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Future Generation

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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.

▶ What’s Behind Door #1?
09/08 | Crystal Beach, Lunatia | Submitted by: machizumo | top

The recent torrential rains and showdown with the Viergian Queen Tempeste have shifted the sands of Crystal Beach and dredged up seaweed and flotsam from below. The slight mess coupled with the seasonal transition into fall makes for a quieter beach and a more open space, if you pick the right time of the day.

Kazuma Kuwabara (machizumo), one of Lunatia's Moonblessed, has done his best to pick the right moment. He's saved up his energy -his Chroma- as best as he’s been able to, and he's decided that he's going to give busting out of Prismatica a shot. He's not sure how good his odds are, but there are odds. While Kuwabara is only but a human fighter who won't really be able to stack up against the demons that he normally keeps in his company, he does have one thing that nobody else he's heard of has... the ability to slice through dimensions!

It's not easy to summon, but he manages it, reflecting on his home and how to best reach it, how to potentially help others reach theirs. It's just past dawn when a large, clean tear in reality rises up along the atmosphere just above the mostly deserted beach, as though the scenery were made of fabric being met with sharp scissors. Beyond the tear is a swirling vortex of color and more.

What more means, Kuwabara doesn't personally get to discover. His energy is expended almost instantaneously, and he grows solidly crystallized before he hits the ground. The rest of it... that's for Prismatica and the Moonblessed around to discover.

 B  The dimensional tear gives way to several more multicolored tears all across the planet. These strange rips have a strong gravitational pull that is near impossible to outrun. Find yourself close to one, and you may be pulled inside before you can even think to escape.

What’s on the other end? Inside, you find a scene of Prismatica ten years into the future, and the world is significantly more advanced. It is a time of great prosperity. The planet has been completely restored, flourishing with new life. Ten years' worth of memories flood your mind, and you have settled so deep into the culture and the world that you now think of yourself as a true-blue Prismatican. Maybe you have a good job. Maybe you have a spouse and three kids. Maybe you still think about home from time to time. Maybe you wouldn’t mind staying here with your loved ones. Hey, a lot can happen in ten years.

▶ Fire and Brimstone
09/08 | Dimensional Tears | top

Not every dimensional tear leads to paradise. Some may pull you deep into the flames of a dying world, during the Calamity centuries ago. The first to greet you is King Majestas, his visage sitting on top of a throne built over a mound of crystallized bones. He fondly strokes his beautiful satyr lover, Lunae, as he encourages you to explore the vast wasteland. Attacking him is useless as he will disappear with Lunae after saying his piece.

 C  All Chroma has evaporated, and everything is covered in an endless diamond sheen. In the distance, you hear the screams of people dying and the constant sounds of crystals being ground up.

Eventually, shadows appear before your eyes. Possessing crystal horns and a crystal tail, these devil shadows are consumed by your worst sin and will not hesitate to hurt you and those around you. The slothful can put others to sleep and soon ravage them in their slumber, the lustful can awaken the darkest taboo desires in you, and so on. No matter what your worst sin is, the shadows will thoroughly enjoy committing vile acts until you submit yourself to them.

▶ Closing the Gap
09/09 - 09/10 | top

A day or two after the dimensional tears start appearing, Lunar Scientia announces that they have finished analyzing the mysterious rifts and will proceed to seal them after rescuing the missing Moonblessed. They will be calling for the Moon Knights and any remaining Moonblessed volunteers to grab some dimension sealing equipment. Yes, you read that right. The tears will be sealed shut in nearly the same way one would vacuum seal food for extra freshness.

 D  These dimension sealers are not just any ordinary vacuums. They require an excessive amount of Chroma to power. Just hugging one person alone won’t cut it. Prolonged awkward and uncomfortable hugs with at least two or three different Moonblessed will do the trick.

The Lunar Scientia will suggest setting up camp with your chosen partners and dimension sealers near a dimensional tear. Spooning is naturally the most optimal of positions. The longer you moonlace and the more people you engage in contact with, the higher the effectiveness of the dimension sealers. A meter on the device will indicate when it’s ready to be activated, but beware of the sinful shadows from Prompt C trying to stop you from sealing the rifts.

Once the holes are sealed and everyone is rescued, the Lunatian government and mainstream media stations will start issuing friendly PSAs on all the public access networks about the dangers of cutting holes through the fabric of their universe.


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NOTICE: We had a typo error on the log! Lunae is meant to be a satyr, not centaur. All typos have been fixed.

Comments

[unstable]

[ it is. it is easy! and she nearly jumps out of her skin at the touch, violently jerking away from the stranger. ]

I realize everyone here is supposed to just be oozing for a chance at some contact but maybe ask before you lay hands on someone.

[spicycracker]

[ Somehow the annoyance didn't seem to phase her much. She still smiled that soft smile Azula's way, only to hold out a plate of rice balls individually wrapped. She may be new here, but that doesn't mean she couldn't be hospitable! ]

You just looked like you might be hungry is all. Perhaps I was wrong?

[unstable]

[ Azula is 100% capable of figuring this out, she knows she is. however, in the Fire Nation she had the benefit of being, you know, on her own Earth, so Prismatica certainly is taking its toll. besides, the way she keeps addressing everyone isn't helping her chroma issue.

the princess snatches two of them. ]

Don't expect a thank you.

[spicycracker]

No, of course not. I was the one who startled you after all.

[ The fact that Azula could be so stubborn about this while still looking rather exhausted was honestly a bit charming in its own right. Mitsuba couldn't help but laugh a little.

At the very least, Azula might be pleasantly surprised to know those rice balls were stuffed with a lot of hot spices. Might remind her of her home... wait that also might not be great... oops. ]

please give azula rice balls forever... this is the cUTEST

[unstable]

[ she'd be a jerk about the laughter, but she is holding two rice balls and doesn't want to spoil the moment. although she isn't going to eat them in front of Mitsuba, gosh, don't be weird about it. she will totally enjoy the spices inside!! so much!! and then be a baby about it later. ]

Well? [ are you going to go? this is very weird. ]

she will happily feed azula all the home cooked meals

[spicycracker]

Oh...! If you wanted more, please feel free to take as many as you'd like. You look like you could use a bit more energy and food is a wonderful way to bounce right back.

[ That's what Azula meant, right? She wanted more? That must be what she meant. ]

[unstable]

[ should she be bothered that Mitsuba was looking at her like a stray kitten? normally, yes. but for now, she stuffs the two rice balls under one arm and holds out her opposite hand. ]

Give me the whole plate. [ the princess certainly meant for Mitsuba to leave, but considering she doesn't wish to play by the Prismatica rules she needs to take what she can get for now. ]

[spicycracker]

Now now, isn't there a nicer way to say that?

[unstable]

I don't think so.

[ Could she take it? Maybe. Azula wiggles her fingers like she's just expecting Mitsuba to give it up, no intention to say 'please' or whatever nonsense she's trying to coax out of her. She'd rather take her pride and two than beg for the whole plate, okay! ]

[spicycracker]

I'm absolutely certain there is a nicer way to ask for things. What could it possibly be though, hmmm... It's at the tip of my tongue.

[unstable]

Either give me the plate or be on your way, I'm not going to sprinkle some niceties into my speech just to please you.

[spicycracker]

[ A normal person might be offended, or irritated by Azula's attitude, but not her. Mitsuba just laughs softly, trying to hide it behind her sleeve. ]

A young assertive woman I see. It's rather charming to see.