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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.

▶ Rock Your Body Right
Lunatia | top

Oh my god, they're back again. After taking more than a year-long hiatus, *BTSB (Backstay Sailor Boys) takes the planet by storm once more with their latest single, Anybody (Yeah). With an album out and a concert on the way, the five-man fox Prismal group from Amegahara has been busy with promotions. Their appearances on billboard ads, magazines, TV shows, et cetera make their worldwide handsome faces pretty hard to miss! Everyone and their pet robot in Lunatia can be found jamming to their songs, and every teenager on the street can tell you who their bias is and why.

 B  Be a part of *BTSB's Prismagram campaign and get a chance to win a physical copy of their album and backstage passes to their upcoming concert! Simply take a picture of you and your friends with official merchandise and post it on Prismagram with the hashtag #WeAreBTSB. Be careful, though: touching *BTSB merchandise tends to make people crush on the first face they see. The posts with the best pictures and stories will get their prizes in the mail on the 24th.

Why would a Moonblessed want to meet them, you ask? Community spirit! A sizable portion of the locals will start singing or dancing with you and your friends! “I want it another way. Tell me why? I never want to hear you say, I wish it wasn't that way. Don't be that way!” Play along and they’ll be willing to pardon your unpaid meal tab for one time or offer an incredible discount for one item you really wanted at the mall. The boys are also considered talented magic users in their own right. They might have some spells and magic tools to add to a Moonblessed's arsenal!

▶ What’s the Deal With This Pop Life?
Lunatia | top

Before you meet these foxy boys, you'll want to do your research on them. Thankfully, their ridiculously huge fanbase (who refer to themselves as NAVY) has already done the work for you.

Suzaku is the leader and the brains of the group. Both his witty, rapid-fire raps and lightning-fast spinning breakdances are known throughout the planet. He is also a newscaster and likes making informative but interesting Prismagram posts. His brother is also an idol, albeit a washed up one-hit wonder.

Kaya is the group's down-to-earth mom friend and soulful vocals. He is the most responsible of the boys and handles their meals and laundry. A former delinquent in his youth, he now spends his free time cooking for schoolchildren and advocating fox rights. He does not support fox pelt products and owns an animal shelter for strays.

Lecter is a dancer who oozes with sex appeal. If not in the studio, he is always hitting up the gym. Once a member of the Little Moonblessings Club in his childhood, he has grown out of his boy-next-door image. Currently, he is #2 on Prismal Magazine's Top 100 Sexiest Men Alive for his well-built frame and photogenic looks. Contrary to his cool appearance and reserved demeanor, he is surprisingly personable. He is also a prolific actor. He likes cats.

Tarn is the baby of the group who maintains a gaming channel. He often does spontaneous livestreams where he does Let’s Play sessions, live Q&As, and encourages people to make memes of his face. He jokes about playing more LmaO than going to practice but he’s got clear and strong vocals.

Rasha is a narcissistic man who can’t get enough of his fans and himself. When hanging around his fans, he tends to ask if they have a mirror to look at himself with. Don’t let his vanity fool you! He’s funny, incredibly easy to be with, and willing to treat people to drinks. He writes most of the lyrics for the group’s songs.

 C  Every hour, you will receive a text from the official *BTSB fanclub with a link to a poll. The texts will not stop unless you answer the poll. Please answer it ICly, as the answers will affect the event later this month!

Upon voting on the poll, you will be redirected to a video and text chatroom where you will be connected to a random stranger who has also answered the poll. Both you and the stranger will then need to answer the following questions:

1. Do you think the other person in this chatroom can be your fire? One of your many desires? Tell me why. Be honest.
   
2. Among the Moonblessed, who do you think is tasty? The tastiest?

Until both questions are answered truthfully, it will be impossible to switch apps, close the app, or delete it entirely.

▶ 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.

PRISMAGRAM CAMPAIGN - The mods will not will not be picking any winners for this contest OOCly. Feel free to assume your character/s won (or lost terribly).

PLAY ALONG - The gifts you can earn from playing along with the locals, as mentioned, includes free meals or drinks, a good discount for a high-end shirt, and so on. Feel free to come up with your own prizes OOCly this as long as it’s reasonable. You may not have won the lottery, but you could get a small token of appreciation!

