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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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Comments

[sterilize]

Hm.

( she hums in thought, considering all of it. maybe it isn't too surprising she hasn't heard about the wens, if she was only welcomed into her sect here. seems counterproductive to pick at freshly healed wounds. nonetheless, wen qing softens her expression after a moment, picking dirt off a particularly stubborn radish. )

I see. You should ask your Sect Leader, if you're curious about the Qishan Wen Sect.

They were the first to use the Cultivational Sect system you're now a part of. The history is still there, even if it's been tarnished.

[arrowroot]

I can't say I'm thrilled to be forced into this situation, but if that's what it takes...

[She's not against getting close to relative strangers. It wouldn't be the first time and certainly not the last.]

Lead the way then.

[arrowroot]

... touch th-- right! Right. That... thing they were telling me.

[And that she had barely paid attention to given how awful she felt upon arrival.]

I'm not sure. Is there a way to keep track of whatever funds you accumulate? I may have missed some key details...

[champagnetower]

[Hifumi finally manages to take a moment to breathe, to give Doppo a good look to really admire that face he loves and adores, to cup Doppo's cheeks with his hands. Even though he's still an absolute mess, Hifumi gives Doppo the best smile he can.]

Doppo...

[He does his best to calm down, wiping his tears with his hands.]

Let's go home. There is so... so much I have to tell you.

[efficients]

( his response? a splattering of pink on the heights of his cheeks and ears, one shy hand lifting to rub the back of his neck. getting used to gino took awhile, from kogami. gigi? megumi please.

her excited and good nature are all terribly infectious. he stands at attention at her call to action, bringing a fist to cover up a chuckle he can't help but release, upon seeing her clearly animated ears. she's far too playful for her own good. although generally very resistant to showing people his metal arm from his own self-consciousness, gino can't imagine she'll be terribly offended by it — that and, it's not like he's going to slack off while she does all the hard work, cooking for a fully grown, adult man.

so he picks off his ever present leather gloves, pocketing them and rolling up the sleeves of his henley. jokingly, he takes a bow in front of her, lacking the good posture he generally has. )

I'll follow your lead, teacher.

Let me run errands for you tomorrow as thanks, though.

[efficients]

No kidding.

( he hums thoughtfully. it's fair enough to say that gino doesn't regularly party like a college student, but he considers this whole new world thing to be a bit of a special circumstance. )

You must've been here for awhile, then.

[xenogeneic]

[ she snorts a laugh at that, nodding and crossing her arms idly over her chest. ]

I'm with you on that. I'm not much of a party person, usually. Mostly thought I could use a minute to relax. She's really--high key though, isn't she?

[ the queen. energetic. boy is she. ]

[drizzle]

[There was not much more she can say about her experience in being absorbed into her world. She hadn’t died. No one killed her. It was all done freely. After having witnessed the reason behind Alto being the way he was, deciding to promise to show him the beauty of the world, and to rescue the world from doom -- it did not deserve to die.

Nike was certain she was viewing another vision of the past civilization. It did not look the same as the one her ancestors showed her. But she supposes those were something else entirely. A different time. Earlier, perhaps.

"...The same thing happened to me."

His reply will regain her attention. About the crystals. The way he appeared in this strange world. He had gone through the same thing. The thought did not overly alarm her though. If they were both guardians, then it'd be normal to experience some similarit--

"To a lot of us."]

A-A lot....?

[What does he mean by that? A lot? How many more made the same choice as she did? As they did? Something didn't feel quite right. True she knew very little of the situation. It could be possible but...

"The world here....it isn't the same one either of us has known."

...................................................................

Why did it feel as though he was talking about something else entirely? Not when his eyes...

She will watch him. Simply watch them. The look in his eyes, his tone, and what followed...

"I'm sorry...."

A bang will be felt. A quaking bang into her heart. Why...? Why did it feel like.....aren't they talking about....rather...

Aren't they on the same page?

Nike will feel a cold chill as he explained the situation. The crystals. The way the planet looked after leaving the area. As she thought about it more deeply, she will remember other details, other words related to the moon, which will leave her feeling thoughtful. Both pensive and vulnerable. She had no idea what to think. Indeed, she can't feel much of her surroundings. The connection she felt earlier was now...]

....why are you telling me this...? [Her tone will sound more defensive than angry or off-put. If anything she felt a little....scared.] Are you saying....that... [No. She didn't want to finish the thought. Instead, she'll turn to him, hoping with all her might.] ...where are you exactly from? From what kingdom....?

