prismaticrap | ▶ TDM .013

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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.

▶ Welcome to the Jungle
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.

▶ Let’s Do the Time Warp Now
Lunatia | top

Time is relative, but the days do seem shorter — or longer — than usual. A minute passes like an hour. An hour passes like a minute. Everything appears to be moving along as normal, but the numbers and hands on clocks flicker and spin with an unusual and worrying slowness or quickness. Eventually you notice that the darkness of the night barely lasts long enough for you to fall asleep while the sun seems to glare down upon you for an eternity. The temporal shifts disorient your body, which now grows lethargic from being overworked and underslept. Soon, the temporal abnormalities reach a critical point…

B Due to the temporal distortions, Prismals and Moonblessed new and old feel their bodies sporadically transform in the strangest of ways. Your joints ache like they’ve carried a lifetime’s weight of misfortune and regret. Your voice turns high-pitched like a certain pair has yet to drop. You turn into a confused infant in one moment and the seasoned fighter you always wanted to be in the next. Your memories also shuffle around along with your apparent age, leaving you confused and unsettled. The transformations can occur and last for as long as the 11th, when everything turns back to normal without incident. That time your baby self peed in your pants? Never happened. Until then, moonlacing seems to stabilize the weird abnormalities.

▶ Starlight, Star Bright, First Star I See Tonight
Lunatia | top

The city’s landscape is not spared by the erratic flow of time. Buildings and streets continuously flicker between the beautiful and vibrant paradise it has become to the ruins of glory days long past. Your eyes may struggle to adjust as you try and convince yourself of what is real and what is not. High rise towers one moment will become wreckage the next, filled with technological debris and the echoing cries of the terrified, and the mighty wingspan of an unknown creature continues to hovers in the distance. The illusion will only last but a minute before you’re back in the present, going about your daily business. However, your trip from the future and back is far from over.

Soon, breaking news reports will inform the city about the sudden vanishing of certain celestial bodies in the sky. Though the moons remain where they should, the nights grow longer and darker as the stars in the sky start disappearing one by one until only the sun remains, eclipsed by some mysterious force. Lunar Scientia has already sent capable teams to investigate the abnormalities, so they ask the public to be patient as they wait for the reports. Until then, they have issued safety guidelines and measures to effectively light the city. The Caelus Tower appears to burn brighter than ever.

C For these dark hours, Lunar Scientia releases their latest Chroma-powered technology for Moonblessed use: star lanterns. When a star lantern is held by two Moonblessed, it absorbs newly generated Chroma from them, enabling it to light up the missing stars in the sky as you travel from place to place. The light’s color and intensity will depend on you and your partner’s bond, the spectrum ranging from a violet of hatred to a red full of love. Indifference, however, will not light the lantern at all. It also comes with a float function so that it can be released into the atmosphere without needing to carry it everywhere. Since the technology is limited in stock, Moonblessed may only have one star lantern in their possession.

One of the issued guidelines is to never walk through dark alleys alone even with the lanterns, as the crime rate has increased lately due to those taking advantage of the chaos. This is especially rampant in Level 3, at the mouth of the Lightless.

▶ Oh, They Just Can’t Wait to be King
Outside Lunatia, Port Sylvel | top

On the ides of the third month, an emergency broadcast appears from Captain Natela:

Captain Natela

Greetings, Prismals and Moonblessed.

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Port Sylvel has been completely crystallized. The Moon Knights are currently recruiting willing explorers and scientists to investigate the cause. Investigations are still pending, but the outlook is grim. The only survivors were among the few we carried out of the city last month. The rest perished from the crystallization.

Our heart goes out to those affected by this plight. There is no cause for panic. There is no sign that the crystallization is spreading beyond Port Sylvel. We Moon Knights stand with the people of Prismatica, as we have done for centuries. We are not mere defenders of a city but protectors of a planet. We endeavor to find the cause of this tragedy and bring peace and justice to the lives it claimed. Until then, we ask for your cooperation. Stay calm and press onward.

