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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!

▶ Questions
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That's alright- [ finn is hardly the first person to knock into luke in this place alone, let alone ever. he's certainly more polite than many that have, though- although luke does catch the split second of skittishness before he relaxes. he makes it a point to smile and hold his arms out, as if to prove he's alright. ]

No harm done. [ he lets his arms drop before letting his own gaze wander around the festivities. ]

Feeling distracted?

So it seems.

[ It came out as a heavy sigh and he sat back down again, hands still in his pockets. ]

Yukari... she’s from your um, timeline? I was told she was here but you didn’t mention her with Mitsuru or Shinjiro...

[Jon sucks in a breath, and looks a bit awkward at the outburst.]

Right. Sorry of course you haven't.

They're not always good at explaining things.

They meaning - meaning who? Our kidnappers?

[ He abruptly looks Jon over, trying to see if anything about him seems different at all? ]

[A shame that he covers his face. He's dumb but he's cute. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers and all that...

He watches Inosuke freak out with the fireworks for a while, and then rave about his "god status" and, honestly, it feels like this guy either escaped a loony bin or he had a very weird upbringing.

Either way, Haga can't help but knit his eyebrows at Inosuke's proposition.]

Absolutely not! I wasn't made to be anyone's minion, follower or whatever! If anything I should be the one with minions! I'm sort of a big deal where I come from!

[Correction: he was a big deal, now he just lives in infamy, despite trying to turn a new leaf.]

[Not as planned. He makes a face behind his blindfold, because wow, that was pretty rude of him out of context, wasn't it, and brings his hands forward in a placating gesture.]

No-- sorry, that's not what I meant at all...! I have a really keen sense of smell, once I'm able to associate a person's scent with them I can use it to pinpoint their location pretty well!

You'll find out eventually. [ Bulma smiles to herself, thinking of all that's passed since Majin Buu. Particularly so far as Videl and Gohan go, but she's not going to sit and regale the girl in the parts of their history that she knows. Bulma is essentially just the cool aunt who probably harasses them with embarrassing gifts from time to time, after all.

She doesn't know all the juicy details to go telling Videl her future. ]

But I guess I should spoil that Vegeta and I have a daughter now. Because if I don't I'll just mention her in passing and confuse you too much.

The Prismals. The people here.

I don't know if they kidnapped us or if it's just... chance that is bringing people here.

[There's not much difference in Jon. He perhaps looks a little healthier, but he still seems terminally short on sleep.]

It means what it means.

[Shadow needs not to explain why he is what he is! He just is! Although he is going to just lean against the doorframe now, looking like he's not going to leave at all.]

It doesn't.

[ Rey agrees, fully believing that. Nothing in their past could change, no matter how much they might want it to. She presses her lips together, tilting her head to the side as she looks over at Finn. ]

But the Resistance has given second chances to worse people.

[ Healthier is good. Sleep deprived ... is about the same. Either way, Martin finds that he's very glad to see Jon, all things considered. ]

Chance. Of - of just showing up somewhere completely different.

[ Despite his incredulity, there was a hint of plausibility here. Given the last thing that Martin Blackwood remembered was being somewhere not really on Earth at all. ]

Yeah. [ she nods, moving to sit next to him, quiet for a moment. ] Ryoji too. He's here, he's... he's okay.

They'd love to meet you, you know. [ minako knows how this has to feel. she's been on the other side of this. ]

_{[ He's a himbo. It's true.
Though, he's well-aware his face is really girly looking and that honestly stands in the way of being intimidating! So, boar head it is. Specifically, the boar head of the animal that raised him. ]}

Yeah? Why would anyone be your underling? You don't seem like a boss.

_{[ Meanwhile, he keeps putting the sparklers close to the mask he's wearing.. just enough to singe the fur and quickly pull it back.. only.. to do the exact same thing again. ]}

If anything, y'seem like somebody who need to be taken care of— someone who follows orders and relies on somebody cool like me!

_{[ Inosuke seems aggressive because he really doesn't know how to behave like a normal person would, but really, he can be friendly. ]}

That's how I ended up here. Thee doesn't seem to be any pattern for who ends up here either.