NEW SPELLS AND MAGIC TOOLS - Details of these will be released in the next event!

POLL - Please answer the poll ICly, as the answers will affect the event later this month!

Comments

kamui ☂ gintama

[foeyay]

a;

[Anyone who happens to look up as they're passing through Level 2 this fine day might have to do a double take. That sure is a young man perched precariously on his very open window sill framed by caution yellow curtains. His long, salmon hair is loose and wild, flapping in the wind with reckless abandon, but that doesn't seem to have dampened his mood. He kicks his legs out into the open air with a smile far too serene for a newcomer airing out their apartment for the first time. And is he... whistling? He sure is.]

Yo! [He waves down at you, poor unsuspecting street-level passerby.] Do you have a hair tie? I lost mine on the way here.

[When he flung it at the dude sitting across from him because he wouldn't stop snoring. That's not important.]


b;

[In the outdoor seating area of a Mom & Pop style restaurant, a deep purple Chinese parasol has been tied to the back of one of the chairs. Taped to the parasol are several BTSB posters and dangling from the tip is a Kaya key chain. This enthusiastic but sloppy show of support might be explained by what is currently beneath said parasol.

Kamui, still dressed in his heavy martial arts garb with bandages wrapped around the length of his arms, is taking advantage of his free meal by absolutely gorging himself. The table before him is stacked as high as he is tall with empty plates, and as he stuffs yet another burger down his throat, the owner runs crying back to the safety of his kitchen.

Kamui licks his fingers, watching the man bolt with amusement.]

Just let me know if you want another picture, 'kay? [He sing-songs shamelessly.] I'll gladly eat here every day!


c;

[Kamui is no stranger to video calls, even if he is new to idol polls. He may have only answered out of boredom, but now that he's here, he's gotta admit he's a little curious. He's eyes the person on the other end, then the proffered questions.

Oh dear. How positively hideous.

He smiles at his new partner. Never has such a disarming expression been so alarming.]

Wow. This little game must really hate you. There's only one way for me to answer these questions, and no censor alive would let that pass on live TV.

c

[trustheart]

[Chris has no idea how she got roped into this. One moment she was simply walking along, and the next she's been suckered into this little poll and in a chat room with a local and this fox-faced person.

Upon hearing the questions, her face turns a deep shade of red and her teeth clench so hard you can see the muscles in her jaw tense.]

What the hell kind of questions are these?! [and to Kamui...] And why the hell are you being so blaise about all this?! What the hell?!

[foeyay]

[She's as red as a tomato and looks twice as squishy, no one he'd seek out if they hadn't been randomly assigned together. Still, her anger is kind of funny, so Kamui makes sure to remain as enragingly cool as ever.]

Hmm? It's a game, isn't it? If they asked easy questions, no one would have a reason to play.

[trustheart]

Game?! In what universe is this a game, huh?! It's a poll, one that asks weirdly personal questions!

[She's fuming now.]

I haven't even been here long enough to meet many other Moonblessed!

[foeyay]

It's a game. [He chuckles lightly.] And you're letting it play you. Which means I can answer the first question now.

I haven't tasted anybody yet though. I wonder if that's normal on this planet.

[trustheart]

... Letting it play me...

[Okay. That's something worth considering. Biting her lip, she mulls over it for a moment, before answering uncertainly...]

Y-Yeah, uh. I haven't tasted anyone either. Everyone looks kinda gamey, honestly...?

[foeyay]

[Oh. She's starting to calm down. Boo. Kamui leans back a little.]

I'm not a picky eater, but you do look like you'd taste stringy. I'm used to eating from a much larger menu. Seen anyone around with some real muscle on their bones?

[trustheart]

... Stringy?!

[Why does she take offense to that.]

Hmmph, if I did, why would I tell you? You're not a very good predator if you tell the other meat-eaters where to find the good prey!

[What is she even doing anymore?]

[foeyay]

Oh? You don't look like much of a carnivore, but then I know another noisy, little bunny who has quite the appetite herself.

[His brilliant blue eyes narrow as his smile widens. She's being entertaining, that's what.]

How about me then? [He points to his own face.] Would you eat me?

this thread is great thank you so much

[trustheart]

Bunny?!

