishings are provided which can be controlled with the touch of a built-in panel. Examples are color-changing curtains, transforming sofa beds, cabinets turning into tables, etc. Customizing your apartment or moving out will have to wait until you earn more chroma. Until then, why don’t you check out your new neighborhood or explore the city levels? Maybe your new roommates or neighbors can give you a “hand” with allowance for dinner.

B At the Crystarium Moonports is a new family restaurant called Grapplebears, here to serve your favorite dishes from all around the galaxy at affordable prices! The menu ranges from the atomically hot and spicy Chamakshalan curry rice, delectable dragonsaur steak served with mashed space-tatoes, to the sweet and creamy Lunatian milkshakes that bring all the boys to the yard, all prepared by their handsome and huggable bear crew.

As you might have noticed, the restaurant staff is a ragtag group with members from planets unknown to both Prismals and Moonblessed. The waiters and waitresses in particular are tall, muscular, leather-clad bears who take your order by whipping you with a special riding crop that compels you to bark out your order — but only if you ask to be, of course! They might induce you to reveal other unrelated interests so make sure you’re not thinking about anything embarrassing!

If you chat up the staff or customers, you learn more about the restaurant’s origins. The bears say their planets* were also wiped by the Calamity hundreds of years ago, and life for them has been difficult for them since then…

*Further information about these planets is unavailable at this time.

▶ Night of the Living Dummy
City of Lunatia | top

The last vestiges of Geistnacht have officially passed and the first chilly autumn breeze ushers in the new season. The city is awash in giant piles of browning leaves that decorate every walkway.

A To deal with the mass collection of fallen leaves, many buildings across the city have been retrofitted with a new disposal system to help clean up. A sprawling network of automated vacuum tubes around the city will efficiently suck all those pesky leaves right up. While children love playing inside and using them to “teleport” around Lunatia, they have also been known to spontaneously suck up anyone who’s not too careful. You may find yourself falling on some hapless bystander on their afternoon walk, or crammed in a tube with your new neighbors. Lunar Scientia officials warn everyone to be careful of where you walk, else you might need to crawl your way to sweet freedom.

B A pop-up shop in Level 1 is attracting much of the locals' attention, run by a peddler who speaks in a low, elongated hiss and wears a hood over his face. He assures you that his face is of no consequence. What is more important is his selection of wares! In contrast to his cloaked, enigmatic appearance, his travel cart is a Barbie pink explosion of frills, hearts, glitter. He will tell all visitors he comes from the Valley of the Crimson Serpents, which Prismals and older Moonblessed arrivals find odd. Wasn’t the Sanguis moon uninhabitable?

Among the peddler’s wares are adorable, wide-eyed and heavily perfumed dolls in all sorts of clothes a child dreaming of rainbows and tea parties could ever ask for. Hug and squeeze a doll, and you will be greeted by a pre-recorded voice telling you how they’re your bestest friend ever. It’s like they were made for lovin’ you! But if you look away for one moment, you can almost swear you hear a snake’s hiss, its long tongue licking the shell of your ear… The next time you see the doll, its body will be in a slightly different position or location. Is it… following you? Fortunately, a minimal amount of moonlacing will make it leave you alone. You can wait it out too, but why would you?

Destroy a doll and it will later reappear wherever you are when you least expect it, good as new, but leaking from their porcelain heads is a strange pink, glitter-covered liquid. The peddler calls it the “love juice” giving the doll an extra dose of affection for you.

▶ Bird is the Word
Level 2, Greatmoon Groves | top

As autumn paints Lunatia with its golden hues, pumpkin decorations and desserts are now in vogue. This is thanks to Chroma-infused pumpkin seeds, which allow them to rapidly grow in all sorts of sizes, shapes, and colors. The Moonblessed are invited to visit one of the largest pumpkin patches in the city housed within the Greatmoon Groves, where they can enjoy the sight of oversized, colorful neon and sparkling semi-phallic pumpkins, expertly carved to greet you with their buck-toothed smiles.

A The pumpkin patch is full of toddler-sized creatures called hugbugs. When they are not tending to the pumpkins, they follow the Moonblessed around, requesting hugs and treats in exchange for their obedience.

Reward them and they will do simple errands for you and give you compliments. They will also be your personal hype men, talking up your strengths, talents, and physical assets to all those special someones you’re trying to impress. Once you earn their trust, they will be your friends for life!

Ignore them, hurt them, or bully them, and they will cry and place a curse upon you, reducing your self-esteem to nothing and magically forcing you to cry along with them. The effects of the curse may last for up to a week if you’re not careful! But how could you do such a thing? The hugbugs are sensitive and want somebody to love.