[inuko]

[ The coat lent to Link doesn't suffer from the same illusion, though the fact it can't go over the hidden layers makes it an imperfect solution. Interesting to witness, almost surreal, but it makes sense in the upside down logic of Lunatia. ]

I think this is a technology thing instead of a magic thing... both exist around here, you know? You can learn the magic if you want to. The chroma helps.

[ He shrugs, as if shrugging off that explanation is about all he can do. Making this all make sense? No, no it doesn't, but it's still true. It regularly leaves him with a headache if he thinks too hard on any of it. ]

You could try taking off your top layer? It might help, but if not... at least you don't look bad like this!

[ Here he smiles and gives him a thumbs up, because while he also wouldn't want to look like he's wandering around shirtless, this guy's at least not looking bloody or decomposing or anything weird at the same time. Has he managed to hit reassuring yet? ]

OOF jk ur light

[handsomefoil]

The warmth of her hands slide away from his face and around his neck, which in all honestly feels natural in this moment. He melds against her easily, though his hands hang in the air briefly before settling around her waist. He didn't think he did, but he's missed her too. He missed the feeling of being missed at all, a foreign emotion for sure.

He breathes in deep, not even realizing how his arms now fully encircle her body into a proper hug, not a sliver of air between them. She still smells faintly of vanilla and cloves, a pleasant scent that only reminds him of their previous times together. He smiles to himself, wondering how she'd been faring here...providing the place Chroma, as it were? He'll have to get reacquainted with these terms again.

"I've been well, I suppose. Better now than ever, believe it or not."

The kiss to the cheek is the little cherry on top, but she doesn't give him much room to respond in kind so he'll save that return gesture for another time. He's fine with savoring this embrace anyway, letting his chin rest on her shoulder. His hands drop and clasp at his wrists, hanging loosely around her middle now.

"Guess I could call this a needed little vacation."

Let me know if someone needs to come in and save Kerry's stupid ass.

[problemagus]

Please, don't equate yourself to me. I have no delusions about what I am.

( He snorted in derision. Kiritsugu will acknowledge that much, because in his eyes, there was little difference between those who killed with honour and those without. It was simply a matter perception. )

If chivalry could save the world, we would have accomplished so by now.

( His lips curl, as though he longed for a cigarette. The longer he was forced to interact with the knight before him-- he could only feel himself growing more irritable, much like a pin being pulled from a grenade. )

When you build your glory on death and suffering, you are no better than those you've deemed 'evil.' How many men have you led to their deaths by parading to your banner? To a hell we call 'the battlefield'?

( To him, there was nothing to be found in war but despair. )

[efficients]

( gino is just out exploring the new landscape, once he gets over being bitter about his surroundings. it'll never stop being strange to him, how well settled everyone appears to be — how relaxed they can make themselves, despite the invisible bars closed around them. regardless, gino is out for a walk, content to keep to himself. eventually he settles down for a rest in an outdoorsy patio, sitting in a wire chair.

... he doesn't realize it's a cafe.

not until a person who looks half man and half fairy comes up to him to ask if he wants tea. he ... flushes, first and foremost, realizing he absolutely has to buy a tea because what kind of freak just sits down in a cafe but doesn't order anything? while knowing at the same time he is painfully short on chroma and probably can only afford, at most, one cup. )

Oh — yes. Thank you.

( oh god he has to tip the pretty man, too. he's never leaving the house again. )

Say, uh. How did you get the job? If you don't mind me asking.

[sizhui]

[ Congratulations on your moonlacing, Qing-jie...

Sizhui leans his face into her touch, nodding mostly with his eyes than anything else.

She doesn't ask about how he has survived. Which means... she probably is not quite from when it was a question. So. Perhaps he should not ... blurt the full thing just yet. ]

Yes. I... had a bad fever. Hanguang-Jun took me in, and then I couldn't remember anything from before it. Not until only a little bit before I came here. I... I am A-Yuan, yes.

W-welcome to this strange world...?

[letoldthingsdie]

You only got a hit in because I was injured. I was playing with you because you were trying to swing my grandfather’s lightsaber around like a baby with a rattle. If I recall, you received a much worse blow than what you dealt.

[If there was one thing he was assured of it was his skill with a lightsaber. Did that make him arrogant? Absolutely. Did he care if it bothered Finn? Not even a little. Suffice to say they were off to a great start.]

