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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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▶ 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)

[The maid - who has the muscles, scars, and bearing of a soldier - cannot help but grin at the lovely lady coming to her defense. Her hero. Her absolute savior.]

Miss, tis 'preciated - greatly so - but he's not worth your time. I can throw him out all on my own. Her Majesty said so.

[She grins and cracks her knuckles, and the pervert in question pales and remembers an urgent appointment in Caihong.]

Fyrshala's Flame, what a tiresome man he was. I do sincerely thank ye, miss...?

[She's asking for Natalia's name.]

((ooc: Siofra would absolutely try to hit on her, and would also absolutely back down given her clear lack of interest. But if you'd rather skip that part, let's just say her gaydar pinged back negative?))

((ooc: Yes, that works just fine. Thank you!))

Natalia. No need for thanks, I get the impression you could have handled that on your own.

[She's been adventuring for too long, neglecting to give her full name and title. Even so, there's a disparaging flip of her hair as she watches the creep scurry away.]

Good riddance in any case. Perhaps he'll serve as an example in case anyone else thought to harass the help. Do you work in the castle, or did you volunteer just for the day?

Volunteered for the day. Thought serving a Queen in a frilly dress might be a spot of fun, but neglected to account for the men taking advantage to leer at my arse.

[She gives the lady a queer look for a second... then sighs and chuckles. Something tells her the lady wouldn’t be receptive to her usual brand of coarse flattery.]

The Lady Siofra Whelan, chosen of Fyrshala Incandescent. At your service - a mite more literally than usual. Have ye been at Lunatia long?

I understand perfectly. I have a friend who enjoys dressing up in such things as well.

[Tear is such a dear girl. She absolutely would have signed up to help out just for the costume, Natalia is quite sure. She shakes her head in response to Siofra's question.]

No, I've only just arrived. What about you, Lady Siofra? You have the look of an adventurer about you.

[Not many nobles can boast of having many scars, after all, and few have done much traveling at all. How curious!]

Mmmn... it’s not so much that I enjoy such things as that I was hoping... nae, never mind, Natalia. Suffice to say I’m more of a tabard and breeches girl save for special occasions and special people.

[Siofra shakes her head and chuckles.]

Been on more adventures than I can count since I was knighted and ordained, miss, across the length and breadth of Nahn. I’m semi-retired now, after recovering Flametongue and settling down with Helena, but I still have the skills and the wanderlust. If I told ye I was a paladin, would that mean much to you?

[Thankfully while Jaune was waiting to take his turn he noticed the poor girl was having a hell of a time of it. Her partner was unfortunately not very good at this and she wasn't giving up despite everything.

After some respectful questioning and discussion with the people running the game as well as Natalia's partner he speaks up to where Natalia can hear.]

Um miss? I'm Jaune Arc, I saw your partner was having a hard time and asked if I could swap in to help you instead. Is that alright with you?

[He's used to a conga line of failures and he could see even from this distance Natalia wasn't having a good time.]

[Oh no, she's absolutely giving up. There's no chance she'd put herself through that again, despite the allure of a decent stock of demichroma for a new arrival who has none. She lifts her head, straightening herself politely as Jaune approaches and speaks to her.]

You're very kind to offer. But I shan't be making another attempt.

[She shakes her head, and immediately regrets it as she winces. Will her head ever stop spinning? Yes, she's quite had her fill of being slimed, spun around, and spanked by vibrating tendrils.]

I was simply resting for a moment before returning to my quarters. Thank you for offering, Sir Arc. Natalia.

[She touches slimed fingers to her chest with a polite incline of her head.]

Oh! Okay. I don't really blame you.

[He's a little embarrassed he misinterpreted the situation. Though he's equally thrown off when she calls him Sir. She sounded like someone out of a stage play.]

Nice to meet you Natalia, and you can just call me Jaune.

[The blonde thinks for a moment.]

Are you with the new arrivals? If you like I wouldn't mind showing you around, I know it can be kind of confusing your first time here.

I am.

[She inclines her head deeply, but hesitates at the rest of his offer. It's very kindly meant, and she certainly wouldn't wish to turn him down for the sake of being nauseated. For one thing, it would give a bad impression as the representative of Kimlasca. For another, moving away from this area and the way it smells may prove helpful in recovering her health.]

Yes, I would like that very much. Thank you for your kind invitation.

[She rises to her feet, dripping, and looks down at herself in dismay.]

I must look a fright. I do hope I won't cause you any embarrassment to be seen with me in such a state.

Hey if I abandoned somebody just because they were in an embarrassing situation I wouldn't exactly be a good person, and pretty hypocritical too.

[He gives a warm smile before leading her away from the area where the contest is being held.]

Do you have a change of clothes? We can go to a clothing store first if you don't.

[Now that they were walking together maybe now Natalia could focus in on what Jaune was wearing. While the clothes he was wearing were pretty modern. Jeans, and a hoodie, what laid on top would be more familiar. Mostly white armor and a sword at his hip.]

