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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.

▶ I am the Terror That Flaps in the Night
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 Your new flat is covered in a sprinkling of feathers here, there, and everywhere! They appear to be coming through the air vents. This seems to be a city-wide problem in all buildings, as many news outlets are informing people to stay alert. They believe the feathers are from the masked seraphim, King Majestas, who attacked the Elaran Amphitheater a few weeks back.

You are advised to destroy the feathers on sight. Prolonged contact with these feathers cause hallucinations and paranoia. You will feel as if winged creatures are always after you, be it one-winged angels or dark-winged ducks. Other side effects include hearing the chanting of voices in an indecipherable language out of this galaxy. These hallucinations may cause headaches, dizziness, or nausea. Thankfully, a bit of moonlacing will heal these symptoms away.

▶ Got Milk?
Level 2, Crystal Beach | top

With the Coiled Hearts Festival fast approaching, local fishermen have already begun procuring food across Crystal Beach’s clear waters to meet next month’s demands. Around this time of year, the popularity of octopus dishes dramatically rises. The Lunatians have an annual tradition to prepare flavorful octopus dishes for the romantic season, such as the much-lauded dark chocolate-coated octopus or the mouth-watering octopus braised with red wine.

Everyone is welcome to join this heart-throbbing affair. During the Second and Third months, everyone is encouraged to give your loved ones something special for a long, successful relationship. Friends, family, and new acquaintances are traditionally given a small amount of Demichroma in tiny cute cases, while lovers are given something that reminds the gifter of their homeland.

A Interested in catching your own octopus? Horned taurus octopi very frequently migrate to the shorelines to perform their elaborate mating rituals. It’s easy to find clumps of taurus octopi participating in a vigorous dance, filled with undulations and strange moaning noises that octopi should not be making. You can lure the octopi by either using a special flute which mimics their moans to gather them in heavy droves. It’s ideal to have a partner with you to scoop the octopi quickly into water containers once they’ve become entranced enough.

Play the flute carefully! If the taurus octopi grow too excited by your music, they will squirt white ink. If you are spritzed with the thick substance, you will start either randomly puking or uncontrollably secreting a milky sweet substance from any body part that secretes liquids. Luckily, the high-end boutique Prissy Polyp is nearby in case you need a change of clothes due to any sizable stains. Effects will naturally wear off after an hour.

B Come with a friend and enjoy learning some octopus recipes together. The Crystal Beach Resort has opened a seminar where several professional chefs will be demonstrating and teaching how to cook various dishes of different flavors and ingredients guaranteed to impress your date, and taste-testing is free!

One dish makes use of horned taurus octopi skin as the star ingredient, renowned for its irresistibly delectable scent. The chefs explain the palatable skin is a potent ingredient in various love potions and aphrodisiacs, so add or mix them to your dishes in moderation! The effects have a significant delay, so you may feel fine for a while, but when it hits, it hits hard. You will become enamored with every little thing — hey, you just met them and this is crazy — but that person’s smile, the sound of their voice, or the way they say your name will make you unable to resist the urge to shower them with your affection.

▶ Going Viral
Level 2, Moonlight Medical Center | top

“Help Wanted” posters can be found on virtual forums and announcement boards across Level 1 to 3. The Moonlight Medical Center has put out a call for volunteers due to a recent shortage of medical staff. The work involves filling in for overworked nurses, performing tasks such as feeding patients their meals, wiping away their sweat, changing their clothes, encouraging their spirits, and so on. Any volunteers may directly walk-in at the hospital. You will be provided a nurse uniform and any necessary equipment while on the job.

The shortage has resulted from the hospital recently taking in a severe number of patients from a nearby small village to the west of Lunatia, Port Sylvel, a known shipping and freight destination. The number of patients worryingly keeps on rising by the day and will soon fill all available rooms.

A Some of the patients are experiencing varying degrees of paralysis. The worst cases have crystallizing parts of their body. The hospital staff will stress that you should be careful around patients with crystallized limbs. Patients like these have a history of aggressively biting anyone who comes close hard enough to draw blood. Those bitten will exhibit similar symptoms as the victims, including crystallization on their bodies, and experience a steady drop in Chroma. An uncomfortable heaviness will cause you unable to move without the aid of others as well as an uncontrollable urge to aggressively bite someone.

