▶ 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

[passionhate]

[Akira is right. Kamadeva is male. Kamadeva can be anything he wants, and right now he is... possessing this girl's body for certain reasons!

Moving on.]

You're right. I did earn it, didn't I?

[She starts snacking on her own chocolates.]

With Parvati gone, I can do whatever I want, and no one will ever, ever get in my way!

[rehabilitations]

[ i mean if you had the choice to be a cute girl, why not, right? he recognizes parvati too, and decides it's likely a good thing she isn't one of the personae he has with him at the moment. that would probably make things a lot messier. ]

Sounds like she's been keeping you from having fun.

1/2

[passionhate]

Yeah, she tends to do that, the goody two shoes. Well, whatever though? I don't want to think about her right now. I might puke.

[passionhate]

...

Sorry, why are you following me again? Did you want something? If this is about love advice, I'm not giving any.

[rehabilitations]

[ hmm... a complicated work relationship then. anyway, he points down the street to a cafe at the end. ]

We're going the same way. [ his smile turns a little crooked and he shakes his head. ] I'm good on the love advice, but thanks.

[passionhate]

Huh?

[What does he mean they're both going to a cafe—]

... Wait, you're returning it now?!

[rehabilitations]

[ this is not what he meant or what he had in mind but you know what, he's going to go along with it anyway. ]

Yeah, why not. [ he holds out his hand to her for her to take, like they're actually on a date. ] If you don't mind?

[passionhate]

What are you doing?

[She takes his hand anyway? Okay.]

I didn't agree to this. I'm not even that cute. Can't you just give my chocolate back?

[rehabilitations]

[ i didn't agree to this, she says while taking his hand. the tsun is strong in this one. ]

Sorry, but I'm set on keeping it. [ he's not sorry at all, as he curls his fingers around hers and continues down the street. ] It's not often I get chocolate from cute strangers.

1/2

[passionhate]

Nngh... [He held her hand! It's a critical hit!] Just so you know, I won't be swayed by shallow words.

[passionhate]

Ah... [She tugs on his hand, delaying their arrival.] Or is this all a ploy to sleep with me? You don't have to be shy, if that's the case. We can skip everything and get right to it. All you have to do is ask. Come on! I'm listening.

1/2

[rehabilitations]

[ oh............ that was quick. ]

[rehabilitations]

[ buy him dinner first. ]

If you're tired, I can walk you home instead.

1/2

[passionhate]

You just want to make things difficult for me, don't you.

[passionhate]

[She's always tired of everything so he doesn't need to worry about that... but she won't say that either.]

Whatever. [She relents and stays afloat, waiting for Akira to tug her along.] What were you going to do before this, anyway? Don't you have a date to get to? You seem like the kind of guy girls would go "kyaaaa" over.

[rehabilitations]

I'm not sure what you mean. I thought I was lucky enough to go on a date with you.

[ look he's wholesome?? definitely not a nasty crimeboy that girls go "kyaaaa" over. but anyway, they're back to him walking and her floating, as he laces their fingers together. ]

I was looking for another job.

1/2

[passionhate]

Hehhhh. What sort of jo—

2/2 again

[passionhate]

It's not a date!

[She tries to shake his hand off, but she's not really trying so she's just swaying their hands together I guess...]

[rehabilitations]

No?

[ their hands sway between them and he doesn't bother to hide his laugh, only letting go of her hand so he can open the door to the cafe for her. ]

Oh, right. My mistake. I'm just returning the chocolates.

[passionhate]

[DON'T LAUGH...]

That's right. Since my chocolate failed to make you fall in meaningless love with me and throw you in despair at the same time, it'd be a waste if you kept it to yourself.

[She angrily floats over to the cakes on display...]

[rehabilitations]

[ he does it out of fondness, okay, because most of what she says goes right over his head. or maybe he's just not thinking too deeply about it, it's easier that way. ]

It's a little too early to tell, isn't it? [ he follows her over to the cake display, most of them decorated with hearts and octopi for the occasion. ] Some people are quicker to fall in love than others.

[ one of the cafe workers comes by to check on them and akira looks over to kama expectantly, pointing to the cakes. ]

Do you have one in mind?

[passionhate]

[She snorts.] Those people are stupid.

[But it's an idle answer. She's currently occupied with selecting the cake of her choice. Sure, all of them look disgustingly lovey-dovey right now, but she sees cream and honey and confectioner's sugar and her eyes light up. This one! And that one! Both of them look so good! She sighs fondly.]

I'll have the gateau. I love it when the chocolate just melts in your mouth...

[rehabilitations]

[ it's cute the way her eyes light up, so different from her earlier demeanor when she first gave him the chocolate. it's a more genuine reaction and one he appreciates, so he orders the gateau for her. the waitress says something about a coiled hearts special today, offering free coffee along with any purchase of chocolate dipped fruit; would him and his girlfriend like to try?

without missing a beat as he takes kama's hand again, ]

Sure.

1/2

[passionhate]

[The waitress disappears before Kama can protest, but that doesn't stop her rage. And embarrassment. But mostly rage? Nah, she's just embarrassed. Fidgets!!]

H-hah, I see. So you do want to sleep with me that badly. That's the only reason you would ever do this.

[passionhate]

[But even as she shakes off this strange, warm feeling, she lets his hand remain.]

I do feel sorry for you, truly. Girlfriend? Now everyone will think you've made this terrible choice for yourself. I pity the man who spends his time like this on Valentine's Day. You're better off with your right hand, I think.