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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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It's not that easy to just open myself up to others like that!

[ Ugh. This was so frustrating in so many ways. Even his own sister has never seen him this... vulnerable, but now it felt like he couldn't even turn it off. This was just... so humiliating! If Aifread saw him right now, he'd surly laugh his ass off. ]

We can't all be as warm and sunny as you.

[ Alibaba looks pretty smug for a moment before he just shakes his head and gives Cassim's shoulder a light shove so he can sit up again. ]

I trained with some really good fighters for a while.

[Ah, so he did try. Virus hums thoughtfully, folding his hands atop the table in front of him.]

I've been quite curious about the "magic" here, so that certainly gives me an idea of what it's capable of. I'm grateful to you for risking yourself first~

[Said with that same smile. Not that he would have tried that exact meddling, but it does let him know that there are likely similar failsafes and traps hidden in other systems that he should be wary of. To him the concept of magic is... Far-fetched, but at the same time also easy enough to accept. It seems as though magic is the reality of this planet so he has no reason to fight back and try to deny it- as with everything he just has to find a way to twist it to his advantage.

He shrugs dismissively.]

So it seems. But I'm sure I can find some way to make myself of use.

[Every place has an underbelly, after all. And where there are the darker parts of society there are undoubtedly groups that will need someone with his... Experience.]

[there's plenty of wide open space behind them (for now) but Styx somehow feels as if he's been pushed up against a corner in some way. he simply isn't used to people being so forward with him unless they were looking for a fight; the most attention that he usually garners is from people making absolutely certain they don't interact with him at all. and while he understands that, it also leaves him completely unprepared for dealing with something like this.

from a guy, no less. why was- why was a guy hitting on him like that in the first place!? the thought has his flush very firmly fixed in place, an unwitting boon for the man causing it. he should...maybe unlatch his hand from his shirt? it's nothing new, the way he allowed himself to be manhandled despite his massive size, but maybe it's not the best for right now?

at the same time...he's a little afraid to touch Cain, as if reacting too much might trigger even larger events that he doesn't think his poor brain can handle. instead his hands hover around the other man's, like some kind of frantic magic show or pantomime. it's a little comical just how out of his depth he is right now.]

Uhh, I-I dunno why you'd want to!

[it was a pumpkin? up your ass, presumably??? how was that even remotely comfortable?????]

( he's a straightforward type, isn't he? his words are short, but mika, for his part, can't help but ramble a little as he closes the distance between the two to get a better look at that stuck arm of his. it helps distract him a little to voice his thoughts as they come to him, )

Well I guess I can't say I blame ya, 's pretty scary to get sucked up in one of these things.

( mika is more of a freeze-up type when scared though, rather than a thrash-around type, so maybe he lucked out in this situation.

anyhow, getting closer, mika finds himself increasingly distracted — he's supposed to be, had intended to look at the other's arm, wondering how he could get it free, but now? now as he draws to a stop, he finds his eyes drawn back to those ears again, the mismatched blue and gold wide with curiosity. they... look a lot more real when they're close up, and he can almost imagine how velvety soft they must feel. somebody obviously put a lot of work into their catboy cosplay out here. by the time he realizes what he's doing, mika's hand is already outstretched, fingers brushing against the soft fur of the ears, and wow...

they feel real, too. )

Efficiency, Alibaba. Why do for yourself what others will do?

[Nope fuck you he's staying right here.]

Apparently. What, you get thrown into a gladiator pit or something?

( Rita can tell when she's being thrown a line, and in this case she's more than happy to take it. )

Yes, the leaf blower. They really should come with a warning.

A - Kelis Lied... or did she?

[there was no need for the order to be compelled from him - there were so few items on the menu that Linneus knew at all it was easy enough to pick. Enji had mentioned milkshakes before and... well, there would be no harm in seeing what the fuss was all about.

Though he might have expected the sharing size. The two "straws". So much about food in this place seemed to be set toward having Prismals share, in some bid to get them closer. He has to lift it with both hands just to start making his way in search of a seat. Pray he does not walk into you. Or drop. it.]

B - Stitch 'n' Bitch

[it's his first time in a knitting circle but if this is what it's like Linneus will probably be back. The soft chatter, and companionship, and tea, and something to occupy his hands? There's something calming about it that he's not really had, since waking up again.

