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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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Are you okay? It must have been a long day.

[So cute!

She's more than happy to give Fairy all the pets. She's always liked spoiling other people's pets...mostly because her overall situation back home didn't allow her to have a pet herself. And that was before she ran off to become the leader of an internationally wanted criminal organization.]

I'm sure she's really smart! [She says this to the dog, mostly. But then she looks back at him and her smile has a teasing edge to it.]

You can both be the cute one!

[Present tense, because you are still cute? They're close to the same age but she can still call him cute! And then, she stands back up to pat him on the head too.]

[ sweet merciful buddha, please tell him the other f-word is 'food-eating', because doppo probably wouldn't be able to properly process anything else. at any rate, this is actually his very first time alone with him; that sunshiny cheerfulness is clearly a mask for something else -- sensei had hesitated to put a real name to what it is, but he's not stupid -- the tension between them during the battle had been so palpable you could cut it with a knife, and you don't just feel things like that for a person all of a sudden.

he can see hints of it now, specially-wired to be super-sensitive to just about anything in case trouble comes for him like the grim reaper to a hapless animal caught in a snare (and it does, it always does, ramuda's presence is proof enough). his lighthearted comment of his boldness sends a chill of mild terror down his spine, and he fights the urge to cringe. sensei must be a sore point for ramuda, as well. ]

I'm not -- I don't -- I just... I was... worried? I'm sorry if it sounded rude or if I assumed you were fighting a lot -- ! [ wait, haven't fought a lot? that means they have... nope, that way lies danger, he needs to ask less prickly things: ] Anyway, how many of us are here?

It - yes. Sorry. I'm a little tired.

{Same. She didn't ask for this alternate universe filler arc after she just went through an alternate universe canon arc.]

Well, first. If you can, I'd like you to give me a smile. A cute girl's tears are really precious you know?

And after that, we're going to figure out who is responsible for all this and we'll kick their ass and make them send us home.

[If only it were that simple...]

[ If she weren't undergoing this big mental breakdown, Nier would have immediately attempted to make the situation here into a total battlefield by, let's say, throwing some magic blast or something at Lobelia without paying single attention to the effect and destruction it'd create simply due to how he delivered his line. But for the better of the situation, the lack of Death around seems to put hold into prompting Nier to go that far.

Though she's in shock - visibly, Nier does actually listen and take notes of Lobelia's short yet somehow fulfilling explanation. Once she heard him til he finished his last line, Nier's once dilated eyes seems to return to their normal state as she shifts a bit, hugging her own body as her lips open and barely audible words seemingly slip out in between them. ]

That's right... That's right... Death wouldn't leave me just like that. She loves me just as much as I love her. She's still here... I just can't see her... [ Unsurprisingly, such unhealthy, toxic positivism is the way Nier ends up comforting herself. Though she has been scarred even before The Death made its appearance, the presences of Death had become a big factor in her life as the most important pillar that kept her going. The trust between her, the pactbearer, and The Death went so deep that it'd become unthinkable that if by choice, either of them would leave each other.

...Or...

Nier's eyes widen again at the realization of the possibility and immediately, the Erune turns to the other pactbearer as she grabs the hem of Lobelia's robe's sleeves. Hard, tight, and full of desperation - Perhaps way too hard especially with comparison to what her actually pale, frail figure's would normally be able to. ]

T-Tell me... Our world... It's destroyed, right? It's no more, right? Those Prismals told me so and they didn't lie to me, right? Did The World actually managed to...?

[ Though they're discussing quite the heavy topic and she's asking the equally destructive stuff, in a drastic turns of event, Nier's eyes actually looks bright and hopeful! The combination of words that would have been impossible to be put right next to Nier's name. It's as if she's not talking as Nier, the pactbearer of The Death and instead, talking as Nier, the young Erune who has always craved for acceptance and finally found the path she's been looking for since forever. ]

You give me too much credit, Ike. You should be giving yourself way more, given what you've had to experience.

( too many things for ranulf to list, really. but he takes this time to sneak a little closer, get within leaning distance. )

It's not! I like it for that reason... though I have yet to see another laguz like myself.

( he leans back, humming in thought. )

But maybe that's a good thing.

Yeah. Give me a second to get a better view of what's down there. I don't want to put you in any unnecessary danger.

