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▶ TDM .017


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
07/08 - 07/15 | 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.





You’re as Cold as Ice
07/08 - 07/15 | Level 2, Crystal Beach | top

Summer strikes Lunatia with record high temperatures as the city is wracked by an unnatural heatwave. Residents will feel the burn the moment they head outdoors, kissing their skin pink as it drenches them in sweat. For a hot and sticky day like this, it's the perfect time to head to Crystal Beach for a refreshing dip in the water. All sorts of new stands have popped up by the shore, selling icy treats and frozen cocktails.

The morning news recommends befriending those blessed by Cordis, who can keep people cool with their magic touch. They also warn of overheating machinery and electronics! Establishments and residences may end up dealing with broken air-modulating units if they use them too much.

Having cleared their names, Suzaku and Kaya of former *BTSB fame have decided to reform as a rock band duo called The Nine Tails after leaving their boyband roots. They will be performing their most chill new summer jam, “Fox Girl Summer,” while incorporating Cordis magic of their own to keep the listeners feeling cool and refreshed.

 B  Those listening to Kaya and Suzaku’s summer anthem might find their beats too chill to relax and party to. And by that, we mean literally. Ice may start to form around the limbs of happy local beachgoers, filling them with unfortunate shivers that will send them running into the arms of another Prismal to thaw. Even more troubling is that some portions of the oceanfront may also start to freeze, trapping some unsuspecting swimmers inside and leaving them in need of rescue. If anyone goes unnoticed, a Prismal lifeguard will be quick to rescue them.

In a panic, Kaya winks at Suzaku, who reassures his worried partner and ends their performance by summoning a mighty phoenix above the stage. Of course, it is only an illusion for the audience as Kaya thaws the partygoers and the ocean with his magic. Suzaku might have gotten carried away with their debut...






Boom, Badoom, Boom, You Got that Super Bass
07/08 - 07/15 | top

The heated beach waters have brought a large onslaught of aggressive super bass close to the shore. Needless to say, the boys with the booming system were not ready for the sudden and alarming increase in population of this particular fish. In response, the beach committee is hosting a fishing competition to see who can catch the largest super bass. They will be providing extremely durable fishing gear and sufficient bait to all worthy competitors, so come to the Crystal Pier with your best fishing know-how and try and break a record or two!

Due to the competition, job openings for lifeguards have become available. Their main task is to keep an eye on participants and the audience. They should be ready to pull them out in case they have trouble swimming back to the pier. Lifeguards will be provided official beach committee high-tech swimsuits (in the form of tankinis and speedos of your choice) that enhance their performance by allowing them to swim faster and breathe more easily underwater. In the dark ocean depths, they glow with patterns easily recognizable to the Prismal eye. They also accentuate the Moonblesseds’ assets very nicely.

 C  Although they are no different from sea bass in appearance, super bass are known for their monstrous strength and penchant for mischief. They like to fly in the air and slap whoever tries to catch them and their fellow fish with their tail fins. You think you like them better when they dolo? Think again. These fish will purposely grab a hold of something eye-catching such as rainbow-colored sea pearl or other treasures from the ocean and pull the unsuspecting fishers into the watery depths.





Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues
07/08 - 07/23 | City of Amegahara | top

The city of Amegahara is in preparation for the annual Vulpus Astra Celebration which is coming up in a few weeks. This year is special as the foxes of Amegahara have never celebrated this occasion with the dragons of Lyestellus, making it the first time all three cities in the alliance will be celebrating together. This is all thanks to the Moonblessed, who not only healed their lands but also brought the Prismals closer.

And so for this special year, the upcoming event promises to be an even larger and more extravagant affair. In order to address the extremely high demand for traditional dress and other materials needed for the celebration, many job openings become available in Amegahara. Among these are tailors, glassblowers, florists, and dancers.

 D  The tailors will be sewing traditional clothes, such as lovely-patterned yukata, kimono, haori, and obi. Glassblowers will create pearl glass plates, cups, and trinkets such as hair accessories and festive souvenirs. Florists will be heading to work at Inari Highway’s greenhouses, caring for flowers and putting together flower crowns, colorful bouquets, and floral arrangements to use for street and interior decorations. It is encouraged to make use of pearl glass vases!

