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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
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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[ He's up to seven bowls of cat food outside his apartment. Not that he ever sees more than a glimpse of the cats that eat from them, but the bowls end up empty and he refills them and it's. It's routine. Routine is good. It's good when every day is predictable, nothing trying to murder anyone.

Except that he knows that voice from a few floors above him. And so, apparently, it's time for today to get weird.

So he jumps onto the safety fence of the walkway outside his apartment. Then from there grabs the rails of the next walkway up, hauling himself upward. Yes, he could probably have just used the stairs. But she might have gone by then. And also it wouldn't be stupid enough. ]

Sypha-aaaa?! [ He loses his footing for just a moment, but manages to catch himself. One more jump, one more grab onto railings, and his face launches into view and he dangles from the side of the building, getting ready to pull himself up that last bit further onto Sypha's level. ]

[She's going about her day, mingling with strangers in the interest of food, when she hears a voice that stops her cold. A familiar voice. His voice, somewhere below her.

Sypha tears herself away from whoever she's talking to and hurries over to the side of the walkway, robes catching the wind and billowing out behind her, and sees him climbing up the walkways like some kind of stupid fucked up jungle gym.

Oh my god, he's here.]

Trevor!

[Oh my god he's going to fall and die like an idiot.

Sypha goes stiff. If she needed to, she'd fly out over the city and catch him in her arms, bridal carry him back through the sky to her apartment. He'd grumble about it for days. But no, of course he manages to yank himself up and parkour his way the rest of the way over to Sypha. She can't bear to wait that long, not when she's been so utterly alone for days. She keeps her eyes on him and follows his path to the edge of the building he's dangling off, crouches down and reaches out a hand for him to grab onto, her face betraying absolute shock and relief and exhaustion. Her dancing bear.]

What are you doing here?

Edited (got too excited look at all these typos) 2020-07-09 16:21 (UTC)

[ He grabs Sypha's hand - somehow it seems more steady than the metal rails despite being flesh and bone, and pulls himself up until he can get a decent foothold and clamber up over the safety rail. And then doubles over to catch his breath. He's not had to do something like that in a while and he's gone and let himself get out of shape. ]

A... while- [ Give him a moment. Air. He tilts his head back, takes a deep breath, exhales and tries again. ] Been here a while. It's- apparently it works like that. Teeth had been here a few months before I showed up, even though we'd only seen him last a couple hours ago. Horny moon time bullshit. I hate it. I was going to try to kick the shit out of the moon, but he thought it was a bad idea.

[ Another round of gasping for air and he's about back to normal. Slightly sheepish. PROBABLY should have just used the stairs. ]

Hi.

[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.

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?

[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.]

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.

...so you don't have anything to eat. Besides worms. Which...doesn't sound like the height of cuisine to me.
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[Sypha is seeing right through Trevor's shit and she is not having it. She gives him a quick pat on the back, not just because she needs Chroma desperately but because she wants Trevor to...actually feed himself? Oh my god?]

Come on. Let's go get something else.

I have- other food. It's just not for people.

[ He's probably not going to feed his not-girlfriend cat food. If only because that means admitting to owning cat food. Boyfriend of the year, right here. He boops at his bracelet furiously, sending out a HELP PLEASE HELP message to Alucard. ]

Teeth says there's a place on level 2 that he likes.

Do we not use his name anymore?

[Curious as the whole non-human food situation is, she'll hardly refuse a meal right now.]

Level 2. That's the one we're on right now? I don't know if you have any more vaulting around left in you tonight.

It's not as if he uses his name-

[ Uugh, fine. He'll be nice. ]

Alucard says there's a place on level 2. And yeah, that's where we are. [ He huffs. ] Don't pretend you weren't impressed.

Whatever you say, Trefor.

I have to admit, it was sweet, in a way. But I'd rather we both stay on solid ground. I assume you know where you're going?

That's the origin of my name, not my actual name. It's different. It's different when he's a person and not a guy fighting another guy and- fuck. It's just different.

[ He leads Sypha down two levels, actually using the stairs this time like a normal person. ]

Yeah. I've seen the place before, just never gone in. It's not far. I just need to lock up first and-

[ Yeah, he left an open bag of dry cat food on his doorstep when he got distracted by doing COOL JUMPING TRICKS THAT SYPHA SHOULD ADMIT ARE COOL. And yes, this has had exactly the effect one would expect. There are approximately four cats all ignoring the food in the many many bowls and instead trying to get into the open bag. ]

-shit.

[tHaT's ThE oRiGiN oF mY nAmE — wait what the fuck why are there so many cats here?

...oh my god she knows why there are so many cats here. Sypha has an absolutely devilish grin on her face.]

Trevor. How many bowls is that?

...a few.

[ Seven. He sighs and sets about attempting to get cats away from the bag of food. The cat's out of the bag. Just, sadly, not literally. Every time he removes one another takes its place. ]

They get pissed if they're hungry and yell all night. It's the only way anyone gets any sleep.

[ Correction: they get pissed if he doesn't leave enough food because they're used to there being food here and have started expecting more and more. This is a hell of his own making. ]

A few? Is that right?

[Seven bowls. Yep, he's absolutely still Trevor, and she is absolutely not helping with this horrible cat predicament he's found himself in, crossing her arms and leaning back against the railing to watch. She wants to watch the world burn and Trevor endlessly lift cats from this bag of food. Little pleasures.]

