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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!

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Comments

[punshots]

[ Yeah, must be all those sweets he's spoiled her with that have gone straight into her chipmunk cheeks. But he hopes his powers come back soon -- he's gotten way too used to zipping around everywhere he goes. Getting around feels like it takes so long when you have to do it at a regular speed!

But now they're safe and sound (relatively) in the cave, and Prompto settles down at her side, one hand reaching for her knee. It brings to mind another time when they shared a similar space, when she had saved him and injured herself in the process. It makes it easy, then, to appreciate just how far they've come. ]

Yeah, guess so, but it's not the same when I have to run around a creepy spaceship or a mermaid kingdom. Or—swim, anyway. I miss running to the sunrise...

[ A wistful sigh...but enough about that! ]

So, how's the leg feelin'? Still gooey?

[adelphoi]

[ yeah how did he manage to do any running on the ship? back and forth down the mess hall?? that sounds pretty unsatisfying..

her face is still warm though, even when he sets her down, and she's hesitant to draw her arms back from his shoulders, so for now she doesn't. it feels nice, anyway, when they're trapped on some strange crystal wasteland far away from anywhere they know, a little bit of touch with your boyfriend is comforting.

especially when he's touching her leggie.. :flushed:

oh. wait, she can feel that. ]

Oh..

[ curiously, she glances back down to her leg to find that the mark from before seems to have vanished. carefully, she wiggles her toes in her boot, then extends her leg - which moves now completely normally and properly, as if nothing were wrong with it at all. ]

[punshots]

[ Hey, if she wants to stick close, he's definitely not about to complain. Rather, he stays just as close, one arm slipping around her back while the other smooths affectionately down her calf. Huh, it is kind of prickly........though not to the extent that a cactuar leg would be.

But even though he's being disgusting right now, that doesn't stop him from cocking a brow at her, head tilting. ]

Heeeeeey...you didn't just fake it so I'd carry you in here, did you? [ ... ] You know you only have to ask!

[ He would carry her around on a palanquin if she asked him to, tbh. ]

[adelphoi]

[ wow look it's been a pretty crazy week okay, she hasn't had the time to shave her legs thoroughly in while, leave her prickles alone!!!! ]

I most certainly did not.

[ she insists, with vehemence, sitting further up so she can take his face into her hands, running her hand over his brow and squashing his cheeks with her palms. ]

What about you?

[ she still looks worried. a lame leg is one thing, but problems of the mind are quite another.. ]

[punshots]

[ She thinks that, but his pits are as smooth as a newborn baby's bum. There's always time to shave... ]

D-do I look handsome like this? [ He asks when she squishes his cheeks, and grin fighting against the pressure of his palms. At her question, though, he casts a glance out of the mouth of the cave. It might've just moved on, but he doesn't see a chocobo out there anymore...

Even if it wasn't real, he's kind of disappointed. :( ]

Think I'm back to normal now, too...you're not lookin' so green and pokey anymore.

[adelphoi]

[ one cannot compare the shaving of pits to the shaving of legs.. it's so much more surface area!! she will rub her prickly leggies all over him!!

truth be told though, now that the feeling is back in her leg she is intensely relieved, breathing more easily for sure. so she laughs thinly and drops her hands - though not before giving his cheeks a good, healthy pinch. ]

You always look handsome.

[ enjoy the compliment before she brings back the torture.. but she's reassured now that he seems to be feeling better as well. at least for now. sitting a little further forward, she casts her glance around the cave. ]

We should rest here for the night.

[punshots]

[ He will enjoy that compliment, thank you very much! In fact, he preens at it, a grin cracking his features. You'd figure he would be used to the idea of her finding him attractive by now, but no. It is still new and novel, even if he's quick to turn the compliment back on her— ]

Heh...I gotta look my best if I'm gonna keep up with a stunner like you!

[ And then he's blushing again...will that ever wear off? Not anytime soon, it would seem.

At her suggestion, however, his smile falters, if only because he knows what her suggestion means... ]

Here? We're gonna camp here?

[ CAMPING.........it's been so long, but he doesn't miss it. :( ]

[adelphoi]

[ well you don't see a 5 star hotel anywhere nearby do you???

alisaie shoots him the thinnest, most dry look she possibly can before she sighs and climbs to her feet - mostly to make sure her leg is in proper working order, but also so that she can glance to the left and right. ]

Would you prefer to sleep out in the open?

[ the cave might not be the most comfortable place, but it's dry and cozy, there don't seem to be any indications of any sort of monsters living here.. there are no feather beds, but it is safe. also, there's a bag of something behind prompto?? ]

What's that?

