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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!

▶ Questions
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[Considering his usual behavior, Haga should probably be scurrying off somewhere after being straight up threatened like that. But this person is so mystifyingly dumb he's actually a little fascinated, if not a bit frustrated.]

I'm not picking a fight with you! And you are supposed to light up a firework not eat it! How dense are you?? [Haga can understand people not being familiar with this place's more futuristic technology, but fireworks are really old.] Are you some kind of caveman?

_{[ That’s right! Be intimidated. Fear him.
...
Wait, this guy isn’t running. ]}

Light it up? Oi, what for?
And I ain’t no cave man, I’m a god!!

[Trust him, he's just as surprised he didn't turn tail. Maybe Inosuke just makes him think of a denser version of Ryuzaki, and he's used to dealing with that guy so...]

For this, dummy! [Haga lights up one of his own sparkles on a nearby fire that's been put up to warm up the party goers and puts the sparkly tip to the other guy's face. He's going to ignore the god part for now.] This is what you do with it! That thing is probably poisonous to eat!

_{[ The crackling noise of the sparkler accompanied by the bright colors instantly catches Inosuke’s interest and his eyes grow wide as he watches it. ]}

W—Woah..

_{[ His hands curl tightly around the several sparklers in his hand. ]}

I wanna do that too! Hell, I’ll do them all at once, just watch me!!

_{[ Inosuke is just gonna stick all of the sparklers into the fire at once, all the while cackling with delight. ]}

Keheheheh!! My fire is bigger!

[At least that seems to distract the guy away from starting a fight. Good enough.

He's far too enthralled by something as simple as some sparkles. Is he sure he isn't from the stone age...?]

... This isn't a competition... [Haga says quietly mostly to himself. He keeps on being both confused and fascinated by this dude. And speaking of confusion...]

Wait, what was that talk earlier about you being a god?

_{[ Since Inosuke isn’t going to be eating anymore, he shoves the boar’s mask over his face again, concealing his porcelain and petite face for now. Besides, nothing else was cooler than a boar with fireworks. That’s what he thought, at least.

He’s still laughing and waving the sparklers around over his head.. for.. some reason. Then, Haga pipes up again and addresses him. ]}

Course I’m a god! God of Pigs, and I have many underlings! You don’t gotta worry ‘bout poisonous things with me, I’m so tough that it doesn’t effect me!

_{[ While his immunity to poison is true, he’s definitely not a god and does not have underlings. He’s just a feral boy, raised by boars, and his underlings are actually his friends and not minions. But, you know, he’s a little delusional. ]}

You wanna be one of my minions?

[A shame that he covers his face. He's dumb but he's cute. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers and all that...

He watches Inosuke freak out with the fireworks for a while, and then rave about his "god status" and, honestly, it feels like this guy either escaped a loony bin or he had a very weird upbringing.

Either way, Haga can't help but knit his eyebrows at Inosuke's proposition.]

Absolutely not! I wasn't made to be anyone's minion, follower or whatever! If anything I should be the one with minions! I'm sort of a big deal where I come from!

[Correction: he was a big deal, now he just lives in infamy, despite trying to turn a new leaf.]

_{[ He's a himbo. It's true.
Though, he's well-aware his face is really girly looking and that honestly stands in the way of being intimidating! So, boar head it is. Specifically, the boar head of the animal that raised him. ]}

Yeah? Why would anyone be your underling? You don't seem like a boss.

_{[ Meanwhile, he keeps putting the sparklers close to the mask he's wearing.. just enough to singe the fur and quickly pull it back.. only.. to do the exact same thing again. ]}

If anything, y'seem like somebody who need to be taken care of— someone who follows orders and relies on somebody cool like me!

_{[ Inosuke seems aggressive because he really doesn't know how to behave like a normal person would, but really, he can be friendly. ]}

[Haga thinks that's just a well elaborated mask and not, you know, a true blue boar head. It's probably for the best.]

Well, I'll let you know that I'm the Duel Monsters national champion of Domino City! [Actually former champion, but no one needs to know that.]

