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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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[ especially in space. they have to hang onto SOMETHING, right?

peter accepts the noodles gratefully, shoving them back into his bag. he seems to suddenly become mildly self-conscious about it, so he hurries a small explanation. ]

Thanks- Uh- there was a sale- [ not that they weren't pretty cheap to begin with, and he's definitely on a budget, but. you know. oversharing with strangers, and all that. he grins back at teddy's appraisal of the situation, nodding. ]

Yeah, no paperwork needed. Guess they figured the least they could do is give us somewhere to live, right? [ the last of the noodles returned to his bag, he straightens up. ]

So you can totally go crazy if you want- get a corner apartment! Or even a top floor one, so there's no noisy neighbors above you. [ LIVE THE DREAM, TEDDY. ]

Hadn't thought of it that way.

[Very practical, Peter.]

I'm sure all of the really choice places have already been grabbed, but worth taking a look. If I'm supposed to be here awhile, may as well get comfortable.

[He collects a few more cup noodles and skips the middle man, wordlessly putting them into Peter's bag— thankfully, no lasting damage had been done to any of them in the collision. Not a noodle wasted!]

I'm Teddy, by the way.

[ he has his moments of practicality, every now and then. his smile fades a little at mention of being here for a while, though- yeah, that could be kind of hard to accept, but... this guy seemed to be doing okay with it. ]

Yeah, might as well. Are you, uh, doing okay with everything else, too? I know it's kind of... a lot. [ to put it simply. the smile returns with the noodles and the introduction, though. ]

Peter, nice to meet you too. And thanks- [ he shakes the noodle bag a little. ]

[If nothing else, Teddy Altman is good at taking new things in stride. What he knows he can’t change, he does his best to weather with a smile— or at least a reasonably neutral expression. Honestly, after learning about his parentage, something like this actually manages to have lost some shock value. Not like he’s never been to space before, after all.]

It is a lot, but...

[He offers a crooked smile, reaching back to rub at the back of his neck.]

I’m doing my best. Processing what I can. Good to meet you, Peter— sorry about almost running you over.

Nah, it's fine. You're definitely not the first. [ nor would he be the last, unfortunately. ]

You're definitely one of the nicest about it though, so- you know. [ it evens out?? he shrugs, but does smile to hear that he's been processing as good as he can. ]

That's cool! That's- good, yeah. I was pretty freaked out about it when I first got here, but I guess you... get used to it. [ man. was that depressing? he's not sure. he hastily tries to add on, ]

I just mean, there's a lot of things that are like stuff on Earth. [ but then, a pause. ] Uhh, Earth, right? [ he's realized that not everyone who looked human was from that same world (or universe) as him, after all. ]

Hey, at least I came out on top there.

[He'll take it. Nicest is better than first, anyway.

The whole thing is really more just trying to roll with unfortunate circumstances than depressing, honestly, but he can't help but crack another smile when Peter decides to double-check on planet of origin. Good guess, all things considered.]

Yeah, Earth. New York, specifically— pretty sure most versions of Earth have that. Big city, lots of superheroes hanging around...

[ a good place to come out on top, in peter's book. but then-

NICE, another new yorker!! he's just running into a ton of them, isn't he? statistically that might not be a HUGE deal back on earth- there were like over 8 million people living in the city after all- but here in space? probably less likely.

peter's eyes light up at the revelation. ]

No way! I'm from New York, too. Hey, wonder if it's the same? You ever get a sandwich at that- [ he trails off with a sputter as he finally lets the rest of teddy's sentence sink in.

well. speaking of statistics, that definitely made it even more likely that this guy was from the same new york. ]

Yeah, you know what, there's definitely a lot of those in my New York, too. [ with practice-but-still-not-completely-perfect nonchalance. ] Your New York ever get invaded by aliens?

[Look at all these things they have in common! That question does make his smile turn just a little uneasy, if only because he's been the target of one such alien invasion, but— they don't need to go into all that right now.]

More than a few times. Seems like we're due for one every few years. They get handled, but... not always neatly.

[They had a tendency to be pretty destructive.]

Do you get Skrull where you're from?

[NO REASON.]

[ peter gives an empathetic wince at that. ]

Yeah, tell me about it. [ although- every few years did sound a little more than his city's particular brand of invasion. ]

We've only been attacked twice. [ a beat. ] I think. [ because timelines and secrets and all that, but. you know. he's relatively certain. as for skrulls, that definitely pings some part of his memory. ]

I mean, I've never heard of them back home, but someone else here asked me the same thing. They mentioned some other alien too, though- uhh, Krest? [ no, that was a toothpaste. ] No, it was Kree, I think. Do you have those?

Did they?

[Interesting. Means there must be someone from his neck of the woods here, though that could be any number of people. He can't even begin to count the people who'd be familiar with Skrull from his own world, but what Peter asks next makes him stiffen slightly, his muscles going tense.

Yeah, he knows about Kree.]

We do. We don't see too many up close, but... they're around.

[There's half of one right in front of him, in fact.]

Are they troublemakers for you guys?

Never heard of them before here, either. [ peter admits, shrugging a little. ]

Biggest alien troublemakers for us were, uh, one Asgardian and a lot of Chitauri, and this... big purple guy. [ the best way to describe thanos, for sure.

but, it does seem like this guy might be uncomfortable with the conversation. bad experiences with aliens, himself? peter can relate. so he gives him a smile and holds up his bag. ]

I can help you find an apartment if you want? I'll even give you some noodles as a like, housewarming gift.

Huh. So there are other people here who know about Kree... I wouldn't mind talking to them once I'm settled. I have some questions.

[Understatement of the year, but there's a lot to sort out here. He offers Peter another easy smile in reply, shoving his low-key identity crisis aside for the time being.]

That'd be cool of you. It should be real quick and easy, anyway— as long as I have a roof over my head right now, I'm not too picky.

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