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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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[ She does indeed go with his all the way to his room, as she's curious about what she could expect in a place like this and he's been nothing but helpful so far.

It is... well, it's not quite what she expected, but not completely strange to her, either. Very white and with clean lines. Sparse, yet decorated at the same time. Well, lit, too, and with doors that had lovely colors and patterns. (Not enough pink or crystals for her taste, but who knows where draenei got their architectural degrees from?? Hopefully not the same place as their driving licenses.) ]

Oh, this is much larger than I thought! I thought it would just be rooms, but this is a whole house, yes?

[ She looks excited now, a little more at ease when she has some better understanding of what these places looked like. For someone who has slept on everything from down beds to the hard metal floor of an overstuffed 'space' ship, you never knew what kind of accommodations were available. ]

What is in the rooms? Kitchen, bedroom, bathroom?

[On the contrary, he's spent a lot of energy un-crystalizing his living space. He doesn't hate them, he just gets enough of them by going outside.]

Most people call them apartments, since it's a whole bunch of living spaces under the same roof.

[You know, like an inn, but you own the rooms.]

Oh, about what you'd expect. Standard fare.

[He walks up to a panel near the divider between the living space and the kitchen. With a swipe, it activates and slides out of the wall a few inches. Larry gestures to it in invitation.]

The whole thing is totally customizable to your liking. Care to give it a spin?

[You thought he was going to get her into bed as fast as possible? No, he fully intends to Be The Tutorial right now. The sex comes later. In theory.]

Just--don't go too crazy. It costs money. [He giggles.]

[ She looks about a bit more, curiously running her fingers over the couch and then joining him by the console. Of course, since it's sized for Larry, she has to lean down so wonderfully again, her tail giving a little swish as she does.

For someone that seems to be from a really unorthodox renaissance festival, she gets the hang of it quickly, flipping through options. It all really did remind her a little bit of the things they could do back home, with the argunite and the holograms. It makes sense that it costs money, though - she'll have to work on that. Her gold purse didn't seem to do much, after all, and she's not vendoring her epics for chroma. ]

Oh, this is wonderful! Very impressive, yes? Many choices.

[ There's enough pink available to make her happy, at least. ]

You are a very kind man, to show me. Have you been here long?

[There are better ways to make Chroma than vendor your stuff...

Larry's eyes predictably wander, and will continue to do so until she directly addresses him again.]

Oh, about a month and a half? Not that long! I think a few people would call that a long time, but there are a lot of people have been here for a lot longer than me.

I love this place, so it doesn't feel like any time at all.

[ A new kind of grinding??

Mina listens, curious to hear what he had to say about it. He seems to really like this place, and she's inclined to agree that it's pretty nice. So far. (She can't quite let go of the feeling that something is going to drop eventually. Like the other shoe, or however that idiom went.)

If this place is kind to a human who does not seem to be any kind of battle-trained, though? Then she could trust a little more of what the moon knights and all the offered papers and apps said. Seeing how a place cares for their citizens is a great way to judge, in her opinion.

Smiling, she stands up straight again and walks over to the couch, carefully sitting down and patting the space next to her, so Larry can join if he's so inclined. ]

It has been good to you, yes? Even these blessings of the moon?

[That's it!

"Not battle-trained?" Probably one of the more polite ways to put it.]

Oh...uh...

[He fidgets a little when she asks about moonblessings.]

I mean, they haven't been bad, but I don't get anything that cool either, heh....

[ She notices the fidgeting, and looks a bit concerned. Was it a bad topic for him? So far, Mina had not heard anything bad about the moonblessings other than that it might be hard to go through heats if you were an Iris. ]

Nothing 'cool'?

[ A soft prodding, not too serious in case it was a sore spot. ]

You get animal parts, yes?

[He gives her an off-center smile.]

Errr...well, some of us do, yeah...

[If you get his drift.]

Oh?

[ Well, that was curious. Did it mean something, here? She has no idea. ]

Well, you're plenty cute without, hmm? It is not a thing to worry about.

[Whether or not it means something makes no difference to him. He's getting left out either way!