While affected Moonblessed can cure it by moonlacing, the Prismals can only be cured by a gluteal inoculation the Lunar Scientia has recently managed to develop. The sick and beleaguered will probably hate you less if you aren’t the one trying to stabbing them with injections in the hindquarters.

B Aside from nursing duties, other available tasks to be completed include making coffee for fellow nurses and doctors, delivering flowers to patients, and general housekeeping. Specifically, disinfecting medical equipment, tidying up rooms, and cleaning the spaces around the hospital. As a result of the current situation, many crystal shards can be found decorating multiple surfaces, such as floors, walls, toilet seats, and so on. These will have to be swept away!

However, as your work day progresses, some of the shards can be seen suddenly moving on their own. These crawling shards will start clustering together to turn into elaborate, floating monolithic formations that will then begin attacking anyone nearby. Their main ability includes shooting diamond spears to impale any unfortunate victims in their line of sight. In the midst of the chaos, nurses and doctors will beg the Moonblessed to please protect the sick and wounded. The crystal formations can be destroyed by any method, though because of their incredibly sturdy composition, they require multiple hits before they shatter into dust.

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[ARRIVAL – A]

[It's said for everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven; the book of Ecclesiastes, if you happen to care. Chances are high, however, that you don't, and it's fine that you don't, and taken out of context really all that serves to say is "Well, this shit might as well happen."

Interplanetary abduction is not something prepared for in the House of the Lord, but that's also fine. People adapt.

Perhaps, then, that's why the man pacing the corridors of this particular apartment complex seems unfazed; the outfit isn't entirely traditional, or at least not traditionally Catholic, but his manner of dress – the cross, the dark clothing beneath the long frock coat in purple and gold – is likely enough to signify to those familiar with the iconography that this is a man of God. A priest, a shepherd of the wayward, a...person who's probably going to be in for an interesting time whenever his first moonblessing incident rolls around, um.

But for the time being, he doesn't seem fazed; it's possible he's already found somewhere to stay, it's possible he's just checking out the place in a bit more detail before he makes a decision on that front. He likes to do that, after all. Either way, there is a lot of wandering, you are more than welcome to come across him.

Or, if he comes across you and you look like you have half a shred of an idea of what you're doing - ]

Do you know if there are designated places of worship here...? Any religion will suffice, but those practiced by the local population would be preferred.

[He's...probably just curious about the practices here. Right?]

[GOING VIRAL – B]

[It's a bit of a morbid business, knowing how often members of the clergy are required at medical centers and hospitals; this place is a bit different with regards to religion, but Gray does not seem terribly concerned with it, nor does he seem deterred. He can be found at this place often during the outbreak, administering rites that few here will really understand, sometimes listening to some rather...intense confessions from whomever he's speaking to. He seems displeased to have those latter sessions interrupted by anyone – perhaps he just takes confidentiality seriously? Perhaps it has something to do with the oddly sweet scent permeating the room while he listens to the sins of the afflicted. Who knows, the point is that he's here to take confessions from anyone willing to give them, sitting nearby with a red leatherbound Bible open on his lap.

There is also a tremendously sturdy-looking crossbow sitting next to him as he does this. There is very much that. He really doesn't like to be interrupted.

Of course, he won't aim it at people coming in, that would be deeply counterproductive. But once in a while those formations feel the need to intrude on a session, at which point he'll just sigh and stand up and load the weapon, because he's apparently determined to be the world's most unflappable man today.]

You have my apologies, my child, but there's business to tend to.

[...He's a surprisingly accurate shot, given that his eyes are empty to an alarming degree. Don't worry, despite the fact that he is literally all sclera in that department, he can see just fine.

That said, surely he can't do this forever, perhaps you should tell him to move. Or just take cover in here, that also works. Depending on what he's doing at the moment he'll be varying degrees of pleased to see you, but that's just how things tend to go, it seems.]

[WILDCARD]

[Be a lawless individual and throw whatever you want at me, I can go with pretty much anything!.]

Are the gods so weak in your world then? No true god can be killed, so long as their memory reigns true in the hearts of their followers.