Other than that is there anything in particular you're interested in? This city pretty much has anything you can think of.

( oh. oh dear. he recognizes that voice and, hysterically enough, he recognizes that scolding. perhaps not as often directed at him but time has allowed him the fortune of getting to know the far land’s fair maiden.

it’s with a chuckle that he approaches. he hadn’t really been planning on having any tea — no offense — but wanted to see what was happening. besides, the help was adorable and the queen from what he could tell was a bombshell. (but also, oh how wonderful it was that another monarch was in charge; the odd thrill of that was perhaps the most notable). )

Princess. I don’t think you’re going to attract all that much favor yelling at strangers. Even if they deserve it. ( the last bit is tacked on with a weary and warning glance at the offender. he isn’t going to start a fight but listen!!! natalia is very correct. )

[Natalia's head turns at the sound of the chuckle. Her brow is furrowed, because the chuckler had better not be laughing at her, but surprise quickly overtakes her features.]

Emperor Peony!

[Why is he...? No, that's a foolish question. Likely he doesn't know, and arrived under the very same circumstances that she did.]

With all due respect, your majesty, currying favor wasn't my intention.

[She resists the urge to place her hands on her hips and scowl at the oaf (who is now kicking back and staring at Peony's rear end). Her fingers instead quietly curl into fists at her sides. The emperor certainly doesn't need the princess of Kimlasca to spring to his defense as well, and might even take offense if she does.]

Have you come to sample the tea? Perhaps we might do so together.

[Where she can keep an eye on the lecherous lout she's keen to upbraid if he does it again.]

[There’s a clear frown on his face, worried and empathetic to her plight. He felt the whole game was a bad idea and the execution was bound to end tragically rather than gloriously most of the time, which it did. Natalia was unfortunately on the more tragic side of things. He wasn’t sure how to really approach her as he was, a spectator with only words of sympathy, and that felt a little pathetic to him.

To remedy this, he quickly ducked into a store to buy a towel and a cold bottle of water, which he quietly offered by lowering into her field of view. He didn’t say anything but wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, he just smiled empathetically at her. Everyone has had bad days and a little kindness goes a long way to make it better.]

[Natalia's dull eyes lift, blink. What's this? Another blink and she finds the arms attached to the gifts, and the shoulders, and the kindly face. Her expression softens, and she inclines her head deeply.]

Thank you. That's incredibly thoughtful.

[She reaches out to accept both. Dribbling some of the water onto the towel allows her to wipe her face clean, and her hands. There's little she can do for her hair and clothes, but this is significantly better until she has the opportunity to buy another outfit and take a hot bath.]

My name is Natalia. Please, do sit down.

[She gestures at the spot on the bench beside her, so they can speak while she cleans herself up.]

Bishop. Nice to meet you.

[He says while quietly occupying the seat. He lets a moment pass so Natalia can clean herself up, the poor girl. No one deserves this kind of "welcome" it could be called that.]

Long day?

[A sympathetic smile on his face, his voice gentle but gushing with concern.]

[Tanjiro is passable at cooking, and will probably only improve now that he's caring for an animal that eats more than he does in a week in one sitting. He's coerced the thing into letting him ride on its back while it lumbers around, and is smoothing its feathers in an idly affectionate gesture when Natalia calls out to him, and both boy and griffin go stock still and turn to her with nearly identical wide-eyed expressions.]

Me? I-- oh no, is yours sick? [He has no idea how to cure it, because medicine isn't something he's familiar with, especially not for a griffin, but he's at least pretty immediately concerned. He slides off his own griffin's back, patting it and coaxing it to follow him with a clicking sound he makes with his tongue, and slowly approaching Natalia and her poor indigestion griffin.] Do you know what caused it...?

I haven't the faintest idea.

[Her shoulders slump as she strokes the graying feathers of her griffin's neck. If only the griffin could talk, it would lay out a slew of culinary evidence. Instead it just warbles feebly and stretches out a scaled claw to lightly paw at the ground. End it all, it's begging you.]

You don't suppose it's poisoned, do you? I can't read any of its status effects, I can only see my own. There must be something I've missed.

[Cooking lessons, for one. Ah, if only she'd chosen the Cleric instead of the Ranger! She would have, if clerics could make use of bows, but alas.]

Could I persuade you to return to town and purchase one of each healing item the merchant has in stock? I haven't earned much of this 'jeepee' but what I have is yours.

[Having been waiting to enter the tea party area, Asch instead passes upon hearing a dreadful bout of shouting and figures that even "paradise" has it's problems.]

[Which is to say nothing of the problems they've been supposedly summoned to solve. Getting close enough to hear someone that probably didn't have the authority to do so threaten to have someone else escorted off, he very literally throws up his hands, having had enough of it for now and departs before even making it inside. He can play at the hero when he's more acclimated, but this place isn't Kimlasca and he isn't in the mood to attempt sweeping changes anywhere but home.]