[punshots]

[ Well, no, he just...he didn't think...they could keep moving! But it is getting dark, and who knows might come out out there in the night. He'd rather not find out the hard way, and they've already had enough fun with the bugs...

And this means they can probably! Snuggle!!! So, okay, he'll find a Way.

Glancing behind himself, he nearly jumps out of his skin — before realizing it's just...a bag. ]

Uh...dunno. [ Please just ignore the fact that he just jumped, please. He picks the bag up. ] It says "edible", though.



...Not it.

[ He holds the bag up for her. All yours, Alisaie! ]

[adelphoi]

[ WOW HER REAL KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR HERE

also if you think she didn't notice him jumping at the bag you would be wrong. she definitely noticed. shooting him an Unimpressed frown, alisaie snatches the bag from his hands to look it over, before opening it to give it a quick sniff.

it smells.. pretty unassuming. and the bag itself doesn't give much away besides the helpful "edible." ]

T'was your boundless bravery that I fell in love with.

[ she says, flatly, before dumping a small handful into her palm to examine it. ]

[punshots]

[ Look, look. He just saw something out of the corner of his eye — what if it had been some kind of creepy-crawly? ...Maybe that would have still been wimpy of him, but you never know!

His nose wrinkles up at her remark, but it's not wholly meant, because she also said she loves him in the same breath, and really that's all that matters. He'll never get tired of hearing her say that, even if it's couched in an insult. That's just how Alisaie expressions affection?? ]

Long as you love me! ...Anyway, you gonna try it? Looks nasto...

[ He leans in and blows a breath at the pile in her hand, scattering the contents a bit more than intended. WHOOPS, sorry sweetheart. ]

Yyyyeah, pretty sure whatever that was disintegrated into food dust ages ago.

[adelphoi]

What was that for!

[ what the hell he just blew food dust all over her!! alisaie scoffs and shoots him a scowl, then rubs what little remains on her palm right into his hair without even the pretense of regret. he deserves it!! it's all down the front of her coat now..

she pats it away with her hand, sending up clouds of.. food dust into the air. ]

This may be all we can find for some time, we cannot waste it!

[ mostly she's just mad she has dried food particles stuck to her face tho. ]

[punshots]

Hey, watch the 'do, watch the 'do!!!

[ Though it's clear that watching the 'do is the exact opposite of what she intends to do, and he yelps as she rubs the food dust from her palm onto his hair. Though he tries to smack her hand away, it is to no avail. He looks like a monster now. ]

Aw, man... [ Delicately, he reaches up to run his fingers through his tousled hair, doing his best to right it where he still can. ] Ugh, think I'd rather just starve. That stuff looks worse than the space goop.

[ when will they eat normal food again 2k19 ]

[adelphoi]

[ watching the 'do is the last thing on her mind.. besides, it's looked better anyway, after traveling a technicolor sandy crystalscape. she knows where to hit him where it really hurts.. ]

Apologies, starving will not be an option. I will not allow it.

[ she misses real food just as much as he does, food is one of her favorite things, but he's gonna eat this powder crap whether he likes it or not. alisaie tips out another palmful of the stuff, but not before narrowing her eyes suspiciously and stepping back far enough that he can't blow it all over her again!! she has no trust.

but whatever, it's been a very long day, she's hungry, and it seems unlikely that poison would be randomly lurking in a place like this, so she's not too worried about the constitution of the edible powder. at worst it'll give her a stomachache and accomplish nothing. so, bottoms up!! she tips it into her mouth and.. chews? ]

[punshots]

[ Grimly, he watches her as she shotguns the handful of food powder into her mouth, his concern growing by the second as she chews. Chews? On powder? Wouldn't it be better just to swallow it in one gulp and get it over with? ]

Sooooo...you need the Heimlich? I dunno how to do it, but I'm here for you, babe!

[ How reassuring. ]

[adelphoi]

[ he's such a strong and helpful boyf.. thanks for nothing, promptoot!! ]

What is a heimlich?

[ she asks, through the mouthful of powder - it's thick, and becoming kind of pasty in her mouth, but she doesn't choke, thanks?? she's capable of eating food without having her hand held!! soon enough she swallows it all, and it clings uncomfortably to her mouth a little still, a little grainy, mealy residue, but it's mostly tasteless, so she isn't complaining..

sealing the bag again, she tosses it into his lap. ]

Eat.

[punshots]

It's when you, like...grab someone from behind to stop 'em from choking? I've only seen it in movies, I think...

[ So basically, don't choke, because he's going to be pretty useless in saving her if she does. He prefers mouth-to-mouth anyway......

