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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. After an hour or two of wandering through the crystal wilderness, a group of people find you worse for wear. They are the gallant Moon Knights from the planet of Prismatica. Because of the strange phenomena 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? — 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. You will then be escorted to the docks, and led onto a large transport vessel that makes frequent trips back and forth between the Iris moon and the planet. Faces onboard vary from both old and new Moonblessed as well as the local Prismals.

The next destination: Prismatica.

▶ There and Back Again
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 As a Remooning gift from the Lunar Scientia Headquarters, the dedicated team from the Amphoria Room has released their latest perfected technology: Amphoria Pods. These VR Pods, which can fit up to four people at a time, have been set up in the gaming hub within Level 1’s PrismaPlace. They allow users to upload sceneries of their world in order to create a realistic holographic landscape of their homes that others can access and play around with, granting everyone the means to relive past memories with their loved ones as well as interact with the bestiary of other worlds. The pods also use the same technology that enhanced the popular virtual game, League Match Action Online (LmaO), which means you’re liable to feel the chill of cold environments, the burning heat from boiling water, the hard slap of your ex-lover, or the biting sting of a stray wasp. All who use the Amphoria Pods for the first time this year will also receive a small amount of Chroma in case things get too real.

▶ God Save Us from the Queen
Level 1, PrismaPlace and Level 2, Greatmoon Groves | top

The first month of the year is packed with two of the most important winter events this season: Queen Elara’s birthday and the League Match Action Online (LmaO) PVP semi-finals. It just so happens that the Queen of Lunatia is also a huge LmaO fan. Coincidence? Definitely not! LmaO players and royal family fans alike can meet her at PrismaPlace, where she will be appearing in cosplay of her favorite hero, Ah-Kari, while holding a body pillow of Commander GareBear. You, too, can get an autograph or selfie with the birthday girl if you’re willing to fall in line! Her bodyguards will also be in LmaO cosplay, keeping the crowd under control during the long wait.

Queen Elara

Good day to you all! This may come as a surprise to our guests the Moonblessed, but I am a normal person despite my exalted position. Please do not think of me today as Queen Elara. Instead... my name is Ah-Kari, sorceress of the crystal! With my soul fan blades, through the darkness, I shall slice all who dare hurt my commander in twain!

But when she is not meeting and greeting...

Queen Elara

My comrades, we're going to make history today. We're going for a new record. Perhaps the highest kill counts or the fastest clear for this map — it matters not. We’ve practiced day and night for this tournament, so let us show everyone that we’re not to be taken lightly! Also, the livestream is going in the royal archive, so make your successors proud!!

... she will be furiously grinding her character and training her skills in LmaO in the hopes of qualifying for the finals. Spectators will see her bring her own team full of hapless palace attendants who are there to either serve as her practice match partners or provide support to the one-woman army that is Queen Elara.

PrismaPlace is packed with giant crowds, many of them also in cosplay. While the semi-finals are taking place, new and old LmaO players alike can participate in the game’s current campaign: players who form teams get an improved chance of spawning unique monsters as well as winning rare items and skins in those prized lootboxes! Teams can also try to clear the event’s story together, featuring an aerial battle fought on griffin-back, which is heavily inspired by the popular Lunatian epic, The Battle of Abraxas, a colorful and complex story about the conflict between two families fighting over the fictional land of griffins, Abraxas.

A Progression in the event requires acquiring a griffin mount and getting it ready for battle. You can lure a wild one to yourself with a special veggie pie on a fishing pole. Should the griffin reject the lure, your character will be caught in a wind gaol and can only break out with the help of other players. Should you succeed, raising the griffin is a tedious task that involves players training alongside their respective griffins, running laps with them, taking them to hunt monsters, and feeding them properly. Depending on their diet, the food you give them will affect the color of its plumage and their battle stats.

Or you can skip the hard work and simply moonlace with your teammates through all the progression bars and required materials to save time. Once finished, you’ll be able to battle one another through the thunderous aerial domain of Abraxas. Clearing the event will net you an event-exclusive skin inspired by the royal family’s shining celestial robes and a weapon skin of a body pillow with your favorite character, so do your best!

