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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

[anemoneae]

[ He hasn't knifed him yet, so that's probably a good sign? Shogo lets him in, holding the door open. ]

Don't start.

[ At the very least it hasn't been long enough for Shogo to make a mess of the place, though he really is trying not to fall on bad habits and leave trash around. It's a decent-sized 1-bedroom with a living room, TV, a couch, kitchen and everything. Thank god for Mobius in a way, at least it gave him a few forced years of acting like a normal person.

He has already bought a few beers, but don't judge him. They were so hard to get in Mobius. ]

You wanted to talk or something?

[epimedium]

We should stick together, don't you think? We both know that we're cool.

[ eiji is....definitely a sane and good person to be around. ]

[anemoneae]

I dunno that I'd say "cool," but okay.

[ Shogo takes a breath, considering it. Maybe he should have answered the door with a beer in his hand, at least that way he could take a sip and make for a less awkward pause.

The facts are simple. Shogo doesn't like Eiji. He's sketchy. He's done things that are bad (definitely to that one Musician Girl,) he's self-absorbed and he's a liar. He's a CEO? Supposedly? And he, like Shogo, is older than he looks. And the fact is they both know about Mobius, and no one else in this place does, and it saves Shogo a lot of trouble to not have to explain things if he's with someone who already knows about this whole "being stuck in a fake world" bullshit. ]

Yeah, alright. It makes sense. [ Eiji is VERY BAD and Shogo doesn't know the half of it, but... their interests align, in this case. ] But if you stab me in the back, [ Metaphorically. He doesn't think Eiji would do it literally, the idiot, ] you're on your own.

[epimedium]

[ Wow, and here he was with a whole list of reasons on the ready. Shogo is so easy. It makes him happier than a cat with a canary. How nice for him. ]

Why would I stab you in the back? Please, we're all that each other has, here.

[anemoneae]

[ Once the President lets you join the club, it gets a lot harder to kick you out, Eiji. ]

Just covering my bases.

[ He shrugs. The thought of them being "all they have" is... well, it's unfortunate, but Eiji isn't wrong. ]

I don't exactly trust you, but I'll take you over some stranger.

[ Better the devil you know, etc. ]

[epimedium]

[ in this instance, the devil you know may not actually be preferable. ]

There's no reason that you shouldn't trust me.

[ excepting, of course, every reason. ]

What do you think of all of, this, though? Did Mu just short circuit or something?

[anemoneae]

[ If only he knew... Shogo is a minute away from calling out Eiji for the thing with Kuchinashi, but on second thought, that's not really a conversation he wants to have. The less is spoken about Eiji's obvious psychological trauma (and the trauma he inflicted on some girl...) the better. ]

Call it a gut instinct, if you want.

[ You know, considering who Shogo dated, he really should never ever trust his so-called "gut instinct." But at least Eiji is actually talking some sense, which Shogo is more than happy to discuss. ]

Could be, but this doesn't seem... music-based like all her other things. Maybe we ended up on some other server?

[ The R18 server? ]

[epimedium]

Not music-based? Did you forget the part where we were picking our favorites out of some pointless boyband?

[ it checks all the boxes, but, yeah, also R18 for sure. ]

[anemoneae]

I mean, yeah, that part is definitely music-based, but they have like a real government and stuff... Unless it turns out these musicians are in charge.

[ Which, yeah, wouldn't be all that surprising. ]

I'd guess some new AI is behind this one. Though you and I are still stuck looking like we did in Mobius, it doesn't seem like anyone else is.

[ Which sucks..... ]

[epimedium]

There do seem to be a greater number of adults.

[ They could just be NPCs, though, so like, he's not counting it as a win just yet. Especially because, yeah, he hates that they're still in these bodies?? And with their school uniforms and everything ]

We were so close to getting out, too. Is this some last-ditch attempt to keep us from getting home?

[anemoneae]

Considering this place is pretty much R18, I'm surprised we're still stuck like this.

[ I guess they technically hit the age limit, just barely. Why keep the uniforms though? This might be somebody's kink but it's definitely not Shogo's. ]

Maybe some kind of failsafe kicked in. I know Aria said Mu was the only one running the place, but this is a lot bigger than Miyabi ever was. They would've needed way longer to program all this.

[ Probably? It's not like he's great with computers. ]

[epimedium]

As if any of it made sense the way it was already.

[ please.... ]

[anemoneae]

[ Ah........ is he overthinking this? Dammit, Eiji. ]

I'd like it to at least make a little sense! Otherwise why did only you and me end up here?

[epimedium]

Hm, maybe it split us all up since the power of friendship was working out so well for us.

[anemoneae]

[ Shogo scoffs. The worst thing is, Eiji isn't even wrong....... but that's a gross thought, no thanks. ]

Not like it matters now that we're stuck here. Really doubt the "power of friendship" is going to help in a place where people touch each other to make money.

[epimedium]

Maybe that just takes a different kind of friendship~.

[ Ha ha ha, he's so funny. ]

[anemoneae]

That's about the last kind of "friendship" I'm interested in having with you.

[ He is going to eat these words. Very soon. ]

[epimedium]

Don't be so mean, Satake-kun! You can't do better than me.

[ is t hat meant as a knock against shogo or saying that he's amazing ]

[anemoneae]

[ Ouch. That stings. Shogo's dated!! ...Once. We all know how that ended.

Worst of all, that means Eiji isn't wrong. And at least they're both adults, as opposed to the rest of the Go-Home Club. But still, why does he have to keep doing that? ("That" being, "Being right all the time.") ]

I'm not interested.

[epimedium]

[ eiji will remember this. ]

Suit yourself.

[anemoneae]

[ Shogo will regret this. ]

I still said I'd help you. I'm just not interested in having... sex with you.

[ He can barely say it. He's definitely going to regret this. ]

[epimedium]

I don't need your "help," sticking together is just what it sounds like.

[ and shogo is gross, anyway!! he wouldn't want to have sex with him. ]

[anemoneae]

[ Right, the same goes for Eiji! He's gross! And annoying! And obsessed with being perfect. ]

Okay, good. Let's try and keep it that way, Biwasaka.

[ He's gonna eat his words so bad. ]