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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 accidentally swallow the worm at the bottom of my tequila? — 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.

▶ I Heat Up, I Can’t Cool Down
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 After settling into your apartment, you notice a shiny silver indestructible mechanoid cube with a pair of tiny stag horns attached to it. The card attached says that it’s a gift from the Lunatian government. One touch of the cube makes it hover in place, light up brightly, and play the classic hit Last Firalia by Blam! on repeat. By the 7th listen, you get hot under your collar, beads of sweat forming on your temples and rolling down your neck, and your breath grows labored. By the 17th listen, you’re all but ready to burst into flames — a stark contrast to the plummeting temperature outdoors.

A bit of vigorous moonlacing should keep you from growing too hot and bothered indoors. Or you could simply decide to chuck the cube out the window and let it be someone else’s problem. That won't really stop it, though. The music only stops once the cube picks up enough Chroma in the atmosphere generated via moonlacing, so go forth, and spread the Firialia lust, love, and cheer!

▶ It’s the Moose Wonderful Time of the Year
City of Lunatia | top

In the city of Lunatia, the streets are emblazoned with beautiful antler decorations, gleaming gold and silver along every walkway. Snowflake holograms appear on shop fronts to announce their annual Firialia sales, and Prismals are all rushing to buy gifts and make preparations for the upcoming holiday.

According to legend, on one incredibly harsh winter, ancient Prismals were downtrodden and on the verge of starvation when the majestic stag king of the forest, Firi, emerged from his humble kingdom to bring them warm clothing, blankets, and gifts for surviving the biting cold. It is said that his spirit remains on the land even after the Calamity, appearing every winter solstice to bless the Prismals for the new year ahead. Every year, Prismals mount festive wreaths on their door, decorated with stag horns in Firi's honor, and exchange gifts to invite the benevolent spirit of Firi into their homes.

A Hanging fake deer antlers is a strong Firialia tradition that has endured for centuries — a success that can be attributed to its magical effects, which often compels two people caught beneath to share a bit of Firialia spirit with one another. One can find these trinkets everywhere, decorating even the most secluded of spaces. The antlers come in three colors:

RED: Causes a dangerous but intense feeling of desire to embrace the person you're with! You will want to roughly pin the closest person to you on a flat surface, passionately kiss, and/or aggressively hold hands.

BLUE: Causes people to want to kiss until they’re out of breath, hands liberally moving across each other’s body, and the errant temptation to go further, but no taking any clothes off in public or the Moon Knights will get you! You’ll simply be eager to tease and kiss beyond the lips and have difficulty feeling sated.

PURPLE: Causes people to want to caress each other's faces affectionately, steal soft kisses, and/or tenderly lace their fingers together. They may also feel compelled to offer up some sweet whispers and compliments!

B To combat the cool weather, Prismals will also be handing out cups of warm chocolate moose mousse. This light and creamy dessert is prepared in enchanted moose-shaped cups with a pair of festive graham cookie antlers poking out of it. Prismal traditions include taking a bite and passing it to your neighbor, enabling you to get a glimpse of one another’s Firialia wishlists left unspoken. Fancy a new fishing rod this holiday? Or perhaps that saucy leather subligar you’ve been eyeing since your arrival? The words and images that make up your list appear before whoever eats your mousse, so who knows? Maybe you might get it this Firilia...

▶ Are You Not Entertained?
Level 1, PrismaPlace | top

After the long wait and preparations, the League Match Action Online (LmaO) preliminary qualification rounds are now underway at the gaming hub in PrismaPlace in Level 1, as the city will be hosting the LmaO Grand Championship next month. Moonblessed old and new are welcome to take the game for a test drive and participate!

The award-winning VR MOBA boasts amazingly seamless first-person view graphics and a real-time combat mode almost as authentic as real life and guaranteed to wow and amaze. Players can explore and immerse themselves in the fantasy world of LmaO, where they can create their own avatars and either fight with or against players from Lunatia and the Kingdom of Lyestellus for glory and loot!