Lastly, dancers will be auditioning for a group of strict Amegaharan foxes who will not shy away from hurling insults if you underperform. The traditional Amegaharan dance features many layers of intricate fan work that is difficult to master, or dancers can choose to take part in the more uproarious Amegaharan drum dance. Be prepared for long and grueling rehearsals after passing auditions, where you will be forced to partner up with one another to bend each other’s bodies as flexibly as it could then dance until every single person in the room has the movements and timings memorized perfectly. Moonlacing will keep one another from collapsing in exhaustion, but your bruised ego may require more tender care.

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speakerstone: (act natural sypha)

i had a great reply and dw ate it i'm in pain

[personal profile] speakerstone 2020-07-09 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[She leans back and rests on her palms after she finishes helping him up, breathing heavy with the exertion, and listens to him babble. It's utter nonsense but it's him he's here and it's so, so important. She aches to think of him alone like before, hopes he's been coping, and Alucard's here and she's delighted but she's more surprised that her two idiot boys haven't strangled each other yet, and she's on some bizarre alien sex planet and she has a house. It's horrible, but she couldn't be more relieved that she doesn't have to deal with it alone.]

Hi. You're here.

[A beat. And Trevor gets a robust shove in the arm.]

And it is a bad idea! Oh my god, please don't fight the moon.

[She smiles wide, oh my god this is such a ridiculous situation, but then she realizes.

Wait. A couple of hours ago, that wasn't right—

Oh no. She doesn't quite get how, but she does suddenly understand that she's been cockblocked by horny moon time bullshit. He doesn't know. He hasn't been through literal hell with her. Her face goes cold and falls just as quickly, transparently obvious that something's wrong.]


At least not... [without me] Oh.
blackscales: Commission, Do Not Take! (8)

[personal profile] blackscales 2020-07-09 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wrathion presses his lips together unhappily, flits his eyes away. ]

Ra-den was lost to the darkness. There was nothing we could do.

[ Something he does feel personally responsible for. The Titan Watcher had been taking action when his own overconfidence had flooded the chamber.

It is... unfortunate.
]
grayprince: (9)

[personal profile] grayprince 2020-07-09 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That's my business and none of your concern

One way or another, I will find a way back.

I do not believe for a second anyone who says they want to remain here.
miraclewhip: (i21oWie)

[personal profile] miraclewhip 2020-07-09 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not going to fight the moon. I mean, I wanted to because it was fucking with him but now he has this guy he likes and they're happy here and I'm not going to ruin it for him and-

[ -she's making that face. That face she made before, when her people left. She's making the 'I'm alone' face and why the fuck would she be making the I'm alone face and fuck he still doesn't know what he's supposed to do about that. ]

-we can fight the moon. If you want to. Do you want to fight the moon with me?
centuriesinspired: (11)

[personal profile] centuriesinspired 2020-07-09 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The Exarch lets out a low sigh at the smart reply he gets. And yet...Six makes a very good point. As ridiculous as the man looks, he also looks to be handling this heat better than the Exarch has. He is on the verge of admitting defeat, hands gripping his staff in order to use it to pull himself up, when Six simply takes care of it for him. ]

H-hold a moment!

[ But Six does not hold for even half a moment, lifting the Exarch and depositing him in his...wagon? The hovering cart dips under the added weight but remains aloft, leaving the Exarch to wobble himself upright, straddling the box rather than remaining draped over it like a limp rag. No matter how rag-like he currently feels. ]

Walking is not so--

[ So far beyond him as to call for all this, he wants to say, instead he ducks as a wave of dizziness hits him. Crystal hand pressed to his brow (not even that is the cool relief it usually would be) he takes a moment before admitting defeat. ]

It was not my intention to cause such trouble.
grayprince: (4)

[personal profile] grayprince 2020-07-09 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[A way home indeed. He cannot resolve the other questions eating at him while he's here, so working on the way out of this place and back is of the utmost priority. He hadn't gotten yet to the point of being desparate to terrify the citizens for answers. All in due time.

