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Cybernetic dream, something like you've never seen

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▶ Lisa Frank's LSD Fun House
anytime, anywhere on the moon Iris | top

Everything is darkness except for dim lights sparkling in the distance, a faint gleam that greets you as you start to unfurl from your dormant state. 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. Throat parched and skin dry and aching, you grope your body in alarm to make sure your possessions are still in place. 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 only rewards you with 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.

A ⬤ As you traverse the near-barren landscape, you feel something sting your skin. It's small and subtle at first, then you finally catch sight of it: an elegant, crystalline mosquito buzzing around from the corner of your eye. However, a pest is still a pest. After a while, marks near your welts begin to form strange patterns on your skin, mimicking ancient runes. Each rune has with it a particular side-effect that may hinder you on your journey:

✾ The Mark of the Enchanter: Hallucinations, hallucinations galore. Your character will see everything and anything their imagination can conjure and will have difficulty separating reality from fiction.
₪ The Mark of the Destroyer: Limbs start to cease their function, causing you to stumble or try and get around one-handed. Other certain body parts may be affected as well. Look at the bright side: you can stop worrying about jiggle physics and hiding your fear boner.
⍢ The Mark of the Sinner: Your hunger, your thirst, your fatigue and your desire are at an all-time high. Your impulses are rabid and uncontrollable. Maybe you experience only one of those symptoms. Maybe you experience them all. All you know is that you want relief now.

These effects will eventually clear up with a bit of accidental or purposeful physical contact with another person, making you wonder if there was anything wrong with you at all.

B ⬤ Hunger starts to gnaw at you vigorously. Perhaps you consider hunting the moon's creatures to sate your hunger. That's when you see it: a thick, meaty, juicy meal on legs. No, we're not talking about Alex Louis Armstrong. A wild silver-white pegasus runs across the purple landscape, its hair billowing in the wind as its hooves smack loudly against the ground. Try and shoot it, and you may find your efforts curtailed by its legendary rage. Eyes aglow and wings beating up a storm, this pegasus is no dainty horse. Two thousand pounds of pure muscle swoop down and charge at you, all blades and ammunition deflecting off its impenetrable skin. Taming appears impossible; it will buck anyone away and leave a sizable horn- or hoof-shaped hole in them for their efforts. Hunting it, however, should be easier. Relatively.

C ⬤ Or you may decide that you'd like to take a drink in the prismatic waters. A small pond can be found just a few miles away from where you first awoke, but gazing into it reflects what appears to be a window into your own world. You see the faces of loved ones or at least someone very close and familiar to you gathered around your prone body, shaking it frantically as though to try and rouse you, yet your image lies frozen and unresponsive, not even a whisper of life running through you. Did you die in your world? Is this your afterlife? The questions start to pile up along with the gnawing dread that you may never return home again.

▶ Camp Nowhere
anytime, anywhere on the moon iris | top

Time moves strangely when you're trapped on a moon with no sun to guide you. Hours feel like days, and days feel like weeks. Travelling has rendered you weak and tired. Luckily, a few crystal formations in the shape of a cavern may offer you a small place refuge as you decide to nap. You notice a few artifacts left over from previous explorers.

D ⬤ A comm unit abandoned within the cavern will display the former owner's idol obsession. As you tap the buttons indiscriminately, a holographic screen will appear, and you will see a fabulous recorded concert featuring three bubbly young ladies in animal print, singing to you about something called Cordis, a cat, and a bag of gems. Does this make any sense to you? Probably not, but the beat is catchy. You may even find yourself tapping a foot along to it. Don’t worry. We know it’s plastic love.

E ⬤ There's a small cooler-like container of preserved powdered food bags labeled with only the word “Edible” that can be safely consumed. Although the powder tastes as bland as you’d expect, it’s oddly filling, sating either hunger or thirst. But who will be the first — and the bravest — to try eating them?