Her little compliment goes straight to the heart, though.]

R-really? You think so?

Of course! You helped me, so you're kind, yes? Very small and cute, too.

[ She smiles at him, and then just reaches out and... boops Larry's nose. ]

Many would think I am very strange, but you are a good man.

[
Mina used Genuine Compliment!
It's super effective!

Larry goes momentarily cross-eyed when he tries to visually track Mina's finger as it boinks him on the nose. He flushes red.]

Oh, I-I-I dunno why anyone would think you're strange, Mina. There aren't any people that look like you do where I come from, but I think you're gorgeous!

[Woah, you're actually doing pretty well right now, Larry. Just don't fuck it u--]

D'ya wanna have sex?

[AAAAAAARGH!!!]

[ Oh no, Larry! Mina looks at him, and then starts laughing - not a mocking laugh, but genuinely amused. She's far far older than she looks, and she's had her fair amount of 'nice guys'.

So far he had seemed genuine, if really awkward, and she had seen the look he gave her from the start. Mina just expected it to be less... like that. ]

It depends! Did you only help me to sleep with me, and would any woman do as long as you get laid?

[She's laughing! That's...uh, good, right? And that's not a "no"!]

Weeeeell...

[Technically the answer is yes, but there's a nuance.]

I, heh, usually make habit of providing help to people who ask for it? A-and I wouldn't say any woman would do -- just the ones that like me enough to be into it!

[In other words, he wants to be wanted.

The motivation to get laid is a big contributing factor but it's not all of it. Plus, he doesn't expect that his favors will get him laid, necessarily, just that it helps in endearing him in the potential to get laid -- and he's not always nice about it, strictly speaking. Giving someone the help they need or deserve doesn't always manifest in pleasant ways.

He's a helpful guy, not a nice guy, and he misses out on plenty of sex because of it. He's damn well aware of that, yet he hasn't changed his ways.]

[ It's complicated and simple at the same time, and Mina taps her lips slightly in thought. Normally having fun didn't mean a discussion that sounded like a work application, but she also didn't want him to get any bad ideas - for now or later.

There's something about the way he says it, though. 'Like me enough'. It was a little more endearing than outright expecting sex for helping her.

All of that was worth thinking about, but she's also curious>/i> and it's not her job to fix people. ]

Hmm. Okay.

[ She holds up a hand to stop him, though. ]

Let me get out of the armor, first. Nothing breaks the mood more than getting delicate things stuck in sharp places.

[ Not that she was wearing anything but padded cloth, but there are a lot of crystals. Draenei just have a crystal problem, don't they? ]

[Woah. Woah. Larry immediately brightens up.]

O-of course! [He gestures to the hall.] Bathroom's on the left, and...there's a tool kit under the sink if you need it?

[What she's wearing isn't what he'd call armor, but...you never know, especially around here.]

And the bedroom is across the way. [He giggles.] Or dealer's choice. I don't have a preference~

[He's got condoms and lube stashed almost everywhere.]

Hmm. I don't need to go anywhere for this...

[ She smiles at him and stands up, making a little room for herself so she can undress. Mina reaches for the straps of her chestpiece and shoulders, easily opening and removing that without the need for a tool kit, thankfully. It's all discarded in the couch next to him, and her movements are effective but with a hint of a tease in there as well.

Next comes her gloves, and any loose jewelry, followed by a gentle push with one hoof to the other to undo the clasps of the metal 'shoes', making them fall off with a metallic 'clink'. Now only in her dress, she winks at Larry before she starts unlacing the back.

A few moments later, and the pink fabric falls off her, leaving the pale draenei in only her underwear. It's really pink and lacy and probably really foolish to wear under that armor, but it makes her feel cute, dammit! ]

Well?

[Wait, what? He gets to watch her undress? That's not what he thought she was leading into, but he is absolutely here for it.

