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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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That's a relief, you seemed quite distressed and I couldn't have just turned a blind eye to something like that.

[Sothis smiles, suddenly blurred memories come back to her as she's comforting another girl, one with green hair like herself. What could that possibly mean? Oh well it's neither here nor there]

Think nothing of it, and you really shouldn't describe yourself as "pathetic", you'll get walked on your entire life if you think of yourself like that.

That about sums it up. Though it's not like one can just buy something to drain themselves to straight-up zero. ...he thinks. As Summer chimes in how she'll do just fine, especially knowing she has her kids, the look of surprise at how well she's taking the news ebbs away. Seriously, if she hadn't said it outright, her personality was really shining through- he'd have matched her up to Ruby on her nature alone. It's sweet to see. Maybe not the most conventional of worlds, but...it's a chance for families to reunite. Even Cloud had some time to reconnect with the people he's lost.

"You're practically set."

Fleeting though that time may have been. He doesn't dwell upon that now though. He's sure that when she reunites with her daughters, everything will work out in the end. Still, it's nice getting to meet the mother of one of the cooler people he's met on this planet. Now he knows where she gets it from.

"Guess so..." He moves up beside Summer to look the sunflowers up and down. He's no expert, but...he's seen them indoors! Just. Not necessarily fresh and alive. Still, it was an idea.

"Maybe you can just dry them?"

[ Was definitely not expecting to start an impromptu grooming fest, sorry Piers. Hopefully whatever hairgel you use is sturdy enough to withstand all the mlems.

With Arcanine standing out like a sore thumb, it's easy enough to catch up to him to try to pull him away from whichever poor individual he's attached to, but when Kabu recognizes the black and white color of long locks of hair, he immediately feels slightly less concerned but also a bit more embarrassed.

Great job Arcanine, you had to act like an oversized Growlithe puppy in front of a fellow gym leader?? ]

I'm very sorry, Piers. He's normally better behaved than this.

All right, I'll be careful. I have quick reaction, anyway, so thank you for the warning.

And the touch might feel a little strange.

[ Moonlacing the opposite of unpleasant, but it is certainly startling, at first. He wraps his palms around hers, keeping the distance she set. ]

This is one of the ways that gives only a little chroma, but it is a start. Hopefully it will let you get better control, and then you can lean back against me, that will be faster - and probably more restful. Does it hurt?

[ Oh yes, praise, Arcanine likes this. He sits with his chest puffed out proudly, clearly satisfied with the response to his hard work. Even if he's a little on the older side, he has a bit of a vain streak and will never fail to preen for compliments.

Kabu meanwhile is slightly amused over the reaction. Coming from a place where Pokemon are the norm, he's starting to realize this is probably going to be a common thing while he remains in Lunatia. He'll have to start rehearsing explanations at this point. ]

I suppose the closest thing he has similarity to is a dog, or a wolf. We have creatures in my world known as Pokemon. He is one of many different types and varieties.

[...]

[I mean, that's fair.]

[But if Rin really thinks a door is going to stop this guy, clearly it's been far too long since they've seen one another. Because he just poofs into the apartment behind him, yolo.]

Now, was that really necessary? I'm hardly going to just turn around and leave just like that, you know.

[ The feathers were a problem, Mista had figured that out the hard way by dealing with the ones that had popped out of his own vents. Maybe that was the reason he found himself in a flat that was decidedly not his. His initial focus was on the vents, vaguely catching the voice that was speaking at him as those feathers were rather unceremoniously shoved into his hand. ]

H-hey, I don't want to hold onto these, th--

[ They were dangerous? Was that what he was going to say? It might have been, but words failed him as he stood there with his mouth agape and stared at the man in front of him. ]

Bu..ccia...rati?

[ He hadn't meant to break it up that way, clutching those feathers tightly in his hand as his brow furrowed. Okay. Was this real? Was he real? There was only one way to find out and that was to ask, though the logic there was flawed. If he was a hallucination who was to say that Mista would get a good answer. ]

Are you real or are you here because of this shit?