F ⬤ A strange, pointed instrument is among the effects found in the cavern. It's silver, long, and thin with a curved end and a light. When you grip it with warm hands, it seems to vibrate enthusiastically and comes in three settings indicated by a frowny face, a neutral face, and a happy face. What could it mean exactly? No one knows, but you can fiddle with it to your heart's desire. Just don't ask yourself where it's been before. You don't want to know.

▶ Interstellar Action Force Assemble
prisma, iris | top

Over a day has passed when a group of people find you worse for wear. Some are full of uncertainty and fear while some are full of curiosity and excitement. They claim that they are scientists from the planet Prismatica here to investigate the sudden appearances of rainbow crystals in the skies. That means you and the others they’ve located within the area. You are all a surprising find to them, and they are quick to load everyone in their transport vehicles for examination and questioning.

You all may have your usual inquiries — Where are we? Who are you? What's going on? Why are the pegasi so ill-tempered? — and the Prismals are almost too eager to answer. They do have questions on their own, so it’s only fair to trade. They tell you about their world as they poke and prod you, trying to understand what you are and how you came into their land. If they’re not trembling in fear, some of them may ask you odd and invasive questions in return, such as what the rate at which your body achieves thermoregulation is, how long your refractory period is, and if you would be willing to submit various kinds of body fluids to them. It's up to whether you wish to comply or protest.

G ⬤ If you react violently, you will be restrained and nerfed with a specialized neurotransmitting gun that releases a numbing agent through the top of your spine. They came prepared, so have fun with that! In any case, conscious or not, you’ll be brought into one of the transport vehicles. If you choose to peacefully cooperate, you’ll be provided any necessary first aid and a refreshing drink to help you recuperate after the rough time you had for the past few days. Each transport vehicle has a few small rooms to rest in, but due to the limited space, you’ll have to snuggle up with someone else on that bunk bed. Unfortunately, the moonshine fruit the ship is also carrying in its cargo has an extremely sweet smell that’s been permeating through certain areas of the ventilation system… Taking a whiff of it may inebriate you for the rest of the trip.

H ⬤ It’s a bumpy ride as terrain vehicles draw over various crystal formations until you see a large dome-like structure up ahead. Within its confines lies the seat of the Prismatica's government, Prisma. It’s a bureaucratic wet dream: skyscrapers practically touch the upper surface of the dome, windows glimmer with a prismatic sheen as daylight hits them, and small ships can be seen flying to and from its spaceport. The scientists, members of the Lunar Scientia, usher you into their facilities for tests. Arrivals are likely to twitch, tremble, and panic as Lunar Scientia fellows take and broadcast every embarrassing, unfiltered detail about you — height, weight, age, strange odors, estimated frequency of sexual activity —- to one another. These scientists will ask you politely to undress, too, but understand if you don't want to. They're especially fascinated by the readings of pure Chroma inside you, whispering among one another excitedly about the possibility of the new arrivals being a new moon species. What should they call them? Moonborne? Moonblessed?

I ⬤ At long last, the questions and physical examinations are done. They’ve decided to call the arrivals as the Moonblessed. They’ll take you under their care until they understand more about you. You're allowed a very refreshing hot shower and a warm meal for your efforts. Don’t worry, the meal was imported from their planet. “Planet?” you might ask, but you won’t need to wonder for too long. The ships are preparing for their next destination: the nearby planet Prismatica, where you will be dwelling for the time being. You're free to explore the government center until then.

▶ Wildcard
Lunatia, Prismatica | top

It only takes a couple hours for the ships to reach their home planet. The ships drop the characters off at the city of Lunatia, where they will be given their communication devices and a plastic card they can present to certain landlords at any residential district for their subsidized (read: absolutely free) lodging. Officials at Prisma instructed the newcomers to await further instructions from the government, but you have a lot of time to kill before then. Why not explore in the meantime? Learn the ins and outs of the world, get a job, transform under the full moon, and explore the many mysteries of planet Prismatica!

This is this TDM's overflow. Feel free to move your threads from there and continue tagging!

