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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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[He hadn't known there was someone here, it was simply one of the many suggestions on a list he had been following, at the drawn sword he raises his hands trying to be as none threatening as possible. He was growing tired of being at sword point.]

I'm s-sorry young master....

[He was about to try and leave quickly before anything could be said, hide away and never turn back but the clothes were too familiar....

Before he could back out or say another word he uncontrollably burst into tears.]

[out of everything, the take away Jin Guangyao gets from this is in his rather grumpy (definitely not sulky!) response of:] Won't get trampled. I'm hardly that tiny.

[He's small, he knows, don't rub it in! Except that's not what Binghe was saying at all. He realizes that a few seconds later and closes his eyes, feeling a flash of irritation at himself. He shakes his head and tries to focus, his hands clambering for purchase against Binghe's arms.] I can stand.

[A broken golden bird? Terribly apt, really, and he grunts in irritation again as he struggles to his feet. His limbs are loose and his muscles too relaxed, but Guangyao holds his pride with a grip like a vice and refuses to let himself stumble. Despite his drunkenness, he rises gracefully, his jaw tense and his eyelashes fluttering; even if he has to lean against Binghe rather heavily to make it so, there's a triumph in his eyes when he manages to stand and remain so.

Granted, he's only remaining because Binghe is there and Guangyao's hands still grip at his forearms, but he's standing. He lifts his gaze to meet Binghe's, his smile showing a hint of dimples again.]

I can stand. [he repeats it as if to say See? I proved it. On his own however... That's the real test, though Guangyao doesn't seem about ready to let go of him just yet. Or maybe he's not even aware he's still clinging in the first place.]

[He had been in the process of trying to decide on lunch, wanting to eat out instead of in his apartment as he usually did. Seeing FN-2187 - Finn, as Rey might remind him - was like a bucket of ice water over his head. He debates just ignoring him entirely, but decides that perhaps not. He was interested to hear what he knew - if anything - about how he had come to be here.]

Lost?

[He sizes up the other man. The last time they had been face to face with one another had been on Starkiller base right before he'd beaten him into the snow nearly to death.]

[New arrivals always piqued Ren's curiosity - between the desire to see his friends again, hoping he'd come upon someone he knew, and just to see who had ended up here, there didn't seem to be a negative reason why he wouldn't do it.

And so when he noticed a previously empty place he went to see if this person might need some help. When he sees the outfit through the window, however, he realizes that their fates might be even more connected than just simple curiosity. Best to go in and make the bridge right away.

So there's a knock...on his window?]

"Hmm? Going to make myself a garden. Too much technology for me here. It makes me feel dizzy."

He looks up, jaw always set in a stern expression. There's some dirt on his cheek.

"Going...back to my roots. Heh."

▶ Save the Griffin from the Princess

[For anyone who is in any way remotely familiar with Natalia's abysmal attempts at cooking, it's pretty easy to guess that she wasn't the one who made the veggie pie that lured in her very own griffin. If it were, all the winged creatures would have fled in a five-mile radius of the princess.]

[Unfortunately for the griffin, Natalia did play a full hand in preparing its meals. If only love were enough to sustain a battle beast! There's plenty of love in each home-cooked batch of vegetable pies. But there's also an alarming amount of oats, straw, birdseed, and whole bottles of ground spice.]

[As such, Natalia's griffin is a shocking pale grey color, mottled and sickly, its wings skinny and head hanging weakly as it makes pitiful chirruping noises. Natalia is terribly worried for the animal. She kneels before her mount, holding its feathered head gently in her gloved hands.]

Dear me, you truly are ill! Poor thing. Did you catch a cold?

[The griffin's legs quiver, and it collapses on its side with a huff. It just can't do this anymore. Even a virtual reality griffin can only take so much of Natalia's cooking.]

You!

[Having spotted someone nearby, Natalia turns a pleading look over her shoulder.]

Your mount looks quite healthy, surely you must know something about how to cure one that's ill. Might you have any special herbs or medicine? I'm afraid my healing artes are no good in this realm.

