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Prismatic Mods ([personal profile] prismods) wrote in [community profile] prismaticrap2020-07-09 09:01 am
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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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illusional: (Feeling without meaning.)

[personal profile] illusional 2020-07-09 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Cheyenne's never liked drowning. It's something she's only ever nearly experienced a handful of times. But it wasn't uncommon for illusionists to end up in stasis under rivers and lakes until the seasons changed and they could spring back to the surface.]

[But something is different here. She feels heavy in a way that's unfamiliar, which will be far more obvious to Lucy than to Cheyenne -- her cheek is flecked with prismatic flakes, and crystals have begun creeping up one of her arms.]

[But she's conscious. And she coughs, gasping for breath as she tries to pull herself upright. And as she does -- the blindfold that had been around her eyes falls off, the knot untied while struggling with one of the lifeguards. Thankfully, her eyes are closed.]


...this... place is...

[...strange? It's hard to describe what she's seeing, actually. She can see quite plainly that the girl in front of her is human, but somehow, she can sense her presence in more than one spot.]

...how did you pull me out?
vizard_did_it: (3)

[personal profile] vizard_did_it 2020-07-09 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh good, she wasn't mad. And... yeah, it's a good thing he said something. The way he was wrestling with that remote, he was probably going to break it. Not like he'd consciously realize or admit that.]

[So, with her guiding him, he -slowly- gets the hand of it, remaining utterly oblivious to how closer she actually was. At least, until he brushes against something. Then he becomes aware of it all of a sudden, and jumps about a meter, quickly reaching a safer distance!]


Right! Yeah, I think I get the idea now!

[Smooth cover, bro.]
innercactus: (09 Oh Look A Shiny)

Asteffiel | Guild Wars 2 | Cordis

[personal profile] innercactus 2020-07-09 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
{A} Jungle!

[ It was reassuring that he wasn't in the Brand, as that had been his first handful of panicked minutes, but he wasn't sure that space was really any better. A Brandstorm was definitely worse-

But Asteffiel should focus on other things! Like lunch. He had to regrow parts of his clothes from all the poking, jabbing crystals, which left the Sylvari a bit hungry.

Turned loose to pick out a place to stay, he enters the first door he can, and goes to inspect the cupboards… whether it's unoccupied or not.
]

.... Breakfast? ... What time is it ...? Eh. First food is always breakfast.


{B} Boom

Hmmm….

[ He's standing on the sandy side of the pier, holding the fishing rod in one hand, and a simple spear in the other. He could go fishing with the fishing tackle… ]

… Isn't it easier to just… hit the fish…

[ Well, he can try it this way, even if it doesn't seem like it would work very well. And he does try, for a good solid ten minutes, to make the fishing tackle work. It seems like the bass are mostly nibbling his bait away. ]

Definitely easier to hit the fish.

[ Asteffiel drops the fishing tackle, picks up his spear, and goes right for the waves. ]

{D} Red Shoes

Oh…. That's lovely… [ Asteffiel doesn't quite get up against the window of the shop, but he is uncomfortably close to it.

Watching. He may be forgetting to blink as he watches the tailors inside work on a yukata.

He shakes his right arm out, dropping the leaves and petals that make up his sleeve as unceremoniously as that. Eyes fixed on the tailors, new leaves and petals sprout on his arm and… it sort of looks like a yukata sleeve, if seamed differently, and pretty obviously made of… plants, like he is.
]

…. I wonder if they'll teach me?

{D} Dance the blues

[ Asteffiel's probably in the way of some poor florist, singing over a plot of plants.

In fact, when one tries to catch his attention, he shifts his feet back and forth, sinking a little into the soil, and continues singing simple songs to the plants before him.

It's not clear whether its him in the soil with them, or his singing, or something else, but did those plants perk up?
]
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[personal profile] doomflagged 2020-07-09 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome. What are fellow Moonblessed for?

[ She doesn't dare ask what are friends for of someone she's just met, but Katarina still feels a kinship with the others who've been taken here. ]

Not here, but at home, I always overworked myself in the fields. [ Is she trying to hide her noble status here, or is she going to be open about it? She hasn't quite decided. ] My mother would always yell at me.

