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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.

▶ My Anaconda Don’t-
Inari Highway, Amegahara | top

As promised by Lord Bairen, the leader of Amegahara, the route between the cities of Amegahara and Lunatia has been completed. The Inari Highway will improve both travel time and security, letting the Moon Knights deal with any potential threats in a more efficient manner. With the Oracles of the Sinless having cropped up a second time last month, the timing of its completion couldn’t have been more perfect.

Shortly after the Inari Highway’s opening, the Moonblessed are invited to come. Using the highway, attending Moonblessed can quickly and securely traverse the Nothing to personally witness the impact of their Chroma through their stay so far on Prismatica.

Upon entering the glass tunnels of Inari Highway, the glass first displays images of the Nothing before the Moonblessed’s arrival. It was entirely bereft of any life, and only gigantic monsters roamed the barren land. Then the images on the glass walls vanish to reveal the sudden miraculous growth of plant life, astonishing the entire planet.

Scientists at Amegahara have been hard at work testing the Nothing’s capacity to support life. They have determined that a constant and heavy flow of Chroma is required to maintain the baby ecosystem in the Nothing. Otherwise, the existing plant and animal life will die before reaching full growth. The Moonblessed are encouraged to support this endeavor.

B At the greenhouses across Inari Highway, you will find multiple rows of wildflower sprouts and small trees planted near solar panels. In order to help them grow quicker, veteran Moonblessed already know what to do. And if they don’t, Prismals have stitched together some floral “Get Along” t-shirts for this very purpose. These shirts can fit up to two people inside them, making moonlacing practically unavoidable. Everyone will be rewarded trying these out, as the shirts have a built-in feature that amplifies the release of Chroma.

Other activities that can be performed to aid the plants include measuring chemical quantities in the soil, trimming dying leaves and petals, pulling weeds, chasing away bugs, and watering the plants using the Anaconda 5000.

The Anaconda 5000 was created with the same state-of-the-art technology as everyone’s favorite Raging Hydra 5000. This thick and heavy talking snakehead device requires a little love and tenderness to get it started. It will not be shy in giving instructions. The user must vigorously caress its sides to make it spew water. The more firm and powerful the touch, the more water it will release everywhere. However, should you and your friends go overboard with your ministrations, the Anaconda 5000 will promptly explode and set off sprinklers, drenching everyone in the greenhouse, which is bad news for them unless they want a wet t-shirt party.

▶ Beez in the Trap
Amegahara and Lunatia | top

With all the new flowers blooming at the edge of the Nothing, pollen is in the air, attracting a rare type of insect known as the Viscosus Bee. Huge honeycombs will start appearing around both Amegahara and Lunatia, their size and numbers growing rapidly by the hour. The cities will be abuzz about these bees — literally!

A public advisory by the Lunar Scientiae appears: please exercise extreme caution when walking by open spaces, especially around parks, farms, gardens, and anywhere else that has flowers. Better check that nice bouquet of yours before giving it to someone. Chances are that you’ll meet the bees right in their trap!

C Lots of bees means lots of honey. Giant globules of the sticky stuff drip and fall on innocent bystanders, practically gluing them together. Unbeknownst to many, the Viscosus Bee is known for producing the stickiest kind of honey across the galaxy. It will take more than nail polish remover to pry yourselves off each other! Thankfully, there is a special type of lubricant that can help those who are trapped — one that local news stations will tell you repeatedly to stock up on. Local pleasure emporiums will be selling this “Slippery When Wet” brand of lubricant at an affordable price. What you lose in dignity purchasing it, you gain in helping yourself and maybe a new friend.

▶ Flower Power
Amegahara and Lunatia | top

As the weeks pass, you may notice some strange gradient discoloration on the tips of your fingers, and your veins (or wires) have gradually turned green. It’s certainly a peculiar affliction. Even stranger, a light touch like simply brushing against another’s shoulder will discolor parts of their body as well.

All becomes clear when three moons finally appear: everyone affected will not transform according to their usual Moonblessing. Instead, you find vines and leaves growing along your body. Flowers sprout from open cuts, between your lips, out of your eyes, through any available orifice on your body, or in place of certain limbs. You are not too different from a walking plant.

D Your emotions towards others will also cause certain flowers to spontaneously burst out of you as soon as you exchange words with them. What do these flowers mean? Well, if you ask the Amegaharans nicely, they may give you a few guides to let you know, or you can check your local library.

Otherwise, you will be left to try and guess on your own as your body slowly germinates itself in front of others. This effect will naturally wear off once the three moons disappear.

Scientists at Amegahara will later postulate that the phenomenon originated from some of the intense cross-breeding of the plants in their greenhouses, which had released unconventional spores that had attached themselves to the Moonblessed and spread about.