▶ Tea Party

[A tea party! What a lovely way to welcome new guests to the city. Though Natalia hasn't had the pleasure of meeting the queen personally, it's easy to see that she's a good person who cares for her subjects. A cup of lavender tea and two cookies are just the thing to lift her spirits, particularly when surrounded by the natural beauty of the trees.]

[The chair across from her is empty. If someone appears to be looking for a place to sit, Natalia graciously offers, gesturing with her hand and calling for the closest servant as if she were the one hosting the party. She can't help it, she's used to this! It's a good way to have a nice ~~boring~~ peaceful chat and get to know the young lady who's only just arrived this morning.]

[OR.]

[There are some who are so ill-mannered that they would dare to harass some of the maids and butlers who are only trying to make a little demichroma. Blaming them for tea they spilled themselves, intentionally dropping things and asking the servant to pick them up to ogle their rear end, muttering lewd things, or even getting handsy! The very moment Natalia spots any sort of misconduct, she's up on her feet in an instant and moving to the servant's defense.]

How dare you! What gives you the right to speak that way?

[She places herself bodily between offender and servant, hands on her hips, chin lifted imperiously.]

You will apologize at once, or I will see that you are escorted off the premises!

▶ Unlucky Tail

[The game seemed fun at the time, but the pairing proved to be disastrous. Perhaps it was accidental, perhaps it was wholly intentional. Either way, Natalia suffered from the blatant failure to direct her through the maze. She's splattered with slime, sick to her stomach after being spun dizzily on the same platform for nearly five minutes straight, and poked and jabbed in all sorts of awful and unmentionable places.]

[She sits very quietly on a bench, shoulders wilted, pressing her fingers to her aching temples. She's absolutely miserable, but other than one soft sigh, she offers up no complaints. Once she feels like she can walk without risking further embarrassment from a very queasy stomach, she'll depart. But for now she needs to rest, just a bit.]

[The wind picks up and she shivers. The dampness from the slime isn't doing her any favors in this January cold.]

[Please take her home.]

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[OOC: Moonlacing and/or romantic prompts are absolutely fine, but for men only! Wildcard starters are also wonderful if none of the above work for you.]

Edited 2020-01-08 06:28 (UTC)

[ Finn turns on a dime, whipping around at the sound of his name. He knows it was just in his head, that it hadn't been real, but-

But she looks very real. ] Rey!

[ He starts running, too, fully intending on colliding with her in a desperate hug. He hadn't seen her since the Falcon, since Crait. He hadn't seen her in over a year. All of the stress and loneliness and weight on his shoulders seemed to-... Maybe not lift, but it felt lighter. That was enough. ]

[ Most of the time these days, Xichen tries to fade as much from the attention of people as he can. He speaks up or acts when necessary, and he does... observe, and even learn, but engaging is not often.

He's sorry, da ge. He's so, so sorry.

The use of his full name twists something inside his heart, too, but in the end, he does deserve it.

Reluctantly, he withdraws his hand, feeling as though the moment he lets go, Nie Mingjue will disappear, but cups his hands in greeting, bowing deeply. ]

None of us know how we arrive. I have been here... two months now. Are you well?

[ —that's real. Warm, solid, and real. And his eyes snap abruptly to hers when she takes his hands that it's like she scorched him right through his gloves. Bright silver to green, and without a shred of the muddiness from a moment ago.

She's very real, even as that feels so very surreal. And he blinks for a moment, quite thoroughly speechless.

It's so warm... like he can actually feel her concern as a tangible thing. Was that because, what did she say... that she was the "world guardian"? That can't be a thing, can it? Except how can any of this be what it is...

His fingers twitch for a moment beneath hers. Not moving to take her hand, but not moving away either. It feels... nice, way too nice, but in a way where he just feels calm. At ease.

When was the last time he felt at ease? ]

...It's okay— [ Speaking softly he blinks again, like he's trying to wake up from something, but with his eyes still solidly on hers even if they're so close with how she's knelt in front of him. Her eyes though...