It's been a while since he's last knit, but it comes back to him easy enough. The fiddliest bit is the cast-on, beyond that the steady back-and-forth of the project is easy enough to reawaken muscle memory within the first few rows. But it doesn't seem fair, if someone is struggling, that he should just carry on and not help. Leaning in gently-]

Are you quite all right? Perhaps I can help...?

OOC
((Hello, you all may know me from having been playing in the game the past few months... unfortunately a bunch of stuff came up and I forgot to make AC! But I'm back!))

[ IS BEATRIX EVER OKAY??? ]

Ow...

[ At least in this moment, she's somewhat okay? Albeit, whining in pain but she'll be fine! She swears to never land on her face, though. Next time she'll land on her butt instead!!!

It takes her a minute to respond (mostly because she was trying to figure out if she was still alive or not) but she does recognize the familiar accent and slowly turns her head to see Societte. While they weren't like close or anything, she did know that the erune girl was part of a crew and seeing someone from home is always a relief. ]

I'll... be okay. I think. [ She mumbles that last part. ] It's fine! I've taken a lot worse than this.

No.

[ That sure is a balled-up scarf flying fast and hard right at Yeager's back so that the large of flocks are NOT converging on him tyvm!! ]

Edited 2019-11-09 01:20 (UTC)

Hmph.

( She gives a haughty little sniff. )

You're quite high and mighty for... whatever it is that you are.

( he kind of wants to laugh but merlin is trying his best to keep it in, a small snicker of a chuckle and a hand raises to his mouth to cover it. oh boy, this is going to make him tear up if he isn't careful, it doesn't take long for him to manifest a cane from out the blue and use the end of it to tap against the emotional boy's head. the things are actually so cute, they're terrifying but caster only takes a few minutes to summon a chair for the other, it's nice enough and even has a cushion on the seat. know that it's made of the wood nearby and then a few pieces of leaves webbed together but it's fine! )

Here, take a seat once they let you go. Then you can be eye to eye and apologize even more. ( now, he's not terrorizing iori because he doesn't deserve it, he was already a sobbing mess and who's to say he needed more of that? but caster gasps, a free hand placed over his mouth as he watches the spat come to a happy end. ) Oh no.. what did you do? Do you know how important feelings are? Here, I'll be your counselor. ( so he's moving over, helping to remove the arm of his own hugbug because that's enough arthur no.2, and once iori is free from that one. his own hugbug is another story. )

Tell your hugglebug what your name is, let's start there.

[That wasn't a line, it was an actual question. But hey, if she really wants to dance around the matter, that's her choice.]

That probably was the warning. At least it's not the bloody screaming toilets again.

[His face falls a little.]

You know better than anyway I'm not always warm and sunny.

✧ LUNATIA - A

[ What’s a small demon to do upon arriving to an alien place?

What he always does, of course - avoid the trappings of the indoors and brood somewhere high. He likes to feel tall.

The little fire demon may be seen walking through the streets and taking a look around, large red eyes astute in studying what’s going on around him. This is all brand new, even moreso than the Earth and human world than he was used to. Occasionally, the eye beneath the headband on his forehead opens and glows - searching the nearby area for any familiar auras or the presence of fellow demons. Anyone who strays close will notice that heat rolls off his compact frame like a heater.

… And that he can coil and hop from the ground to the roof of nearby stories, and tends to do so when the crowds become a little much. ]

✧ NIGHT OF THE GREAT FIRE - A

[ Hiei.. well. He’s a small guy. 4’10” without the hair, to be exact. So when the leaf vacuums get a little too exuberant in their quest to suck up the leaves in his area in his wandering…

One tube quickly becomes plugged with one very pissed off fire demon. Who, in his fury, happens to set the nearby leaves ablaze. Not that he notices at all, practically hissing and spitting about not using the tubes to fast travel from one place to another.

As the wielder of the darkness flame, he doesn’t even feel it as his clawed little hands stamp in the middle of burning embers. ]

I ought to light this entire place ablaze!

✧ BIRD IS THE WORD - A

[ One toddler sized being - meet another. Hiei is largely unimpressed by these creatures, though his expression grows more and more disdainful the more he is pressed for treats and compliments. For a demon who can barely compliment his best ally it’s a lot to ask. And, nearly predictably, Hiei makes an annoyed little tch, then - ]

Dense as a grey demon, aren’t you?