The bag of "edible" lands in his lap, and Prompto withers as he lifts it into his hands, opening it and sniffing the contents. ]

What does it taste like? Anything?

[ Sure, she looks okay, but even if this stuff won't kill him, he's pretty reluctant to eat it. ]

[adelphoi]

[ i mean im sure the heimlich is a thing on hydaelyn but it's probably called something else, i doubt dr. heimlich existed there or invented any maneuvers. also, mouth to mouth is useless, prompto!! it isn't a thing anymore.

good thing she doesn't need it, anyway. ]

Not much..

[ she shakes her head, then drops to sit across from him at last. ]

Get it over with, you enormous baby.

[punshots]

[ Okay, if it's useless he'll remember that next time he saves her from drowning... ]

If you say so, Miss Bossy! But if I die from asphyxiation, I'm totally going to haunt you.

[ But with that threat meted out, at last Prompto withdraws a handful of the food dust from the bag, lifts it to his recoiling mouth, and shotguns the whole mound down his gullet at once.



He coughs and food dust goes everywhere. ]

Water, need water —

[adelphoi]

[ ah, he is dying...

even worse, he's wasting food!! it's not good food, but who knows how long they're going to be stuck out here?? and he's just barfing precious resources into the air because he's an idiot. ugh. also he's managing to talk, so he's fine, but she still moves quickly to his side so she can punch him several times on the back. hard. better out than in, even if it's a waste! ]

Gods, Prompto, you're such a tit -

[ has he never learned to eat food properly?? also she doesn't have any water!! pull some from the armiger!! in fact, pull a tent from it too, thanks. ]

[punshots]

[ Look, when you're already parched and you have to dry-swallow a mouthful of dust, you're gonna have a bad time! Never mind that she did it with no issues. It wasn't as easy as she made it look!

He continues to cough into his hands, uncertain if her pounding is actually helping rather than hindering his recovery. In either case, soon enough he is regaining his breath, and he manages to swallow what little of the food dust actually stayed in his mouth. Grisly...

Then, turning a lopsided grin up at her: ]

I'm a....what now?

[ Did she just call him a tit???? ]

[adelphoi]

[ it was actually pretty easy. chewing and swallowing was a basic function she learned when she was like, 2.

anyway, she keeps thwacking him on the back until she's sure he's not going to die, and after that, she's picking up the bag of "edible" again and taking one of his hands to pour into his palm a very small, much more responsible amount of powder. she's pretty sure that 95% of the food dust ended up on the floor and on his clothes, so.. ]

A tit, because that is what you are.

[ she says, tartly, and taps his wrist. ]

Now eat properly.

[punshots]

[ Alright, alright. She means business, so he's taking this seriously. Right...after a snort of laughter, which he does his best to smother. ]

Heheh, a tit....

[ Yeah.

But to his credit, he manages to pull himself together after a few more moments of snickering, and lifts the food dust to his mouth. This time, he tips it in much more responsibly, and though he shudders at the taste (or lack thereof), he manages to chew and get it all down. ]

See? Nothin' to it. Dunno what you were makin' such a big deal about...

[ He reaches over to brush a few food dust flecks from her nose. ]

[adelphoi]

[ what is so funny about the word tit... stop giggling, prompto!! sometimes he mystifies her, she does not understand his strange high tech life and weird modern boy -isms.

anyway, he eats the food, and that's enough for her. though the chalky texture still clings unpleasantly to the inside of her mouth, the "edible" dust doesn't seem to have made her sick - in fact, she's feeling rather full and sated. it was a risk worth taking, it seems!! she wrinkles her nose when he touches it, then sits back against the wall beside him with a long sigh. ]

Yes. Nothing to it.

[ she says, dryly, and rubs both hands over her face. ]

I wonder how much further we have to go..

[punshots]

[ One day he'll explain it to her...one day.

For now, though, they're winding down — as much as they can, anyway, in this cave in an unfamiliar land with so few resources and comforts around them. Not that they're unused to making do with what they can find around in whatever worlds Astoria sends them to, but even this is a stretch. At least he found her. With how barren this place seems to be, he can recognize how fortunate they are.

Exhaling through his nose, he tilts his head until his cheek rests against the top of her head, his hand finding hers and weaving their fingers together. His eyes are dry and his throat is itchy, and he still really needs a drink. But it could be worse! It's warm enough in this cave, and...Alisaie is here. He'd be willing to put up with just about anything with her at his side. ]

Yeah, and...where're we going to? You think...the Horologium spit us out somewhere?

[ Or is this even a different world from that one? ]