Were they wet? She was crying? ]

It's okay. [ He says it again, more gently and with more certainty. This is real, or at least real enough, and her distress is very real and he feels rather terrible that he might have added to it. ] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

[ Because that's how she looks. Terrified. But not of him. Of... what she's going through? That's understandable and he can't blame her for that at all. But it's not just that is it? What was she going on about with 'absorption'? "It'd get easier?"

...did this girl die? Had she been a spirit? Was that why she seemed confused? (Because she wasn't actually the ruler of this world, was she? No way, his life is strange but not that strange.) But appearing like she did in such a simple white gown and sweeping down in a rustle of fabric to take his hands like that with such desperation... she's grabbed his attention as much as if she was just the same.

(Forest spirit? No, those aren't real either and she's still too solid...)

It could be a trick—any of it could be a trick, and he's certainly been more on edge since Rin told him they spike the food and drink sometimes—but... all he has to trust are his instincts in that regard, they're all he has left. And they're telling him she doesn't have a shred guile in her expression, that she's real, so he shifts slightly.

Just a little. Just so he can brush his fingers against and cover her wrist in reflexive reassurance. ]

I don't really understand, but I won't go anywhere.

[ Rey isn't stopping until he stops so she absolutely flings herself into his arms, wrapping her own around him. It's been so long since she's seen him, had only had a little bit of time to catch up before she'd woken up in this place. Her heart sings to be reunited with her first real friend. ]

I can't believe you're here! Really actually here!

[Ana is indeed nearby, leaning against the wall with much the same issue - hungry, and unsure how to deal with it.

Being spoken to does get her attention, though, the petite redhead looking up with a tired blink.]

Hmm?

Edited 2020-01-08 06:44 (UTC)

[ Finn slows to a stop, his footing hesitant and careful once he realizes who this is. Of course, it's him. After everything, one of the first people Finn would see from home would be him.

The last time Finn saw Kylo, the other had been dead. But that... was a different timeline. That had been fixed. He thinks. ]

Not really.

[ It took him a moment to answer but he doesn't sound worried or intimidated in the least. The scar on his back feels cold and the back of his neck feels electrified, but he's not intimidated.

Especially since he's still armed. ]

I can't believe you're here!

[ He could probably cry, to be totally honest. The breath stuttering in his lungs certainly implies as much.

Even though he's continuing the conversation, he hasn't let go yet. ] How long have you been in this place? What do you remember last from back home?

I. A. new digs

[The first thing Dazai hopes people notice about him is that he is completely and utterly stylish. Even here, he looks good, even after their lovely introduction to abduction or whatever this is... Honestly, he's already reincarnated so it's not so odd to be spirited away, either, right?

But here he is, sweeping into the apartment complex he's been told to make haste to, red coat draped over his shoulders and billowing behind him. He goes to a certain door and peeks in... No, not this one. In fact, he opens and closes several doors before he finds a unit that suits his tastes. He just seems... picky.

And you're in his way.]

Yes, yes, this one'll do! If you don't mind stepping aside, this one's mine!

I. B. pod people

[He's made a few acquaintances by this point, and if you're one of them, it's likely that he is following you around like a bit of a lost puppy. You're going to a pod? Oh, but his is better! It's not, not really... It's a world full of books, a life in a generously sized library surrounded by books and other authors. Or perhaps you'll follow him into one of the books, and see letters everywhere, famous verses and nonsensical text right up against each other. Without fail, though, when he steps into the pods' world, he'll pull out from seemingly nowhere a large scythe or a rather nifty bow.]

Just in case! You never know what'll come after us! I'll be your hero, or I'm not Osamu Dazai!

II. B. tea for two

[Well. While he might be able to fit in as a server, one sip of the fine tea convinced Dazai that he'd rather attend than work. He's found and empty seat beside someone and this poor, unsuspecting, helpless person is now being regaled by energy-fueled tales of his... fabulousness, to be honest. Catch him in mid sentence, tension up, energy peaking, seated forward and alert.]

--my books aren't available here, I'm sure, which is a shame because they're really better than half the other crap you can get, at least where I was from. Ahhh, but you're probably missing out on Akutagawa-sensei's work, too. Ehhh, that's a loss! He's great! One of the greatest! Have you read anything here? Is there anything worth keeping?

