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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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[ A light squeeze.

She gets a light squeeze of her hand; a small sort of gesture, one that would be easy to miss if it wasn't significant in how understated it is. "It's okay," without ever needing to say that aloud. And he smiles gently, bittersweet, because at least she was able to take his hand, even if it is such a small gesture.

Mn. It is hard. But he won't insult her by saying what's obvious, and instead continue just to let her hold on as long as she needs to.

And it's warm... still warmer than it should be. Like a glow or radiating pulse from where their hands touch, however faint. It is then like Shino had said earlier, it wasn't a fluke. He supposes he should be a little unsettled maybe, that something so basic and so important has been changed and is... regulated and documented and put on display as A Big Deal. That here it's somehow "energy" and it's more important for that. Monetized. That's kind of demeaning, actually? But, well.

When did he ever let something like that interfere with how he conducts himself. Especially when trying to help reassure someone else. ]

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Oh, sure.

[He pulls out his hot pink flip phone, offering it to Glenn. He can poke at it all he likes, it has a lock screen Glenn won't be able to get past anyway.]

[ Letting out a low hiss of discomfort at the squirming, Xue Yang quickly swallow it down and grins again, patting Jin Guangyao's butt where it's within easy reach just over his shoulder. ]

Now, now. Settle down. Don't make me drop you. You're drunk, and besides. Even if I set you down, where will you go? Hm?

[ There's another placating pat to Jin Guangyao's behind before Xue Yang adjusts his grip on his cane and heads off again, this time not stopping until he's dumped the cute miniature sect leader onto the bed that's been his the last few weeks due to his injuries. ]

There we go. I'll get you some water, so try not to get into any trouble in the two minutes I'm gone, okay?

[ And then Xue Yang heads off to do just that, leaving Jin Guangyao to get his bearings. ]

[1.) There and back Again]

[Living out on the street sounded like a horrible idea to Matt. So while he doesn’t trust a lot of what he’s been told, he still chooses to get himself an apartment. They are being provided to them and all, so why not just go along with it. He brushes his hand along the numbers on each door as he passes them on the first floor.

It’s mostly to get a count of how many apartments there are to each floor. While a bottom level apartment would have been nice, all of them seem to be taken. The sound of foots steps are picked up by him and he tilts his head a little in their direction before turning.]

Hey, do you have a moment to help me out? Do you know which floor is likely to have unoccupied apartments?

[2. Say Cheese]

[The noises and scents are all vivid to Matt as he nears the Remooning festival. Immersing himself in this new world that he’s found himself on seems like a smart idea. How much this festival will help him with that goal, he doesn’t know. But you can’t learn about a place simply by sitting in your apartment.

One thing was completely obvious, this place seemed nothing like Hell’s Kitchen, with good reason. It’s another world. When you spend your life living in one place, it’s not easy to adjust to a new one, but Matt was trying his best.

He navigated the crowds with walking stick in hand, waiting for something to catch his attention. Something does and he stops at booth with Mooncake at it. He studies the smell for a moment before turning his head a bit as someone is nearby.]

Excuse me. Can you tell me what this food is?

[3. Wildcard]

PM to work something out or just tag me with what you have in mind.

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[Jon certainly doesn't have a clue either. He's never been good at them.]

That surprises me honestly. You seem like you'd be good at them.

[ Martin stares at him for a moment. ]

M-me? Really?

[Jon blinks at him and then nods.]

You're good with people. And actually like them.

You—

[ Jiang Cheng seethes, anger flushing hot through him once more. Even so, he bites it down, making a monumental effort for this boy he's only just met, his nephew, his sister's son. His own flesh and blood. There has been enough loss, enough bloodshed for this generation of the Yunmeng Jiangs and the next. He forces his hand to release Zidian, letting out a harsh breath as he tries to form words that aren't sharp and careless with fury. ]

He killed my parents too! He brought the Wens to Lotus Pier! [ Jiang Cheng snaps these words, then feels a sudden pang as he realizes he still believes it. Not completely, not with the vitriol of the immediate aftermath of the massacre, but neither does he find Wei Wuxian faultless. He swallows hard, eyes squeezing shut. ]

...but he didn't set out to do it, and there's no way he meant for any harm to come to your parents either! You don't know him! He loves your mother more than anyone— More— More than me some days. He'd die before he hurt her. He'd die a thousand times over, but there's no accounting for what happens at war!

I don't want to go anywhere, I want to go home! [ Even though he was getting the impression that was impossible. He put out his hand and Fairy obediently trotted up to stand under it, letting him curl his fingers in her fur.

He still looked very unsure, and his confusion was making him annoyed, but there's a weird feeling of shame that washes over him every time his eyes trail to Xiao Xingchen. ]

I've heard stories about you. And Master Song Lan. [ I mean, it was true. He had heard stories about them. Terrible ones. But stories. But if he thought about telling the man he was dead, his heart wrenched painfully. Xiao Xingchen had suffered a terrible injustice. If he was here somehow and at peace...

