prismaticrap | ▶ TDM .012

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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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█ FIGHT OR FLIGHT?

[ It's taken him some time to adjust and assimilate. Without his allies, he's back to square one—alone. But not hopeless. This is a world he's unfamiliar with, likewise he might find a way to save his comrade in this world. That single thought is what keeps him from sinking... On top of the topsy-turvy happenings in Prismatica. At times he wonders if this is just a weird dream.

Joonghyuk didn't think too much about feathers, but he does pay them some mind after catching word of them. There wouldn't be a city-issued warning for no reason, after all. Whatever feathers fall in his path, he obliterates it instantly with a black sword that fits perfectly in his hand. With more usage, the sword glows an ominous black aura, but it subsides by the time he returns to his new apartment. In comparison to what he's used to, this is quite peaceful.

The sword is sheathed as he opens the door only for a flurry of feathers to pour out of his room and swallow him whole. He says nothing—or maybe it's that he can't say anything. Anyone nearby can watch the sight of a man lost in the sea of feathers, but there's something inauspicious about it. Surely, Joonghyuk needs help? SOS? ]

█ LUNAR CHEF!

[ Joonghyuk attends the seminar out of some curiosity in how to properly prepare the octopi of this planet. Usually, he would dismiss it, but after his mishap with the feathers? He would rather not risk being caught off guard when cooking for himself. What if the octopus must be massaged for more than ten minutes or it'll make you hallucinate? Even worse—what if you start spewing ink from all your orifices?!

Yeah, no. He's going to play safe. Even the dish he tries is the one that DOESN'T use the horned taurus octopi skin. Sure, love potions are a scam, but. What if. WHAT IF. Joonghyuk hasn't been this paranoid in a while, though it may be the lingering effects of the feathers. ]

It isn't that good.

[ And in one line he has insulted all of the professional chefs teaching the seminar. They all gasp in almost harmony before they accuse him of having poor tastes. Only refined palates can really understand— ]

If it isn't good, it isn't good.

[ The chefs steam... Then come up with a perfect idea. Why doesn't he cook for them using their ingredients then? And whoever is next to him (yes, you) get to be his assistant. There's no option here, considering that the chefs call their own assistants to prep the tables for the battle of the lifetime. Aprons are provided to the two. Sorry, you're here until they're done. ]

█ WILDCARD

[ Give me anything! I'm open to alllll. If it's roommate stuff, you can assume Joonghyuk basically said "this is my room" like... This isn't yours, it's mine. Get your own room. Or you can find him already inside polishing his sword. ]

[ Returning back to his residential quarters, the Crystal Exarch is ready to wind down. It's unfortunate he has to deal with the weight of his ties to the Crystal Tower weighing him down even here but at least the Chroma helps. As soon as he enters, he's pushing the hood back with red curved ears flickering just a bit wildly as they're set free from the cloth.

He's about to set aside his staff as well until one ear twitches to the sound of.. metal? He peeks momentarily before it dawns there's.. someone else.. in his room. Well, he shouldn't be too surprised, when the time of arrivals came sometimes they were shuffled into new rooms or those only occupied with one person.

It was about time they gave someone else his rooming quarters but there's something about the presence of this man. It's.. strange, almost familiar, but perhaps it's because for a split second his thoughts flicker to his Warrior. Thoughts are immediately pushed away, keeping a safe and reasonable distance. ] You are a newly arrival, I take?

[ Scarlet red eyes observe the man's posture, a glimpse of those shoulders that show this man has his guard up. They do not know one another so he hopes this does not go downhill quickly. ] I suppose they've run out of new ones and gave access to residents with room. [ This he's more addressing to himself, a crystal hand raising to his lips with thought. However, his eyes also seem to trace the room, finding some relief to see the miniature crystal tower untouched and safe. ]

I'm the Crystal Exarch, and you are?

[ Joonghyuk stays seated in the chair that sits at an angle to face the front door, as if he has been waiting for his "new roommate." Sharing living spaces with another isn't ideal, but... He can tolerate it depending on who it is. Beggars can't be choosers. Can't say he expected a cat boy to walk through the door, let alone a crystal cat boy. Joonghyuk has seen some weird things at home, but hm.

The question now is useless or useful.

His right eye glows a gold color and he pulls up the Exarch's attributes (thanks for permission), skimming through the information quickly. When he's had enough, he looks back down to his blade and continues polishing it. ]

... Yoo Joonghyuk. [ He deems the Exarch useful enough as an all-rounder to give his name. It may be a good idea to make him his ally. ] Come here.

[ Already making demands like he owns the place. ]

[ The moment that eye glows a notable gold, the Exarch pauses with a more clearer focus on his newly roommate. Not many have a feature like that, so it makes you have to wonder what is attached to it. It's strange. Especially once the man's attention seems to lower, as though seeming satisfied with whatever it was he learned. Not that he can blame anyone for being suspicious given his slightly crystallized form.

Especially when one's own arrival involves breaking out of a crystal.. it's a strange concept. Nonetheless, he receives a name so he finds himself satisfied with a friendly smile. ] 'Tis a pleasure then, Yoo Joonghyuk.

[ However, at the request- ( no, that is not a request, a command, really) he blinks a few. Anyone would be unnerved, or even suspicious, however the Exarch knows well enough that one can't exactly go making enemies right away. It's a foolish plan, and not one you strike into your favor with. So, he deems the man won't be making that wrong call and approaches him, to the point he's closer than before but still enough to keep a respectable distance between the two.

This man was quite a bit difficult to read.. Instead of inquiring further, he merely perks a brow while waiting for the other to continue. ]

NOT TOO ANGY TODAY

regression - 2020-02-10 01:23 (UTC) - Expand

a rare sight, hashtag blessed

caretake - 2020-02-10 01:48 (UTC) - Expand

ur not Bruno Mars

regression - 2020-02-10 03:34 (UTC) - Expand

maybe not but he Can sing

caretake - 2020-02-10 04:29 (UTC) - Expand

yoo joonghyuk, omniscient reader's viewpoint

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dice me chef yjh

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