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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I figured as much.

[ He moves his palms onto the wall so he can ease himself out of Rin's grip. Without his guard here and likely only ten percent of his power, he's got to get himself out of scrapes. Luckily, his body seems to be sturdier than the last one he's managed to find. ]

We're going nowhere, you and I... at least until those scientists find some way to send us back.

You have all that time and more if you wish to know those answers for yourself.

[Rin grips at his upper arm tightly, trying and failing to hide that he's visibly shaking. He looks absolutely crestfallen, two heavy years coming down on him like a rockslide. All the things he didn't want to believe were entirely true and there was shit all he could do about any of it.

He feels like he's going to be sick.]

Would it matter... ? I don't wanna hear anymore.

[A beat, then very softly-]

Sorry.

[ While he can't see his littlest brother shaking, he can definitely feel it. But he's, as always, unaffected by it. You can never really tell what's going on in this guy's head. ]

...You could start by releasing me if you truly feel like saying sorry.

[Of course he is. Why would Rin ever get any sympathy from him?

He does let go, though, stepping back and generally looking uncomfortable and tired, as if the moment had simply drained everything out of him.

He had things he was supposed to do today yet all he felt like doing now was going back home and crawling under the covers for however many days it took to shake this off.]

Thank you.

[ Surprisingly, he doesn't crumple into a heap like his old body probably would have under the unbridled wrath Rin just unleashed. This whole 'having a stable body' thing is a new thing for him...

He's going to dust himself off though, glancing up at Rin. ]

Something tells me this isn't the answer you were hoping for, was it...? Perhaps you were under the impression I had controlled him somehow?

[Rin can't bring himself to look at Lucifer anymore. Not even in anger. He looks, for as much of a cliche as it is, like a kicked puppy that doesn't know where to go to get out of the pouring rain.]

No. I mean, I knew you talked to him when we were in Inari, but he wouldn't tell me what you said. I just thought... maybe you promised him somethin' he couldn't get from the Order.

[Something to do with his "extreme training" that Mephisto had let slip around Rin.]

Or-- ... fuck--

[His eyes are starting to burn. He pushes the heel of his hand against one, trying to stem the tears that he knows are coming.]

I don't know what answer I wanted! I just don't understand why he wanted to leave!

[ Ah shit... father, what fools these mortals be. But then again, father was just as emotional. maybe there's something about that. ]

As I said. I only told him the truth. He was weak. I offered him answers.

[ He's just being blunt with you too, Rin, come on. Don't start crying on him now. ]

You merely wanted the chance to believe that it wasn't his fault, that he went unwillingly. That deep down inside, he was still "the good guy". But I can tell you that he wanted answers that the Order was keeping from him.

[ There's a sigh there... and he's going to offer a handkerchief. He's not totally heartless... ]

I forget sometimes that you and he are still children.

["He was weak."

"I'm sorry, Niisan. I want power."

God...

Rin takes it with a nod of thanks, though he hasn't completely broken down yet. He's shaken and unsteady and boy work is going to be a bear today but it also might be the distraction he needs right now.]

'm eighteen now...

[Not that it matters. In the grand scheme of humans and demons, that is still a child.]

I guess I should be grateful you're willin' to be honest with me, even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear.

There is absolutely nothing I can gain from lying to you. We're on a level playing field here, you and I.... completely separate from Gehenna and Assiah.

[ There's a click of his tongue. ]

Eighteen... I wonder what Samael will have to say about the time discrepancy...

[ And now he seems amused. ]

Like I give a fuck what that clown thinks...

[He balks a bit at his own bitter words, ears going red. He had no idea why swearing in front of Lucifer of all people suddenly made him so uncomfortable but it did, and even earned a muttered apology for his language.]

The place I was before this was pretty horrible but I doubt he'd care about that.

The fact that you've aged two years since you've seen either of us would be of interest to him, if you were to ask my opinion...

[ Well. He can't blame Rin for the cursing. Father did it, and often. Yet another thing he and Rin had in common. So he doesn't mind the cursing all too much.

A pause. ]

To be perfectly honest, whatever goes on in the mind of that brother of mine is a mystery to everyone but himself.

[ Cue a sigh. ]

For now, I will promise you at least to 'behave myself'. After all, this place has been kind enough to provide me with a body that is... whole, to say the least. I owe them that much.

[Probably. Rin really can't argue one way or another. He's just as lost as what goes through Mephisto's head as anyone else in this clusterfuck of a story.

This was... awkward, to say the least. Rin's interactions with Lucifer had been limited and very much restricted to a moment when everything was going pear shaped. He really didn't know much about him outside of that whole "I think I'm in a position to decide what happens to Assiah" bull.

Behaving is good, but Rin really doesn't know what to do beyond that.]

Right. Well. Yeah, do that. And uh... you don't have to avoid me or whatever...

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