In co-op mode, you will be battling a selection of huge beasts chosen at random. The most notorious among them is Ogma the Dread Ogre, who has high defense and pesky unavoidable attacks. PVP mode pits you against other players, and getting KO’d three times in a row or having your base captured is a loss for you and your team. Fun mode featuring mini-games such as virtual basketball, rhythm step action, beat sword, and many more. Winning any of these modes nets you loads of in-game gold that can be used to buy aesthetic skins, cute in-game pets, fun game emotes, furniture for your in-game house, or weapon and skill upgrades to make you stronger for the next round!

Event emcees will be recruiting anyone passing by for the preliminaries and showing them into fully-equipped private rooms for teams of two to eight players. Each player will be given virtual headsets and tight suits for immersion and communication. Prismal players may be recruited with Moonblessed teams if necessary.

A The scenario for the preliminaries is a majestic coliseum filled with gladiators of all ages and species. In LmaO, weapon choices are currently limited to any melee and ranged weapons you'd find in an ambitious fantasy RPG setting (read: you can find dual swords and grimoires but also gunblades), including an elemental magic system of water, fire, wind, earth, dark and light. Choose your weapon and, with your team, fight for the top spot!

As you begin to battle, you notice that the more you get hit, the more your physical body shows visceral reactions to the attacks. Outside of the game, you lose balance. Bruises appear out of nowhere and mar on your skin. You earn minor abrasions and bleed. It’s possible to feel the sweat or saliva of other players or bots, the sensation of their virtual hands grappling you, or their teeth sinking into your shoulder as they bite. It's a new, tantalizing world of virtual stimulation.

B For those of you more interested in the glamour aspects of LmaO, you are welcome to compete against other players in either the in-game or a real glam-a-thon. Festive LmaO cosplayers will be scattered around the venue, dressed in colorful costumes of characters from the game, such as the ridiculously cool cyborg Kenji and the flirty immortal fox mage Yeri. As for the in-game contestants, they are located on a bright sparkling stage. Large monitors at PrismaPlace can be seen livestreaming everything.

Some of the many competitors are dressed in colorful gear, including stylish himations, risque chitons, and a bevy of glittery, neon gladiator sandals. Challenge other players to a fashion walk-off on the raised catwalk. Score high enough on either contests, and you will win an ultra-rare Firialia plump moose mount in-game. You are welcome to invite others on a scenic moose ride after as the plump moose very slowly waddles across the virtual snowfields and exhibits its adorable built-in feature where it decides to take a nap every few minutes.

▶ Questions
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[ One of seven elders?! That sounds so important! ]

Yes, to this address, please, Yuheng Elder.

[ To think this person would actually grace him with being able to see his pengornis! Truly magnanimous!! ]

[An elder of the most looked down on Sect but like...details!]

All right.

[He also sends his own address. Because penpals implies that they're exchanging letters, so this seems important.]

Here's mine.

Thank you.

Really, thank you! I hope that our pieces end up being compatible with one another.

[ To write something so shameless ............ still he feels he should be clear about his intentions! ]

Do they need to be compatible?

[And what...does that mean, exactly?]

I suppose that is the hope.

[But what does that mean!?]

What determines compatibility?

I suppose it would be if what is seen is to your liking.

[Oh...as in. If they find the other person's writing engaging...?]

That makes sense.

Then, we shall both send a letter to begin with.

Yes, let's.

[ He has to keep his enthusiasm out of his text! If he doesn't, if he doesn't, he is certain to use one thousand exclamation points! ]

[So, Chu Wanning goes about writing his letter! The calligraphy is elegant and the writing style poetic without being particularly flowery.

"May this letter take my place in greeting you, and seeing this letter bring a smile to your face" as a greeting seems...presumptuous for a first letter, but it also seemed like a good way to start it. (And if part of that was because he was feeling warmer about the memories related to teaching his disciple to write rather than self-deprecation).

As someone who wasn't really good at conversations he struggled for a bit to think of something to talk about.