B In celebration of Queen Elara’s birthday, the office of the royal household is hosting a modest tea party in the Greatmoon Groves. Swiffy bots that are normally programmed to remind visitors to keep the groves clean are now playing a birthday jingle on repeat. For people who prefer to be away from the blinding neon lights and the thumping techno music of PrismaPlace, this is the ideal escape. Unlimited tea and cookies are being served!

The tea is a soft-colored lilac concoction made from Ehrysian tea leaves that are known to cause a huge spike of alertness and is popular to Moon Knights and office workers with long night shifts as well as gamers for those all-night grinding sessions. The assorted cookies have either Ah-Kari or Commander GareBear printed on them. In case it isn't obvious yet, both are the birthday girl’s favorite LmaO characters.

Any Moonblessed looking for extra income is welcome to be royal attendants for the day; the hours are paid by Demichroma. They must be properly dressed up as maids or butlers (outfits provided by the royal household) as they serve tables.

▶ Say Cheese
Level 3, Caihong | top

Meanwhile, Caihong is in the midst of Remooning festivities in celebration of the new year, and merriment usually lasts a fortnight, filled with fireworks in the sky. Upon entering the district, beautiful Prismals with rat ears and tails greet you with a Happy Remooning and eagerly tug you along to join in.

Those welcomed will receive a pack of multi-colored sparklers, mooncakes topped with cheese, and a glowing drink called Champagne Supernova, poured in a thin glass in your hand. If you are over eighteen, the rat Prismals will ask if you prefer your drink with a kick. If you say yes, then they will add flavorful ice that causes extreme intoxication and might leave you to be susceptible to all levels of suggestion. Saying no (or if you’re under 18) will simply leave it as a sweet drink.

A One of the party games being played by the locals is called Lucky Tail, which is basically pinning the tail on the holographic rat stand-in — with a twist, it must be played with a partner! Another participant will blindfold you, spin you around, then push you forward. The stand-in is located at the end of unsteady elevated platforms forming a maze, filled to the brim with distracting objects underneath. They’re long, they’re thick, and they’re vibrating furiously in an attempt to knock you off the platforms.

Your partner must guide you by voice to successfully navigate through the maze! The game is rigged with various mechanisms, so stepping on specific platforms will activate a number of traps against you or your partner: machines that may tickle, drop colorful slime, or cause the platform to repetitively spin, and who knows what else?

Should you manage to get through the obstacle course and pin the tail successfully, you and your partner will win copious amounts of Demichroma, courtesy of Buwan from Buwan’s Stop.

B Another attraction is a fun magic glamour booth known for its face or body swap features. The booth staff, clad in their festive rat paraphernalia, will encourage you and your friends to take aesthetic shots using an illusion generator. The effects last an hour. Photographed images can be instantly uploaded and shared in Prismagram. New year, new you! Why not take the chance to celebrate this momentous occasion in a unique fashion? It’s all in good humor.

There are two buttons to press: (A) CUSTOM or (B) RANDOM. Pressing A will allow participants to customize their desired effects. Pressing B will cause the illusion magic to randomly rearrange participants in questionable positions, new outfits (or lack thereof), and you may even come out of the booth looking like your best friend or your worst rival. The possibilities are endless!

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Oh for the love of... how many times do I have to tell you I'm not gonna be your underling? [Inosuke clearly cannot get a hint and it's getting more and more frustrating as time passes.]

I'm not gonna be under anyone's rules and that's final! The only way for us to work together is if we are in common grounds! [Wait... why is he considering allying himself to this guy? And... for what end? He really just talked without thinking.]

I-I mean, that's what I would say if I was actually interested in joining you! [... Good save?]

Join me?

_{[ The suggestion earns Haga a tilt of Inosuke’s head, almost as if he’s considering it. But then, he busts out into a hideous sounding cackle (I swear, he IS a good guy in the series.) ]}

Keeehahahahahaa—!! That would put you on par with me!! Oi, I don’t think you’ve recognized the greatness of Inosuke-sama just yet!! Look what I can do!!

_{[ He stands to his feet and stretches his leg high into the air, resting it against his shoulder (see icon.) ]}

KIIIYAHHHHHH—!! LOOK AT ME!!

_{[ Yeah. His mannerisms don’t match his girly looking face at all. ]

Ask me what else I can do!! I dare you, maggot!!}

No, not yet. To be honest, I was more interested in trying to find a way to leave rather than settle in...

[... but now that Vincent is here.......]