[Forgive him, he can't really turn off unless prompted. Thanks, energy tea.]

III. B. get on his level

[You have been dragged in here because he's of the understanding (somewhat erroneously) that it will make even a poor sap like you look fashionable. Well, that, and he needs to find out what's cool here, so he can fit in. Honestly, as long as it's charming and maybe red he'll roll with it. Whether he's choosing the illusions for the photos because you have NO fashion sense, or hitting random for a lark, he'll probably forget every important thing about you once you leave. So... enjoy!]

We'll hit it on three. Ready?

IV. wildin

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hotpants. PLEASE NOTE this character comes with content warnings for certain topics, and I will alert you to them if they might be mentioned. Death/suicide are historical facts for him. If this severely bothers you or you want to head it off, either steer clear or drop me a note. It likely won't come up!!!]

[ aaaaaa????!!!

Sizhui blinks, then cups his hands in greeting, bowing low. ]

Yes, um. Maiden Wen. If you should so wish.

[Atsushi is here for tea. He's not much for bright lights and crowds, and while he's picked up a few games, they're all far more casual than what the queen enjoys.

He's looking for a place to sit when his ears catch 'Akutagawa-sensei'. Suddenly Atsushi tunes in to Dazai's voice, and it only takes a moment of looking around to find...]

Dazai? Is that really you, Dazai?

[Dazai's poor conversation partner may want to take this opportunity to escape.]

▶ Your New Roommate

[There's a quick staccato of light knocks at the door. Opening it reveals a smiling young girl with ridiculously long blonde hair, wearing a somewhat dirty school uniform with a long blue pleated skirt. Tired as she is after her rescue from the Iris moon, she's still pleasant and upbeat. She holds up her room assignment card.]

You must be my roommate for the week! I'm Minako, but you can call me Mina. Don't worry.

[She caught that confused/worried/blank expression, and counters it with a wink before holding out her hand.]

It's only temporary until my own apartment is ready to move-in. Let's be friends!

▶ Save Us From the Queen - The Mysterious Venus Knight

[Having a tough time navigating the game? Maybe the monsters are above your skill level (or way WAY above it!). Maybe other players are taking advantage of a total newbie and shooting you every time you respawn to swoop in and claim your loot. Or maybe you got stuck in someone's pit trap!]

[As soon as the distress becomes Too Real, the Venus Knight appears! Clad in shining blue and red armor with a flared red domino mask to hide her identity, this beautiful blonde heroine appears to blast the bad guys, swing in with a high kick to drive off predatory players, or throw her golden chain into the pit to hoist you to safety.]

[Whoever she is, she is extremely good at video games.]

Don't worry, I've got your back! Where are your teammates, do you have any?

[OR]

[Passing through the area where players are gearing up to enter the virtual world, you might notice Minako totally getting into this, jamming on her helmet with a confident smile, snapping on her glove sensors, a flurry of motion as she battles against the raging hordes.]

[When she finishes, she wipes her brow off the back of her arm and takes off her helmet, shaking out her long mane of golden hair.]

Whew! What a game!

▶ Lucky Tail

[Whoever Minako is paired with immediately gets a high five. She looks super pumped for this game, and takes up the blindfold.]

This will be a piece of cake. Sports were my best subject!

[She certainly does seem like the athletic type, having changed into shorts and a yellow sweatshirt. Minako pulls her arm to the side, stretching and loosening up her muscles.]

I'll be counting on you and your directions. Just think of me as your video game champion!

[She flashes you a v-sign with her fingers before moving to the starting line and fastening the blindfold securely over her eyes. Ready!]

[ She's somewhere between tears and laughter she's so happy at the moment, and makes no move to let go. It's been too long, and she had missed him terribly. ]

Nearly seven months. Last thing I remember was us escaping Crait on the Falcon.

[ That feels like a lifetime ago to her, now. Things had changed here, in many ways she'd changed. She turns her head to the side a little, her chin resting against his shoulder. ]

You?

What the fu--!