[ That fistful of feathers was thrust forward at that, Mista waving them around a little with a short huff. God, please let him be real. ]

[ Good thing you're so sturdy, Regis, because Arcanine is a lot of dog to have plopped into your lap after an excited tackle. Unfortunately he doesn't seem all that interested in getting off of the old man anytime soon, mostly because that petting feels so darn good, wagging his tail while he continues to lick at that scruffy beard. ]

Arcanine!

[ As if answering the question, a voice shouts out, and soon enough a man around Regis' age but slightly smaller in stature dashes over, hurriedly surveying the scene before he tries persuading the Pokemon to get off his newest poor victim. ]

I'm terribly sorry, sir. You're not hurt, are you? I'll have him off of you in just a moment!

[ Blake recognises that voice which is why she walks there with some rushing steps before he'd get into too much trouble. She's not sure what she is expecting to see even when it is the weird time of every month but...

Ummm... Somehow Blake is more surprised by Neptune saying the word hell than she is about the whole garbage thing. (Blake, that's rude!!) Hello! It's the cat girl and she definitely cut her hair about a month and half ago here, so that's new. She should say something. Maybe. What was it that he said earlier? Ohh....]

No. No there aren't any Grimm here, or at least I haven't seen any.

[She sounds absolutely sure about that!]

[That's funnier than expected. He looks back over his shoulder with a smirk.]

Tempting, but hey, gonna have to pass. Besides, there's a local ordinance against destroying demons in public spaces. You gotta rent a private room for that. Get a license. Stuff like that.

[OH BRAVE NEW WORLD THAT HAS SUCH CATGIRLS IN IT]

[Oh, of course she's allowed to pet!! Allowed and encouraged, as the cute little dog barks and wags his tail all the more happily upon being petted.]

[Honestly, as frustrating as it is to find himself so suddenly torn away from the place he'd finally come to terms with, maybe it won't be so bad with cute catgirls running around like this.]

[He's so gross smh]

[ He's more struck by how beautiful she is, if they're going to be honest. The way her arms and legs glitter and shine in a way that embodies the elements and the world— well, she is a bit out of place there, true, but-

It's kind of fascinating, enough that he is a bit distracted even with his clairvoyance! Suddenly finding himself pressed up against the woman, though, he feels the pulse of energy from her, and his breath catches for a moment before he senses the crystal dust scattering. And the fact that she's hovering ensures that—

Well, let's just say his face is buried very comfortably against her bosom. He goes very still, face a bit red, before he tries to pry his head back, careful to place his hands on her waist in the appropriate, and absolutely not lewd places.

Right. The monoliths. He'd managed to get some with his bow, too, and he swallows heavily as he draws back to look at her. ]

That was warm— er. Strong. Yeah. A really strong blast.

[ Not a warm chest, not at all. Even though it was. ]

Didn't get any on you, did you?

Ah, a familiar.

[He nods in understanding, because this is not strange at all.]

It seems very eager to help as well. Though, it is the first I have seen of its kind.

[Also... not explaining yet.]

[ He makes a thoughtful sound, as if acknowledging what Ladiva said but not really taking it on board. Lucilius keeps walking to the next patient - a teenage boy who was trying his best to put a strong front on. ]

Very well then. Show me the proof of your words.

[ being handed the feathers was one thing, all jolyne had to do was look down at them for a split-second before letting them drop ]

I just came over to see if you...

[ huh, that was an interesting ability, wasn't it? ]

Yo, I don't mean to be a downer on your mary poppins time, but like... maybe you shouldn't go in there. I mean, that's just my deduction.

Maybe we could just get a powerful vacuum, take care of all these feathers, stick the hose in the vent in the hopes that there isn't a mutated duck in there or something... haha... I'm not afraid of ducks or anything, but you just never know... like what if?

[You know, spending nearly a year pretending to be a genuinely kind-hearted person has a strange effect on a guy. Namely, it starts to make things like good-natured kindness come more naturally than it should, blurring the lines between what was an act and what was genuine.]

