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This Must Be...

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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

[arf]

[ Well, the offer of chocolate throws him off from what he's worrying about. Unfortunately, it means Weiss is going to miss an explanation about anime unless she brings it up again. ]

Ch-Chocolate from a girl!?

[ AMAZING... Ah, maybe he should introduce himself. ]

Thank you! Yes! Oh-- I'm Taichi Nanao!

[schmisse]

[ Wow! Weiss immediately takes a step back. ]

Don't get the wrong idea. Chocolate is the only snack I have with me right now.

[ It's for energy, okay? And she's a little hesitant to give her name now, but she will at least give her first name. ]

My name is Weiss.

[arf]

Oh-- don't worry, I wouldn't assume! Hehe, unless..?

[ He shakes his head and gives her a grin. ]

I'll accept! It's nice to meet you, Weiss-chan!

[schmisse]

[ She takes out a small bag from her purse. It's a handful of raisinets. That's still chocolate! ]

Here. It's usually for when I need some energy, but this might make you feel like you don't need to go to the hospital anymore.

[arf]

[ At least there's proof that Taichi isn't actually a dog, since eating these raisinets is possible. He pops some in his mouth once he takes them from Weiss, completely trusting even though he just literally took candy from a stranger. ]

These are pretty good.

[ He sounds impressed. He'll have to pay her back sometime. She's pretty cool. ]

[schmisse]

Of course they are! Those are dark chocolates!

[ AKA better than milk chocolates! Weiss isn't so much as insulted, but she does want to make it known that he's eating delicious stuff and not just candy you get off the streets. ]

[arf]

I read an article those are way better for you! They've got anti... [ He's trying to say this in English, but everything is auto-translated so it's probably going to sound like he forgot how to talk for a second. ] Anti..oxi..dants?

[ The raisins make it sweeter so he likes it, if it were just plain dark chocolate he'd probably be having a different response.. ]

[schmisse]

Antioxidants.

[ He already said it, but she says it again to confirm that it's an actual word... ]

So? How do you feel?

[arf]

[ Yes! Those. He perks up a little like a puppy who just got praised for doing a trick right. ]

Ahh.. well, a little shaky still? I still don't know if I believe all of this.

[schmisse]

[ She's not going to smack him until he believes it, but she won't coddle him, either. ]

I think a lot of us don't. But you're going to stop playing "in denial" and start moving unless you want to survive in this place.

[arf]

I've never been on my own before even on my own planet.

[ His parents aren't taking care of him, Izumi and Sakyo and Matsukawa and Omi aren't here taking care of him... The reality is, in less than a week's time he will be standing in a grocery store having a crisis over what the difference between laundry softener liquid versus fabric sheets is. He's not ready for that, let alone dealing with aliens and moonlacing and animal parts and- ]

When I grow dog ears, am I still going to keep my regular ears and have four ears?

[ He knows he's going to grow dog ears. It's.. it's just what's going to happen. Somehow he can't see it happening any other way. Taichi already knows his place in society. ]

[schmisse]

Oh... Well, I was the same until more people from my world arrived here. And—

[ That's. . . a very good question. Sometimes, when Cloud grows wolf ears, his own pair disappears. Sometimes, they're there, too... Weiss has only grown a pair of snow leopard ears once, and she still had her human ears. ]

I think it depends. I've had four ears once. It was weird. I could hear everything. [ There is one thing, though— ] You know what your moon is already?

[arf]

Hehehehehe, it's a guess.. my friends compare me to a dog a lot.

[ He gets called one... a lot... Puppy. Dog. Dumb dog...... The last one is less common but Yuki is rude to everyone. He doesn't mean it! ]

I can't see ending up anything else!

[schmisse]

Keep saying that, and you're actually turn into the opposite— a cat.

[ You're jinxing yourself, Taichi! ]

[arf]

That's fine too!

[ As long as no one tries to give him away or abandon him. ]

[schmisse]

And what if you turn into a rat?

[ Not that people turn into rats here... just other rodents. ]

[arf]

Then I'll go viral as Lunatia's pizza rat!

[ He'll be so popular!! 'u' ]

[schmisse]

So... if you're somehow fine with all these transformations, why were you freaking out earlier?

[ Just. Let her try and piece this puzzle together, ok??? ]

[arf]

That hasn't happened yet, I'll be traumatized about it later. I'm still processing animal-people and being jobless and homeless and having to start over on another planet, and M-Moonlacing.

[ He can only process so much at a time, Weiss, he doesn't have a big brain. He's dressed up like an animal before, that part's probably fine. ]

[schmisse]

[ Oh great, now they're back to square one... ]

Well, process faster, or you're just going to end up panicking your entire stay here!

[arf]

Y-Yes!

[ Don't yell at him! ;o; Though it's a familiar feeling, really, and he straightens right up. ]

Panicking over! [ ssu! He's an obedient dog ok he responds to being yelled at......... ]

[schmisse]

Okay. Now try and get your act together! You're in an alien planet, but you're given resources. What's the first thing you do?

[ She's going to get this guy to get an apartment and some food for himself if it's the last thing she does... ]

[arf]

[ ........... ]

Eat? I can't think on an empty stomach.

[schmisse]

[ She already gave him some chocolate??? ]

How are you going to eat if you don't have money to spend?

[arf]

[ Taichi eats to make himself feel better. :( He'll work it off later. ]

Then I need to.. get money to eat?

[ By moon... Ah, he can't really ask that of Weiss right?? She already said not to get the wrong idea! He's Respectful!! Holding hands with someone is a privilege, not something he can expect when he's already been pre-rejected! (;_;) ]