[Waking in an unfamiliar place, bound to a chair and unable to see much is already a situation no one wants to be in, but having the first person you see in this place also coldly stating that they're going to kill you is enough to get one's heart racing.

Ana had already curled in to herself as much as she physically could, readying her legs to kick out at the approaching girl when the clearly non-lethal object is pulled out.

Still tense, she focuses on it warily, unsure what can and can't be trusted here.

And then she speaks again, and--]

Wha-- ... how was that in any way sexy?!

[ ... oh. Sizhui's heart twists, and he steps closer but without trying to touch or even crowd him. ]

Young master Wen? Are you all right? I can probably help.

[ Gently. Gently. ]

No? I would think being in a new place might give you that sense of losing your bearings.

[He gestures to their surroundings.]

Then again, this place feels just as crowded as any city on the core worlds.

[He shoves his hands into his pockets - wearing black as always - and sizes him up. It was best to just cut to the chase.]

Do you remember how you came to be here?

[ It honestly takes him a second. There were some... timeline changes that happened back home, a direct cause of his own actions, but he thinks he had managed to fix it all. So, if he had- ]

Crait. The Falcon. [ Around the same moment, then. More or less. ]

That was a year ago for me. I've been... around. [ Finn doesn't really pull away but he does tilt his head and kind of mimics her. ] This place is new, though... I still can't believe you're here. I feel like all of this is one big elaborate dream.

[He jumps ever so slightly at the sound of his name, it was really more like a small bounce. However instead of turning towards the voice he looks around as if the question was intended for someone else. Clearly it could not be him. However after accepting that there was indeed no one else, and nowhere to hide, he turned around to look at the person who spoke up. He pointed towards himself, his head slightly tilted in question.

He did not recognize this person, but, they looked very familiar! In fact, they looked a bit like his cousin who had recently had a baby. He was pretty sure he wouldn't forget such a person in his family. Perhaps this was an ancestor? He wouldn't be surprised if this entire place was the afterlife, after all... he was pretty sure he had died terribly.

Though, on second look they seemed to be from Gusu Lan Sect.]

Y-young master, I must a-apologize....

[Having nowhere to hide he lifted his hands with his sleeves covered over half his face failing to finish his sentence of not knowing who the person was.]

[ Allen's first thought is that crap, he messed up, someone else already lives here and is going to think he's an intruder. In his state he just must not have been paying enough attention—also with everything already being so foreign to him, it's just plain hard to tell.

Allen's second thought when he hears the other man speak up is very quickly followed by his third. That speak of the devil and he walks in, because he bears an uncanny sort of similarity to the dour swordsman Allen's familiar with at first glance (though he quickly realizes it of course is not him or some fever delusion of Kanda, as Kanda's face would never have an expression that... not-pinched). And that "Kanda?"

"You know Kanda?"

This man speaks like he knows exactly who he's talking about. Which is why Allen—

(should run. he very nearly has a heart attack in that moment where every muscle screams that he should bolt and run)

—does jump up then. Nearly stumbling over himself in his haste to rise to his feet and rush forward even as the other man attempts to brush past that very important bombshell.

And Allen's very much wearing the most atrocious pair of boots that have long seen better days, seeing that they're half held together with strips of cloth. Apologies. Please forgive his distracted European fugitive nature. He's a bit of a mess. ]

Wait, please...! [ Don't just brush past that. And stranger or no, at the offered hand Allen clasps it with both his own. One hand human and pale, one hand armor-plated and blood red save for the golden crystalline cross that's embedded on the back (he lost his gloves long before). Not to shake, but in urgent plea. Also unthinkingly and too distracted for a moment to pay it any mind.

It can't be Kanda-Kanda. But what are the chances and why would this man seem familiar with someone who, as far as Allen is concerned, has an incredibly unique sort of name. ]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude—but what do you mean "do you know Kanda"...? [ Because logically illogically that would mean...

It would mean, when Allen thought he felt someone grab his foot when he fell through the gate... someone that surely had to have been Kanda as he'd heard him yell after him...

...did it mean Kanda had fallen through to here as well? ]

You don't mean— [ it's so foreign on his tongue, Kanda's full name, but he has to be sure ] Yu Kanda... he's here? [ The way he asks, it could almost be like could he dare to hope that?, or...