B-Besides I don't need anyone to take care of me! I can look after myself pretty well, thank you very much! And just so you know, I hate following orders! [Don't worry, Haga himself tries really hard to play it cool and that he doesn't need anyone, but he's actually starving for friends. So, they are clearly a match made in heaven.]

And if you want people to follow you, you can't just spring that on them like that! You gotta be more persuasive!

Duel? You mean fight? I thought you weren't about fighting! Come at me! I'll snap you in half!

_{[ He doesn't know what Duel Monsters mean, but he heard duel and made a run for it.
Haga is lucky that Inosuke's sparklers go out and that reels him back into another distraction. ]}

Huh? Is that it? Is it broken?

_{[ He'll just.. shake the sparkler sticks. Nope. ]}

More persuasive.. _{what the fuck does that mean} .. how about.. be my underling or I'll crush you? Hahahaha!!

Duel Monsters isn't about fighting! It's a game! Stop trying to pick a fight with me! [Haga puts his hands up defensively. Honestly!! What's this guy's deal??]

And it's not broken. It just ran out of fuel. I think you can get more from the Prismal guys. [He's glad Inosuke gets distracted by the sparklers and doesn't enact on his fighting urges. He feels that he keeps on just narrowingly escaping being beat up by this guy. He sure us pushing his luck.]

Gosh, do you have a one track mind... [Haga sighs to himself, eyes rolling slightly.] By persuasive I don't mean threatening them! It's way more effective to sweet talk people into following you.

_{[ He’s trying to pick a fight cause that’s what he does when he’s put in a new situation! Nothing is better than beating up new people and asserting your dominance. One day he will be ruler of this weird world.
But for now, Haga doesn’t give off any sort of menacing vibe— Inosuke can sense it all over his skin. He figures if they ever did fight it would be pretty easy, but because of what he assumes would be a lack of challenge, he’s able to restrain himself and not outright headbutt the other teen.

Sweet talk, though? He’s not sure what that means, but maybe it was the kind words and warm welcome which that old hag gave him. He remembers her for a moment, and a gentle coo emits from him. She was so nice to him!! And also made his skin feel warm and nice.

Having a hypersensitive sense of feel was weird sometimes.

Inosuke shifts in his seat and leans in a little closer, his voice gentle: ]}

If you become an underling I’ll let you...

_{[ Yes, good. The presentation is better.. ]}

FIGHT ME!! HAHAHAHA!!

_{[ Yeah, no. Nothing’s changed. He even beats his chest with both of his fists. ]}

[Honestly even a barely competent chihuahua could take Haga down, so Inosuke isn't wrong in his assumption that he isn't neither a challenge nor a threat. Haga just has a big mouth and talks a big game for someone with such a twiggy composition.

The small coo comes out of nowhere, and Haga watches as Inosuke seems to think about what he just said. And suddenly the other is leaning closer to him, causing his cheeks to flush a bit again, and it doesn't help when Inosuke's voice turns gentle for a moment.

And then just like that he swings back to his regular behavior. He had Haga in the first half, not gonna lie.]

You are helpless... [He mutters to himself again.] How do you expect someone to turn into your underling when they don't even know your name?

My name? Oooooh, shit. I forgot about that.

_{[ Usually, he uses his name when he's singing praises to himself, but maybe it was the food and the fireworks that distracted him from his introduction. He jabs a thumb at himself. ]}

Hashibira Inosuke. Don't-- don't ask me how to spell that. I just know 'cause it's on my loincloth.

_{[ Last time he had a friendly introductions (cause most of his introductions tend to be animal-like or violent) that guy asked him how to spell his name. He really doesn't know how. In fact, the only way he can form sentences and even talk is cause some old, lonely guy taught him to. ]}

[Well, Haga wouldn't ask how Inosuke's name is spelled really. Knowing it is good enough so he can stop referring to him as 'that guy with the boar mask' in his head.]

Not sure if it matters to you, but I'm Haga. [He suspects this dude is going to be forgetting his name in five seconds flat, but hey, at least he introduced himself back.]

... Wait, in your loincloth? [Haga has to do a double take on that.]

Keh.. alright, weakling. Haru it is.