You got off lucky. I doubt it would even be a fair match even if you’ve improved. Who would have even trained you with Skywalker dead?

[inuko]

The bots are kind of a hazard, it's true. You can try lodging a complaint with the Moon Knights.

[ The Swiffy bot that'd been Apollo's undoing has since spun itself around, then all but shaken itself off, getting back to its current version of important duties. Shino glances after it, then shrugs. What can you do? Get fined for fighting them? The guy ran into the bot, it's not the smartest creature that roams around this place.

He also doesn't bother mentioning he's an initiate... novice... whatever they call them with said Moon Knights, but hey, who needs to know? ]

Were you heading out of the groves? There's a moon festival of some kind down in Caihong, if you were looking for something with less tea and hovering menaces.

[ He's missing the free cookies, but Shino doubts very much that he cares about that after his failed flounce. Or maybe he does! ]

[inheritedpain]

[ His face contorted, the flush darkening, but if anything the scolding only made him more steadfast. ]

So what! So what if I have bad manners! So what if I dishonour everyone! That's what I do, anyway!!

You can't-- [ Fucking!! Not again!! ] Stop pretending you don't know me! I'm sick of it! You know who I am! You know who I am! [ He didn't sound so sure of that, though, his voice breaking a little as the tip of the sword wavered. ]

Why are you acting like this!! I'm sick of this place, just act like yourself!!

[cointosser]

You can see it too?

[For some reason, it only strikes him now that anyone else might have noticed. Not that he's particularly good at anything even vaguely magical, but it was supposed to be a private room.

Was he already accepting the strange room in the strange hallway that had been randomly, freely given to him? Well. Gift horses and all that.] I mean, of course you can. That would be. Stupid.

[Nothing like feeling stupid to start a guy's day off the right way. He tilted his head. The doctor? Like, the only one here?] Oh, you've probably heard of me. [He quickly regained his composure, giving her a very flattering smile.] I'm Julian [A small pause,] Alfred [Another pause. People usually interrupted him by now.] Pankratz. [He actually made it through the whole thing without being interrupted?] Or Jaskier, if you prefer.

going on the assumption she still looks rabbit-y >>

[cointosser]

[Jaskier doesn't really notice anyone passing behind him for the moment, considering his head is feeling as fresh as milk in a dead cow's udder. It'd been, well, not the most pleasant of days. The small little magic door is a joy otherwise.

It isn't until he hears a voice that he jumps.

He turns.] Ahh! [He screams, stepping back. Okay, that is a really... large rabbit. Standing up.

Talking.

Ah, okay. This is fine.]

I -- uh, yes. Definitely fun. Loads. [He opens his mouth, closes it, then opens it again.] Ah, pardon my rudeness, but what are you? [Usually beasts like this just sort of eat people instead of talk.]

[cointosser]

[Jaskier is normally the one tripping on things, or almost falling off the sides of cliffs, so this turnabout is actually quite hilarious to him. He doesn't make a secret of laughing as a blur falls past him, almost hitting the ground.

It's the only thing that interrupts his song.]

Jonas...? [He smiles in that coy, drunken way.] Oh, you must have mistaken me for some other rather handsome devil. I did know a Jonas once. Shit bard. I don't think he had brothers, though. He died from a plague, so if he did, they're probably all dead, too. It's what the bastard deserved, claiming he could rhyme with orange.

[Oh, he was saying all of this out loud, wasn't he? Those were definitely meant to be thoughts, perhaps rendered in small text.] Assistance from what? [He strums a lute that definitely isn't in his hands right now.] This is a normal night for me. I mean, a normal good night.

[hatejakku]

[ The attempt to jab at Finn's old skills with a lightsaber doesn't bother him in the least. Kylo's right. Swinging it like a rattle was a little too accurate.

But he doesn't like the mention of his injury. Finn's eyes narrow again, but he tamps down on that new flare of anger. The scar's there, he lived, it doesn't matter now.

Even though he doesn't plan to address any of that, Finn still pauses at the question. Kylo probably wouldn't recognize the name Maul, but everyone knew the title Darth.

And Finn wanted absolutely no one to know about... that. ]

I already told you. I was somewhere else between here and home for over a year. Why does it have to be someone alive in our time? Why does it even have to be him?

[ingeniator]

Lord Haurchefant...