[ Oops. The crying wells up, and Hiei predictably bristles. ] Oh shut up!

✧ WILDCARD

[ Any prompts you want to do with a cranky fire demon but don’t see here? Hit me up! ]

[He's popped out of the tube like a cork from a bottle, but he lands on his feet with only a little stumble.

He's grinning as he tugs his hat back on his head, smashing those dark bangs further over his eyes.]

No? You pulled me out of there like I was. [He's a good seven inches taller than her, all wiry muscle under the rumpled and stained layers of his clothing, and she managed to pull him out of there against a vaccum strong enough to suck him off the street.]

That's boring! [no, he's probably going to move into his own apartment, or at least a place without teenagers for roommates. but for right now, he's having fun screwing with Satan's kid.]

Edited 2019-11-09 01:30 (UTC)

▶ WHIP IT GOOD - A
[Yuri wouldn't haved picked these lodgings for himself, and he's not particularly keen on government handouts, but... Well, he'll crash here for at least the one night while he decides where to go. Maybe the lower level is more his thing compared to these fancy middle level places... or maybe all of this high tech stuff is just way too beyond him, and he should just suck it up and get used to it. Following him into the apartment is a fierce, one-eyed blue dog with a chain around its neck, sniffing around at the unfamiliar surroundings.

After a little poking around, Yuri quickly notices the apartment is inhabited already. But he's still curious, so when he finds a panel and presses it, he's startled when a screen pops up with a dizzying offer of upgrades to buy for the apartment. He doesn't even have the Chroma for anything yet, so he hastily pokes at the screen until it goes away.

Hearing something in the next room over, Yuri looks over, wondering not for the first time in his life whether he should've knocked. His dog companion is completely still, staring at the door.]

You can come out, you know. He doesn't bite. [And yet he conveniently doesn't mention that both master and companion are armed with weapons.]

▶ BIRD IS THE WORD - A
[He'd had some snacks in his pocket, and in a moment of weakness he'd felt bad for one of the little hugbugs that persisted in following him around, asking for food and attention. That was Yuri's first mistake, and now he can't get rid of the thing. Even if it seems happy to help, it's like having a tiny weird servant he can bribe into doing stuff for him, and he definitely didn't sign up for that.

Eventually he loses his patience and scoops up the hugbug, offering it to the first responsible(?)-looking person he sees.]

Hey, could you do me a favour and take this little guy off my hands? He won't stop following me.

[The hugbug's eyes are already beginning to swell with tears even before they have a chance to respond. Maybe you should choose your response wisely here.]

▶ WILDCARD
[Write your own prompt! If you want to chat and discuss ideas first, feel free to hit me up over at

moonsilver.]

Edited 2019-11-09 01:32 (UTC)

▶ Whip It Good
[So, he got the gist of things. He's in another world, they're willing to give him housing and help him. Since he's a Moonblessed to them. There's a lot he need to learn, both necessary and purely out of curiosity.

But right now, he need to fix up one (1) pressing issue: money.

And that's why, after a series of events (not that many), Nezahualpilli would find himself working at Grapplebears. With his tall, broad and muscular build, he easily fit in among the waiters. Granted, he won't use the riding crop without explicit. He is a respectful man, after all!]

Hello, and welcome to Grapplebears! Allow me to bring you to your table.

▶ Night of the Living Dummy
[Well, that answers the unspoken question. These... tube things are, indeed, powerful enough to draw in a person of his great size and stature.

As he brace himself, and possibly pull himself out to freedom... He find himself stuck at the entrance with one other person. So that's two people stuck in one hole, undoubtedly too squeezed together to easily pull themselves out. Maybe with some effort...]

Ooph. Are you alright?

[Hello, other person. You're stuck with a big, muscular man in some kind of traditional, feather accessoried outfit.]

▶ Bird is the Word
Ha ha ha!

[His laughter is clear and loud, as Nezahualpilli is seen surrounded by so many birds, all honking and trying to reach for the scarf he's holding his his hands. His height give him the advantage, but so do the birds' wings...]

It's a pleasure to meet all of you, but I'm afraid I can't give this to you!

[That only serves to make them honk louder?!]