He watches with completely enraptured focus, doing That Unrolled Tongue Thing he does, eyes following every single tiny move her hands do and drinking in every further inch of exposed alabaster skin. He makes a small squeak when she winks at him. When her dress makes a quiet thump on the floor, he gulps hard, taking in the everything about all her wide hips and plump, full-bodied breasts, her thick thighs -- and the beauty of all of her traits that, to him, are alien, unfamiliar, exciting.

Larry thinks she's real cute regardless of what kind of underwear she wears. But he notices the fact that it's not just some practical pair of cottons -- you know, the kind that ladies put on when they're expecting not this to happen later in the day.

When she speaks, Larry can only reply with a delighted whimper that turns into a giggle halfway through. He reaches out to her, taking up her left hand in his and snaking the other around her waist. If she's familiar, she'll recognize this as a closed dancing frame.]

Mina, you are...

[But instead of forcing her into a two-step he -- despite the difference in their sizes and his visible lack of strength -- spins her into a romantic dip. He may not be battle-trained, but he is trained in dance, and aided by a healthy serving of Cartoon Physics. Don't worry about it.]

...absolutely divine, babe!

[He plants a kiss on the knuckles of the hand he's holding.]

[ She laughs in delight as she's dipped, and even more so as he kisses her knuckles like a gentleman. It's been a while since she's been (literally) swept off her feet like that, even if she has no idea how he managed it?? ]

Larry, you're wonderful!

[ She says happily, gently stroking a hand over his cheek. She loves a funny man that makes her laugh, and she's quite excited now, eager to see what else he has to offer. She's not sure how to get up again from this dip without making them both fall, so she'll trust him to handle that. ]

How about you take me into the bedroom, yes? One of us, he is very much not naked enough.

[He turns a shade red at her compliment, taken by surprise that she would give him such...lavish praise(?) combined with a genuine interest to see this through. Breathlessly, he responds,]

Oh, Mina. I couldn't possibly agree more!

[And with a perceptively effortless swing of his arm, he gives her just enough momentum to catch herself upright on her hooves. He either gives her a moment to steady herself or gives himself a moment to enjoy whatever jiggle ensues. Could be both.]

Follow me!

[It's a short trip to his bedroom, half a hallway away; a tidy room (kept that way always in preparation for a guest) with plenty of space for more than one person and access to every side of the bed except the headboard. However, it's hardly sterile--a selection of books by the bedside and an upturned pair of reading glasses and one slightly ajar drawer on the nightstand make the place clearly "lived in".

Larry gestures for her to go first, as if it were the gentlemanly thing to do, and shrugs off his jacket as he follows her in.]

[ Oh, there is ample jiggling when she gets up on her hooves, and she laughs again, because wasn't that always nice to see what gravity did to her soft body? She's quite proud of all of it, a wonderful expanse of nice, rosy-white skin only crossed by a few scars from her long life running from demons and war.

She's quick to follow Larry into the bedroom, curiously looking around a little before she reaches back to finally release the 'girls' from their wonderfully pretty and lacy prison. There's definitely more jiggling as she does so, excited and smiling as she hops up on the bed.

The mattress is not quite made for a tall draenei, but she makes due happily and sits on the side, glowing eyes watching the little man with a quirk of her brow, ready to see him take his clothes off. Tit for tat... quite literally. ]

[God, she's gorgeous. It's hard to keep his eyes off of her, but he's also pretty sure that walking face-first into a doorframe in his own house wouldn't make a good impression.

Unfortunately, he has no tat to show, nor...much of anything else. The bed is exceptionally small in relation to her, but amongst other things...

...well, he's healthy, at least. Clear skin, not a scar in sight, a reasonable fat-to-muscle ratio for someone who used to live a sedentary life and now is almost always on his feet.

Maybe it's for the best that he doesn't try to make for a show of it like she did, but there's something impressive about the fraction of time that he actually needs to disrobe. He doesn't give her much time to dwell on it, though, before he reaches out and cups her face with his hands, thumbs on her soft cheeks and threading his fingers through her sugar-spun blonde hair (and...tentacles?). He leans in to give her a long, slow kiss -- since she's now at a height that allows him to do that comfortably!

Even if he's still a bit on his toes to pull it off.]

[ Continued here! ]

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