Are you feeling a little better?
depthsofdespair: ((11b))

[personal profile] depthsofdespair 2020-07-09 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[While getting a swimsuit wet is sort of the point, Lucy is not happy to have gone in the water. Cold and refreshing though it is, it is not fun to be a soggy rat in Anne’s Room. Her braids are incredibly heavy now too and feel more than ship rope than ~romantic woven ribbons in the breeze.~

But the girl is safe. She’s breathing and talking, though... Crystal covered. Lucy would swear. Solve the drowning problem and run into a touching problem. The heatwave isn’t the only sign that Lucy has crappy luck.]


I brought you Anne’s Room, it’s my ability, you’re welcome.

[Where is her “thank you?”

Lucy points rudely at Cheyenne’s arms.]


Let me guess: You haven’t been moonlacing.
leekspins: (Blank Stare)

[personal profile] leekspins 2020-07-09 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[...Wow. It's like he flash stepped all of a sudden, he's so quick! She stares in awe for a moment...then claps her palms together with gushing praise.]

I knew you would! You always got really good grades, after all!

[It's a little strange, as if something spooked or shocked him. Maybe one of the patterns on the app was risque? That's probably it. It IS that kind of city, after all.]

Anou, it's not too warm for curry, is it? We could look at other apartments while it simmers. But I could make cold soba instead if you're super hungry right now.

[It'll be boring since she bought ingredients she thought would be fun rather common staples, but at least he won't go hungry.]
doomflagged: (7EIslAC)

[personal profile] doomflagged 2020-07-09 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Chomp! They're in her mouth before she knows what she's doing. ]

Mmf-mmmf! [ "Thank you!" She hasn't had cheap konbini snacks in maybe a decade. Not that she'd say that out loud. ] It's not homemade but it hits the spot!

Let me at least pay you for that.

[ She holds out her hand for him to shake. ]
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[personal profile] infiniteheart 2020-07-09 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure. Thank you for your hospitality, Sect Leader Lan."

She smiles and moves to enter the apartment.

"Tea would be lovely."
Edited 2020-07-09 07:47 (UTC)
vizard_did_it: (21)

[personal profile] vizard_did_it 2020-07-09 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't give that to you to get paid, so don't worry about it.

[Damn, the way she devoured those, she must be starving. He's just glad he had them, really.]
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[personal profile] vizard_did_it 2020-07-09 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Whew, okay. No harm, no foul. Hi breathing returns to normal after a moment. So does the flush of his face.]

I'm the one imposing here, so whichever is better for you is fine.

You think there's other units nearby?

[Ugh, seriously why apartment hunting though, they're not even in college yet]
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[personal profile] unimpeachable 2020-07-09 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Have you only just arrived or have I missed you being here?" Xichen closes the door behind her, the room furnished simply in the style they're used to, a low table on the floor before he disappears into the kitchen.

"It's confusing at first." Still confusing, but he's figuring things out slowly.
innercactus: (09 Oh Look A Shiny)

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[personal profile] innercactus 2020-07-09 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Asteffiel's debating if he can go fishing further down the beach or not, but there sure is someone wearing the most clothing he's seen on anyone today, and that's interesting! Distracted from fish, the sylvari comes closer. ]

Is it a new way to nap? Wearing all your blankets?

[ The scent of the sea is more than likely interrupted by the mixed sent of plants, almost like a greenhouse. Hopefully he doesn't have any major allergies- ]
illusional: (I cannot understand.)

[personal profile] illusional 2020-07-09 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[If she's fishing for a thank you, she's not going to hook one. At least, not right now.]

[The crystals are already spreading further up her arm. They may have started before she fell in the water, but the fall had certainly exacerbated things. She brings up one hand to feel the crystals on her shoulder, before resting it over her chest, struggling to catch her breath. It's hardly the worst thing she's experienced, but it's not very pleasant either.]


Did you not see... the way those men reacted upon touching me?