And if there is no obvious way home, well, he'll just have to carve his path onwards, as he always did.

He doesn't need to be thanked, as it wasn't really a compliment- a mere observation. His good hand, however, rests on tip of the hilt of his saber, when he sees her turn towards him, arrow and bow at ready, if she fires his way.]


I am familiar with plenty of weapons. A bow is basic.

[There's nothing much she can read off of him- his face is carefully blank, with a slight frown. The coat hides some of his strature, but it is visible that he's trained. His magitek arm remains still by his side.]
speakerstone: (witty banter)

[personal profile] speakerstone 2020-07-09 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sypha blinks, a little surprised. Not just because yeah, Alucard's dating someone and that's a bit of a shock just because she always pictured him as some frozen, solitary island, but. Well, her boyfriend-but-doesn't-know-it just asked her to fight the moon with him to make her feel better. And that kind of cheers her up just a little because he's very much still him, her idiot, and she's still her, and they'll figure something out. Belnades and Belmont.]

We can kick the moon's ass. But not right now. I've...had a long day.

[Cue a well-timed stomach growl.]
centuriesinspired: (2)

[personal profile] centuriesinspired 2020-07-09 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That is my understanding of it as well. Upon my arrival the Moonknights explained as much as they could of our current circumstances.

[ Once he'd convinced them that his condition was stable too. ]

Though it has not been long at all since that day. Perhaps in time there will no longer be a need to explain myself so frequently. Yet it is difficult to begrudge those who would fear for me, a stranger to them and to this land, and choose to act in what they believe to be my best interests.

[ The concession is given with a faint smile. As far away from home as he is, it is heartening to see mankind still capable of such charity. He straightens his shoulders, regarding Louis for another brief moment. Those red eyes...

His thoughts mirror Louis's; the Exarch is full of curiosity yet he chooses patience rather than ill manners. ]


If I may...it seems that we may be in a similar situation: newly arrived and still learning our way. I am known as the Crystal Exarch, might I have your name?
grayprince: (15)

haha of course; I am also sorry for him

[personal profile] grayprince 2020-07-09 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[This. must be some kind of illusion.

His eyes quickly dart around her, as if watching, looking for some kind of devices to project a mirror image of his memories. The technology of this place is far better than he expected it to be. Because it cannot possibly be true that Lunafreya is here. Alive. Walking. Talking to him. The last he saw of her...

He wants to believe that it is her. But everything, sans his heart, is telling him that this is a trap. Ardyn seems quite persistent to hunt him down, through different planes and worlds it seems. To think he would be such a thorn in Ardyn's side, despite his uselessness. It's amusing.

His head tilts forward and eyebrows knit-]


You are not Lunafreya. [Whatever drugs this place uses, he will not let himself succumb to them.]
luxoraculi: (pic#13056769)

these poor, dumb siblings

[personal profile] luxoraculi 2020-07-09 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His reaction isn't surprising in the slightest, unfortunately. She felt the same way when she'd arrived -- she knows what she is at home. Dead and gone, left with nothing much to look forward to other than awaiting the Dawn from a place between life and death. That is, until she'd opened her eyes and was here.

So, she's not surprised. Her shoulders slump slightly, and she shakes her head, taking a few steps forward, careful, because she's been stabbed once. She doesn't really want to repeat that particular incident, especially at the blade of her own flesh and blood. ]


It is me, brother. What do I need to do to prove that to you?
centuriesinspired: (49)

[personal profile] centuriesinspired 2020-07-09 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Asteffiel's sudden turn to the furtive has the Exarch's full attention. He tilts his head as he watches, leaning forward in an attempt to catch his whispered words. At first he thinks the open hand is one he's meant to take and he begins to reach with the crystal of his own--but then before his eyes, the strange seedkin's palm seems to bloom.