However, they will assure you it’s nothing to be alarmed about. Just another hiccup in the name of science! The effects will be completely gone soon.

▶ Questions

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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.

DO I HAVE TO PARTICIPATE? ▶ As always, all content is optional. You do not have to be affected by any of the prompts if you wish to opt out.

AMEGAHARA ▶ With the opening of Inari Highway, the city may now be permanently accessed. You may travel freely between Lunatia and Amegahara anytime. Refer to this announcement for more details.

FLOWER POWER ▶ As always, the severity of effect is up to you. You may choose to have minor effects and only have one flower grow on any desired body part.

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[A. House Hunting]

[It’s easy to just accept he’s finally gone and died and this is some weird afterlife. It’s better than believing the alternative of being on an actual entirely different planet or world. That’d just be crazy.

He’s adapting pretty quickly to all of this anyhow, rolling with it easily enough as he pokes and prods at all the futuristic tech to see what it’ll do. Thy tell him to pick an apartment and place to live, so... Don’t mind the would-be samurai meandering into your home like he owns the place, sucking on a lollipop he got from ?? Somewhere?? And looking around]

Huh. Yeah, this’ll do. [That apparently decided, he wonders to the kitchen to immediately search for anything that looks—or smells—like it might be sweet.]

[B. Anaconda]

[The shirt is probably the funniest thing Souji’s seen in his life. Yes, hello he’ll take 12 of them please just to throw on random people. They don’t give him 12, but he takes one and slips it on, immediately on the prowl for someone to use it on.

Which is where the unfortunate unsuspecting victim comes into play here. You might find yourself with a shirt thrown over your head and forcibly wrangled into the thing, Souji’s laughter bright]

You want to help, don’t you? [He widens his eyes to look innocent, but it’s ruined by the smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.] It’s not my fault, I’m just following instructions! Don’t fight so much, okay? I’m delicate.

[C. A Sticky Situation]

[It’s all fun and games until giant globs of honey start falling from the trees, ruining everyone’s day. Souji isn’t really the big damn heroes type, but even he has flexes that sometimes kick in before he can think about it.

Which is why he’s probably grabbing some poor person by the hand to try and grab them out of the way of some falling honey. IT...sort of works? Except the glob hits their clasped hands to cover it within moments.

Souji stares down at the honey-trap, unimpressed and unamused. He heaves a sigh and waves his free hand] Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it. What a pain...

[And without any preamble he lifts their joined hands to... lick the honey around the person’s fingers. It’s hardened already to apparently not immediately stick his mouth to anyone’s hand, which is fine, but this is still a stranger licking your fingers like a weirdo. So. You know. Have fun with that one.]

[D. Wildcard!]

[Obligatory wildcard, u know.]

[Unfortunately, Kashuu just so happens to love walking around in parks and open spaces. When he doesn't feel like shopping (gasp), he might want the peace and serenity (?) nature provides. It's all fun and games until he suddenly find himself literally stuck by the hand to someone else.

The person Souji just saved (?) is a young, fashionable swordsman in black and red. The sheathed sword by his waist may or may not look familiar to Souji Okita... His feline ears twitches in surprise, as he looks at Souji in surprise.

Wait, is this guy wearing the Shinsengumi's blues...?]

What the-?! Ugh!

[His beautiful hands are covered in sticky honey. God knows how his carefully painted nail polish might be affected by honey like this?! Does he have to look up "how to protect nail polish from honey" in the future?!

And this guy is licking the hardened honey?]

What do you mean you'll take care of it? You'll just lick this whole thing off?

[... To be fair, Kashuu would probably do the same if he's with the other Shinsengumi swords.]

[Souji pauses with his tongue halfway out of his mouth, one eyebrow raised. He looks from Kashuu to their joined hands and the honey, then back up.]

...Yeah? Do you have a better idea? This’ll work, won’t it? I might even share if you ask nicely.

[GIve him a minute more to actually notice the sword, there’s an even more pressing matter to deal with here: Souji getting his candy fix.]

[Does he have a better idea? Nothing much beside what he hopes are common sense.]

Like maybe we just wash it off with warm water and soap?

[If he can access his communication device, he'd be able to look up and see the news about lubricant. But alas, his hand is literally stuck.]

Aaaah!

[One moment he was walking happily looking at pretty flowers, and the next someone just... grabs him? He almost trips on his sandals bu the blob of honey lands in front of him... well, one of them.

Souji turns around to look at their glued hands, and cocks his head to the side when the other man starts licking.]

Is it sweet? I want to try it too!

[And so he does. And now they're both licking at their hands.]