[Oh, now she's snarling. Of course, she should expect it, what with the way her her braids and pigtails look.]

As if I'd eat a fox-faced jerk like you!

haha, i'm so glad! he's a menace, but she's been adorable so far

[foeyay]

Oh? Too bad. [Not that he looks even remotely put out.] That would've been exciting to see. A bunny eating a fox!

I love getting her in full rage mode

[trustheart]

I don't know about devouring, but this "bunny" is definitely gonna kick a "fox's" ass...!

b

[firstsaderesponder]

[Sougo had just finished up eating at a nearby food stand, and he was taking a walk to let the shioyaki digest when...he sees that purple umbrella, that bright orange hair, and a multitude of empty plates. He does the biggest double take. He was right with Gintoki after all: he beat the China girl here.

However, how could this be Kagura when this person is clearly a dude? Kagura is already flat anyways, but she wore her hair in buns. And Sougo was sure she is smaller than this person. Still...the boy band posters all over the poster? How could this not be her? Well. Weirder things have happened in their canon.

Sougo approaches "Kagura" casually, in his usual devil-may-care, trollish fashion.]

Oi. China, did you get genderbent coming here or something?

[He knew there was a genderbend arc coming up ahead in his series eventually, even if he hasn't personally experienced it yet.]

[foeyay]

[China is most definitely not Kamui's name. Now, he's gone through a hell of a lot to keep this name of his, and he's grown rather fond of it. So when that gratingly familiar voice calls out to him with the wrong name, he doesn't even bother to look up from his meal before throwing one of the porcelain plates over his shoulder right at the guy's head.

Only after this lovely greeting does Kamui turn around, all smiles and killing intent.]

I'll bend your gender until it breaks off. How 'bout that, Mr. Policeman?

[firstsaderesponder]

[Huh. Maybe this isn't Kagura after all. Her temper is more explosive and she calls him a chihuahua. Sougo deftly angles his head to dodge the plate flying right at him. It smashes behind him and Sougo doesn't even flinch. This could be interesting still. Another one like her, perhaps.]

Guess you're not the one I know. You fooled me, with all that. [Points to Kamui's umbrella, plastered with BTSB merch.]

Still, what an interesting challenge. I'd like to see you try.

[foeyay]

[His gaze flits toward the parasol before darting back to Okita, and his eyes quickly grow dark.]

Hmmmm? Are you saying you mistook me for my dear little sister? [He drawls in a fatal lilt.] You want to die that much?

[He sure is pushing his chair back so that he can stand up. When he yanks the parasol out of its bindings, the poor Kaya keychain clatters helplessly against it.]

Should I aim for your head instead of your dick?

[firstsaderesponder]

Huh. I didn't know China girl had an older brother. It's no wonder she didn't want me to know about you.

[He idly scratches the back of his head with his left hand, keeping his right arm ready beside him. He knows he's going to need to draw his sword soon.]

You'd be more effective if you went for my head. But you were thinking of my dick all along, huh? Good thing I'm not the type of guy who wants to have dinner first.

[Sougo doesn't even know Kamui from his canonpoint yet, but he still ends up falling in the same routine of borderline flirting. Well, more like Vegeta vs. Piccolo as Kagura puts it.]

[foeyay]

[Fighting this guy now when he's made it clear that he doesn't even remember their promise of a revenge rematch leaves a bad taste in Kamui's mouth. Thinking about this guy's dick, however? Much, much worse taste. His eyes slip shut as he takes a second to even out his breathing.]

Oh? Perfect. Then let's skip straight to the show.

[It's a good thing Kamui's table manners had cleared out the restaurant earlier. Now, it's just him and Sougo in the quaint seating area. He taps his parasol against his shoulder. Then, he reopens his eyes. In an instant, the pressure of the surrounding area intensifies, heavy with bloodlust. Kamui kicks off the cement and throws a punch right at the center of Sougo's smug face.

Just like he said he would.]

[firstsaderesponder]

[Of course he doesn't remember, but doesn't he have the same insufferable energy? If Kamui is getting serious, Sougo will get serious as well, his battle face ready, his stance coiled and ready to strike.