Cursed creatures like myself cannot be touched. Thus, I cannot moonlace.
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[personal profile] doomflagged 2020-07-09 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Katarina will give him a friendly thwap on the back instead. Or won't, if he's smart enough to dodge it. ]

If that's how you're going to be, I'll just give you payment by force.
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[personal profile] innercactus 2020-07-09 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Really?!

[ Asteffiel had been just looking out over the lot, exploring all the gardeny areas himself. Now that it's night, he's glowing faintly purple, pulsing a little like a firefly. ]

That's amazing! [ The sylvari crosses over to a nearby monolith, crouching to inspect the flowers. ]

I wonder if they can tell me how to glow in different colors...

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[personal profile] crossingout 2020-07-09 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, for crying out loud--

[This almost certainly is an annoying thing to witness as she furrows her brows and just frowns at the lifeguard who asks if Zange can pull her out without touching her, which - well, she can't.

But she can sense a cursed girl when she sees one, and as the self-proclaimed "everyone's goddess", how can she not help? Besides, the Hakua inside of her is also begging for that, too.

Can't just sit around, she supposes. Which is why even as the lifeguard yells at her to stop, that she's practically insane for jumping in when being aware that she has some sort of ability, it's completely ignored, as Zange just decides to play lifeguard herself.

Just let her haul this girl's ass out of the water, she's got this. Having a strong immunity to curses and impurity due to her actual status as a goddess (even if many think it's just a self-proclaimed thing) helps a lot.

Let's just get her to land first before anything worse happens.]


There we go! [She wholeheartedly expects a 'you're welcome', from both the lifeguard and the person she just saved. Even though there's something exasperated about the way she speaks, kind of in the 'do you not have people for this normally' sort of griping before turning to the Cheyenne with kinder, more worried eyes, speaking in a softer voice.] Are you okay?

[Don't mind that there are two souls riding this body; one being a human with high spiritual powers and the other being a literal goddess. It's fine.]
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[personal profile] leekspins 2020-07-09 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Pieces of onion fly across the countertop as Orihime's knife slips. Does...does he want to live in the same building with her...? That would be so wonderful...!]

Y...yes! I'm sure of it! And you're not imposing.

[She smiles stupidly down at the cutting board, going to town on those onions until they're in neat little pieces. She may make weird dishes, but she at least knows how to cook things properly.]

Actually it's a huge relief, otherwise I'd have loads of leftovers and be stuck eating the same thing over and over. So you're doing me a favor! I'm grateful!

[This is the best day ever.]

Do you like spicy curry, or mild?
vizard_did_it: (22)

[personal profile] vizard_did_it 2020-07-09 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah no, it's not even intentional, he sidesteps by pure instinct. You don't live 16 years with Isshin Kurosaki and take a random thwap from a stranger!]

If you need to pay me back that badly, I'll take those vegitables you were planning to grow anyway, I guess.
vizard_did_it: (21)

[personal profile] vizard_did_it 2020-07-09 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
That's probably the best idea, then. Stick together, in case anything happens.

[Besides, she seems to knows her way around better than he does.]

Spicy, if you don't mind it. I'll make sure to return the favor sometime, especially if I end up nearby.

[What do they call that, engel coefficient? It makes sense to his mind.]
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[personal profile] innercactus 2020-07-09 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Is Paloma icecream. [ Hey that looks interesting. Don't mind this clearly planty man leaning over to inspect. Hope you don't have any super common allergies- ]

... No... [ Definitely doesn't look like icecream, now that he looks at it. Hmm. ]
steely: (👑 cause i know exactly what you're wanti)

[personal profile] steely 2020-07-09 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ The surprise that flickers through her is brief, a flash of surprise that settles into neutrality. He is either astute in a way that immediately makes her feel seen and puzzled out, if only for a second, or simply an educated guesser. The first feels dangerous — until she remembers she is no longer in Elfhame where vulnerabilities are easy prey, secrets are of greater value than any coin or boon, and insults are often disguised as flattery as sweet as any wine.