What a hero, taking in this army of local cats that just so happened to show up at your doorstep. More like Trefur Belmont.

I'm not taking them in. They just showed up. And once they learn to play nice with people there's a girl who finds homes for them. Other people's homes. They don't live with me.

[ He's being very tsun about these cats okay. They don't live with him they just live on his doorstep. Unless it rains in which case they live inside I GUESS but it's only temporary he does not have any pet cats. Goes he look like a person who likes cats because he isn't a person who likes cats he's just making sure they don't bother him too much OKAY okay. ]

I'm not answering to that name.

Sure.

[She could say a lot more, like that he's bought seven bowls and a mountain of cat food while eating flour worms, or that the cats all clearly trust him enough to let him pick them up and away from food. Sometimes saying nothing is the right call, but. Y'know, she does notice all of that. Something to keep in the back pocket of her mind.]

Dooooo you want me to lock up?

[She's finally going to stop watching the fireworks and see how she can actually help resolve this situation. Time is ticking! And she's barely eaten today.]

Oh- shit. Right, the food. The you-food. Not the cat food. I'll-

[ There is no removing these cats from this bag without getting them all out at once, and he doesn't fancy the idea of getting his face scratched off and it doesn't seem like Sypha's going to help so- ]

-fuck it. The bag's their problem now.

[ He closes his door, locks it, and just leaves the big bag of cat food outside it. Trevor this is exactly why you have a cat problem in the first place. ]

Alucard has more important shit to do. He won't be coming with.

[Oh, this is an absolute disaster. She brings a hand up to her mouth to stop herself from laughing. As much as Sypha feels a gap between the two of them, a whole untold fountain of shenanigans she wasn't here to be a part of, he's still a disaster man. And again, saying nothing can sometimes say so, so much.

But she isn't a fan of getting her face scratched off either, so she's going to just...allow this. The kittens shall feast. When Trevor grumbles back towards her again, she looks up at him with some hazy emotion written on her face.]

Hm. It would have been nice to have him along.

[And she wonders in the back of her mind why Alucard would put this off. Sure, he's broody and was hardly in a "go out for dinner with pals" state the last time she saw him, but he's been here for a while now. It stings a little, even as she knows Trevor's perspective on his denial is almost definitely skewed. Maybe he has a date? ]

But very well. We'll run into each other on a different night. Besides, I think it's kind of nice to have a moment to just catch up with you.

[And not having to keep the two of them from ripping the other's throat out over diner food.]

Edited 2020-07-11 17:01 (UTC)

You sound like a woman ready to be profoundly disappointed.

[ Should he offer an arm? She had this habit of attaching herself to him when he last saw her and it was- not something he was used to, back then. Still not something he's used to. But people here just cling to each other all the time and so easily. And also, food costs money.

And she had that face, like she was alone.

He extends an arm for her to grab on to, heading down the rest of the stairs and out into the world. The fucked up moon-world. Which is, in every measurable way, better than home. Every measurable way, now, rather than all of them but one. He'd expect himself to like it more. ]

Tried to go graverobbing a few months back. Didn't go great, on account of people here not leaving corpses.

Always.

[Sypha catches herself already reaching out a hand for him, ready to snake around his arm when he offers it himself. She's not quite used to all the public affection, not with other people, strangers. It's a little uncomfortable for her to wrap her head around. But it's only natural for her to reach out a hand to her friends, especially the ones carrying sadness in them, just to remind them that she's here. A tangible reminder of her caring. And also she really needs money.

She grabs his arm and takes in the sights of the city, dazzled by it all in a different way than when she was cooped up alone in her apartment. It feels realer, somehow, now that she has Trevor underneath her hand, feeling the glow of the Chroma absorbing into her body. It is immeasurably better than home, just objectively, and it's beautiful, but Sypha still somehow misses home despite herself, despite how much she wants to forget what's happened there.

Thankfully, she's sprung out of her own head but some...graverobbing pick-up line? Almost quips back with something asking if this is usually his opener when he takes a woman out for dinner, but no, not the right place or time, not the right Trevor.]

That's...concerning. But I see you haven't changed much. Don't tell me, your backup plan was diving through the trash with alien raccoons?

You're the one who wanted to catch up. Not my fault that's the most interesting thing I've done.

[ It kind of is. But look he has like 3 anecdotes that are not 'I drank myself into unconsciousness and ate instant noodles' or 'cats'. She gets the graverobbing one because- well, because people turning into rocks instead of leaving corpses seemed like the kind of thing he associates with her for some reason-

-wait. No. ]

And it was clean trash. People were throwing away perfectly good things! And I'm not the one who keeps raccoons around!

[ YES THIS IS A THING HE HAS DONE. Called the fuck out. ]

[TREVOR...

She's...not completely surprised by this. As long as he's been sleeping in his own bed and not under glowy sex trees.]

...how long have you been here, exactly?

[Said with the distinct undertone of "I wish I had gotten here sooner." Oh, this absolute trash man.]

And you're telling me Alucard has raccoons as pets? Or am I misunderstanding?

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WIFE!!!!!! also 1

dancing bear :)

I never canon updated him to s3, just so you know! He doesn't know that she's wife

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

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