[But this? This was an act. He has no particular reason to be kind to a stranger right now, after all! ...well, that and she totally interrupted his anime.]

Oh, it's quite all right, my dear! These things happen.

[He stands with a flourish and a small bow.]

I take it you must be one of my neighbors, then? I've just moved in myself not even a few hours ago! It's all been rather overwhelming, really.

"A-Li is the peacemaker between those two." He answers after a second. "And we chose Wanyin for A-Cheng, and they've had their rough spot but they're close." As close as they can be with the way Ziyuan treats A-Xian anyway.

[...]

[Ordinarily, this is where Mephisto might bark and whine and howl like he's dying to get someone to take him away from Lewin. Maybe use a bit of shapeshifting to make himself just a hair smaller to slip out of his grip. But he doesn't do any of that.]

[No, he's too distracted by the fact that Lewin is clean to do anything more than go absolutely still upon being grabbed.]

[...meanwhile, the girlfriend thing is so unbelievable, he just assumes it's a clever cover.]

[Of course there is. It's get kidnapped with your teammates. But hey, Scarlet and Sage are even more late.

Sun looks very confused though, but he does take his nunchakus out just in case.]

I didn't notice anything. And there's no Grimm here...

"The last thing I remember?" they were all mundane daily things. "Eating breakfast?"

Sadly the last thing he remembered wasn't a very good marker, there were no particular events to measure or reference. Which he assumed was the point of the question. Since being from any point of time was possible, having a reference of events was useful.

What was the last thing he did that was particularly note worthy?

"We put that cheap ugly turtle in the lessons room not too long ago?" when he and Lan Wangji came back from Yunmeng.

[A pure heart and a pure soul. Kama can tell from the way he carries himself in the moment. She doesn't need to know his name to know what he is capable of. This archer... is the kind of person that suits her the least. He is, after all, kind to even a stranger like her. Maybe her current form helped, though. Ah, she hates that. Good people are the worst. Even now, she struggles to find the words to a simple question.

But one has to understand. She is not only a god, but a demon — something everyone hates. Thus, Arash's question is so shocking, so overwhelming, that she doesn't even know if she should answer.]

Hmph. In that case, I'll cool your head down first!!

[ Don't apologize, I love you… Anyway, it's difficult for Ayer to prove anything. Even if he says he can't conjure feathers like that, the guy would probably just think he's lying. How else can he prove it, then? He'd have to give him information. But he doesn't have that right now — in fact, no one does.

Well, Ayer could tell him more about King Majestas. But as he already declared, he needs this person to calm down first. Maybe then, they'd be able to have a better conversation.

Once the young man closes the gap again and attacks, the younger brawler quickly crouches to dodge, then follows up with a counter — moving underneath the other, attempting to throw him off balance by sliding against his feet. ]

[Volunteering wasn't something Tenten did either, mostly, and especially not when it came to lending a hand in a hospital. She'd never been good with medical ninjutsu but thanks to a teammate that basically tried to break his body in half every time he fought she at least knew enough field medicine to carefully clean wounds and help out with the simpler tasks- and had the brute strength necessary to hold down the more ornery of patients so that inoculations could be doled out.

It was the whole city's problem, wasn't it? An unknown illness, a seemingly endless stream of affected people showing up, and maybe it was stupid to throw herself right in the thick of things when so much still was unknown but it beat sitting around her apartment overthinking it. At least here she was useful.

More so, maybe, when the shards left behind unswept seemed to take on a life of their own. Always something, couldn't just have a day where weird shit didn't happen.

Enjoy the show, Maul, cause she's sure as fuck enjoying giving one (however unknowingly), the handle of an oversized mallet held with both hands and swung forward over her shoulder, smashing through every monolith that moved in close enough. Not the most impressive of opponents but she hadn't been able to do more than engage in friendly spars for awhile- and it was almost nice, in a weird sort of way, to not have to hold back.]

Edited (5 am tags are always a bad idea) 2020-02-11 09:56 (UTC)

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