▶ 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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Comments

[sexpo]

Please, it's Howard. Mister Stark is my old man.

[Hmm. Those octopus tentacles might be tasty dipped in cheese.

(No, they wouldn't.)

Howard himself seems to be part octopus, because his arms are everywhere as he leans against Bucky. His pupils are wide and dark.]

If you're ever hard up, I'd be happy to lend you a hand, so to speak. Or a fondue fork.

[Boy, that innuendo got weird fast.]

Although I've found that there's a certain appeal to eating it with your fingers.

[After you dip it in the cheese. No finger-scalding here.]

[podchinyatsya]

[ Bucky is just pressing his lips together, SO UNCOMFORTABLE.

He tries very hard to be tactful about once again extricating himself from Howard's sprawl. He also does notice those pupils. ]

I'm flattered, really. But ah-- quick question: did you eat any of the local cuisine?

[sexpo]

You think I would turn down a delicacy that's supposed to be an aphrodisiac?

[l o l]

-not that I need any help in that department, of course.

[oh lord is that a bulge in his pants or is he just happy to see bucky]

[podchinyatsya]

[ This place is Hell and Bucky is suffering penance ]

I'm starting to think that train wasn't such a bad way to go.

[ Bucky mutters that, then definitely doesn't look at Howard's junk. ]

It's all fun and games until you grow antlers.

[sexpo]

So you could say you're a little horny, huh?

[HOWARD IS FUCKING HILARIOUS OKAY]

Trust me, pal, I know how that feels.

[podchinyatsya]

Oh-kay.

[ That's it, the dad joke did it. Never mind that he set the damn thing up and walked right into it. Bucky stands, peering down at Howard being pitiful and ...amorous. ]

So I'm gonna just-- go, now. Um, you'll fit in fine, call me when the food wears off, and maybe call your kid.

Or not, I'm actually not sure if that's a good idea right now.

[sexpo]

[Bucky thinks he can escape, but Howard's still wrapped around his flesh arm like a sad, pathetic limpet. Thankfully, he's still too drugged to register precisely what's been said.]

Aw, you can't just leave me hangin' like that.

[Please, he's too pathetic to leave unattended, who knows what he might try to score with.]

[podchinyatsya]

[ That never has, and shall never be Bucky's business. He tries prying Howard off like someone peeling at a stubborn octopus. ]

I think you're a little too handsy for me. No offense.

[sexpo]

[Honestly, this is incredibly tame by Howard's usual handsy standards. But he's not going to point that out, because a thought that isn't related to sex is slowly percolating its way through his mind.]

You were dead.

[Yes, he realized that earlier, but then he forgot about it and got distracted by Bucky's hair.]

And you had shorter hair.

[podchinyatsya]

Yeah, about that.

[ Shit, this again. Bucky rubs at his neck. ]

The Soviets dug me out of the snow and turned me into their own personal Manchurian Candidate. Haircuts weren't a priority.

[sexpo]

...Manchurian Candidate?

[Look, can he at least pet Bucky's arm while they have this talk? Please?]

You fell from a train. The human body wasn't made to survive things like that.

[hahaha just u wait about five seconds howard]

[podchinyatsya]

Yeah, like the movie--never mind.

[ Surely Sinatra wasn't before Howard's time? Unimportant. ]

About that: when I got captured around the time of Azzano, Hydra shot me up with something. Made me strong, fast...and then they gave me this.

[ He pushes up the left sleeve of his jacket, exposing some of the bionic arm. ]

I'm part robot now.

[sexpo]

[Okay, now he's petting the robot arm. Can you really blame him?]

Huh. Sounds like-

[You know, the serum.]

[podchinyatsya]

Yeah.

[ About that...he is going to bite his tongue. The dumbest thing he could possibly do is say, "So I killed you for it." ]

This isn't the original model. This one's Wakandan.

[sexpo]

Got any vibranium in it?

[He seems to be just as happy stroking the metal as he would be with flesh. It's a nice piece of work, okay?]

[podchinyatsya]

It's all Vibranium.

[sexpo]

[Howard lets out an impressed whistle, and let's be real, it takes a lot to impress Howard.]

That's gotta be worth a fortune. And I know a thing or two about fortunes.

[podchinyatsya]

So I've heard.

[ He'll gladly take the distraction over being hit on. ]

They really helped me out. Can't put a price on generosity.

[sexpo]

[Hold on, his brain is trying to work through the maze of aphrodisiac. Howard's brow furrows.]

You mean you went to Wakanda?

[podchinyatsya]

Yeah, had a little piece of land to tend and everything. That was before a battle broke out, but that's a lot to put on you during your first day.

[ He misses his goats ok :( ]

[sexpo]

You lived in Wakanda?

[Howard misses his flamingo, he knows the feeling.

Howard does not miss his flamingo.]

When the hell did all this happen?

[podchinyatsya]

[ He nods, forgetting for the moment about any potential flirting awkwardness. ]

I fell off the train in the '40s... [ He starts crunching the numbers, eyes going skyward as he thinks. ] Surgeries and tests in the '50s, missions from late '50s to mid 2010's... I'm a little fuzzy on the exact date but late teens, I'd say.

[ Sorry Howard, it's been a century for him almost. ]

[sexpo]

[Okay, time travel. Somewhere between the drugs and the (INSERT AGENT CARTER SPOILERS HERE FUCKIN WATCH THE SHOW ALREADY D) he is...somewhat less surprised by this than he should be. More surprised that he survived the entire process of time travel and being sucked into a different universe, actually.

Also, he's still half-focused on petting Bucky's metal arm. Howard Stark's priorities, y'all.]

That long?

[It sounds a little distant, like he's still processing everything.]

You look good for your age.

[podchinyatsya]

Thanks. [ if he sounds less than flattered, it's because he didn't exactly choose to be frozen and thawed out dozens of times. ]

I'm not really the one to talk to about all the inner workings of the bionics. You'd wanna see T'Challa about that. He's the King of Wakanda currently.

[sexpo]

[A lesser man might be intimidated by the thought of talking to a king, but Howard Stark has more money than most monarchs (though admittedly not the ones who rule from atop vibranium-filled mountains). So he just shrugs.]

Maybe I will. [A beat.] Twenty-first century, huh? Did they ever manage flying cars?