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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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[ Fortunately for her, none of the falling feathers have settled in her tea, or she'd be decidedly less indifferent to her surroundings.
Cloud's voice does succeed in diverting her attention from the network, however, or at least enough that she spares him a sidelong glance to see if his is a familiar face from home.

So many alien races with new and strange energies contained within... quite frankly it's a bit overwhelming - like discovering a handful of new colours only to have the entire palette shoved directly into one's eyeballs with no prior preparation.
Sort of. A bit dramatic, but you get the point.

Once Y'shtola has had her fill of studying the interesting shade of blue steaming off of what she's going to assume is a young Hyur man - from stature and voice, she's rarely wrong nowadays - she turns her attention back to the device settled on the table before her.
Still oblivious about the feather still balanced on her head, of course. ]

I was not privy to that message. Was there a reason for their destruction?

[ Firstly, they're just feathers. Some savvy entrepreneur could easily make a hefty chunk of Gil, if they only gathered up all the quill-worthy pieces and sold them at a premium to the right audience. The Arcanist's guild, perhaps.
And since they don't seem to have any latent magic for her to zero in on, asking a blind woman to destroy something that makes no sound and has no scent is a bit silly. ]

'Twould be wiser to check the vents for wayward dodos or chocobo chicks, would it not?

[ Have a few skinny fellows climb on up into the ventilation system with a sack, a generous helping of patience, and a head or two of Gysahl Greens to entice the feathery fiends out of hiding. Easy sidequest material! ]

[ Sandalphon closes the door, if only out of habit. Sure, this guy said he wanted privacy, but this Primarch doesn't know why, aside from that useless explanation about being mysterious.

Nonsense indeed. ]

No, I've not heard of such a thing.

[ What would make a grail holy, anyhow? ]

[ Had Cloud been a fresh arrival to this world, the fact that Maria was effectively shoulder to shoulder with him as they shared screen space would have made him uncomfortable. ...perhaps that wasn't the best choice of word. Embarrassed? He wasn't used to being physically close to strangers. And though this wasn't intimate, it still would have jarred him. Now though? With well over half a year of experiencing this world under his belt? He only briefly looks to her with an innocent blink when she's against his side. And then it's back to teaching!

Seeing Maria bring up her own and playing with it to follow along, he can't help the twinge of amusement on his face. She's eager to follow along, and it only bolsters his confidence more. Okay, can't start slipping now! Gotta make sure to live up to his offer even more. ]

Yup. [ He nods. ] We could do that back home too. But it's quicker and easier here.

[ As she pokes and goes through her device, he takes a second to scroll through his messages without opening any conversations up. Though with every passing second...for some reason? That's getting more and more difficult to manage. He becomes more interested in Maria's screen. More interested in what she's doing. It's gotta be because he's just showing her how this works, right? ...right? ]

Oh hey, you found the main network.

[ Cloud finds himself relaxing more and more beside her, placing his device down for now so he can reach in for her screen, brushing across her hand along the way and swiping down so it takes her straight to the top. ]

So instead of sending messages to just one person, this is where you'd write or say something for all the other moonblessed to see. Like writing something on a board where other people can read it.

[................]

[Don't call him out like this, now he's gotta be tsundere about it--]

Is that really so surprising? Surely I've put enough of an investment into you to warrant a little concern about your well-being?

[He chuckles again. Ahh, how good it feels to be grumbled and griped at by the right person.]

People come and go. Just not willingly.

[He too has tried. Didn’t end very well. At any rate, they can’t stay up here forever, sweet and romantic as that sounds, so with a turn he flies towards some place a little more quiet. Hm. His own apartment might do, but there’s no telling if it’s been overrun with feathers as well.]

How lucky for you that I happen to be here already~ Think of all the fun we can have, trapped together like this~

[ He wouldn't want to sleep with anyone in this god-coveting forsaken planet. Feelings are very mutual. The sprinklers did kind of try, but the fire roars and asserts its dominance in the room.

Joonghyuk shoots a look at the passerby, who freezes instantly. His shoulders slump as he turns his attention back to the room. They can kind of see the skeletons of furniture and decor, though? The fire is dying down. ]

Even if they put it out now, everything inside would be unusable.

[ Now that he's accepted that his apartment isn't worth saving, he's going to latch onto her like a thorn on her side. The rest of the rooms on this floor can burn, too, but fortunately the passerby does call for the fire department. ]

I'll take an IOU.