Those who volunteer to participate in the expedition will be rewarded for their efforts. They will be assisted by experts from the Lunar Scientia as well as the bear Prismal and Moon Knight Fahrouk, who looks worse for wear after hearing the news.

Officer Fahrouk

Oh, Moonblessed. It's you. Yeah, Hala is doing good. Won the spelling bee! I think she might make the nationals. ... I… I don't think I ever told you. Port Sylvel was our hometown. My wife is buried there. We’d go there every spring. Hala loved picking the flowers there. Did you know that different flowers grow in Port Sylvel compared to Lunatia? Haaaah...

Moonblessed! I know you think I'm not cool enough to hang out with you, and all I do is ask for your help, but please let me go with you! Please… This is something I have to do as a soldier, a husband, and a father.

… What? You always thought I was cool?

Finding strength and resolve after the participants tell him he's supposed to assist them on their mission anyway, Fahrouk distributes LIFE suits to the participants as he briefs them on what they're about to do. He and the participating Moonblessed will then be transported via a large transport vessel.

Port Sylvel is hardly recognizable. What was once an idyllic coastal town is now a site of tragic beauty — crystal formations encase buildings and Prismals like jagged glass coffins, as if preserving life in its final moments. Readings from life detectors tell you that everyone in the crystal has passed on, but you and your fellow Moonblessed think you can still hear their cries of distress carried along by the wind, warning you about the Prideful King.

D Gigantic crystal lions flank the passage of the port city, their wings spread open and blue flames pouring forth from their mouths. You hear rumbling guttural noises, and if you approach them, their roars will escalate to warn you about proceeding any further. Beware: a single bite from these lions can easily tear through the LIFE suit and cause your body to crystallize quickly unless someone rushes in to moonlace with you to halt the effect. These lions are unlike the beasts you’ve fought before: their otherworldly strength is overwhelming, and nothing seems to wear them down. Destroying them seems pointless, as they quickly regenerate the minute they are obliterated.

Eventually, transmissions from the LIFE suits announce an order for escape. Buildings collapse and shatter in your wake, and the ground quakes violently as something awakens in the far distance...

▶ questions

If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.

WHO CAN POST? ▶ Test drive memes are for new characters only. Existing players may not post starter threads in the test drime meme. However, current players are more than welcome to use these prompts for their own posts in the IC communities, personal inboxes, catch-all posts, etc.!

IS THIS CANON? ▶ As our test drive memes are game canon, feel free to keep any threads that happen here as canon for your character should they be accepted.

ANNIVERSARY ▶ Happy first anniversary, Prismatica! Thank you to all of you who have been with us since the beginning. We appreciate it immensely! Remember that we always welcome input and suggestions from players. This event is a little out of the ordinary because of our anniversary celebration.

OPT IN AND OUT ▶ For current players, please do not be alarmed! As always, you do not have to be affected as there are safe areas across Lunatia that remain as is.

AGING UP AND DOWN ▶ You have free reign over how long and how many times your character will be affected. If a character doesn’t have a canon appearance from the past or future, you are welcome to provide one of your own from imagination and use your own PB. You are allowed to speculate on how they’ll look, act, their potential future, and so on. All of these will be temporary to this event. The intensity of the effect is also up to you: whether it will only affect appearance alone and retain their current memories.

IMPORTANT ▶ As a reminder, writing sexual content with characters below 15 years old is a violation of the game's rules and potentially Dreamwidth’s ToS. Players caught doing this will be banned from the game.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

So you can talk!

[And flail, very wildly! But if there's one good side to her eating his sandwich, it's that now he can focus on trying to use both hands to keep a hold on her! While trying to avoid her attacks, though he'll likely still end up sustaining bruises and scratches.]

But can you listen? Now that's the important part! Don't you want more food?

[It’s hardly a matter of can Shura listen as much as it is an issue of will she listen or care. She does go still at the mention of food, as if she’s briefly considering it, but she’s right back to flailing around. ]

I’ll kill you!

[This is clearly a well mannered child ]

[He almost thought he had something there. But then things got even worse! Gumshoe struggles to try to keep her contained.]