[ Otherwise, why would he have been summoned as a heroic spirit? Why would his monuments continue to be so revered and studied by people of the 20th century? Why would he still be lauded as one of the greatest kings of Egypt?

For this human to truly defeat them, he'd have to wipe all memory of himself clean from history. ]

And you are wrong. A guest, I was once. Soon to be king naturally. It is only the true order of things.

[ He doesn't want to ignore the plight of the Prismals and turn a blind eye to their needs. The land had already fallen to darkness once, so it is only the embodiment of Ra itself that can fully restore light to it. He can think of no greater beacon of chroma than himself. ]

Do you plan to challenge me for the title?

[Oh dear. He doesn't recognize him. An illusion who can't recall her. Nightmares weighed down of comrades who can't recall her, but this. She doesn't know whether to laugh or insulted, terrible humor indeed. To be forgotten by your own enemy, it should be a bliss, yes? Yet...]

There is.

[Shar spoke, her tone dripping bitter. A grin flashed from the side, doing her best not to peek from behind. Adrenaline coarse through her chest and arms. One chakram is plucked from her waist and raised close to her head before swooped down attempting to slice the bastard as if it was a dagger from a rouge. Illusion or not, this illusion was about to taste her blade.]

[ No catch then... he refuses to believe that, so he motions to his small sphinxes to gather by her legs and block her path. She will catch them in all their ferocity as they purr viciously in her direction and rub against her legs most threateningly. ]

Did I dismiss you? There is no need to try and run off so quickly. You did not even give me your name.

[ Besides, he doesn't want to let her disappear so soon. Perhaps, it's mere nostalgia that draws his attention so or the sight of a young beauty, though the parts he likes most of her are the ones that remind him of his beloved. ]

You can rectify your mistake now. Present yourself to me properly.

[ Go on. He's listening. ]

[ There's something even more morbid about putting dead cats in a trash can like that instead of giving them the proper burial they deserve, but any comment he has about it immediately evaporates at the sight of the baby chair. This servant is definitely testing the limits of his patience at the moment.

He laughs rather sharply as his fingers pass through the hologram before striking the ground loudly with his cane. ]

Take what amusement you can from this. It will not last any longer.

[ His eyes narrow as he sends a sharp blast of light from the end of his cane towards YQ, guaranteed to singe a few strands of hair if he's not fast enough. ]

I will grant you but one more chance to give me a proper throne. One I can sit on. Do not rush over yourself so quickly to praise my generosity. It must also be to my liking.

Even when the same ingredients are used, everyone makes chocolate differently. I doubt anyone could replicate your chocolates with ease.

[Whoops, she honestly did not mean to creep her out, but when you are a shining warrior of love, you can't help but to be a little excited on meeting a heavenly being of love.]

I bet everyone else would love your chocolates just as much as I have, even if you say they are not made with love.

[If she had been a little smarter, maybe she wouldn't be burning everything in sight as she is now. She is Ananga, The Bodiless One. Though Shiva is to blame for it, not having a body meant she didn't need to worry about things like wounds and illness. Today, there was no use for that. There was no need to do something unnecessary. What ails mortals shouldn't affect the gods. But the rules of this universe are different.]

What are you, my keeper? Or did you want to join me, Kim Dokja? Death should find you quicker there.

[Yet she begins to retreat, hiding the crystallization that's begun to manifest on her legs. Joonghyuk doesn't need to see her weakness. If he did, he would surely risk his life to kill her. She isn't aware if he can, but she knows humans have always been capable of finding ways to hurt one another. Instead of reaching for her double-headed trishula, she draws her bow and gets ready to fire. To be blinded by love and foolishly die here would be a terrible end for anyone, she thinks.]

[ If the guy really went through that high kick, he would've outright missed due to the height discrepancy. Ayer is not as huge as any common winged beast. If the young man needed the confirmation, that would've been an opportunity.

Because indeed, Ayer is… pretty small. A "little" fact that has him quickly pissed when pointed out so bluntly, especially when he has no context and has no idea what the guy is actually seeing. ]

Are you asking for some serious beatings!?