The Exarch can't help hiding his fascination now. Asteffiel's vibrant clothes hadn't escaped his notice but now he understands that they are part of him. Grown from his own body...

Something youthful stirs in him at the sight of something so new. ]


Could you?

[ He asks with more curiosity rather than as a request, but sadly the rest of him catches up and he realizes what that would potentially mean. Clothes made from plant life, that's not so strange. Clothes made of plant life that is sentient, that could be troublesome.

And yet... ]


...can you tell me more of what it would entail?
grayprince: (14)

[personal profile] grayprince 2020-07-09 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can feel the hold on his blade waver- illusion or no, he'd never raise a weapon against her. He'd argue with her, yell, break stuff out of anger and desperation, but never raise a blade to her. And either this place knows that well, or this is truly Lunafreya.

Ravus forces himself to grip the handle tighter as she approaches, raking his mind on how to check, see, prove to himself that this is her. Memories...

The look he gives her is a mix of anger, apprehension, and fear, all mixed in one, and hiding the brief flare of happiness for seeing her.]


What was the last thing I told you in Altissia?

[No one knows of that conversation. No one should know. He made sure no one can know.]
speakerstone: (kame...hame...)

[personal profile] speakerstone 2020-07-09 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I'd like to know.

[Sypha turns back to look at Michiru, sees her shivering, and reaches an arm back for her, conjuring a tiny ball of heat to hold against her fur.]

There's someone here that's freezing the beach, and judging by how much they've frozen, they'd...have to be either actively moonlacing or not a moonblessed at all. Right?
miraclewhip: steal from K-mart (Wallachia man says Illuminati made him)

[personal profile] miraclewhip 2020-07-09 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. I have- I mean I don't have food food but-

[ Shit. Everyone keeps telling him that instant ramen isn't proper food and he didn't care about it until just this second. He literally only has instant ramen. He's cheap and not fond enough of human contact or his own digestive system to justify anything else and.

Fuck. ]


-so I have instant ramen which is- worms. Made of flour. And meat-powder and you put water on them. [ Making it sound real appetising. ] Or I could- get something else. That isn't worms.
luxoraculi: (pic#13056760)

[personal profile] luxoraculi 2020-07-09 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's hardly afraid -- there's not much she fears, here or at home, and Ravus is certainly not anything that she fears. Mostly, she just wants him to calm down and understand that this is no illusion, this is reality. Something strange and wondrous that life can be breathed back into something that's meant to be dead.

She pauses a few steps before him, not wanting to agitate him or make him uncomfortable enough to actually strike out, and she considers his question. The last thing he told her in Altissia?

'Don't leave me', is what stands out the most, a haunting plea that will forever stay with her because she hadn't been able to stay at the time, as much as she would have liked to. But she knows what he is referencing. ]


I had asked you to deliver the Ring to Noctis on my behalf, and you refused. You told me to find my strength, and to show Noctis the truth in my heart. It was those words that gave me the strength to do what needed to be done that day.
shalamayne: (an4)

[personal profile] shalamayne 2020-07-09 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.

[ Anduin pauses, casting his mind back to what he knows about time. He knows it gets messy so easily and a part of him can't help but wonder. This means Wrathion is from a time after him?

Or is it something else?]


Thank you for telling me. It gives me hope that when I go home that there is some light on the horizon.

[ The alternative is too awful to contemplate. Dark and full of eyes.]
divine_braid: (Sheepish)

[personal profile] divine_braid 2020-07-09 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Duo looked surprised for a moment and the nodded slightly.]

Right.

[Of course, if Duo had met anyone else previously, he was going to find out eventually, but this was fine for now.]

Makes sense, I guess.

[He smiled a little, trying to take it in stride, even if it was still sometimes hard to shake that need for privacy and secrecy from his lifestyle up to now.]

Nice to meet you, too. You're doing lifeguarding for this?

[And, as if to answer his question as to why lifeguards might be needed for a fishing event, one of the other participants got yanked into the water by one of the super bass. Thankfully, there was another fast-thinking lifeguard there to help fish the fisher out.