( and he creeps out of the room, so that he could join ike inside the panel room. without someone above, the maze deactivates and goes inert without a peep--- a way to keep someone from utilizing all their senses to cheat.

so without going to where the holographic rat was, ranulf instead stands at the entrance and exit of said room. )

Just keep walking forward, and you'll get to where you need to go.

( right into ranulf, hopefully. )

[ Well, unfortunately, like it or not, Nier is still quite the weird, possessive girl even with or without different situation at her disposal. Though in her defense, she's trying to be less weird. Trying. ]

...Can I really... trust you on this...? You won't do it on purpose?

[ Sorry, Jalter. She's gotta live up to her name as the Walking Trust Issue. ]

Edited 2020-01-12 15:34 (UTC)

[Her tea was definitely much too large for her to finish on her own, the straw almost comically too big for her and having to hold it with both her hands. But, such is the life of a dwarf rabbit, even if there are plenty of smaller animals out there.

And for all this time knowing him, being around him, she will always marvel the way the world shapes around him as a large predator. Large drinks for her appearing small and inconsequential even if the tapioca pearls trip him up. And her black eyes will always instinctively hone in to his jaws, no matter how careful he is and knowing full well that he wears dentures like some kind of old man instead of an 18-year-old "delinquent."

Even after all this time knowing him, there is always going to be that more feral part inside her telling her this is dangerous, but Haru wouldn't be Haru if she listened to her instincts.

She takes the cup back, having another sip even though she's already pretty full.]

I've been here for a few days! Long enough where I was planning on finding you if you didn't find me by the end of the week. [She's being half-serious, because there's always truth in what she says.] Come on, we can sit in the café. Now that I see you, I feel kind of bad wanting you to track me down.

[... So it was going to be like that. Very well, if Kanda was going to be childish about this then Link was just going to treat him like a child and babysit him. Meaning that he's going to follow right after the Exorcist when he goes to leave, keeping up with brisk steps.]

I don't remember saying that we were done, Kanda.

[As if this were some meeting back at the Order where he had any actual say over what Kanda did instead of how things actually are, with both of them in some alien world that doesn't have any of the familiarity of home. But treating this like work gives the Crow direction and a sense of stability that he needs right now so he's not about to drop it so easily.]

I know that we have our differences but nothing will come from alienating one another here.

[ Once of these days, Elsword... Once of these days. One single step at a time. In any case, Nier makes a small blink of surprise at Els' predicament when he almost fell.

Nier takes a deep breath first before continuing. Man, doing this kinda of game is pretty awkward when you're so used to do more weird stuff for your old pastime. Heave... ho...! ]

Ah... Just keep going like that. Five or six steps forward...

[ Well, she's basing it on her personal stride as the measurement. Her walking pace and stride? Pretty slow and ~chill~, being the relatively physically frail girl she is and compared to a shonen knight like him? Ha-ha. Hopefully Els is smart enough to understand that. ]

[LOOK she never gets to see herself like this, okay? She's not enough of a voyeur to go out of her way to look at herself in these situations, even when she met with classmates at love hotels with mirrors on the wall and ceiling.]

It's sowing seeds. So...kind of, I guess. [She brings her hand down to her chin so Josuke can see just how much she's enjoying his discomfort.

But, things are cooled down, and she knows eventually the memory of Louis is going to walk out the door they're standing near, and that the memory of her is going to dress up and actually get to gardening.]

I actually don't really know how this works. When you opened the door last time I did think really hard about where I wanted to go and what I wanted to see. [She puts her hand on the door, looking at Josuke expectantly.] So yeah, just think about what you want to show me, and when I open the door it should take us there.

[And, before she does push the door open, she looks at him almost threateningly.]

And don't choose something boring.

[Link only lets the barest hint of a bemused smile quirk up his lips a that. He's not normally one for puns but that was admittedly... A little endearing. So he won't scold this time.]

I do agree with that to an extent. While for the most part the locals seem to be willing to exchange information I'm sure there's a great deal more to be learned through investigation.

[And given how that's one of his fortes he does see the logic in her words even if he's fairly certain that she's also just... Making an excuse to indulge in sampling local fare. But that's not really the point right now and he gives a small shake of his head.]

I've never seen one in a human shape but I've read about them being made that way before. [But it wasn't a practice done by sorcerers for a long time, although he wouldn't doubt that the Order dabbled in such experiments too.] They're different than microphones. Instead of needing to raising your voice you can be heard even when speaking at normal level, so they're useful when information needs to be exchanged privately.