Did you already find a place for yourself here?

Am I, now?

( is he? what kind of bind is this? he lifts a brow at him but remains cool and calm and collected, otherwise. )

Can’t just turn around and call it a wash? ( he’s kind of intrigued by what this stranger means, but there’s also part of him that’s on the defense. who knows what these weird moon people are even up to!! )

Great.

( it’s a toothy grin, showing off sharp teeth, but it’s all good-natured. even so, he clasps the other on the shoulder as if they’re truly old chums. )

It’s all about angles and lighting, you know? Gotta make sure you’re seen in the best possible light.

( it is absurdly adorable!!

that hesitation causes his own hesitation. his hand slips from her shoulder and he glances off to the side, pondering, foot tapping. )

Don’t have to if you don’t want to. Not gonna force a lady into doing anything she doesn’t want to do.

( a true gentleman. )

( he’s glad that this guy catches on so quickly. there’s something definitely familiar about him... but with all that’s been going on with the moons and the craziness that has been his life the last few hours, he can’t place it. so instead, he latches on to that hook. )

I am. Just not at the moment, I guess.

( he lifts his hands up, showing his pointed lack of poke balls. his eyes drop back and over to the charizard. )

Confused him for a friend of mine’s. But looking closer, they aren’t anything alike. ( that is to say pokemon all have slight quirks, especially if you’re so used to seeing certain ones. )

No. Nothing like that. It just... didn't work. Nothing happened when I tried to... create a portal. [ Not the most accurate term by it was close enough and didn't require explaining how the world travel she knows about worked. ]

Alas.

[ such a small world for such a large grief. she thinks allumette doesn't know what a dangerous precipice they sit on - with black rose looming, with the terrible future the exarch had told them about.

the offer has her blinking a little bit. ]

Er - yes, but did you say princess?

Of a sort. I've done quite a bit of travelling back where I'm from.

[ when he asks how long she's been in the city, she looks a bit sheepish. ]

Not very long - a few days. I'm still adjusting to how everything is. It's been quite a shock.

The question is, will anyone else be willing to look at them?

[ but that's a question for another time. instead, here's back to the queen and her overflowing coffers. varric laughs. ]

Ah, all right. Then who's your favorite of this weird little game they're all getting up to playing? They certainly have a variety of pictures of them about.

[ This is really nice, Caduceus thinks with a content sigh. They're, for all intents and purposes, snuggling, and he realizes he really needed this. Jester was the person who mostly hugged him (and so were random people), but it had been a while by now.

That headbutt draws a little amused huff out of the cleric. Cad is a little bony, but he's plenty warm and Fjord fits in really well by his arm. He takes a moment just to enjoy the moment, in a vision of his old home and with a new friend.

His droopy eyes glances down at Fjord again as the other man speaks, and then the firbolg starts chuckling. ]

This would be a lot of space for her wouldn't it? [ She would need a stool. ] It's rather different to be out there where things are built for one size or smaller.

[ Thankfully he's pretty good at dodging door frames by now. ]

[Geralt says nothing at first. He's gone through those same thoughts already. Now he's just trying to figure out if anyone here wants to kill him. Or kill Jaskier. So far, his answer is no, but he's ready for that to change.]

Shouldn't. But apparently is.

[What's possible or not is besides the point when the reality is right here. Him and Jaskier, somehow on a strange moon or sphere or plane. Whatever you want to call it. They weren't traveling together -- weren't even in the same city or town. (Don't have a damn wish binding them together.) So what's the connection?

It's too early for answers. He's got one more thing he wants to know, though.] Where were you? Before all this.

[ Things that Fjord loves: physical contact. Slumped together, warm and cosy in the old Blooming Grove temple as sunlight filters through the homely windows, he could probably fall asleep if he let himself and get lost in the illusion. Caduceus is real and that's all that matters, Fjord thinks as he absently rubs his nose on the silky, spidery fabric of a sleeve. No point pretending he's not comfortable. ]

I would say you're just the right height.

[ Shooting a smile up at his tall friend, who isn't currently all that far away given their seating arrangement, Fjord finds the room less interesting to look at than his companion, ~~flirting~~ teasing him for the fun of it. ]

What's the weather like up there, Deuces?

I'm sure A-Yao welcomed you as well. He lived in Qinghe for some time, after all.