"A badge... what, like an old-time... like a policeman?" He'd never met someone with a badge, to be honest. Vault security hadn't had badges, just armor and guns. Nobody had badges, not when you could use the valuable metal for something else.

Jason casts his eyes around the ruined apartment and retrieves a white button-down shirt, offering it. "So, out of curiosity, where'd the 'scalpels and swords' comment come from? Do I know you?"

Yeah.

Like they'd glitch or something. It's not great.

[CALLIN' THE CLOWN OUT. HOLDING NO PUNCHES IN 2020.]

... yeah. I guess.

[He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly, being a bit tsun himself as he looks away.]

You are my guardian-- ... were? I'm eighteen now, and the whole... world hopin'--

[WHATEVER. The tram is here.]

Xiao Xingchen follows, gracefully avoiding the other tables and chairs without even breaking his stride. Where Wei Wuxian stops, Xiao Xingchen brushes his fingertips against the table's edge, knowing where to take a seat from that.

On the table is a menu of the types of teas offered, as well as some other snacks.

"I'll take care of the bill. Please, order whatever you like."

As gratitude for helping him, out of courtesy for suggesting this place, as well as the fact that Xiao Xingchen has more Chroma than he could ever know what to do with.

"It has been some time since we last met. And under such... unusual circumstances. But I suppose the unusual is usual here."

... Then it's like a golem.

[ Joonghyuk, despite having a lot of muscles, is quick to assess and analyze. By its design, the mammet follows a pattern. Makes sense. The next thing he notices is that it's eerily similar to the Exarch, except for the heterochromia and different set of clothing. It must be the Exarch of the other world? Those small details don't matter too much, though they rise in his mind.

The Exarch is a strange man is what he's learning over time. ]

You must have been popular in the other world-line to have a doll made after you.

[ Would Dokja have action figures? Just thinking about it makes his blood boil... That stupid idiot thinks he's an idol. It shows in his face as his eyebrows knit at nothing, but he turns away and closes his eyes like he's throwing away that thought completely. He will deal with Dokja in the future. ]

I also have experience with alternate worlds. [ Though he doesn't want to share too much. ] Unfortunately, those worlds are forgotten for the next.

[If they keep this up while they're walking together like this, people are gonna start giving them looks.]

Legal guardianship aside... although I suppose I've never expressed it to you out loud-- we are technically brothers, as well. In a manner of speaking.

[He's making a genuine effort here, but he's also dying inside. How do humans do the things with the feelings all the time?? It's annoying.]

He's not really sure what to order, but it would be easy enough to have the server get whatever is recommended. That was usually what he liked to do when going somewhere for the first time anyway. And of course he must know if the tea house also has wine and not just tea. But, if not, tea was still good.

"Shishu, that is something I must confess I want to talk of greatly. You have met me before and yet, I only know you from... a different perspective," perhaps starting off with the tragedies that he suffered isn't the best way to go about it. He might not always choose his words well but one could never say he doesn't try to be good to those he deems close to him.

[ Keiichi...............

Inaba's frown deepens as she crosses her arms over her chest before sighing heavily. ]

You don't know what's in those things, do you?

Endurance: [ I mean, not to alarm you, but that did hit pretty hard. You probably have a bruised rib or maybe four. You won't really feel it until the morning, but you can probably feel that weird shifting feeling beneath your skin. ]

Rhetoric: [ You should probably tell her that it was nothing personal about the whole coaching thing. She did just slightly almost take that down with a fancy axe. ]

Interfacing: [ That she is still using the wrong way around. ]

The Detective caught his breath, bending over and sucking in wind to replace the vacancy that was left in his lungs. "Guh. Ah. Good armor. Stops things good." He sputters out.

Perception: [ The chestplate clicks a little. Porcelain on porcelain. ]

Encyclopedia: [ Enamel, actually. It uses vitreous enamel that fits snugly and redistributes kinetic energy across its countless white plates. The plates are designed to interlock and provide protection without sacrificing mobility, while the lightweight material ensures they can be worn with minimal discomfort. As you can see, this results in a slimline armor that can be easily hidden underneath clothes. ]

Rhetoric: [ The girl? Remember the girl that just actually leaped ten feet in the air? The one in front of you? You should probably get on damage control right now. ]

"Alright, rack it. Good job." He gives her a few pats on the shoulder. His hands are thickly calloused. "You really need to work on your posture. You look like you're trying to pull something off you heard off a radio. But your muscularity is immaculate, if you can get close to pulling all that off."