[ Cid swallows his sadness because too much has happened for him to question why the young Fortemps lord is hale and healthy. His untimely death cast a shadow over everyone he knew, and Cid has his own personal reasons to think highly of him. It was thanks to Haurchefant after all that he was reunited with the Enterprise and that meant the world to him more than anything else. ]

I take no issue at all! Saves me having to do it myself.

[ Cid gives a nod as he crosses his arms over his chest and smiles. ]

You go and enjoy yourself and I'll make notes.

[ingeniator]

Phew, I wasn't wrong. Approached some people with pointed ears and they said they were "Lunatians".

[ Which is somewhat of a relief, really that he's run into an honest to god Eorzean. ]

Oh, those are mine.

[ IDK SHAHNI I WILL NOT THINK ABOUT CID'S BODILY FLUIDS HERE ]

So you know who I am, which is all well and good but apart from where you're from I ain't got the foggiest clue who you are. I don't mean any offense, but names kinda blur when you meet 10 new people every day.

[ Don't mind him, he's just reaching for his clothes from her and making motions to put them on. ]

[ingeniator]

Fruity, crumbly. Not bad.

[ can't believe you can't be magnai's rolanberry anymore ]

I ain't a culinarian so I can't tell you anymore flavours than that, but it's different to what I'm used to.

[ He pauses as he chews. ]

Not bad, just different.

[cointosser]

[Oh, great. He already sounds annoyed. Or at least to him, because -- look, he hadn't deserved what he'd heard, all right? And he was a bit teed off, having missed the story of a lifetime. Dragons.

None of that really mattered right now, though, did it?]

Wait, that thing --

[He watches Geralt, the White Wolf, the Butcher of Blaviken, just. Pick it up. Like it was nothing. And the little blighter thought it was so clever, thanking him. Rolling away like a... thing... that rolls. A little metal thing.] What? [He glances up, distracted. Was everyone just used to little metallic talking things? Was he the one behind the times?] They certainly tried to offer me one.

[He definitely took it.]

I should just... get back to it. I'm sure Mr. Witcher over here has everything all figured out already.

Dr. Anna Ripley | Critical Role Campaign 1 | Sanguis

[bottomofthelist]

[A. There And Back Again - Arrival]
[ Anna has never been one to believe in anything like karmic retribution. There are actions, and reactions, and results, but nothing dictated or carried out by some kind of universal moral imperative. It’s people who make the magic happen, so to speak...that said, upon extracting herself from a glittering, crystalline cradle surrounded by nothing but wilderness, she can’t help but feel the notion that she might have gotten an easy deal. She is whole, and she is hale, and missing a hand, sure—stupid to have dropped the other one—but that can be fixed with time and materials. Fine by her.

Lunatia is a breakneck change of pace from even the largest cities she’s seen, Ank'harel included. The sheer brightness of the city gives her trouble at first. She can adapt, but…

It would be a nice start if her personal quarters would cooperate with her. She’d picked a small apartment for herself in what she’d hoped was a quieter corner of the complex, and it didn’t take too long for her to figure out how to utilize the furniture module, but she can’t seem to get it to make some decent, plain, non neon furniture. Have a one-handed human woman in a duster coat striding toward you, exasperation writ clear on her face.]

Please tell me there is a single piece of furniture in this decrepit building that isn't eye-searingly bright.

[B. God Save Us From the Queen]
[ First thing's first. To get anywhere in a large city, one needs money, and for a lack of immediate chroma...well, Anna's an opportunist if nothing else.

That isn't to say that she enjoys being at the beck and call of various partygoers, but money is money and the feeling isn't something she's altogether unfamiliar with. You'll find her dressed in a prim royal butler's outfit—the maid uniform was cute, but entirely out of the question—and balancing a tray of tea and cookies on one hand. She levels a smile in your direction, but it doesn't remotely reach her eyes.]

Here for refreshments, I take it? Well, pick one. The selection, as you can see, is mind-numbingly simple.

[ Her customer service could probably use some work. ]

[C. Say Cheese]
[ Well, this looks like a fun exercise if nothing else. There's demichroma in it for the both of them if they succeed, and if they fail? She won't be the one in the maze. Ripley stands gesturing to the platform labyrinth, looking expectantly at her potential lab rat maze partner. ]

Put on the blindfold quickly, if you please. I'll be guiding us to victory.

[ You trust her, don't you? ]

[D.]
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