H-hey now! Killing's a... a big no-no, pal! Way worse then stealing! You- y'know, there's ways to get what you want without any of that!

[Does this look like the face of a child who cares about ethics or morality? No, all she cares about is stuffing stolen sandwiches in her mouth and running away, and this fart is definitely getting in the way of the running away bit.]

I don't care, let me go!

[Hmm... if she reaches up to start scratching at the hand hold her, maybe she'll get out of his grip??]

[This looks like a child who just wants to watch the world burn. But Gumshoe is determined to make this work in spite of everything!]

Aw, c'mon - ow! [His hand is scratched! He can't help but loosen his hold... but he'll also try to hold onto her with his other hand! He can't let her get away that easily!]

[Score, that's one hand down, now for the other one. Shura keeps up her attack on his hand, but now she's adding in a few kicks. They're aimed pretty wildly, so it's not likely that any of them will land hard.]

Let me go let me go letmego!!

[is this a human child or a banshee?]

[He really has to keep on reminding himself that this could and should be worth it! Enduring the kicking, the scratching, the screeching - maybe he can still get through to her! It just seems very hard right now. As she keeps up her attack, his grip is loosening, and maybe she can finally break free! She'll have to be quick, because he'll soon try reaching back for her with the first hand.]

C-c'mon pal, I just wanna help!!

[what is a pal??

But she's stubborn, and she really is desperate to escape the guy's clutches, so the second his grip loosens up, she'll bolt, running down the street as quick as her little legs will catch. If Gumshoe isn't quick, she'll disappear down an alley.]

[And she's loose!! Luckily, Gumshoe's pretty stubborn as well. So as she runs off, he's quick to chase after her! Although, he may not be able to catch her again.]

H-hey! Hold it, pal! Get back here!!

[The alley she picks happens to be a dead end, but it's not all bad news for her. There are some boxes and crates hanging out, the perfect size for her to jump right up on and make her way to the rooftop. She won't bother to spare Gumshoe a second glance because right now is the time to run as fast as she can.]

[A dead end! Maybe there's still hope!]

There's nowhere to run, pal! [He calls out, but she wastes no time jumping onto the crates.] N-no jumping either, that's dangerous!!

[With that, he rushes as quickly as he can towards the crates, hoping to catch her in midair, while clumsily knocking over some of the boxes at the same time! But can he get to her in time, or it it time for his attempt to end.]

[Woe and alas, Shura is a quick and nimble little shit of a child. This is clearly not her first escape attempt, as she nimbly scales up the boxes and crates. Not even Gumshoe's fumbling and knocking the boxes over can stop her from making her way to the rooftop.

Not all is lost. He gets one las chance, as once Shura's safely got both feet on the rooftop, she'll take the time to turn around and make a face at Gumshoe. Clearly, she's very mature.]

G-get down from there!!

[He has only one last shot! Now he takes his turn to leap from box to box, in order to try and reach the roof. Just like in the movies.]

Parkour, pal!!

[But the last cardboard box breaks under his weight, just as he's about to reach the roof. Instead, he starts to fall and quickly grabs onto the ledge of the roof.]

Whoa!!

[She could keep running. It doesn't look like this guy has a great grip. But that's leaving everything to chance, and there's just this teeny weeny chance that he might be able to pull himself up from his precarious position.

Shura decides that she can't take the risk. So time to quickly run up to poor where Gumshoe is hanging on and give his fingers a good stomp.]

[When he sees her run up to him, a hopeful smile starts to cross his face. She's having a change of heart! She must be coming to rescue him! How sweet-]

Agh!! [He cries out as some of his fingers are stomped on, making him release one hand.]

W-wait! What're you doin', pal?!

[Good, the plan is working. Shura doesn't take pleasure in his pain, but she is pretty pleased that all seems to be going to plan. And the next step of that plan is stomping on his other hand, then making a quick run for it.]

[Long live the king...! There's nothing to interfere with her plan reaching fruition. She stomps that hand, and down he goes.]

Yow!! [And with that, he falls down onto the pile of boxes and gives a tired groan.]

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