[And it's strange, but it doesn't really touch some of the strange things they've encountered.]

[ Ouch. Yes, and? So what? That's withering, and a lot more bitter of a response than he was expecting. Did he say something to make her defensive...?

No, she didn't let anything slip with her expression, her poker face is intact well enough that he wouldn't even think of it as one. But that's too biting a response for there not to be a reason for it. Especially when she... doesn't actually seem to be disagreeing with him (which is what he expected, or for her to stare at him like he was an idiot, he's just used to that), in fact she's agreeing to most of it but still seems kind of mad...?

???

He blinks, a corner of his mouth twitching in a bemused sort of smile, and he would almost point that out and ask her why that is except he has thankfully far more savvy and mannered than that. At least with girls and people who don't irritate him.

He also didn't miss that she brought up war, even if he mentioned fighting, and that is a very particular thing to bring up. Someone who's directly caught up in it—which is also not something he expected. ]

That would be nice to believe... [ He says it gently and diplomatically, "but that isn't something I can risk believing" hinges in his tone. Not without wholly concrete proof, and maybe not even then. That just isn't who he is as a person, laying back and passively accepting something. He does genuinely mean what he says though, his tone is as warm as it is a practiced diplomacy and not a contrary sass at all.

It's all a moot point anyway, without a clear direction or idea about how to go about returning. Until then, it doesn't really change much.

Other than it might be a nice mirage to believe, if troublesome. ]

I hope that's true and that everyone will be there waiting for you when you return.

[ With just as much warmth and sincerity. And with leaving himself and his own situation out of the implication entirely. ]

Edited 2020-01-09 22:58 (UTC)

[ God. That's true, isn't it. Martin just makes a soft, unhappy sort of noise, still unnerved. ]

W-well that's not exactly comforting, now is it. Almost rather prefer an entity be at fault.

[Cu laughs at that before grinning widely.]

I'm not really into being mistaken for someone else either, fellow countryman or not. Even if getting mistaken for a handsome bloke like you is certainly a compliment.

[There. Said it. He thinks Diarmuid is hot.]

Let's get out of this crowd. It's easier to engage in a conversation without prismals fanning all over us.

[He didn't say talk, so it could go into a conversations exchanged by their spears. He hopes it goes to that.]

No you wouldn't.

[Jon is pretty certain of that now he's been here a few months. He doesn't like the place, but it also hasn't been being crushed and drowned by the Buried for eternity.]

Almost nothing has tried to kill me while I've been here.

[If the way he'd wiped his tears away weren't telling enough, there's also that expression. Let no one say that she's a terrible person who bullies those who seem weak-

Okay so maybe she is a terrible person who bullies the weak and the only reason why no one's ever said it is precisely for that reason but she's not evil, okay. Her mouth still quirks into a bit of a smile before she shrugs.]

Yes, yes, this room is the one at fault and you're probably sweating through your eyes or something.

You're telling me.

[ With that grumble, Jiang Cheng also throws his entire champagne flute back in one breath. Back then he never would've considered a forced march without their swords to retrieve backup to save his brother and Lan Wangji's lives to be the better days, but here they all are. Not wanting to fall behind, he gets a refill as well, then looks around for somewhere to sit. He squints, strangely flushed already, and decides to perhaps take his second drink slow. ]

It's an unruly place. You won't find peace like in Yunmeng here except through their strange magics, with rare exception of the occasional park.

[ He takes a slow sip of his second drink, rubbing absently at too-warm cheeks. ]

Do you want to head back to my apartment to wait out your... situation? [ He gives a quiet snort of a laugh. ] I can't promise quiet⁠—Wei Wuxian lives there too⁠—but it can't be any worse.

Eh? But I'm doing this properly~

[What part of this is proper?!

Withdrawing it slightly but nonetheless still pointing the sparkler in his direction, she gently taps a finger on her chin like she's giving this some real, serious thought.]

And if you wanted this given to you properly, should you be able to ask properly? An adult should be able to do that much, right?

"Yeah, there are. Fortunately, not all blocs look this insulting." His voice is very casual-like even if clearly a bit annoyed. He liked color - his hawaii shirt was the proof of that (even if he wasn't wearing it right now) - but this was just stupid.