[ ...Ah...? Now that's the kind of expression that Nier's a bit of familiar with now that she's taking a good close at his reaction. It's the exact expression whenever her victims were about to met their demises. Though perhaps it's mixed with something a bit of confusion and perhaps awkwardness. ]

...You had something... Someone who tried to kill you, no? [ Then again, she's not exactly the social butterfly even back in her world so she might be- ] Or am I jumping to conclusion?

[ There's quite the curiosity from her tone. Especially compared to her previous voice. ]

[Those legs do look pretty great in those heels, that was true.

She's still smiling at him and and she can hear he's angry from her years of pulling this sort of bullshit and getting shouted at for it.

She doesn't burst out laughing but there's a twitch to her mouth, that indicates it's a near thing.]

Yes~? Is there a problem? [She says in a contrived tone of innocence. Does this look like the face of someone who would have done something like this to embarrass you?]

I solemnly swear that if you fall off the platform and get a vibrator stuck up your ass, it'll be entirely an accident.

[ Jeanne swears, not actually very solemnly, mostly because she has nothing to swear on. ]

Even if you don't trust me, [ and you shouldn't, trusting strangers is for chumps ] you can trust that big pile of demichroma we'll get at the end, right? I have shit I need to buy, so get moving.

[ Very helpful. ]

[She's certainly a shrewd one. It's definitely beginning to remind him of a certain redheaded Bookman and Link feels... Not very comforted in that comparison to home.]

... Well then how does one undo it?

Hey, you were the one who followed me in here! [And his obvious discomfort it, honestly, egging her on a bit. She stays under the covers, both to bother this stranger but also because, as a rabbit, being huddled up in a small space is actually quite comforting. Especially when the bedsheets do smell familiar, of both her and her friend.

In fact, she bundles herself up even more in the sheets. It's a bit ridiculous that this guy is uncomfortable; it's not like she's naked or anything.]

I think I'll stay under here, actually. You're welcome to join me! [And then, in an accusatory manner:] If you didn't come here to watch me in bed, why did you follow me here?

[Haru is as far as she can possibly be from a shapeshifter. If she could shapeshift, she wouldn't even choose to be a dwarf rabbit, honestly.

But the stone this fox-girl pulls out does intrigue her. She may be a sensible girl, but Haru can appreciate what looks to be a pretty jewel when she sees one.

A smart and logical and careful rabbit would, honestly, refuse to put herself in a position where she comes face to face with a fox. But, since this is Haru, and she's a rabbit actively pursuing a relationship with a grey wolf, putting herself in line with potential danger is just...par for the course.]

Sure, why not. We don't have shapeshifters where I'm from.

[The sounds of footsteps will arrive with all kinds of food aromas - the tote bag on Meteora's shoulders has some groceries, but she's also in the middle of eating a chocolate bar. And there's the fact she's snacked all day at work so all kinds of different chip flavors have probably left their mark on her person...

At the question, she looks at him and quickly catches on when seeing the glasses and cane. So Meteora wraps up the leftovers of her bar and puts it in her bag as she approaches him.]

Of course. Welcome to Lunatia. [Since he's quite obviously a newbie, she thinks.] The floors with the fewer empty apartments are the top ones, which usually are -unsurprisingly- the least desirable choice for most. Would you like to go there, or would you rather search for an empty one among the lower floors? Since the Moonblessed are constantly coming and going, some times it is possible to find an empty place in a busy floor with some luck. I can help, if you need it.

You don't need to apologise. I know how it is.

Do you want to eat? I can order food.

[ He perks up a little. ]

That - that sounds good. Yes. Can't remember the last time I ate.

...I guess. But why not both?

[While the discussion of their hypothetical bank robbery is interesting and fun, she's going to start pulling Shiho along. Because they have things to do (and no, it's not robbing a bank).]

But we need to find where the nearest city is before we can find the bank!

[ Oh, she's totally sold. That's the most convincing words that anyone has ever said to her. Totally. Nier's like, going to mentally pity the other girl for being so bad at it that it's not even funny. ]

...Very well, I'll do it.

[ Because clearly even if she were to say something else, it'd end only as stupid, aimless discussion. Better to drop it right now. Grabbing the blindfold from the side, Nier dons the blindfold around her eyes as soon as she manages to jump onto the 'battlefield'.

Thankfully, she's already too used to darkness surrounding her vision and herself so Nier's not gonna panic now even if things went haywire. Or at least not too much. Any time now, Jeanne.]

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