[he remembers seeing them together back at cloud recesses. his half-brother had seemed loyalty to the young master. and whatever had passed between them was obviously smoothed out after the sunshot campaign.]

[It's quite obvious where she intends to stick her hand and it certainly wouldn't be the first time. But what he says does catch her by surprise and after a moment's thought, she does relent.

Not for his benefit. Simply because she's wont to being distracted from time to time.]

Oh! I guess it's because it doesn't really matter where I am. Just as long as I get to be with you~

[She grins, girlishly sweet all over again. As ever, a consistent variety to keep him on his toes.]

Besides, didn't you have that poster on the wall in your room? I thought you wanted to go up into space. Now, here you are. You have everything you could have wanted, so why do you sound so unhappy? Are you hiding something from me?

[He has everything he could possibly want. Except freedom.]

...I'll remember. [His face is a little redder than it was a moment ago, because he isn't expecting her to say that, and it's... embarrassing. But it's nice, too.] Sorry I ended up making you wait again.

[But then he's flustering for a different reason, because. Of course she would.]

H-hey, now you're just teasing me, aren't you...? [A beat.] ...You haven't actually been here for that long, right?

...

[it takes Tarrlok a few seconds to properly respond to this, because he’s kind of frozen in place as he watches this old guy leave, but.

Eventually he finishes processing all that and starts after him!!]

Wait, what do you expect me to do about my wall!? It’s the middle of winter!

[ Cad shares this feeling - he could just close his eyes and fall asleep right here, soft and warm and happy, but he's not sure if that means the place will shut off. Maybe it worked like a concentration spell, and he would like to enjoy it just a little bit more. Everything he loved was right here.

(There's a stain on the rug where Colton fell with a whole bushel of blueberries. It kind of looks like a dog.)

When Fjord asks a somewhat weird question, those soft deer-like ears flick a bit in confusion before it slowly dawns on him what Fjord means. ]

Very warm and toasty. How is it down there?

[ Not that Fjord was that short, but they're ~~flirting~~ teasing. ]

((OOC: He's also an angry little troll with a pride issue and the need to be better than anyone else? I guess there's always one in a canon, heh.))

[Well that should go without saying, right? Of course he's a fighter. Vegeta supposes there could be an advantage in not appearing so, to have an element of surprise, but that's not how he fought. He rather take an opponent on face on. Sneaky tactics could be helpful, but have some pride in a fight! Better to be testing skills than winning on a cheap move.

Though that comment did get a slight raise of a brow, but also a slight softening to his features.] You have one of those too. [Not that Bulma expects her husband to be that kind in an offer, but she certain doesn't put up with his old spite and anger, at least not without answering with her own temper back at him.]

Vegeta. [And this Timor was use to gravity training as well? Interesting.] This level of gravity is nothing, I've been training far higher than this for many years now. If this device is accurate in it's abilities to replicate locations, I should be able to create it here, even if only in a digital format.

You're not allowed to forget. I'll be mad if you forget again.

[ Because she does remember what happened the last time he lost practically all his memories of her and that was not a fun time at all. Naturally, she frowns a little bit before sighing, her eyes brightening as she shrugs her shoulders. ]

Who knows? Maybe I have, maybe I haven't! I can't believe I have to call you Taichi-kouhai now. . .

[ She sniffles in a fake sob because she's going to keep doing this for a while until she gets bored. ]

[ Those flicking ears are distracting. It's nice to be able to read Caduceus by whatever those are doing, a grin spreading wide on Fjord as he gazes up. ]

I'm very cold, actually.

[ The most blatant of liars. ]

[ You don't even need passive insight of a lot to see that one, but it's sweet. It's... something. If he leans down a bit to slip the blanket more over Fjord, they get almost equal in height for a moment. ]

How's that?

[That startles a laugh out of him, because that's not what Taichi had been expecting at all.]

Ah no, nothing like that at all... I'm a pretty average guy, all things considered. [There's one word that gives him pause, however.] Wait, what do you mean by "too"...? And my friends are just my friends, not minions or anything like that.

[He's just a tiny bit warier now, but Taichi's still amused as he answers.]

I wouldn't call us cool, though. Most of our time we spend just... hanging out, then writing articles for our bulletin every once in a while.

[Usually without crunching for the deadline, but... Well.]

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