"If you follow me, I'll show the non-neon places."

( part of him is expecting a voice. really, it’s been hard to tell just what is or isn’t inhabited. while he’s never taken to a career of thievery or burglary, he can’t help but want to look for answers.

red’s voice steers his attention away from the various furniture. he’s about to make some sort of canned apology or comment when his eyes drop down to the pokemon —

a look of excitement crosses his previously deadpan features and he enthusiastically points directly at the charizard. )

You’re a sight for sore eyes. Is your directionally challenged trainer here —

( but then he realizes it isn’t The Charizard he knows and it makes a great deal of sense that it could potentially belong to this guy who is staring at him like he’s a common criminal. )

Or not. ( he clears his throat and claps his hand against the back of his neck. ) Sorry for intruding. But I’m glad I did.

( that voice is familiar. he hasn’t heard it for a bit but it’s one of those voices you don’t forget — spoken or in the midst of a verse.

raihan quickly turns from the lock he’s fussing with to give the other gym leader a haughty little chuckle. he straightens up and is the picture of repose. it’s almost as if he’s back home and nothing is particularly bothering him right now. )

Better be glad we aren’t back in Galor, huh? ( his hands go into his pockets and his gaze fixes on the hallway beyond piers. ) You alone? No lil sis tagging along?

( ok that might sound creepy but if it’s not just the two of them that could mean all the others are here. )

[ How dare he be almost laughing at her??? That's one thing. The other thing is that he ... Doesn't ... Look totally terrible while he's doing that. Also why can't Lancers look like that Berserker from her time??? They're a problem to her when they look like Cu and Dia, hmph!

At least he's not literally laughing and thank everything his words give Rin other things to think about!]

Yes and no, because she's not in this world and these aren't between me and her here. [ Yes, Rin's Saber is a female Saber. There's a glance towards her Commands when she says 'these' and then she's looking at Dia with that fierce look again.]

Hey, were you even listening? I said we're winning it, so that's invincible to you right there!

[She calls her allies Team Invincible because that's what her team is. (Thanks for the spoilers, Cu!) B-Besides she still has her bias about Saber being the most amazing, best Servant ever and so on. Too bad summoning her here doesn't work like it would back home.

But also, yeah, she gets the whole he still wants to spar meaning behind it too. Lancers. Always up for a fight, a certain someone even ditched this girl for a useless fight. Well, she's not here so he can't test the winning thing against her.]

Of course they are, I'm glad you noticed. [That's supposed to translate as a thank you?? She could say thank you, but she doesn't, surely he can deal with that.] Just because there's no war here -- though monsters and other things to fight against appear sometimes towards the end of the month -- doesn't mean they're any less important to me.

[She says that with a tone like it's no big deal but it is. Even Cu tried to ask her for a contract when he noticed she was free before but considering she was biased with getting her Archer back, she said no to that loyal dog. Archer's the most important to her here, she doesn't tell that to anyone but he really is out of everyone, who are around in this world. He's easily getting that title with the timeline differences happening to her and a certain redhead. And because between having figured out what the hell he's even doing in her timeline, regretting SO MANY THINGS about their time together back home and realizing they'd never, ever ever reconnect there ... well... being Archer's Master again in a place, where they can still have their contract means everything to Rin and she arrived here like she'd do anything to get her Archer back. Especially when the one here is still an asshole, that's never going to change huh, but it's still been very different than all of that endless bickering and icecold behavior back home. There's still that too!! But there's also so much more, like, she's honestly happy to have all of their time together here. No matter how twisted it all is or how much everything else is ... bad and worse and so on but, it'd be a lot worse without him. W E I R D. She's glad Servants aren't mind readers. (Dia, you're not a mind reader, right????)

Anyway, yes, she knows she's the most amazing, superior and ideal Master, thank you very much.]

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there and back 1

oh my gosh excellent! this will be a blessed meeting .....

piers ❤️❤️❤️❤️ but yes i’ll be so gentle (is that something raihan can even be???)

i hope you meant stupid instead of cute but omg dia stop being so cute