[Much the same occurs when he's attempting the VR game some time later and waiting for a turn, hearing someone's managed to poison their griffin somehow, and he decides that any interest he had is done for now, who could possibly cook that poorly?]

[Though he finally feels a little guilty for being callous at last when he spots someone shivering on a bench and...covered in slime? Not wanting to know he just tosses his jacket on their shoulders and lets the crowd cover him as he isn't in the mood for any thanks. Asch isn't really even in the mood to talk at all, but he mumbles through some conversations and passes through, passing on the drinks altogether.]

[It's when he's finally leaning on a railing and contemplating hard on if it's worth enduring this and again questioning what he has back home that he finally seems another(?) very miserable and slimy person making their way towards the residential area. He barely spares them a glance, but something says to look again, and grunting to himself, he lifts his head angrily, feeling insufferable for even his own whims that he seems something, or rather someone worth having taken a second look for.]

...? N-Natalia?

[Bringing a hand up quickly, he rubs his eyes in disbelief, dare they play a trick on him at this crucial juncture? He hopes not, because even a figment of her brings back a deep longing to have said things he held back, predicting his ultimate fate with startling accuracy.]

[The princess stops dead in her tracks, lifting her head before swinging around. That voice... She knows that voice. And she knows that face. Her heart leaps in her chest, energized with hope, before logic stomps it back down again. It's not Asch. He died, and he never came back. It's Luke. It can only be Luke.]

[But his hair looks to mirror Asch's style, not Luke's. And the mannerisms seem more like Asch, minute as they are. He's staring at her expectantly, and she still hasn't taken a single step toward him.]

[As if remembering to breathe, she pulls in a deep breath. She regards him uncertainly, mentally restraining herself from rushing to his side.]

Are you...?

[How does she ask the question? Is he Luke, or is he Asch? Neither seem possible. Luke wouldn't have the time to grow his hair out, and Asch is no longer living. Her muscles tense as it becomes more difficult to stay rooted, and she shakes her head slightly.]

You're not Luke. And you can't be Asch. So tell me how you know my name!

[Letting his hands drop to his sides, Asch clenches his fists bitterly. Somehow despite the eventuality of Natalia knowing didn't impact the pain of the fact she knew.

Knew he was a liar that couldn't even keep so simple a thing as a promise. He stays silent at the accusation, considering options and words. Still; this place was a new lease on life and if he had to claw his way out with nothing but his two hands, it's the promise of progress.]

Someone that intends on keeping a promise. [He offers for her question, but to her actual demand, he shrugs finally]. Who couldn't know the Princess, joy to the realm?

[Now though the worry sets in again that, perhaps she's met her end as well, and that pushes him past nonsense that he's normally apt to indulge in for the sake of his ego. He takes a few steps closer, as he peers at the woman, considering that perhaps he made a mistake as well in her identity, but this he has to know.]

You were still alive when you woke up here?

[She's torn. Desperately she wants it to be him. Logic dictates that it's impossible. Which side is she supposed to believe? He knows about the promise, so she finds herself succumbing to her hope far more than her despair. But she needs to be so, so careful...!]

[Immediately her hand comes up, pinky finger extended as she fixes him with an intense stare. If it's him, he'll know, he'll--]

...What?

[Was she still alive? Her furrowed brow eases as she straightens, surprised at the question.]

Of course I was. I still am.

[Does she really appear so dreadful to him? Her hand lowers. He wouldn't be asking her that if he weren't who he alludes he is. It's heartbreaking, but it's proof just as solid as their promise. Her chest hurts.]

I...I see... It truly is you, isn't it?

[Her hand reaches for his cheek, but stops short when she sees the smears of brightly colored slime on her fingers. Quickly she tries to wipe them off on the hem of her blouse, but it's just as dirty as her hand if not worse.]

Ooh...!

[Oh dear... Even for a clump of 1's and 0's, Shizuha can't help but feel sorry for the obviously suffering Griffin in the background, subconsciously patting her own. Thankfully, Natalia had managed to find someone obsessed enough with this game to have an answer to her predicament.]

It seems you have triggered one of the secret event sidequests. I heard that it's notoriously difficult to fulfill the conditions to activate it, so it comes up rather rarely...

[In fact, one would really have to try hard to make a Griffin this sick, so it's... kind of impressive in itself.]

You'll need to gather some medicinal herbs and spring water deep in Sylphyria Forest, then trade them to an NPC for a special pellet to feed your Griffin. I've obtained most of the drops I've wanted from this event, so I'd be more than happy to carry you through the quest.

[... She said some words that don't really match her rather noble demeanor.]

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Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear | Tales of the Abyss

Tea Party, being rescued

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Natalia! <3

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tea party

OH NO

Unlucky Tail

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save the griffins i am so excited to see a natalia okay

Aww, thank you! I'm canon blind to Tanjiro, but I appreciate the tag!

Screw your prompts I do what I want.

>8E

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Save the Griffin from the Princess