Duo stared for a second.]


That explains that.

[What had he just gotten himself into?]
infiniteheart: (I believe)

[personal profile] infiniteheart 2020-07-09 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"It certainly is," Yanli says with a fraction more honesty than she might under normal circumstances.

It's not that she lies about her true feelings to her loved ones but there's such a thing as being too close. Keeping certain emotions under wraps is simply habitual for her at this point. And she's favored the Gusu Lan Sect since the fall of Lotus Pier. They'd protected her during a time they themselves were vulnerable and the Qishan Wen Sect wanted her dead. A time when Jiang Yanli's mask of placidity had fractured and been difficult to maintain. The experience had formed a special kind of bond and gratitude for the Gusu Lan Sect that she can't easily explain.

"I only just arrived a few days ago. I was injured and needed some time to rest," she continues, projecting her voice enough for it to be carried into the kitchen without really thinking about it as she settles down at the table.

It's not the first time she's chatted with Lan Xichen in this way though it has been many long years since she'd had the opportunity.
irritated: (sigh....)

[personal profile] irritated 2020-07-09 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hikaru is taking it passive-aggressively because while he doesn't have to, he can't help but be that bitch. He's naturally aggressive and it's hard to chill when somebody isn't telling him to chill.]

Your clothes could have told me something else.

[But he turns his head, imagining that Portugal won't say anything else. He's very used to people putting up with his comments.]
shalamayne: (Default)

amen

[personal profile] shalamayne 2020-07-09 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The expression on the banshee Queen's face is a strange one, something that momentarily throws Anduin until he realises that the other is actually disliking something and not just for the sake of it. It's a strange thing really, one that almost gives Sylvanas emotions, makes them more relatable than Anduin would like.

Maybe he can sway some of this into his favour. If he can make it so the other is not so keen to go on a rampage, or to try to take this place over, then it could be considered a small victory. The pointed remark of as will you does not go unnoticed. It would seem that a fight today is not on the cards.]


From what I have heard there is no way back that we can choose. However, if you take to this world as you do our own then those that reside here will be less inclined to help you find that way home.

[ He's not asking Sylvanas to go running out to make friends and he knows the other knows it. Though for once there's no suggestion of a truce or some kind of alliance; Anduin is beyond believing that can happen. Things are too far gone to wrangle that even in a strange place. Even now the air is heavy, tense with the expectation that the other will suddenly draw their weapon.]

There is no war here for you to fight. You should find your way home and take it.
castcure: (Confusion)

[personal profile] castcure 2020-07-09 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The hesitation in his answer catches Dakki completely by surprise. She blinks and gapes briefly, while she tries to think of what to say to... this. This new and strange flavor of not being recognized. ]

...yes?

[ The only thing that she can think to go with is the honest truth, as she knows it. 'Before', he said? Why before? But that would mean... well, she hasn't quite gotten there, yet, in her reasoning. ]

You've... you've been here several moons, now? Or... wait. You've forgotten, or...?

[ She knows that people can go into a crystaline slumber, that they do not return from. She knows that during that slumber they can return to their own worlds, where time will pass. But it is only now beginning to dawn on her that one version of a person may vanish, to be replaced by another.

She looks terribly worried, one way or another. ]
divine_braid: (Ahahahaha Yeah Sure)

[personal profile] divine_braid 2020-07-09 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, some of those meal bars can be hard as rocks at times. I wouldn't be surprised either way.

[Duo laughed, though. The idea of either one of them not having any teeth left needed to be laughed at or it would just make him stressed.

Spotting what looked like a few restaurant signs down to the right, he tilted his head.]


Shall we take a look at those and see if they have anything edible?
hisman: <user name=madchen> (58)

[personal profile] hisman 2020-07-09 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
ok just asking
you know they really want us touching each other to ‘fix things’
I don’t get it but magic or something
I bet you could use it to go home

seems like a nice place but I want to go home
the person I care about most is there
my mom is there
centuriesinspired: (34)

[personal profile] centuriesinspired 2020-07-09 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Felih, then...