((OOC: Souji is wearing his white kimono, like that it won't be too obvious right away.))

[Well at least he’s getting into it too? And not freaking out, which is better than Okita could’ve hoped for. Still, somehow, no matter how much he licks, the honey doesn’t seem to be dissipating much.]

...You know, as much as I’d normally like a sweet that doesn’t seem to end, having to share it like this is kind of a pain.

[He eyes their hands with an unimpressed look.]

Hmmm, that's true...

[That is indeed a drawback. Souji pulls on his hand a little, which of course does nothing.]

I can't even pull my sword like this...

[Well, he's not even carrying his sword, but it's the principle of the thing!]

And it'd be hard to play hide and seek.

[The kitchen is currently occupied.

A petite Japanese woman in an orange kimono, apron, and kerchief is bustling around carrying out dinner preparation. She's singing nonsense songs to herself in a thick Kansai accent as she makes food for what appears to be a small army. Or maybe she's just making plenty so she'll have leftovers for days? At rate, the rather large hotpot she's making smells delicious.

At first, it seems like she doesn't even seem aware that someone's even there until suddenly she spins on her heel, hand moving in a swift blur as she grabs a paring knife off the counter and throws it at the intruder. Her other hand grabs for a butcher knife, feet sliding into a combat stance.

Her eyes narrow at the unfamiliar man before her but she makes no further move to attack.]

Who are you?

[Her tone is sharp, cold, and emotionless, an abrupt departure from the cheerfulness it'd held moments before.]

Edited 2020-05-10 09:04 (UTC)

[You know, this is one of those things he probably should be concerned about? The knife tossed at him barely misses, but instead of looking angry, he just looks impressed and amused, one arm draping casually over the hilt of his sword as he looks from the knife now firmly embedded in the wall to the butcher knife in her hands]

Pretty good aim for a girl. [But well, even Chizuru could hold her own okay, and it wasn’t like Princess Sen couldn’t probably kick all their asses six ways from Sunday but, you know. He tilts his head at the question and stifles a yawn with one hand, waving a hand casually at the question]

YOu’re the one threatening me, doesn’t that seem a bit rude? [You’re the one who WALKED INTO HER HOUSE...] They told me I could take any apartment and the door wasn’t locked, how was I supposed to know it was occupied?

If this is how you greet people, no wonder you don’t have any guests here...

( and souji finds himself... trapped with this man inside a garment that squeezes them together despite the big size he just doesn't bother and still it's too cheeky even for a teaser like him. what's left of his personal space? sob. be careful with his two swords down there on his left side. )

Y--Yes, of course! ( alas, why not? ) ... I wasn't going to. ( see that? that's a pout for you. )

Huh...That’s a bit easier than I thought it’d be.

[Okita falls quiet for a few seconds, considering. The swords at the other’s side aren’t surprising, but he also can’t see them very well since they’re kinda pressed together and the shirt is covering things. Still, swords means fighting ability, right?

He’s quiet for an entire, miraculous, 10 seconds before he starts on his bullshit again]

It’s kinda boring though. Are you sure you don’t want to fight, just a little?

[You know, as a treat?]

Did you expect that I would grumble about it? There's a benefit from it.

( they do! despite his young, carefree and dumb-looking face, those swords aren't for show. he's taken aback by that silence until... that offer makes him laugh amusingly. )

And how would we do that? Inside this. ( like... a tickle fight? )

[So here's the thing: when you spend half of your life acting like a bumbling fool so that people assume you're harmless it means letting certain embarrassing and oftentimes uncomfortable things happen to you that you could easily avoid.]

[In today's case, that meant pretending to be oblivious as he was approached from behind before having one of those ridiculous shirts thrown over his head...]

O-ORO!?!? [The flailing accompanying the muffled exclamation is definitely real though, and after a few moments his head pops out of the double neckline as he pulls it down, half strangled with the way it was stretching up to the taller party] What--what--!? Shouldn't you ask someone before attacking them with a shirt!?!

[Souji laughs outright, not even bothering to try and hide his mirth at the distress.] Do you want to sit? Might make it a bit easier.

[For Kenshin, he means, and the snickers don’t subside though he gives a casual, dismissive hand wave with his free hand.]

Hmm, didn’t I ask? I must’ve forgotten in my euphoria of wanting to help.

[He raises his eyebrows in an innocent expression] Don’t you want to help the nice civilian people types too?

[Gosh Kenshin what are you some kind of NOT HELPFUL PERSON, think of the children! Or the plants, or whatever. Souji doesn’t really care.]