B If you manage to survive your encounter with the hugbugs, you are welcome to join in on the Prismal knitting group and enjoy creating your own fanciful scarf made of Galadrian thread, which is known for its bright, golden sheen and aromatic properties. Give it to a friend or wear it yourself, and you will notice a strange ability to attract animals and insects of all kinds. Live out your Disney Princess fantasy! Or a Hitchcockian nightmare. It’s all a matter of perspective as a whole flock of honking birds comes bounding towards you.

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[ That was enough for him to take a rather large step back, grimace on his face and only a snort in return at first. ]

A fan? What the hell are you talking about?

[ He really didn't know what was happening, but was this another one of those dumb jokes? There was a pause as he looked around, checking to see if anyone that he knew was somewhere around. ]

[Somehow he feels better seeing Atsushi on the floor with a red mark on his face. He absentmindedly shakes his hand, it stings from when he uses on his rival. He huffs as the tiger brat points out his exhaustion from earlier. He crosses his arms over his chest as he listens to Atsushi, and he does hear what he says.]

...you're right.

[One of the things he fears the most is not being able to use his ability. If due to his stubbornness, he's not able to use Rashoumon to its full potential, he'll be in a bind. Still, he hates that it's the man-tiger, of all people, that he has to hear this talk from. Though that's probably enough to get him over his mental hurdle, even for the sake of not being left in the dust by Atsushi.

He did notice that Atsushi had chroma to spare, and he didn't have any issue using his ability back there in the tube. Part of him is curious to know what the other has been up to, but he defers back to indifference.]

If even you can get along well here, then I won't lose to you.

[ Luckily for Ryuji, she doesn't comment!! ]

A conditional sort of power... It's admirable that you use it to help people. Not everyone with power would do that.

( She arches an eyebrow.)

I take it from your reaction that you've never seen a quill quite like my one before.

( If he had, he certainly wouldn't be calling it inefficient. The very thought makes Rita want to howl with laughter, but she retains her composure. She gently wets the tip of her quill between her lips before setting it to the parchment, where it starts to write down the basic facts about the man. Among other notes he may read: handsome middle-aged man with sharp, angular features ... )

What have you found silliest about this place so far? Is it the utter disrespect for people's personal boundaries? The locals and the way they lumber about? The fact that we have found ourselves here at all?

( A beat. )

The aesthetics?

[Enjoying this, huh?

The mirth drains away from her almost instantly. Why won't this lady just cave and fall into line? Why won't she just accept that Catra is better than her? It's already enough to make Catra mad, even though she knows it's just shooting herself in the foot.

Her emotions are getting the better of her, as they always do. She flexes her hand, and the claws pop out of her fingertips.]

Enjoying it?

[Hifumi didn't talk to Ryuji much, when he was last here - enough to know he'd been diverted somewhere else before ending up on the moon, and for him to know she's aware of the Phantom Thieves in more detail than the general public, but their paths didn't cross all that much. Still, he's sort of a familiar face.

And if he's looking at the city like he's never seen it before... it's probably safe to assume he doesn't remember it. That may make starting from scratch a little easier, though.] Sakamoto-kun?

[She laughs brightly, swatting playfully at him with her free hand] Oh, you!

[She leans against him happily, a pleasant tingling sensation crawling up her spine at the effect of the moonlacing. Curious, but she doesn't pay it much mind as she looks don at the hugbugs with an exasperatedly fond sigh.]

Such a handful! [But there's a hum and she tilts her head, the light catching on the jewels and sending fractures of light dancing along the ground.]

I think so. I'd feel bad if he didn't have some kind of loving home to go to, you know? I couldn't take him back to my world though--it's a bit too dangerous for these cute little things, and I'm far too busy... [She sounds a bit disappointed in that, sighing softly. Being responsible and having duties to attend to sucks sometimes, okay.]

But while I'm here, I'll look after him. [She nudges at him playfully] Maybe you can think of it as good practice for when you have some of your own!

[ That just sounds cheap, Ranpo.

He doesn't have much faith in himself either, and probably is screaming internally. Probably a good move to deflect the focus on himself.]

You don't seem like you have any issues with it.

[ From what he's heard, the detective was always a bit peculiar. Maybe that's a requirement in this zany place.]

Because I wish for them to leave me alone.

( It's only the boy's presence that's stopping her from knocking back the creatures with a well-placed curse. Her grip on her wand tightens all the same. )

Is it wrong of me to want to walk across a garden unbothered?

( Muggles. They always dressed so simply. )

Why, to whoever pays the most, my dear.

( She sniffs. )

Don't tell me they used their bare hands.

