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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( He understands. He had thought he was legitimately in danger of organ damage from overheating with half his body serving as a heat sink when he'd arrived; the place isn't kind no matter how it tries. As Oz mentions "mending things with the others", though, his brows slant with his understanding.

All the leaders get that. His hands remain steady at his wrists, thumbs smoothing along the backs of his hands. )

Your body, you mean? This place has done some amazing things I'd never have thought possible. I think you'll be interested in that, as well. The crystallization is best stopped before it gets out of hand. There are some saying people who have died from the full crystallization and have been brought back are never quite the same. Which is to say: I'm glad I ran into you sooner rather than later. And as for miss Nykos...

( His smile quiets, something chagrined behind it. They had all pressured her into trying to become the Fall Maiden, but James didn't see what choice they had, either. She'd spoken with him directly on her reservations, at the winter ball, but... When has he ever kept anything from Ozpin? He won't start now. )

She is getting by. She's aware of her death and the circumstances that followed, and she's weighted down by the regret that she'd failed us. I tried to assure her otherwise, though I don't know how well it stuck. The words would mean more coming from you, I'd think, if the topic is ever broached. But she is all right otherwise. Everyone is happy to have her here. Ren is also a wonderful young man.

Yes, exactly. [ He still doesn't know how to feel about it?! There's a lot to be said when Ozpin is left speechless. But they somehow managed it here with relative ease. ]

Amazing things, hm? I'd certainly like to have a look if anything. I've seen many things in my time but being on an entirely different planet is new. [ So even for Ozpin this is different, and as James strokes his hands he'll feel the crystal recede more and more, no longer is it poking out from beneath the cuff of his sleeve at least. ]

Thank you. I...I hadn't realized how bad it could get, and so quickly. I'll remain vigilant to make sure I don't make the same mistake twice. [ Says Ozpin who has made more mistakes than anyone. He has a look of relief on his features as he nods, eyes ticking down towards his hands. ]

I see. I'm glad to know she has all the support that she needs here. I...do hope that I may speak with her at some point. As a headmaster I feel like I've failed her in some ways as well.

It is very good to see you, as I've known you. And I think your insight will be invaluable. No offense meant to Oscar, but it's getting hard on my knees these days and he's barely started puberty.

( A joke, clearly, as he's down on his knee as they speak. But he knows that inquisitive mind will find a place here, sooner or later. Oz was always good at that. Had to be, he supposed, to fit into time over and over again, in all his different forms and "hosts". But as the crystal recedes to his persistent touch, James just nods. )

I think this is only a side effect of these shards, right now. It usually takes quite some time to deplete the chroma within you, and even when that is gone, I think it's a few days until the crystallizing is final. There is usually no cause for alarm and it is easy to rectify just like this.

And I'm sure you'll find her easily enough. She seemed to want the guidance, even from those of us who had failed her. You weren't alone in that. Qrow, Glynda, and I— we were right beside you, you know.

Is that so? General Ironwood of the Altesian Military brought to his knees by a child. And Oscar at that? I simply don't believe it. [ There's a joking lilt to his voice as he says that with an amused smirk. ] However, Oscar is rather...young, but his insight has been invaluable in my absence.

[ A joke but also not, for Ozpin at least. Oscar's been taking up his mantle rather well in his time locked away. For a mere 14 year old to carry all that weight, well he can't imagine how hard it must've been. ]

I see, moonlacing, correct? I've been made aware of its importance. [ As he shifts in place again the fingers on his good hand flexing, almost in a curious and unfamiliar way. He's still getting used to this body again it seems. ]

Ah. Yes, you were. [ And there goes another sigh as he shakes his head. ] And yet I still kept you all at arm's length. [ Hm. ]

But I don't intend to do that here. At least I...will try to learn from my mistakes this time around.

In my defense, I was trying to get below eye level. And I thought he was you. ( In deference, then. ) He still has some growing to do, but he seemed bright for his age, yes.

( He gets a nod in acknowledgment of the moonlacing, confirming it, never restricting the other man's movements as he shifts beneath him but also not breaking the contact. Oscar had likely had it rough, but... James hadn't really had the chance to speak with him or the others. They had the briefing on arrival and he sent them to bed. Then he was here. It had been a small glimmer of hope for what the future may hold, a little extra help, and— a friend. He needed more of those around.

Just as Oz had needed them, even if he hadn't shared the whole truth. )

Oz...? ( He doesn't know. Hadn't received the breakdown of what had happened, what had been shared, what hadn't been shared. He doesn't know how long Oz has had blinders on him and the others, what truths he's withheld. So he's only mildly confused as he claims to have kept them at arm's length, not thinking of the truth but rather: ) You and I both know how difficult it can be to trust others and the sorts of burdens carried as heads of our kingdoms. I can't fault you for that. And I never would. You'll have my support no matter what you decide.

Shall I see you back to your room?

He's grown quite a bit from when you last spoke. [ He did save them both, after all.

But, oh, he had said that out loud, hadn't he? The crystallization must have gotten to him more than he thought. ]

I. Yes I suppose you're right. [ For some reason he's not sure why the other man's words make him feel, unsure? No, more like unworthy of them. This James hasn't heard the truth yet, so he's still in the dark about many things. He doesn't feel very deserving of his...loyalty at this point in time. He's not sure what he's feeling but he lets out a tired huff, shaking his head. ]

I won't try to change your mind. It was never an easy task. [ Said with an amused tone as he shakes his head. And he's far too tired right now to really discuss things. But he will look back at him, head canting to the side. ] I do appreciate your help, James, thank you. But I can make it back on my own, if there are others here you're worried about. I won't have you not seeing to them on my behalf.

[ And with that he'll finally manage to stand, wobbly at first, but he'll use the wall to brace himself as he goes to pick up his cane, finally breaking contact with the other. ]

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is it... a hug? he likes hugs!!

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