[ Angered, Ayer decides to tackle the man forward to try and hold him down against the ground. Maybe then this guy will stop attacking him and apologize!? ]

[ that kind of confidence can only come from someone who knows what they're capable of. it's so unnervingly familiar to how ye xiu himself can casually tell someone they don't need a cleric when trying to claim a speed-run record, but that's probably why he acquieses. ]

Sure. Let's go find a nearby arcade.

[ just like that, he turns to head out of this place. nevermind it's still a mess but...! someone else can take care of that. they've got better things to do, such as sussing each other out in a video game.

what could be more important than that, really. ]

[Yan Qing yelps, ducks and rolls on reflex, thanking his past self for the training he endured for this very moment.

This is why I hate royalty!]

I'm trying, man! But the panel says you ain't got the demichroma. Look!

[True enough, Yan Qing did find a throne fit for a pharaoh, but its price is in red. Whatever Ozymandias has right now, it's definitely not enough to purchase the throne he wants. While Yan Qing could use his own illegally-gotten funds, he doesn't want Ozymandias to get in trouble. That would also spell death for him...]

[ His laugh is quiet snort beneath his breath before he speaks- ]

So that's how it is. Not only a heroic spirit but an acquaintance of the Gold King. You must tell me how you came to know one another.

[ He wishes to ascertain how much truth there is behind this servant's words. He will have to ask the god-king himself when he comes across him to confirm, but for now, he will entertain the claim for a bit longer. At least, until he loses interest. ]

I am no servant, but the king of kings and the one anointed by the Blessed Sky God Horus! Remember well the day you came face to face with the Great Ozymandias!

[ He presents himself with arms open, chest pushed out, nipple milk a'splashin.' Behold his greatness! ]

I mean, I was just a part of a collaborative performance in support of the Earth refugees, back on Mars. So I know all too well the power that music can have. I just don't know if that's what's gonna get us all back home quicker.

If anything, I want to do more performances like that. That was fun. 😃

Well, you do look quite appetizing.

[Sorry Haurchefant, she is having too much fun with this, her grin gives it away. Onward to the hug. Shar embraces him like an old friend, pressing herself against him, hesitant to let him go. Her tease dies along with her laughter. She sighs tiredly, contemplating.]

You have been missed dear friend.

[Even if he doesn't remember, it's as if he was reborn again. Thank you Dotharl beliefs.]

Demi... chroma? Ah, the currency then.

[ He recalls the many scientists who gathered at his summoning explaining it to him while they cowered before his might. From what he understands, it is not completely different from mana, only it can also be used as a bartering tool of sorts in this world. If that is the case, it may be even more valuable than the gold he himself reveres. ]

Tell me how I can quickly amass a sizable amount of chroma. Without the one here who I so generously call Master, I have yet to find another worthy to supply me, but I will not leave my chambers half-finished.

[ The great king of construction will be mocked if he does not see his first project completed, and that is something he simply cannot allow. ]

"Wei WuXian!" He snapped this even as he tried to catch the octopus flung at him. Seriously though, why was he trying to catch it? He should have just let it fall rather than practically diving for it.

But he caught it. So there. And apparently be that logic, he should feed it to Jin Ling or Yanli, but he was always skeptical about things from this world.

Then the question. "The last thing I remember from home? Mount Dafan. I have however been told more about what happened or have figured it out on my own."

Is he petting the octopus? He's not going to admit if he is.

[Maybe it's because he was convincing enough in his act, or perhaps because the effects of being around the feathers earlier were wearing off, but Angela can only sit dumbfounded as the ducks indeed headed downward for the promise of nonexistant bread.

Her brows remain furrowed for a while, her mouth agape for a second until she relieves her tension with a sigh.]

They finally went away... [She wipes her forehead with the back of a hand, as she stands back up, directing her attention back to the stranger.] I'm not delusional, though, if you saw them too.

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So you have truly seen the light and left her side. Have you come to take the mantle of the Sun then? You must know by now I would never part with it, no matter where I have been summoned.

[ Even in this dreary land that had been ravaged by its own calamity, he will still stand alone as the visage of hope. It's not a responsibility he would give to one of the Lion King's knights, former, present, or otherwise. He should know better than to even suggest a thing... not that he really was, but Ozymandias has his own narrative going. ]

Or perhaps you have come to ask for forgiveness? How shameless to grovel! But if your peace treaty is this towel, then I cannot deny it completely.

