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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[ note: please try to refrain from spoilers, i am not caught up on expansions yet (i know, i know) ;w; and if you're even more baby than I am and have somehow(?!?) avoided haurchefant's spoilers, let me know! ]

I am the Terror (He's not a terror, he's a delight really)

[ Normally Haurchefant would be a lot more cheerful than he is at the moment. If you pass him by in the apartments, he looks more perplexed than anything. There's multiple reasons why. The first is that he's a bit confused as to how he is here in the first place. Wherever here is. Yes, he listened to all they said, but so little of it made sense. The other reason is because he's rather convinced that a strange feathered fiend has been chasing him.

You may even catch him out of breath. He had no sooner stepped into one of the apartments, in all his confusion, then one of the creatures lost all its feathers and apparently blamed it on Haurchefant! The chase has ensued ever since. He braces himself against a wall in one of the common hallways in the apartment buildings, holding his head a little as it seems he's a bit dizzy. When he's gathered his senses again, he seems surprised to see he's not alone (other than the duck obviously). ]

Oh, friend, you may not want to rest here. It's hardly safe! Not even my weapon deters it....

Got Milk? B..ish

[ Eventually he just has to accept that this has happened. He's here and he's whole and there are all manner of people and beings who are in the very same position. Apparently he's even meant to create some kind of life here. While it's not his first choice, it's probably better than his current alternative. So.... he's trying.

Trying by taking a cooking class of course! Or he was just roped into the festivities and preparations and is rolling with it. If you're lucky enough to be stationed next to him, you may notice that he is very invested in you. He thinks you're marvelous! And he's all smiles as he lays on the praise. ]

I'll be honest, I did not think to find myself in a cooking class anytime soon, but I am glad to be here beside you! Look at that technique, it's simply perfect! As if I could expect differently, with a form so fine as yours.

[ The sad part is that he hasn't even tasted any of the octopus skin yet. He's just like this. ]

Going Viral with flowers!

[ While not sure he's in a position to nurse anyone properly, he does wish to help others whenever he can. And so he volunteers to deliver flowers to the patients. Perhaps it will not help them all, but it will help enough of them. Sometimes all it takes it but a simple flower.

So he visits bed to bed, rummaging around in his flower basket (carefully) until he finds one that he thinks suits that particular patient the very best. He holds it out ceremoniously, giving a courteous bow at the same time. ]

A flower for you, to bring you both cheer and a swift recovery.

[ He doesn't just drop the flower and leave, either. He stays. Both to see the reaction and, of course, to offer any further services that he's capable of giving. ]

Wildcard

[ i have no idea, send help ]

Edited 2020-02-10 03:46 (UTC)

[ so.

alisaie has heard of haurchefaunt. she has no idea quite what he looks like, though. and so far, people are more likely to mistake alphinaud for her, than the other way around. so she's not expecting anyone to mistake her for him.

so when she sees a tall, obviously elezen male in chainlink armor arriving from the iris moon, she moves towards them with a smile. this man screams of having been from eorzea, and she recognizes the style of ishgard's mail besides. ]

Pardon me, but I believe we may hail from the same continent. Ishgard, in Eorzea, correct?

[ in all fairness, the twins do look incredibly alike.

it is indeed Alphinaud that he believes he's looking at now. Her feminine voice doesn't even occur to him immediately, but let's just chalk that up to him being very out of sorts with everything right now. ]

Why, Alphinaud, it is I! I know it is surprising that I'm—

[ wait. there it is. now he realizes that that was not the voice of the young elezen boy that accompanied the Warrior of Light on so many tasks... ]

I beg your pardon. [ he offers her a bow ] Yes, I am indeed from Ishgard.

[ it's on the tip of her tongue to correct him when he seems to realize that she's not alphinaud. she's normally quite annoyed by it, but, well, she respects ishgardians for taking care of alphinaud and the warrior when the city states could not.

so, instead, she gives a gentle laugh, bowing to him in turn. ]

It's quite all right. We are twins, after all. [ she might almost be teasing him. ]

My name is Alisaie Leveilleur - I wasn't aware you were acquainted with my brother, or I would have lead with that.

[ He at least has the grace to look sheepish for the mistake, though he grins at her when she laughs. ]

Yes, I noticed my mistake but moments too late! Do forgive me, Alisaie.

[ He tilts his head a little. ]

I do believe Alphinaud mentioned once or twice that he was a twin. I just did not expect to meet you. I am Haurchefant, and Alphinaud and his friends are dear friends of mine.

Haurchefant Greystone | FFXIV

wildcard. fun fact i looked up when she came back into story and it was after him...

rip

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going viral

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got milk

i am crying

I'M CRYING

YOU SHOULD BE?

terror

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Going Viral-ish. Slightly wildcardish too.

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He's not the Terror, he's a very naughty boy

he's the goodest boy

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