He swallowed. ]

Fine, so I'm... I'm somewhere weird, and-- you two are here to - what? You're not explaining what happened to me, so - are you taking me somewhere?

[ Ha. Ha ha. Martin looks pained at that. ]

That's not the same as them liking me back.

[Despite his fear, Vincent can't help a little of the exasperation creeping into his voice when he responds.]

I don't have anything for you to toss out, I just got h--

[Yet any attempts at defiance melt away when the crazy sword guy begins stalking right up to him, and he realises he still has a cigarette crumbling away in his hand. Shit. He looks back at the stranger.]

It's, uh-- a cigarette! I can throw it away, but you need to let me go first! [His legs are shaking and he's sweating bullets. Please don't stab him.]

[ His vision was completely blurry, and despite himself, the tears started to fall against his will. ]

You spent my whole life teaching me to hate him! [ He sobbed, shaking. ]

My whole life! I'm supposed to hate him! You wanted me to hate him! Anyone who even used his techniques, you said! No mercy!

Why would you say that then, and say this now?? You don't know! You don't know what he's done!

What are you, an old grandma?

[Or, you know, Minamoto?]

It's fine, it's not like anyone is going to eat these veggie pies anyway. [But wait.]

....Is that why your griffin doesn't like you? Did you eat its pie?

( he would be ashamed to admit later that he does feel the fringe of that in his mind when tracking her scent. no matter how much he trained his mind or his body, no matter how much he pondered deeply the philosophy of the nature of their world and their relationships among so many different species, he could not erase what he was at a genetic and biological level. part of this worries him. it would be best for haru if he could completely move past that, right? but, at the very least, he can control and channel it in a way he would have never been able to dream of just a short year ago. it's a start. hopefully he would only continue to get better with time and practice.

thankfully, those carnivorous itches up and down his spine diminish once he slows down and he begins to try to catch his breath, willing his heart to slow to a more normal rate.

she observes their meeting with a level of certainty that other meetings had offered to her. but for legosi, he's a mingling mess of relief and joy. his tail is wagging furiously, even if he fights for enough breath to string words together. when offered the tea, he looks at it for a moment and then takes it with a breathy "thank you."

assuming the boba tea was a typical human-sized beverage, it would have been a pretty large drink for a small rabbit like haru, but for a large wolf like legosi, in a state like he is right now... well, he basically drains half of the drink in a single gulp. a few tapioca pearls follow, inevitably, and legosi had not been anticipating such a thing. he splutters, lowering the cup. he offers it back — by this point, he's at least to a point where he's functional, even though he's still recovering. )

Haru-chan... Did you arrive here recently? Don't tell me I've been missing you for a few days...

Well... maybe they're idiots.

Or scared.

[ Shino can be overwhelming at times even when he's being more sensitive to other's needs, and right now he's... not being the most. He does slow down some at the trailing off and interrupted statements, cocking his head to the side as the milk heats on the stove.

Really, considering his first comment was more along the lines of are you looking to live here, isn't it obvious he doesn't mind? Who needs a whole bunch of space to themselves? It's not like even when he was a deer jinba he needed two rooms and all the rest.

Still, he also gets why so many look for their own places. More grounding, if you have no one you need to pretend around when on your own.

The scream of a growl from Allen's stomach has both of Shino's eyebrows hiking upward. He almost laughs, can't quite keep the corners of his lips from quirking up, because really? ]

I've only heard growls like that coming from my stomach before. Sit!

[ He waves a hand, turning back to his kitchen and looking for what ready food he has. Given his own eating habits... what he ends up bringing out to the table (gesturing for hobo legwarmers Allen to sit) is an odd assortment of sweet breads, a large bag of popcorn with seaweed and salt flavouring he pours into a similarly large bowl, various fingerfood easy veggies on a plate, and... apples.

... Looking at this, maybe he does need to go shopping... ]

These are just snacks, but it's at least something to start. Have you ever heard of something called "delivery food" before?

[ He's made a few trips to bring all the assorted snacks of various kinds of healthy or unhealthy, a bounce practically in his step. Far more cheerful and energised than when he walked through his own front door. The milk is coming to a gentle boil, so he remains in the kitchen, stirring it and squinting as he watches the bubbles rise. Just about ready... he should pour over the sink, to avoid making much of a mess. ]

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What the fuck...?

[It wasn't the strangest sentence he had ever heard, and it was probably akin to a quirk. But he wasn't sure if the prize was worth his patience or time.]

Just follow the sound of my explosions and I'll take out all the obstacles!!!

[ A Jedi Knight. Finn freezes at the mention but just as quickly regains his composure. Somewhat because he tells himself that he's acting silly, mostly because there's an implication that Kerra is no longer here.

So instead, he finally gives a real smile when he takes the lightsaber in his hands, honestly missing how familiar it felt. Even after everything, the lightsaber didn't dredge up the bad memories with the good. He ignites it and even laughs at the different shade in color. ]

Synthetic kyber crystals. I didn't know that was a thing.

[ Finn sheathes the blade and hands it back. ] I'm glad you've got it. Makes me feel a little less bad about losing it in the first place.