[What's done is done. Not being in bed isn't a deal-breaker at all, and it's not an actual suggestion considering her injuries. Besides being pinned to the wall by Hazuki's overwhelming presence provided a new form of exhilaration for her to experience.

Soundwave sings a song of pleasure moaning deep inside Hazuki's mouth. The sudden intensity from a soft tease to a pinch surprises her, but it isn't unwelcome as she's deeply invested in the throe of pleasure to wonder about the sudden change. Though she wants to press her body against Hazuki's, wrapped her arms around her while their tongues are locking, she refrains herself from doing such due to her still injured arm between them, not wanting to reverse the damage the Chroma is still healing.

Her pussy is itching though, and the knee pressed against her thighs has her spreading her legs for Hazuki to gain access to it.

They're only at the beginning, but Hazuki's an incredible kisser. The continued pressing of lips, tongue lashing and twisting around one another, and in addition to the taste of alcohol swirling in each other's mouth have Soundwave finding herself wanting more and more from the other woman. It's never enough as they consumed each other's mouth. She doesn't want to end the kiss she's oh so enjoying so much, but every opportunity when their lips aren't pressed to one another is an opportunity for her to respond. A chance to speak when otherwise she could only whimper to not end things.]

For pleasure... For a lovely company... F-for sex... [Finally though--] For a woman to dominate me...

[It's too much to hold it. Her hand goes down to unbuckle her belt. Her panties are soaked wet under her jeans, itching for fingers to dig inside, but rather than doing it herself, it's an invitation for Hazuki to come in whenever she pleases to.]

Edited 2019-11-13 08:22 (UTC)

[Atsushi rubs at his cheek, scowling a little as he pushes himself to his feet. He knows Akutagawa's probably big on personal space. The man is prickly in all sorts of ways, so it's really no surprise at all that touching is an iffy issue with him. But in a place like this...

He liked Lunatia well enough. He'd made friends here, and met people he never would had otherwise. He'd done things he probably wouldn't have had the guts to do otherwise. But-- he knew the risks well enough.

The idea of Akutagawa collapsing from overusing his ability without moonlacing didn't sit well in his gut. Someone like him shouldn't be brought low by something like this.

Though Akutagawa saying that brings a hint of redness to his cheeks. Right. Right.]

R-Right! I'm managing fine, so you better not fall behind! I'd be pretty disappointed if you hurt yourself over something like that.

[This is motivation, right.]

Wouldn't know, but if they did? That's what soap's for, sunshine. Not like there weren't sinks right there for it.

[Hygiene wasn't not a concern with those stupid things, but it was mainly running secondary to 'will you shut up about my diet.' Or in Crowley's case, 'leave the humans be, this is obnoxious, I wouldn't take credit for this if it were offered.']

[Actual Cheap-date Ranpo Edogawa]

I've been here for two months. Funding my trips to the candy store with hugs and kisses is probably the best thing about this place.

[Okay, he funds it more with that, but tmi.]

The month I arrived, the whole city was taken over by jellyfish from space that could suck the chroma -- and the life -- right out of you. And last month, I spent five days as a ghost because I lost some silly game on a phone app that summoned spooky hands to drag me to the other side.

I wish I could say I was just messing with you-- but this place is wacky, even compared to what we deal with back home.

[The fact that he sounds legitimately salty about these shenanigans is the biggest clue that he's not lying. Just thinking about last month ruins whatever good mood he was trying to maintain.]

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[ Konoe has two vastly superior routes to choose from, tbh... no one will miss Bardo???? just another innkeeper in a big city like Ransen. Bardo is sure, actually, that the only two cats that will miss his absence for any amount of time is Gen and Tokino.

that aside... hm. he lets the antagonism sit, because he has a feeling that that's just how this cat is, but taps a finger against his chin in silent consideration. ]

—Should I know who you are? I'm usually a lot better at remembering the cats that've stayed at my inn, but I might've missed you.

Did you come to stay during Antou? If you were wearing a costume, that might be why I don't remember.

[ Oh... pretty girl that he's possibly only caught glimpses of on magazines, at some point.

It's not super rare for someone to know his name, while he doesn't know them - having a bad rep in school can do that, heh. But for it to be a situation like this? That feels a bit less... expected... ]

Uh... Sorry, do I know you?

[ Stupid question in most other situations, but apparently another him was here before, so there's a chance he knows her and doesn't remember... he guesses...

... This is making his head hurt, even with the pain tolerance improvement. ]

Oh, you met Akechi first.

[WELP RIP. How much information had the 'detective price' given out to him.]

Well, you know how he is, not being dead and all. He came before we confronted him.

[...]

