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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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going viral

[aglows]

( Dunya, as a healer, had been, naturally, trying to assist in treating patients, or at least healing them as much as she was able to. But, of course, she gets bitten, and sent immediately to bed, where she's sulking and trying very desperately not to bite someone in return.

Her arms are crossed and her brow furrowed when someone comes in, and she sighs, readying herself to bite down on the towel that she's been using as a gag to prevent herself from biting whoever comes near her.

But-

The voice.

Her head snaps up, and she drops the towel, shocked. Viscerally shocked. She can't even gasp, her body shaking as she stares at him.

At him.

As he hands her the flower, looking as sweet as the last day she saw him, she can't help it - she bursts into tears. It's too much. It's far too much for her to handle, and she sobs, burying her face in her hands.

Not him. Not now. )

[smilehero]

[ Naturally, the very last thing he desires with his flower gifts is for the recipient to burst into tears. Her reaction alarms him quite plainly. He even takes a step back as if he believes that might alleviate some of the pain she's obviously feeling.

She is an au ra woman, though he cannot recall her face. That alone is enough to make him feel even more terrible about the whole situation.

Of course, he can guess why she's so upset, looking upon him in this state as he is now... ]

Oh, please. Do not cry. I could not bear being responsible for such sorrow upon a lovely face.

[aglows]

( By the Gods, he's apologizing. He's apologizing and looking at her so sadly she feels like her heart will crack more than it already has.

And here she was, thinking she was finally making progress with her grief over him.

She shakes her head, still crying, looking at him with her tear streaked face like he'll leave any second. )

No, no- ( She half hiccups it, wiping at her face. ) You... don't know me, right? No one from home knows me. I just- I just want to make sure.

( Maybe it'll be easier if he doesn't know her. Then he won't remember-

Gods. It hurts. )

[smilehero]

[ He stands frozen for a long moment, unsure of what he should do. He wants to dry her tears, or at least offer her a handkerchief. He wants to tell her it's okay, even if he's not sure if it really is himself. ]

I'm... afraid I do not.

[ He furrows his brows again, reclaiming that step he'd taken back before by coming closer. ]

'No one from home knows' you? What do you mean by that? For I'm sure it cannot be true, my own failings aside.

[ He tilts his head in thought. ]

And I know not how to make it up to you. I can only ask you to forgive me.

[aglows]

( Oh. Do not look at me so.

She hiccups in her tears, looking at him, knowing she's completely a mess, completely disheveled and sick. But-

Oh. To look at him again.

She stares at him a little much, then turns away, face flushed and embarrassed, shaking her head. )

No, there's nothing to forgive - it's not as if it's your fault, it's... whatever this place is.

( She sniffles, wishing desperately that she had her own handkerchief, or at least that darn towel she's been using not to bite people - which, thankfully, she feels too sad to even think about biting, as much as she wants to. )

A friend of mine did come here just before me, but we... we both seem to be the only ones who know each other, everyone else from Hydaelyn and Eorzea either is from... some other timeline, or some other history.

( She straightens herself, clearing her throat, trying to look as proper and commanding as possible with tears and snot all over her face, crystals forming all over her body. )

My name is Dunya, and I am a Warrior of Light.

[smilehero]

[ His face only shows concern. A bit of guilt. He's brought this lovely girl such sadness, and he can't even remember her face? Surely it's a side effect of ... of death? He doesn't know.

Though her explanation does shed some more light on the matter. It freezes him in place for a moment, eyes wide as he pieces it all together. ]

Other timelines, other histories? Is such a thing truly possible? I mean, well it must be.

[ He gestures to her. ]

A Warrior of Light! The very beacon of hope that I came to call my dear friend...

[ Yet, his chest sinks a little. For her to have this kind of reaction, that means that even if they are from another timeline, Haurchefant does not come out of the Vault alive.

It's at that revelation, he snaps out of his frozen stance and finally digs for a handkerchief to give her. ]

[aglows]

( When he hands her the handkerchief, she nearly startles, so overwhelmed by how him it is that she nearly wants to cry again. But, she stops herself, taking it with a watery smile. ) Thank you, Haurchefant.

( She blows her nose as daintily as she can, wiping at the tears and the snot carefully, wincing as she touches some of the crystallization. )

You were my dear friend in my Eorzea. You... ( Her lower lip wavers, and she sniffles a little. )

It's very good to see your face again.

( She extends her hand, smiling at him. ) I hope to be your friend again, should you be calling this place home for now. Please, if there is anything I can do, let me know. I may not have my status as a Warrior of Light, or my connections as a princess, but I will do whatever I can to make sure you live properly here!

[smilehero]

[ He's merely happy that she accepts it, giving her a heartfelt nod as she takes care of her nose and her tears. ]

Of course.

[ He waits until she's done and ready to speak again before he steps in fully by her side, kneeling down on one knee at her bedside. He may not have any memories of her, but he naturally takes her words very seriously. If they were dear friends, then he's no reason to question that. They were! ]

I'm afraid I do not know why we meet again, at this point. But I should be happy if it brings you more joy than sorrow.

[ He smiles warmly at her, taking her hand in his ever so carefully, his thumb running against the top of it slowly. ]

That is very kind of you. I too desire to be your friend while we're in this place! If you are anything like the Warrior of Light I'm acquainted with, and I am certain you are, it is the least I can do for everything you've done.