Sougo is able to quickly dodge the punch, but just barely. This isn't the punches that Kagura throws at him; this is the true strength of the Yato. Luckily, he had drawn his sword in the nick of time and sprinted forward. He had hoped to slice through part of Kamui's gut. The force of that attempted punch still feels like a gale at his side.]

[foeyay]

[Sougo's right to dodge. This isn't a punch like Kagura's at all. It's not meant to send Sougo flying off screen to a hearty round of pre-recorded laughter. It's meant to crush his skull into bone meal.

This wouldn't be a fight otherwise. Not for him, and not for Sougo either.

Kamui is used to fighting against samurai swords by now, and a tingle of excitement sparks through his spine before he blocks Sougo's slice with his parasol, now closed. One of the band posters is cleaved in half, severing the foxy singers' torsos from their legs. Kamui just giggles, demented and high-pitched. He grabs the parasol's gun barrel with his free hand so that he's holding the weapon at both ends, then shoves it forward, fully intending to bash Sougo with the back of his own blade.]

[firstsaderesponder]

[A fight isn't a fight if it doesn't have a little danger involved. Congrats, you're his ~first time~ on Lunatia. His first actual fight since being taken to this faraway planet. The slice-of-life pranks are still fun to him, of course. But it takes some adrenaline to give Sougo a thrill like no other. Even with the silliness of his series, Sougo knows that with his job, he can die at any time. So far, this is the only time he's felt anything similar here.

He tried to be fast, but that block was faster. The shove is sudden, but Sougo takes a quick step back to re-stabilize himself. At the same time, he pushes his strength into the direction of his sword. He hears the sound of metal slicing metal as the katana's blade begins to dent through the umbrella.]

Hey, your foxy pretty boys are topless now.

[Sougo somehow has the time to make stupid witty quips even when exerting himself in a fight. That's just what anime characters do.]

[foeyay]

[His parasol makes an ungodly screeching sound as the material creaks out of shape. His eyes narrow as he quickly surveys the damage. Normally, he wouldn't give a shit. He's not one to let faulty equipment keep him from going all out. These aren't normal circumstances, however. Abuto isn't here to hand him a new parasol if this one breaks. How lame.

The next time he sees Abuto, he'll have to kick the guy in the balls once.]

You're next!

[With that significantly less witty comeback, Kamui abandons his forward shove. Instad, he twirls, swiping his weapon to the side to release it from Sougo's sword just before his foot comes flying for Sougo's chest, completing his majestic balarina spin.]

[firstsaderesponder]

[Sougo was on the defensive, but the Kiku-Ichimonji RX-78 can damage that Yato umbrella after all. Something to keep in mind. It is a possibility that this sword could get broken in the battle, so there better be a good blacksmith on Lunatia.

As soon as he felt the force of the umbrella reverse, Sougo had started an attempt to jump backwards. He had already anticipated another attack; when your opponent draws back, then they may be planning to strike from a different angle. But once again, Kamui's strength is outstanding. A kick from Kagura broke his leg one time, and she was holding back her true power.

As he dodged, Sougo had managed to angle himself closer to the tables and chairs. And the stacks of porcelain plates at the table where Kamui once sat, which was behind him now. Quickly, he kicks the nearest chair in Kamui's direction. Kamui was unlikely to spin all the way to leave himself open, and the chair was unlikely to make him hurt. But it can serve as a distraction.]

C!

[tsukky]

[ Tsukuyo had literally chosen completely random answers to this poll, purely in an attempt to get the extremely irritating text messages to stop once and for all. She is definitely not expecting to be re-directed to a chat room, least of all with the individual she now sees on the other end of this.

It's been a good long while and they've not even exchanged direct words before in her memory but she definitely recognises him.

also, what the hell are these questions? She'll answer one of them, sort of. ]

Desire to stab him right between the eyes maybe.

[foeyay]

[Luckily (unluckily?) for Tsukuyo, Kamui doesn't recognize her the way she recognizes him. It really has been a long while, and Kamui has never been keen on nostalgia. Wait until she takes out a kunai. It'll all come rushing back to him then.

In the meantime, all she gets is the same old "come at me" grin as Kamui cocks his head in mock innocence.]

How bold! Is this what they call a cougar?