[ If only because it is stopping some of the leakage. Yes, this towel is the true reason Gawain is not standing before him dead at the moment. ]

[Danny had been volunteered on behalf of the Second Nature clinic to come help out at the main hospital during this odd strain of events that have been occurring. Being a therapist that's supposed to help calm the nerves of some patients and the like, which... ha. They sure got the wrong person if they wanted Danny to be comforting.

He did hear that there was apparently a priest that was speaking with some patients here too, but he didn't hear the name nor did he care to know who they were. He's had enough experience with priests to last a lifetime...

Or so he thought, anyway.

He's forced to knock on a few doors, including the one the priest is in to step inside and inform them of whenever patients need to be moved to another floor or wing for other surgeries or to keep from coming in contact with the weird crystal anomalies. So when he opens the door, his tone is momentarily disinterested, not even looking up from his clipboard at first.]

Sorry to interrupt, but the patient needs to be moved to another room for the time being due to another one of those crystal abominations that's in the wing. If you want, you can continue your conversation there as I'll escort you both... to...

[He trails off as he finally looks up from his clipboard... and proceeds to drop it, clattering to the floor loudly.

Needless to say, Gray was the last person he was expecting to see here. The crystal monster or whatever that can be heard faintly down the hall? Pretty much forgotten now.]

Hey, I just do it the way my dad did.

[Which, look, they have that in common.]

Although I can't fight with a knife. [And the war still being Recent, this is important.]

Theoretically, I guess I could... it's more of a tool than a weapon, but I've managed with my club or machete. And I do know how to fight with a sword, and it's just... shorter, right?

Is it? [There's still a little bit of doubt, in the back of her mind, but LB didn't want to be rude. Maybe his parents had an affinity for non-conventional names? It wouldn't be good to judge, when she didn't think he was lying about it.] My mistake then, haha.

[LB glances away, for a moment, thinking of her time in the military. A lot of it was a blur, due to her state of mind at the time, but she was glad to be away from it now. Though she still wondered if she would be able to adjust from the life or not.] It's, uh, nice to meet you too! Thank you again, for the food.

"Good catch!" He knew you could do it.

He snickers a little at Jiang Cheng and the octopus before thinking about Mount Dafan, so much had happened since then.

"I remember quite a bit beyond that," he wished he could say that made much of a difference though. "But, if you have been told or figured things out I guess that makes life easier."

[Her smile is a little strained, as LB gives a weaker, more awkward laugh.] It really would be stupid, wouldn't it? Hahaha...

[She drawls out a sigh, before moving on. She wasn't familiar with what the other woman was talking about, but it sounded Asian, if she had to guess. However, she wasn't actually sure if she was originally from Earth or not.]

Is that something they serve here? I can't say I'm familiar with the dish.

I at least hope all those things about time freezing at home are true. I've got other staff who can run CiRCLE for a while, but still...

Ah... eheh, I'm sorry. [She does seem a little embarassed, at the very least, in not actually being any help. Even if she really was trying her best! LB is just. Going to be back to browsing through the clothes rack again, right. But, just as she's going to go back to it, she turns back around as the other woman introduces herself.

She had a feeling she was going to seem even more odd to this woman, but it didn't seem right to introduce herself by a name that she hadn't gone by in about a decade.]

Um. Laughing Beauty. [It felt so strange introducing herself as such, even if it did seem like the most correct choice.] It was, uh. Heehee. It's nice to meet you.

He went at a pace that would be easy for his father to keep up with him and have them not get separated. He didn't want to lose him again, even for a moment. Not so soon.

"Then not long at all. Later I can show you around to the shops around here."

Not long later, they arrived at a house that looked about the same as all the others in the area, nearby to a rather large one. Jiang Cheng opened the door and held it open for his father.

Inside, it was decorated with a lot of knickknacks, most of which didn't really fit with Jiang Cheng's personal sense of decorating, but they were allowed to stay. In the living room was a birdcage with a metal bird in it.

"This is my house."

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its okay ;; and lol apologies on this >>;;

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her milkshake brought too many boys to the yard

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B!!!!!!!

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