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Aqua | Kingdom Hearts (Post-3, so minor spoilers) | OTA, Carryover + New Threads okay

[bubbleblaster]

LISA FRANK'S LSD FUN HOUSE

Aqua wasn't sure what was going on when she awoke, crystals digging into the skin of her legs and arms, but as she pushed herself off of the ground, she couldn't help but feel just a brief twinge of annoyance. She had just managed to get out of the Realm of Darkness with the help of Sora what seemed like just days ago, and everything was supposed to be over now.

But no, here she was, somewhere with no idea of what world she was even on. Still, standing around here would do her nothing, so after stretching to make sure she was fully awake, Aqua began to move...

C

Not that she had managed to get far before realizing that her throat was far too parched to be able to focus on anything. Sure, her skin also hurt a little, but spending a decade in the Realm of Darkness (even if it hadn't felt like it was that long) got you used to your skin and everything else being in terrible shape. So she'd worry about that later.

For now, it was time to get a drink. And as soon as she saw the nearby pond, she bolted for it. Once she made it there and bent down, the sight in the water stopped her.

It was her. Her body completely still on the shores of the Destiny Islands as Ven, Terra, and Mickey tried to shake her awake as the others looked on, horrified. That... it didn't make sense. Was that somehow back a view of back home? No... it couldn't be. She would've remembered dying like that. There was no way it could be true. Not after everything she and the others had gone through...

Of course, the fact that she wanted a drink was completely forgotten for the moment as she watched that image.

CAMP NOWHERE- F

It was lucky that there was a cave nearby to give her a chance to rest, as she had no idea how long it had been since she had woken up and started her journey here. She was exhausted now, and despite the fact that she was alone and lost in a strange world, she knew that she needed to get some sleep somehow.

Exploring the cave had helped her find some things, including something that was claiming to be food, but at the moment her attention was captivated by a strange silver object that she found. For whatever reason, it was buzzing in her hand, and she couldn't begin to guess at what it could be used for.

"What's the point of this?"

INTERSTELLAR ACTION FORCE ASSEMBLE - H/G

While finding some form of civilization had been welcome, that examination that had happened where the scientists who had come up to her had just blurted out all of that random stuff about her had been mortifying. Her cheeks were still completely red at the thought of some of the things they had said. Especially the part about how often she had had sex. Not only was it completely wrong but even if she had had sex before and it had been right just saying something like that wasn't any of their business. "I've never done that at all! Now stop talking about me like that!"

As soon as she got a chance, she stormed off towards the promised shower, intent on avoiding any contact with anyone else. At least until people had a chance to forget what they were saying about her before.

Unfortunately, she would have no such luck, as she ended up bumping into someone as she moved. "I'm... I'm sorry, I must not have been paying attention to where I was going." That was something she was going to have to make sure she didn't repeat again. Just because she was annoyed was no excuse to even accidentally harm other people.

Sora

[bubbleblaster]

[Continued from here ]

It was good to get confirmation that the gummiphones still worked, but now Aqua is just as confused as Sora. "I'm not sure," she said. It didn't make much sense to her. "Usually I would assume that there's a limited range for these, but with what they were designed to do, that doesn't make much sense."

After all, these phones were made specifically to communicate between the worlds. Distance and range should be the last thing that should effect them.

[keythatconnects]

"Maybe the world is blocking them someway?" Sora asked. He has no idea how any of these things work. Could that even be possible? No other world had that same issue.

[bubbleblaster]

"That's entirely possible," Aqua said with a frown. "I'm not entirely sure how that would be done, but I also don't know how the gummiphones even work to begin with."

Even if Chip and Dale (or someone who had spoken to them about it), did try to explain it to her, she wouldn't understand most of it anyway.

[keythatconnects]

"Yeah, me either. I'm lucky I learned how to take pictures with it, but that's basically all I know how to do.

Oh! And the games too, I guess."

[bubbleblaster]

"That isn't true," Aqua pointed out, lips curled into a smile. "You also know how to make a call."

[keythatconnects]

He looks up at her and then chuckles. "Yeah, but that's easy because it's talking to my friends. That's, like, my favorite thing to do!"