[ These words don't make sense to Jiang Cheng, not in the least. He's hated Wei Wuxian before. He's furious with him at least once a day. But at the end of it all, they're brothers. Jiang Cheng has always imagined that to be an unshakable bond, let Wei Wuxian get him comfortable with the idea that they will remain brothers in this life and the next.

The idea that it could even be over, and while the boy in front him was still small? If Wei Wuxian caused the death of his parents, then died at Jiang Cheng's hand... Untold years alone, hating Wei Wuxian, unable to move on or let go.

The boy is right. He doesn't know. He has no idea how to even imagine how this could come to pass. All the while his nephew is sobbing like his very life is coming apart, and Jiang Cheng is at a loss for what to do.

Perhaps it's his own clumsiness that takes his family apart. ]

Look, I don't know what happens! I don't! I just turned twenty, I just took over my sect— The things I don't know could fill a library, okay?! I don't know!

Maybe things change, maybe I change, or— Or he changes— [ But Wei Wuxian is the single most constant force he knows. ] But whatever happens, it hasn't happened yet.

We're family. You don't stop being family just because you're mad! And that means you too— You can't just say I'm not your uncle!

[ That's not a very nice thing to say about yourself, Jon. ]

Th-that's not it. I - look, I've only ever had three partners in my life? And none of them lasted past three dates.

[ From the start Liu Qingge has been intent on performing some logical reconnaissance in order to get a better grasp of this strange new world he's been cast upon. One turn led to another until soon enough he's wandered into the district set up for virtual gameplay alongside vessels meant to recreate the illusion of past events.

Acting before he thinks it through, a step forward takes him into a pod already starting up its simulation. Something that doesn't immediately worry Liu Qingge when his confidence knows no bounds and the hilt of his sheathed blade lies firm beneath his touch. He's determined to see with his own eyes everything and anything that might pose a threat; with little doubt he'll be able to take on whatever this alien machine may try to do.

And handle it he does, until a rabbit-faced girl appears from the corner of his eye to chitter away calmly about the suspicious scenery that unfolds. The surroundings are too modern for him to register as anything familiar, but a lady crawling into bed in front of his very eyes is scandalous enough. ]

What ideas!? [ Sheltered as he is, it's clear what she's implying. ] I'm not giving you anything.

[ A shame that her words spike his embarrassment to such levels that he barely can get a word out. Because what he manages sounds much more righteous in his head but far less so when blurted out loud. Putting things in those terms only makes it sound like his thoughts are running along the same filthy track as his companion's. ]

Get out from under there. I didn't come here to watch a woman in bed.

[...you know, Tarrlok's seen some weird shit here. but. you know what? it's been almost a year in eighties furry hell, why not some little hedgehog man. at least he's adorable.

So he'll just smile and shrug a bit, because why not.]

I've been here a while, so you can go ahead and take it. I'm sure I'll be able to handle whatever it ends up being.

[ He can only half listen - spending most of his energy trying to stop himself from sobbing, and because he's trying to do that he's failing utterly. He raises his arm - still gripping his fathers sword- and swipes his sleeve over his eyes to try to force the tears away.

He doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how this is possible - how his uncle can only be a few years older than him - and he's emotionally exhausted with everything. He knows he needs to fight this - not for his own sake but for his Uncle's, for the memory of his Uncle, even if this man doesn't match.

But it's the bit about family that hits him the hardest. Of course Jiang Cheng is his Uncle. Even if he forgot him. Even if he forgot everything. He knew that. He couldn't change it, and he didn't want to, but he...

He wanted his Uncle to remember him so badly. It wasn't even really about Wei Wuxian. It was about forgetting him. Forgetting everything he'd raised him with.

He crumpled onto the floor, pulling his knees tight up against his chest, folding his arms around himself as he cried.

Jiang Cheng wasn't his uncle. He was the closest thing Jin Ling had to a father, and he didn't remember a thing about him. ]

[Jon has never been nice to himself.]

That doesn't sound so bad.

Who's holding you hostage, huh?

[ He's only brandishing a weapon! That's an entirely different offense, alright?! There's an accusing scoff given when the man finally realizes he's polluting airspace that doesn't belong to him. The admission of guilt is enough for Liu Qingge to drop any grip he holds over the fellow; even if he's not about to retreat from his personal space. ]

Well, hurry up and get rid of it!

[ A rough jerk of his head towards the rest of the apartment is all the allowance given to suggest the fellow is free to go. Because Liu Qingge isn't about to do anything so cordial as to back off or step aside. This intruder can slink away without forcing him to budge an inch.

He could care less about the logistics of how this man can accomplish the task of snuffing out a cigarette that's presently filling his home with the stench of tobacco. He could swallow it whole for all Liu Qingge cares, so long as it's gone. ]

Edited 2020-01-12 03:08 (UTC)

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Matt Murdock | Daredevil

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it is totally necessary and also beautiful

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LMAO please have him join the ranks of "oldies who blew up modern appliances"

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