And then he decided to write about...weapons. And the history and uses of a variety of them. It should be familiar-ish until he starts talking about mechas and magic tools but also Heavy Armour and Eagle Armour (and the last two are interspersed with minor, petty complaints about the person using them but without naming any names) and also some speculations about conversation rates between something he refers to as ziliujin and Chroma as well as spiritual energy and Chroma and whether or not there were better ways to improve on it.

In the end, once he started he found he had a lot to say on the subject so rather than a letter it ends up reading like an excerpt from a textbook (with like, three footnotes complaining about Gu Yun's teasing and shamelessness, again, without naming names because they are friends and he wouldn't do that to him!)]

[ Wu Xingzi can't believe how brave that he's being! But then again, he did think that he had died so this has given him a new lease on life. He'll happily ask for a few more pengornises since ... well, it certainly doesn't hurt, right? And if it turns out that they should be pleasing to one another ....... well!! That would be quite the boon, wouldn't it?

Of course, he remembers the last time that he sent off the drawing of his pengornis. But Chu Wanning seems like a wonderful sort of person that would at least be regular pen pals if their pengornises did not match the other's liking. Having one more friend in the world is fine, and there is a certain closeness a person could be when they literally expose themselves to one another.

With a heart filled with bright and pleasant thoughts, he draws out a picture of his own pengornis. He's pleased with the results. Is it just him or is he getting better at it? He wonders if it is because he's become something of a connoisseur of pengornises and so has gotten better at figuring out what draws one's eye to them. He scratches the side of his nose and feels a little proud of himself, and wonders if it is okay to feel such pride.

In any case, the letter is sent out and he happily receives his own!!

...

...?

...??

......?!?!!!

Oh no.

Oh no!!!

What went wrong?! ]

[The letter is rather thinner than he expected...or perhaps his own letter had been too long?

He opens it and...]

[..............

He doesn't know what he's looking at for a second.]

[Then his entire face blushes red.

This was--!!! Who would possibly send a drawing of their--!? Shameless!!

His grip on the paper tightens to the point of nearly ripping it before he suddenly balls the paper up.]

[

...wait. Doesn't that...doesn't that mean when he was talking about compatibility he really meant--

His mind ran into overdrive as his embarrassment, and thus his anger seemed to grow. Then he gets back to his device.]

What is the meaning of this?

[ Ah, what is it that he should say?

Should he say that he's very sorry that he suddenly sent an unwanted pengornis image, but felt that the two of them were on the same wavelength? Isn't that saying that the fault lies with Chu Wanning? That is awful! He refuses to say something like that at all! It's more that he's the one that misunderstood everything and sent a picture that he spent time on drawing.

His face turns so red that he fears that his skin may be forever discolored. How can he show his face anywhere in this city? Should he be more blunt? How could he be more blunt? It's difficult enough to ask to be "pen pals" and now he's realizing that people think he means "pen pals!"

What is a thirsty, thirsty quail to do???? ]

There is no meaning.

It was a mistake on my part! A complete and absolute mistake! I promise that it was not my intention to send a pengornis back to you and hoping that you would send one to me. Well, no, that is the intention of it completely, but I promise that I meant it with true and honest intentions and not attempting to make light of anything.

[ He re-reads over what he has written and feels like it says about what he is trying to say. Possibly??? Maybe?! ]

[...pengornis? Is that...is that what it's called where he's from?

But also...he reads and rereads the message and still doesn't know what it's saying! Or rather, he sort of understood parts of it but...]

Speak plainly.

I honestly was hoping that both of our drawings would be mutually liked by the other, and that you would wish to get close to me in that fashion. But even if that were not the case, becoming friends was also a nice idea.

[ And also .... being able to have a picture of an elegant pengornis would be a nice consolation gift. ]

[.......................

He takes it back. Please don't speak plainly.]

I'm not sending you a drawing.

He uses a period, but it would have been more accurate to have attached a string of exclamation marks.]

We can try being acquaintances.

Provided we never bring up this conversation ever again.

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