She doesn't know if she should classify his comment as either, truthfully — if it's a polite manner of informing her she looks obnoxiously stubborn, or simply an observation she takes as a compliment — but she makes no move to question it, and even offers the slightest quirk of her mouth. A blink-and-you'll-miss-it expression.
]

I've never given up long enough to know if I would be happy with it. Maybe that's an answer itself.

[ Shrugging the thought away, her fingers accept the extended drumsticks, sliding over the smooth wood — but it's the tail that captures her attention. His giddiness is clear, an easy tell to observe if it's anything like Cardan's own, so often betraying his true feelings. ]

Don't expect too much. I'm more practiced in areas other than dance. [ It's possibly rude to point it out. She's no longer in Faerie, after all, but her fingers still gesture to the twitch of his tail. ] But you seem to have a fondness for it.
steely: (👑 and now i'm laughing through my tears)

[personal profile] steely 2020-07-09 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her fingers are on the cool steel of a hilt the moment she spies movement from the corner of her eye, the moment she hears the sands around her shift. The woman before her hardly notices, or seems to care, distracted by the icy bite of Jude's fingers against a clammy palm.

She can't afford the same distraction. Not when a presence at her back has always come with the threat of a blade embedded in it. That voice, though — that voice digs at her in ways that the point of steel never could, stealing her breath like a carefully placed knife sliding between her ribs, as it always has. Worse, now, for the relief that pours through her, that makes her fingers shake. (She is selfish, so very selfish, to feel relief at all when he is just as trapped here as she.)

They fall away — from both the hand that still tries to greedily grip her and the weapons she wears — as she moves to turn. And falters, for just a moment, surprised at what she finds in the intensity of his gaze.
]

I would neither have to be fashionably late or early if you informed your captors, present and future, that your wife has forbidden you from being kidnapped by anyone but her.

[ For all the seeming steadiness in her voice, her fingers twitch at her sides, the only visible sign she's restraining herself from reaching for him. Despite the overwhelming need to reassure herself he is more than a figment, a trick, she can't allow herself to be so certain just yet. ]

Prove to me that you're him.

[ The authority in those words doesn't hide that the tremor in her voice matches his. She recognizes it for what it is, and hates it instantly: hope, a childish thing, and the fear of having it ripped away from her. Hope has always been an empty comfort she cannot afford to cling to, but she feels it just the same. ]
illusional: (Silence.)

[personal profile] illusional 2020-07-09 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
[While her immunity to curses will help keep the bad thoughts away, it won't stop her from realizing this girl is cold. Unnaturally so, like an ice cube floating in a glass of cold water.]

[But she's alive and conscious, if not a bit worse for the wear. Flecks of crystal are already eating at her cheek, made worse by the dip in the water.]

[She looks up at her savior, the blindfold over her eyes threatening to slide off -- but she reaches up to keep it in place.]

[...there really are all kinds of people here.]


I... am, yes. [She tilts her head towards her hand, before once more looking up.] How did you do that?
leekspins: (Sweeeeet!)

[personal profile] leekspins 2020-07-09 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
That does make sense!

[It's his idea too! Thank goodness. She would have visited him from all the way across the city, truth be told, but knowing he's close by is reassuring. And exciting! Reassuringly exciting...? Either way, his point is a valid one. Things do happen here that aren't ideal. If they can watch each other's backs, so much the better.]

[She's probably going to keep blushing all night, even after he's gone. She adds some oil to the pot and adds the onions, frying them up to a nice golden brown.]


I'm surprised, though. I didn't know you could cook too. I guess I never really thought to ask.

[He eats on the roof, so she has no idea what he brings for his lunch.]

Oh, and since I've been here a while, you can ask me anything you want! I'm Sanguis.

[She points to herself.]

I get koi fins and sometimes gills!
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[personal profile] crossingout 2020-07-09 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that coldness reminds her distinctly of corpses that have gone past their limit and while her frown seems to deepen the very second she lets go.

Although there's definitely the signs of crystal there, she might have to deal with that in a bit, too.]


I was told to save you from drowning, so I did.

[She is very much aware that isn't, precisely, what the other girl is asking, but it's how Zange herself is answering.]

There's no problem with that, is there?