Riku

[bubbleblaster]

[ Continued from here ]

Yes. That's good. Who knows what else that the bites would do if they were left unchecked.

[ If it could make you endlessly thirst somehow, they could probably do anything.]

[oncebrokenway]

We should try and stick together, if we can. Who knows what else this world has in store.

[bubbleblaster]

[ Aqua smiles at that and nods.]

Even if this world wasn't completely alien to us, it doesn't make sense for us to split up.

[ At least, not at the moment. There's always a chance that they'll have to do that sometime.]

[oncebrokenway]

Right.

[always a chance, yes. especially if we want all our test drive threads to be canon]

I think I've had about enough of this water, how about you?

[bubbleblaster]

Yes, I think I've gotten enough, well, "rest".

[ Not that this was really all that restful, but that's besides the point. Besides, this still wasn't as taxing as having to wander the Realm of Darkness for a decade (or however many years she actually experienced there, it was a bit of a blur).

Either way, she just needs to wait for Riku to be ready to leave, and then they can be on their way to... a random direction that wasn't the one they had already come from.]

[oncebrokenway]

Okay. Let's go.

[he doesn't take long, just standing up and brushing the dust off his pants.

onward to mystery and adventure, apparently]

Cyrus

[bubbleblaster]

[Continued from here ]

Aqua followed after the other woman, making note of the direction that she said that she came from. "And I came from over that way," Aqua said, pointing in a direction that wasn't that far off from the same one that Cyrus was pointing at. It wasn't exactly the same, but potentially close enough to show that they could've come from the same general area, depending on how far they had traveled. And how large you considered a 'general area' to be.

But at least both of them knew which ways to not travel in once they started moving again.

Elden

[bubbleblaster]

[Continued from here ]

[ Aqua's not entirely sure what he means by "flying carriages" at first, but then it hits her that he had to be talking about the transports that brought them here.]

If you're talking about the ships that brought us here, I've seen enough of them that they aren't all that strange to me.

[ At his second comment though, she can't help but blush. Pretty heavily at that. Which really should be all the answer that he needs about how invasive the questions were even if she wasn't saying it. ]

H/G

[starlightheart]

Nanoha Takamachi is hardly a stranger to other worlds, interstellar travel, or really much of what they've been encountering. At least, in a sense. Her time on front lines were mostly behind her before she was an adult, both by necessity and by her role as a trainer. Exploration, dealing with other species or sorts of people... It wasn't really her forte. She could teach someone how to fight anything, but there was a hard limit to certain things on knowing or having experience in dealing with them first hand.

Needless to say, the blurting out of her personal details - regardless of accuracy - was a little much, and while Nanoha's one to roll with the punches a lot of times, that was almost a little more than she was prepared to deal with. Her normally rock solid composure shaken, she was thankful to get away, feeling a definite need to wash the filth off her, both implied and actual.

Still, she didn't quite get that composure back before another young woman bumped into her, but she waves it off. "Ah, no problem! I think a lot of us are a little lost in our heads at the moment."

[bubbleblaster]

Aqua nods, looking at the other woman and trying to keep the embarrassment off of her face. And completely and utterly failing at that. Because bolting out like that and running into this woman because she was upset at what she was being asked was something that as a Keyblade Master she should be able to avoid. Not matter what the questions were.

Still, at least the person she had run into didn't seem to be upset about it. That was good. "I'm... not really used to being asked anything like what they were asking me," Aqua admits, face going completely red now. She was pretty sure that this woman would have an idea of what she meant and that she wouldn't need to clarify.

She wasn't sure if she'd be able to clarify if she were asked.

[starlightheart]

The blue-haired woman's blush and general reaction says a lot, and Nanoha takes a step back, nodding. "If it helps, I don't think a lot of people are used to strangers being so, ah... forward."

The TSAB had its problems, but she's fairly sure that such things wouldn't occur there. They at least didn't when Nanoha was first brought aboard one of their vessels years ago.