_{[ Don’t be offended. He consistently gets his friends’ names wrong too. ]}

Yeah, don’t you know what a loincloth is? Or do you not wear one?
_{[ He’s from the Taishou time period— they didn’t really have modern underwear yet. His head bobs up and down as he further analyzes Haga, obviously sniffing the air between them. ]}

What you’re wearing is kinda flashy, ain’t it?

... It's not Haru... [Haga says, but feels like it's very pointless to argue about that with Inosuke.]

I know what that is, but people don't usually wear those. [Loincloth, the need to constantly fight, wearing a boar head... Is he sure he isn't from the stone age or some other similar time?]

I-It's not flashy! These are regular clothes. [He has a thick coat on due to the cold, but under it he's wearing his regular shirt and dress pants, along with his less than discrete red bowtie. He still doesn't have money for those fancy Chromawear.] It's what pretty much everyone wears!

_{[ He folds his legs up, his arms soon crossing over his chest. ]}

Not where I'm from. I've seen some kinda clothes like that, but not a lot.
Clothes are stupid anyway. I hate the way it feels on my skin, but I get yelled at if I don't wear something. I found out I can get away with this though.

_{[ Inosuke gestures both of his thumbs at himself. He's really only wearing hakama pants and some animal skin over his shoes and waist, but that's it. Should he be cold? ]}

Oi, I don't like that part about you.

_{[ He points to the bowtie. Rude??? Why the bowtie?? Why doesn't he like it?? A Mystery. ]}

[It's not that Haga is going to complain about the fact that he can see Inosuke's abs, because they are indeed nice. But... Yeah, that's a valid question: how is he not freezing right now?

Then again this place has some weird folks. Maybe Inosuke has some hidden skill that prevents him from going cold. It could very well be that.

He doesn't have a chance to dwell on that for long, because Inosuke just suddenly points at his bowtie and... says he doesn't like it??]

Eh?? Why's that?? What's the problem with it? [He looks down at it, studying it for a moment. Yeah, it's not something people usually wear, but hey! It's kinda his trademark!]

Why’s that, you say? Kgh.. for one thing, what’s the point? It’s pointless! It has no purpose! What’s it doing all the way up here, huh?

_{[ He reaches out and tugs the corner of the bow tie, snorting. He doesn’t even know what it is. ]}

Secondly, I hate that color!

[Gosh Inosuke, it's called fashion, look it up!]

I know it has no practical use, but it's just an acceso- H-Hey! [Haga protests the moment Inosuke starts pulling on the tie.] You are gonna get it all crooked!

[And also...]

And what's your deal with red anyway? [How did this guy get so nitpicky all of sudden?]

No reason. Just don’t like it.

_{[ He sits on his haunches and keeps his hands rested on his knees, those wobbly boar eyes facing Haga directly. ]}

Ain’t no underling of mine is gonna be walking around wearing something dumb like that.

_{[ Honestly, he doesn’t realize how mean he is sometimes. Basic human interaction isn’t his forte. ]}

Oh for the love of... how many times do I have to tell you I'm not gonna be your underling? [Inosuke clearly cannot get a hint and it's getting more and more frustrating as time passes.]

I'm not gonna be under anyone's rules and that's final! The only way for us to work together is if we are in common grounds! [Wait... why is he considering allying himself to this guy? And... for what end? He really just talked without thinking.]

I-I mean, that's what I would say if I was actually interested in joining you! [... Good save?]

Join me?

_{[ The suggestion earns Haga a tilt of Inosuke’s head, almost as if he’s considering it. But then, he busts out into a hideous sounding cackle (I swear, he IS a good guy in the series.) ]}

Keeehahahahahaa—!! That would put you on par with me!! Oi, I don’t think you’ve recognized the greatness of Inosuke-sama just yet!! Look what I can do!!

_{[ He stands to his feet and stretches his leg high into the air, resting it against his shoulder (see icon.) ]}

KIIIYAHHHHHH—!! LOOK AT ME!!

_{[ Yeah. His mannerisms don’t match his girly looking face at all. ]

Ask me what else I can do!! I dare you, maggot!!}

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I'm enjoying this too much for someone who's canon blind XD

SAME... I’m glad

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Welp I sent my app I hope you are happy that you moved my hand

kehehehehh 👀

Crossing my fingers that he makes the cut!

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