We can talk about this later. I'm glad to see you. Are you hungry?

That depends entirely on how much Ren's talked about his shogi lessons, I suspect. [Or whether he saw that stupid interview her mother strongarmed her into, but the less said about that, the better.]

Togo Hifumi. I take it you don't remember having been here before, but we'd essentially be starting from scratch either way.

[ Oh no compliments...

... his biggest weakness...

There's a sheepish and awkward smile as he lets out a quiet 'heh'. ]

Well, uh... you know... Somebody had to fix that messed up society, and my friends and I happened to be perfect for the job!

[ Grin and thumbs up!!! He's not even really thinking about it at this point, just: ]

I can talk to my friends and see if they're up for explaining things a little more, if you ever wanna learn about what we can do.

[ But, well... they're not even on Earth anymore, so what's even the harm in telling her about it... ]

[As the words start coming, as they promise to be satisfying, Hazuki abandons Soundwave's lips so that she can hear them a bit clearer, tongue tracing up the line of the other woman's throat in between kisses she instead presses to the delicate skin of her neck, just beneath her jaw, little nips of teeth and soft tugs of pressure evidence that she was likely leaving small marks.

Pleasure. Company. Sex. Domination.]

Hmm...

[Her hum reverberates against Soundwave's ear before she nips on the lobe, along the shell, pausing as if she were considering... but she'd already decided.

With a low grunt, still not enjoying certain angles of motion just yet, Hazuki shifts her weight to her left side, slipping her leg easily into the space between thighs she's provided and nudges up, up... and then just a bit too high, trying to force Soundwave more onto her toes, pressing up against the wet sex she's being offered to grind against her through jeans and soaked panties.]

I can provide that.

[How romantic. So... maybe not so much "lovely company", but it was company, it was warmth, it was apparently "moonlacing", because her body rarely warmed this quickly, didn't hum like this so fast as it was now with what they called "chroma" generated by where they touched.

Cupping a generous breast, exactly the size she liked to feel in her hands, Hazuki finally shoves the rest of Soundwave's shirt off her shoulder, pulling her hand back only as long as it took to slick her fingers in her own saliva... and then return to the breast she'd exposed, tracing oh so intentionally in warm, wet circles along the line of her areola, enjoying the way her nipple tightened in want for attention, so close and not yet granted.]

Now tell me.

[Though the tone of her voice spoke more to "beg me".]

Where you want to be touched.

Fixing--? That's quite the undertaking.

[ She lets out another quiet laugh. It's strange. She feels... oddly at ease. Maybe it's because he's so accepting of her powers. He's strangely easy to talk to, though, that she knows for certain. ]

If it's too much trouble, you don't have to worry about it... but I do love learning about new things.

[ His expression is the equivalent of: oidsuladhajskh!!!!!! ]

Oh, so now we're gonna talk about the stuff I actually said? Hang on, let me grab some paper so I can make notes to keep up with your subject changes!

[ A frustrated sound escapes before he looks away, and then just... deflates a little. ]

Look, man...

[ The world's longest sigh... ]

Back then, it was different - way different. I hated how sketchy you were actin', okay?? Not just that, but you always seemed like you were looking down on us! Just being around you pissed me off, 'cause people-... always did that to me!

[ He grits his teeth, swallowing thickly and then staring hard at Akechi. ]

I didn't think you could understand anything I've been through - what any of us had been through.

[ Ryuji continues to look a tiny bit deflated for about one more seconds... before glaring, and pointing right at Akechi. ]

Don't get me wrong, though! I'm still pissed that you're treating me like crap for whatever the hell other... me... said to you!

[ You're damn lucky that that was in action brackets, Rita, because this bitch didn't drink lich juice to be called a muggle. ]

...alright, no. I'm not going to provide fodder to whatever dubious and undoubtedly second-rate rag you end up providing the results to.

[ She crosses her arms, taps her foot, and frowns as she's saying this.

There's a little blue hugbug behind her, strumming on...okay, she couldn't find a lute at all, let alone one the right size for this thing, so she gave it a toy ukulele. It's playing it while singing praises to her beauty and intellect. ]

Edited (forgot the hugbug) 2019-11-13 08:54 (UTC)

[ Nearly dropping the package he'd just picked up, Sandalphon sputters. Of all the things to ask- but then, perhaps his own question had been equally absurd. Even so, it did feel proper and necessary to ask.

In this world, Lucifer should be free to do as he wishes. ]

Why wouldn't I be? [ That's...just what Lucifer asked him, isn't it? ] I value no presence so much as your own.

[ He admits this quietly, by way of indicating that Lucifer is more than welcome to share the space with him, and busies himself with picking up. ]

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