▶ Wild Card
[Want to use a different scenario? Put them here!]

(OOC: Feel free to hit me up via PMs or

Sonica for questions/plotting!)

Edited 2019-11-09 01:36 (UTC)

[ it's been a while since he's run into a cat that wears his aggression with such candor. there's something about Leaks' energy that makes Bardo nervous— the same deep-seated anxiety he carries in his gut, in the cursemark on his arm— but the feeling dissipates with the skin-on-skin contact.

he knows the grip is supposed to be a threat. the intent is written on the other Ribika's face, in the way he frowns and flicks his coal-black ears.

but.

the moonlacing takes the edge off of things, and he finds himself relaxing enough that his expression eases into a thin smile. ]

...Is this supposed to be your worst? [ a dumb provocation, but the foolhardy comment lilts with easy humor. ] If so, I'm not worried.

[ with that said, he reaches with his free hand to rub at the base of one of Leaks' ears. a gesture of goodwill, in a way. ]

[Itachi removes the hand from his robe, raising it in a single wave back]

They're harmless, you know.

[The hugbug around his feet throws both its little arms in the air and shouts ecstatically about how great Itachi is until the ninja quiets it with a gesture of his arm. It then continues its praise in poorly hushed tones, like a child failing to whisper properly.

He glances upward, red eyes squinting into the clouds, then takes a few steps forward and to the side just in time for the hugbug Gintoki had sent flying to fall back down into his arms.]

Edited 2019-11-09 01:40 (UTC)

Iolaire, a pleasure to meet you both I think.

[He had not been expecting a large automaton for part of the roommate package, but considering the woman's hat it makes enough sense that he doesn't stare for too terribly long.]

...I admit I was more concerned about the distribution of chores than moonlacing. I've taken the room with the taller closet, though if you prefer it I can move my things.

You get used to it, I wouldn't mind being on the receiving end. ( what does that even mean but caster is only joking, putting his elbow on the table as his chin rests in the palm of his hand. he's been hearing about how this place is just a hit lately so he couldn't resist not stopping by a second time. he's even got someone to chitchat with but that's only the icing on the cake. he waves to one of the servers, trying to get their attention to come over to the table but as soon as they do.. )

The owner, I would like to speak with them. You see my partner here is.. not satisfied! It breaks my heart. ( he places a hand over where his heart would be, sincerity in his voice as if he's worried about what kim dokja could be upset about but the thing about this is that — it's not that deep. either way, merlin is searching for a way to make this enjoyable for them both. perhaps, the other would have been spared from caster's antics had he ignored him but given that little bit of attention and acknowledgement, how can he not make this worse for both of them. his ears twitch, the earrings shifting as well as he pulls a small smile at the other while a lilac set stares at the other's face.

...

he guesses! there's something off, he doesn't know how to explain it but there's just this.. aura about the other he can't figure out. he's not going to dig into him though, not yet anyway because as soon as the server dismisses themselves, he takes this chance to bother him about something else. ) Are you busy after you eat from here?

Hmmmmm...

[ That's a long and thoughtful hum of response from Cain as he stands there, having actually borne witness to this scene for a while, though the other hadn't seemed to care up until he decided he has a use for a stranger that's standing there after all. And you see, it's not like Cain doesn't mean to help! In fact, that's already what he's been pondering all this time with every ounce of diligence he could muster, but in a situation like the present one, coming out of it with a full success rate is a little... ]

That's impossible.

[ He just states his conclusion in a carefree manner -- it's okay to be like that, right? It's not like the unknown man on the ground is dying or that he's seen the hugbugs do anything worse than make people cry. Placing down the crate he'd been carrying under one arm -- an errand from the owners of the patch -- he rummages through it for a second, as if weighing what part of its contents wouldn't be missed all that dearly. In the meantime, he continues the chatter without a care in the world. ]

Once you've riled them up to this point, at least, they'll keep going as long as you're here. But just maybe, if you were to give them something, they might forgive you! These little guys can be pretty nice, you just started on the wrong foot.

[ Lucky you, Shū. Cain is here to cheer you up! And like, probably help. ]

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i wish i had the icons for this, desperately

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Linneus | Teahouse

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Hiei / Yu Yu Hakusho

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Yuri Lowell | Tales of Vesperia

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