Just as easily, it could also be dread. ]

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I - There and Back Again
[Well. The moonship was a novelty, that's for certain. The hustle and bustle of the city, all the neon and advertisements, they make Siofra's head spin. She's moonblessed as well as sunblessed now, to hear the Lunatians speak of it, and cursed to be far from her Helena. But she'll make do, as ever.]

[The magic that lets her decorate her new room (a) is a fun new toy to play with; she goes through many, many different styles of bedroom, grinning at most and wistful at some, before settling on something like her room above the Dragon's Flagon when she was on the road; a cozy little tavern room, with a large clean bed and a table and the magic lights looking like candles, with a copy of the Word of Fyrshala in the bedside table. Possibly her new roommate enters; she hopes it's a woman but is prepared for disappointment.]

Ah, welcome. I'm new to this city; you'd be my roommate, then. I'm the Lady Siofra, but perhaps we need not be so formal. Have you been here long?

[The pod was something else, something new, (b) although it reminded her of her brother's experiments in weaving glamours into wargames. She soon recreates a temple hall, dedicated to a statue of a goddess in bronze and with full plate and a sword to scale - voluptuous and toned, with flaming red hair and eyes and a solar halo in gold. She kneels to her altar and prays, quite seriously.]

Fyrshala, my beloved, my Goddess for ever and a day, please guide me. Fill me with your fire and illuminate the way. For I am far from home and from the woman I love above all others, even You, as you have given your blessing to; I pray that if I stray, it will not be far, and that You will help me see the right and sunlit way so I may trod it again. Amen.

II - God Save Us From The Queen
[Ah, this is like her brother Diarmaids tactical illusions (a). And it reminds Siofra of home as Lunatia does not. How... bittersweet.

She always liked griffins. Temperamental beasts, and fiery, but doesn't that suit one of the Templar knights of Fyrshala Incandescent? She's cultivating an understanding with one, after missteps. She calls it Helena and her heart twinges.

Now she needs to seek a group, and she smiles and opens her arms.]

I've duplicated my own talents as best as one can in this game; a knight templar, a healer and firecaller, smiting the foe with the glaive Flametongue from the front and heating hearts and blood with the fires of Fyrshala.

I've need of a true healer and bestower of blessings; a skirmisher good on the ambush; one to control the field with sorcery; a self-sufficient brawler, and someone to snipe from the back. Who's with me?

[Later, she endures service as a maid to get close to the very lovely Queen (b), biting her lower lip at the way the scanty uniform exposes her like she hasn't done since she was a fencing student in her teens. Gods. She does like the attention from women, who she's coquettish to; but the champion of the fire goddess is uncharacteristically chilly to men who stare too long, and Fyrshala have mercy on any who take liberties - as Siofra won't.]

All in service to the lovely queen, long may she reign ~ !

III - Say Cheese

How drunk is this apt to get me with that kick, lass? (d)

[An excellent question, and after some discussion, Siofra agrees to drink it. Half a glass in (paired with a cheese-cake; she never just drinks), as promised, she feels pleasantly light and bubbly in the head, the way that Helena makes her feel when she drinks lightly of her ardor... if a beautiful lady were to ask her for a favor, why, she'd do most anything she asks right now.]

[Which may be how she got roped into pin-the-tail-on-the-rodent (a). The writhing... distractions... on the floor are a challenge to navigate, and she's concentrating as best she can through the delightful intoxication of a Champagne Supernova.]

To my left or your left? Fyrshala's tits, if you tell me it's to larboard again -

[Please help Sio, this is starting to frustrate her.]

IV - Wildcard

((OOC: Or whatever! Siofra is a paladin of a fire goddess - and a stereotypical D&D Oath of Devotion Paladin at that, from a series of webnovels that were an excuse to have her bounce from one beautiful demihuman lady's bed to another like the useless lesbian she is - though it gained a metaplot and her a primary love and wife later on. D&D and fantasy characters are love, adult women only for romance and smut, OTA for general shenanigans!))

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