[ It does not feel quite right to let the matter be swept under the rug so readily...but perhaps this is not the time nor place for such a conversation. It would be better had in private and (almost as importantly) out of this monumental heat.

Thus the Exarch allows Felih to take one of his hands, the other using his staff as another brace to get back to his feet. Now that the excitement is fading some of the wooziness that led to him sitting down in the first place is coming back. He'd meant to take his hand back so as not to let it get awkward but very quickly he's starting to think he's going to need Felih's continued support. ]


The last I visited a beach...I suspect Lakeland's will not suffice as an answer, will it? [ Norvrandt's vast lake has a very pretty shoreline and he has, in fact, been to it more than once. Though never, as Felih can easily guess, to enjoy himself. ] Truly, though, you needn't go through so much trouble...fresh water will help as well as aught else.

[ Because the idea of him in a swimsuit...well... ]
veiledvanity: (benkei cowered)

Shishiwakamaru | Yu Yu Hakusho | Cordis

[personal profile] veiledvanity 2020-07-09 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome to the Jungle

[ Well, this was a crock of shit. Being spirited away to another planet was one thing — Shishiwakamaru could understand, perhaps he was chosen for the planet because of his reputation or his beauty or his strength… But after being restrained and shot in the spine with a numbing agent as a nice welcome gesture, he was still feeling fatigued, his youki energy mysteriously blocked, and it was starting to seem like maybe he wasn’t chosen as an elite guest to this world due to his fame or beauty or strength. This was not only disappointing, as that idea had been a fair comfort so far, but the seeming chaos and randomness of the selection process then was far more unnerving than any other crazy spirit-energy-demon-world-goings-on that he’d ever experienced. And that was saying something.

Shishi found himself wandering in the Caihong district on Level 3, still half in denial, and half foggy from the neurobullshit they shot him with. He didn’t care to find an apartment yet; that would make all this real, and touring the city would make it real, too. In fact, he’d left before the official tour was even halfway over. As soon as Shishi’s head was clear enough to feel irritated again, he was quick to let it be known. Literally interrupted the tour guide mid-sentence cuz ya boy gotta have a dramatic exit and just straight up walked off. He’d rather lick his wounds in private than feign interest in his own imprisonment.

And what more suiting a place than a tranquil bridge over a koi pond? Shishiwakamaru leant against the rails listlessly, emptily eyeing the fish below, and relished in the ironically poetic image of himself standing there on the bridge, as if he were casually waiting for the great Benkei himself to appear, begging for a legendary re-match. …Okay, well, at least the brief flight of fancy took his mind off his own cosmic kidnapping, all right?

And besides, the lithe, young youkai did look quite elegant in his powder blue hakama, hands tucked inside his kimono, his katana at his side, a sheer veil draped over his shoulder — the image of a classic samurai and a classic bishounen.

Find the pretty boy transfixed by the water for some time, clearing his head and waiting for this lousy numb feeling to wear off. Much more likely to strike up conversations with pretty girls — just saying. Ugly dudes need not apply. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]



Put On Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues

[ As he regained his senses throughout the day, at some point he’d picked up word of the Amegahara festival preparations. He’d overheard a couple cute local girls in the Caihong district chatting about wanting to audition for the dances, and so of course, dashingly introduced himself. If he was gonna be here a while anyway… …might as well start “networking” early. Ahem.

In any case, the event seemed quite his sort of thing, and he figured watching the dance auditions would probably be a better use of his time than staring at fish.

Shishiwakamaru keeps his distance from the dancers, just close enough to admire the girls’ fancy fanwork. As the smallest of consolations, at least it was good to know that if he does end up trapped here, there are still some comforts of home on this planet — and an upcoming matsuri with pretty girls dancing odori in kimono. Could be worse.

Tailors carrying kimono boxes and fabrics may turn the samurai’s head, as well. If anyone catches his eye, his soft flash of a smile could be invite enough to conversation — depending what the other person looks like, that is. ]



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Edited 2020-07-09 20:57 (UTC)