"Nor do I think most entities like whatever this organization is would be doing that..." She smiles. That might be a little too much information, but she's not really in a position where her status as an interdimensional peacekeeper matters. She can't contact the TSAB, for one thing. "So, at least you're not alone there!"

[bubbleblaster]

Okay, okay good this woman did understand exactly what she meant and wasn't going to make her explain it. That made her feel better. As did what she was told about it, and she lets out a small sigh of relief in response to that. Right, of course that wasn't normal. Why would it be? "That does make it a little easier."

The mention of other entities in the position of those doctors almost makes Aqua want to comment about it, but she stops herself. For one thing, she's still not sure if she should mention that she's been to other worlds before. Not that keeping the fact that other world's exist a secret was even possible, but mentioning that there were a group of people who went around the worlds and defended them from darkness in secret wasn't necessarily something that should be mentioned. At least, not at the moment.

So instead she smiles back, before holding out her hand for a handshake. "Yeah. It does seem like we're all stuck in the same situation. My name's Aqua. What's yours?"

[starlightheart]

Not being on those front lines most times and living on a planet that isn't Earth, Nanoha is a little out of touch since High School of keeping her day to day TSAB activities out of her normal conversation. Still, she keeps that smile plastered on her face.

"A little easier, at the least I think we can both agree they went a little too far."

She eyes the hand as its extended and happily takes it, shaking. "My name's Nanoha Takamachi. At the least, I'm glad you were able to make it here alright. It was a strange trip before now."

To say the least.

h

[404s]

[ It had been very, very clear from the outset that Data Sora wasn't in the Datascape anymore.

Initially, it causes him uncharacteristic panic. There's nothing familiar, not the world, not any Bug Blox, no Mickey in the sky instructing him what to do.

By the time they've reached the inhabitants of the world and begun to be sorted out, Data Sora has calmed down quite a bit. Sora, and so Data Sora, was nothing if not adaptable to new situations. He may not have any idea what was going on, but he was surrounded by people who seemed friendly enough. If nothing else, he could try and help everyone else who was brought here until he figured something out.

Being bumped to the side knocks him out of those thoughts, and Data Sora is immediately giving an easy smile. ]

Hey, it's fine! Don't worry--

[ He stops short, mouth dropping open and eyes going wide. Because he recognizes that face, without a doubt. ]

You're--! From Sora's heart, you're the one lady!

[bubbleblaster]

[ Aqua blinks, staring down at... Sora? and wondering how it was that she had managed to run into him again. Before realizing that it obviously wasn't Sora. Since for starters he was shorter than Sora.

And was also talking about Sora as if he were a different person. But this was... odd? Was this another nobody of Sora? A replica?

Either way, standing her like an idiot wasn't going to help, so... ]

I'm Aqua. Just... uh, who are you, exactly if you aren't Sora?

[404s]

I'm... [ He was used to just being addressed as Sora, but... ] Data Sora, I guess?

[ Data Sora laces his fingers together behind his head, grinning widely. ]

Mickey made me so I could help fix Jiminy's journal! I'm usually in the Datascape, though... I'm not sure how I managed to come here.

[ This is all completely normal, nothing weird to see here. Just a walking, talking computer program. ]

[bubbleblaster]

[ Aqua listens to that explanation. And stares at him for a few moments. Because that really doesn't make any sense to her.

But there was an easy answer to that, so Aqua pulled out her gummiphone, quickly searching to see what was listed in the journal about him and... sure enough there it was. ]

This is really confusing... [ She puts the Gummiphone away, then turns her attention back to him.]

But whatever reason why it is, you're here now. Have you run into any of the others yet?

[404s]

Not yet. I looked for Riku and Mickey, but they don't seem to be anywhere. And no one is answering when I call. This definitely isn't the Datascape.

[ His frown only lasts a moment. More than that, there was something else concerning him. ]

But that's okay, because I found you! And you...are you okay? You were in Sora's memory and he needed to find and help you. Your hurting...was he able to mend it?