A pause.

"So, uh. Do you do this often?"

[They would if this wasn't "Furry yiff planet" as Lightning likes to put it. Though there's some "knowing" smiles as they get on the tram and find seats, Rin unable to fully get his red face to calm down.

Feelings are stupid.]

Yeah, I kinda figured that out. Later. A lot later.

[He's still Rin, and he's still dumb as hell.]

The place I was in before was some messed up broken fairy tale village that lost all it's color 'cause some moron did somethin' he wasn't supposed to and got everythin' cursed. We got dragged there to bring the color back but it also meant not... havin' a whole lot.

Her? ...Well then.

[ Sure! Why not. Why shouldn't God be a woman. It's no harder to believe than angels flying up to his doorstep. ]

This has been most illuminating, Mr. - er, Crimvael. I shall keep that in mind for the next time I see Her. And I do wish you the best of luck in acquiring a flat of your own.

[ He almost sounds sincere in that. ]

RHETORIC [Medium : Failure]

Rhetoric: [ Alright. This man is a straight arrow. Put on your best smile and just give it to him straight. ]

He nods, and almost unbidden, *the expression* comes to him. That disco album cover smile, plastered onto a face that almost made it seem like it was an expression of pain.

"I have voices in my head that tell me things. They are where all of my ideas come from."

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[Ah yes, let's get back to the much safer topic of horrific otherworldly trauma instead of talking about feelings. He can handle that topic.]

[...sorta.]

A cursed village devoid of color... that sounds like the plot of some low-budget anime.

[What better way to avoid paying colorists than not having color??]

I imagine it would have been significantly more obvious had I arrived here at the same time as you?

[ She rolls her eyes at his response. She wants to not be upset that he doesn't remember her at all, let alone being vaguely friendly. There's a vague pang of disappointment in her face, but she pulls it together before she responds verbally. ]

What? Don't tell me you don't remember my name. We were classmates and everything...

[ Well, her fake transcripts probably say they were anyway. ]

[ He'd had much the same reaction, when he'd first inquired about whether the Moon Knights had a cavalry, and been led to a stable full of these magnificent creatures. And then he'd had to clean the stables out for months before getting to ride one. ]

Wei Changze, Wei Ying.

[ He touches his chin, thinking. ]

I've met a Wei Wuxian before....

[ He looks at her face, and something clicks. But whatever that something is, he doesn't mention, nor let it show on his own face. ]

Oh, let me help you up.

[ The pegasus is big, standing about 19 hands tall. ]

[As Mianmian hesitates in front of a restaurant, a very familiar face will stroll past her and towards the door.

... Or is it? The man is wearing robes of silk in very many layers, embroidered with silver thread. His hair is pulled up in a neat topknot, not a ponytail, with a silver hairpin instead of a hair ornament.

And he doesn't seem to have noticed or recognized her at all.]

You have quite the same presence as Goldie.

[Except, like, not trying to skewer him on the spot. He has met a Gil who is not at all amused by him. That said, because he is a king he would not bow even if he can tell this man is a Servant, possibly of a rank much higher than his.

So many already he's met at home and here. It's like they never run out!]

Are you perchance a Servant? If so, perhaps I should supply a different name. A nickname, as they say!

[He looks down at himself, lifts his cape a bit and falls silent. Well, that is a good question.]

In that case, perhaps you have clothes I can borrow instead. I have yet to find a place to purchase the garments I may need.

[Moran still is in the habit of walking to and from work, especially now that they live even closer to it. And when he's not busy being a hermit with his books, he does enjoy strolling about. he used to do it in HuangDao too, but here he has the liberty of doing it without guards or escort being necessary and it's... freeing.

It is even more freeing on Cordis moon days, when his hunger strikes and the moon turns his hair white and his eyes gold. Today he is out to find more food, wearing only one layer of soft gray silk that looks like a night cloud instead do of his usual many ones. Soft fuzzy ears are atop his head, and three white tails tipped with red behind him. A cloud of pheromones is leaving people gazing at him, enamored, in his wake as he passes by and aims to find the bed food he can... at least until he notices the crumpled man on the stoop.

Concerned, he immediately comes forward.]

Are you alright?

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Got Milk ?

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night terrors