[ he stares at him in confusion until he realizes that the man is serious in licking the honey off of his gloves, and vidar wonders why in the world is this happening to him. he hasn’t even been here for that long. prior to being here, with cockpits being what they are, and the hangar being what it is, where his hands have been before aren’t exactly sanitary to begin with.

at least the mask prevents him from seeing his confusion and disgust on the matter.

when he speaks, his voice drones with a robotic, metallic tone. ]

If your mouth gets attached to our hands, that’d be another problem.

Surely there are other solutions.

[Souji pauses with his tongue out his mouth, halfway to licking at it. He looks at the honey with a contemplative look; the idea of getting his mouth stuck to it hadn’t quite occurred to him and with clear reluctance he pulls back, mouth twisting in a pout that doesn’t belong on the face of a full-grown man.

Derailed from his mission, he studies the other man’s....face. Face?? He squints.]

...Are you one of those robot things? Like the ones picking up trash and stuff around here?

[Are you a Super Advanced Roomba or something? He’s been here just long enough to look at robots and just be like ‘sure okay guess THAT’S a thing happening now.’]

.... My parents raised me with good manners, if that’s what you’re wondering.

[ more and more he’s starting to wonder whether he can dispose of the mask entirely. he’s starting to consider it, but then again, there are practical uses in keeping it on. ]

(Is this what it takes for the Shinsengumi to finally catch him? It's only taken a couple of centuries and some inter-dimensional traveling but "better late than never" said no self-respecting Tosan ever. Luckily(?) for them, Mutsunokami sure hasn't noticed that the person trying to get cozy with him is one of the worst people in the world but that doesn't stop him from reacting.

He's naturally a little flighty and doesn't really handle being wrangled too well. This is pretty forward by western and modern standards!)

The heck-- (First of all, that laughter gave him chills. Chills! And he can't really explain why. Second of all, this guy?? Probably has the second most punchable face he's ever seen, second only to Izuminokami Kanesada.) Yeah right! Delicate folks don't just go around swaddling strangers.

(He's not getting into this shirt easily but Okita's at least managed to get Mutsunokami's head through the shirt. Ugh.)

Quit manhandling me, will ya?!

[Souji looks utterly delighted the more Mutsu struggles, his grin broad and looking not in the slightest bit apologetic despite his tone.]

Hey, I’m just doing what I was asked! What, you don’t want to help these poor Gardner guys? Sheesh, how heartless!

[He ‘tsk’s and shakes his head as if disappointed.] Ungrateful, too! [As he speaks he’s definitely trying to reach around Mutsu to try and get his arm through one of the arm holes too.]

What're ya talking about?!

(Knock that grin off your face before he knocks it off for you, Souji. He's wiggling around, definitely making this as difficult as possible but as soon as Souji grabs his arm? His fight instinct kicks in and look, he's not exactly a violent spirit and he'd always try to find a peaceful resolution if possible but right now? He

Heaadbutts Souji

when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object... when two hard heads collide... )

[ Only someone snatches the lollipop right out of his hand, Xue Yang sticking it into his own mouth without the slightest hesitation. He grins, talking around the candy in his mouth. ]

What, you like it here? I'll make sure Lianfang-zun hears your compliments, but you're lucky I'm the only one home right now.

[ For some measure of the word 'luck', at any rate. ]

[Walking into Sougo's apartment, anyone from the 21st century may think it looks like a generic, modern apartment. All the basic things one could need, not a lot of bells and whistles, but comfy. However, it may look differently for a 19th century samurai. Since Sougo is a bachelor who lives alone, the food that he's saved is scattered all throughout the kitchen: some packages of instant miso and instant ramen on the table, a couple of bags of potato chips on the counter, and three different varieties of hot sauce next to the refrigerator. If Souji looks inside the refrigerator, there will be some juice and sandwiches in there.

But the piece de resistance is a container with a row of leftover hanami dango, right next to the hot sauce.

On this particular afternoon, Sougo was taking a nap like he usually does, wearing his trusty red sleeping mask. Wearing his kimono for comfort, he's laid out on the couch and hugging his sword as he sleeps. He's breathing slowly, peacefully; he's definitely asleep, right? But as soon as Souji says something--]

Oi. Don't take the dango or else.

[~~OOC: Because the other prompts are all well taken care of already, but but another Hijikata is exactly what Souji needs in his life, right?~~]

[Maybe Souji was out on an errand, maybe just on a stroll to get to know the city a little better. In any case he's suddenly being janked aside by the arm. Hijikata looks after the pair of people zooming past on something like a hoverboard as he lets go of him.]

That was close..! Sorry, it's just - people aren't being careful about not spreading that flower disease. Those guys looked like whole bouquets, they shouldn't be riding that thing where they can crash into people!

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