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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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Ahahaha.

[She laughs with amusement, seeing the expression on his face. Getting a stoic person to have that sort of reaction is always nice.]

Then perhaps you should elaborate on what you meant?

[ This is strange. Because he feels like he's being put on the spot. That he's assuming too much about someone he literally knows nothing about. It doesn't matter what kind of vibes she's giving off- even if it's 'danger'. Cloud...honestly set himself up for this one. He could just as easily tell her to forget it. But he doesn't wanna be...ugh...rude. ]

I dunno. [ He honestly doesn't. So it's just guesses. ] Just that you're more than what you seem.

Perhaps you should think a little more.

[She suggests lightly, but doesn't seem to push it too harshly.]

But I should at least applaud you a little for saying that much.

[ At Echidna's suggestion, Cloud finally cracks a smile. What the hell... He's not sure what it is about this person, but she must be doing something right. Or...well, he doesn't know what this feeling is. But her response amuses him as he stops in front of a nameless apartment door. It's empty inside. The door's also unlocked. ]

Some would say I do too much of that.

[ Thinking, anyway. Way to enable. ]

I'll figure it out sooner or later. [ Who or what she is, really. ]

... Hmm. Well, thinking too much on things can lead to problems.

[Overthinking is a problem, after all.]

I do hope you can figure it out on your own. It would be quite interesting to see.

[Time to enter the apartment and see what this room is like--]

...Oh! What is this?

[It sure is an apartment, alright.]

... something not befitting a "fair maiden"?

[ He'll be the first to say it. Every apartment has a theme. Granted, Cloud's just looking at her and assuming, based on her mannerisms and choice of dress. Still, he can at least show her a few things. ]

Least I can teach you something. [ He gestures to an unassuming glass panel on the wall just to the left before the couch. ] Every apartment's equipped with these panels. You can start off by changing the color of everything in here.

And what would that be? I could tell you, but I am much more interested in a guess.

[But she follows him a little further with interest gleaming in her eyes as she notes the glass panel.]

Does it only change the color?

[She is absolutely going to touch it and it just winds up... changing the disco ball's light color.

It is now pink.]

Drop me a hint later.

[ He'll take guesses after. As for the apartment itself, he for some reason envisions something more refined being more to her tastes. But she doesn't seem baffled by the place either. Maybe she doesn't care? He cranes his head up to look at the disco ball as its color turns pink. Good thing the rest of the lights were on, otherwise they'd just be in a pink-lit room. ]

You can change other stuff too. You'll just need more Chroma before doing any of that.

We'll see.

[If she'll offer a hint or not.

But it's true - she doesn't actually mind this room in the slightest bit, as it makes her rather curious.]

Other stuff...? Such as?

[ Man, she really is a curious one. ~~He doesn't know the half of it.~~ Cloud's got his work cut out for him as he lets her do as she pleases. Who knows? Maybe they lucked out and this was her perfect beginner lodging. ]

The shape of the furniture, the color of the walls, the overall design and feel... Only thing you can't do is make new stuff appear outta thin air.

How interesting! That would mean I can make the place look different every time a guest appears.

[She sounds so overly excited about that aspect.]

[ Somehow it never really occurred to him that someone would go to such lengths for various guests. It does use up a fair share of Chroma to create considerate changes, after all. ]

You'd be the first person I heard of doing that. [ A beat. ] And I've been here a year.

I'm delighted to be the first, then!

[She looks rather proud of herself.]

I would like to be that 'change of pace' for others.

[ Despite how amicable she's being on the surface, he still has to take half a second to suppress that sense of unease he feels with her before putting a hand on his hip, traces of a smile remaining on his lips. ~~At least he's not vomiting.~~ ]

Sounds like you'll be popular, Echidna.

Hm? You think so? I'd be pleased if that is is the case, but I don't necessarily see myself as 'popular'...

[Especially since she naturally radiates and screams danger.]

[ He might as well come right out and say it... That and, well, despite his resistance to her, it's not like he hasn't felt that sense of unease. Danger? He's been surrounded by it for most of his life. And even if Echidna seems to ooze it in spades...

She...doesn't seem all that bad? Weird. But not bad. ]

Why's that?

People tend to naturally gravitate away from me. Or rather... they're more likely to start feeling rather ill or disgusted by me as a part of my nature. It's quite unfortunate, you see. Even if many people at home would normally seek me for my knowledge.

[ As part of her nature... She's definitely not just some "fair maiden". There's a thought that goes through his mind, but he keeps it to himself. It's not his place to ask. Especially of someone he hardly knows. In the end, all he can do is focus on the positives. She doesn't seem too bent out of sorts by her 'woes'.

Are you lonely? he asks in his mind. ]

Well, I haven't turned tail yet. [ He lightly shrugs. ] Can't be all that bad.

[...]

[Her mouth gapes slightly, looking at him in surprise. When she speaks again, it's with a serious note.]

You might regret those words, you know.

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Not if you don't give me a reason to.

[ He stares right back at her with the same conviction. They're not enemies. Far from it. But if she does something that compromises that... ]

We'll just have to see, then.

[That sounds... ominous, Echidna?]

While there are many things I can do, predict the future is not one of them.

I'm tougher than you might think.

[ That sounds... inviting, Cloud? ]

That's not an invitation, by the way.

[ Okay good. Set that ground rule. ~~That, like limits, are meant to be broken. dsakjfh~~ ]

So. Think this is your apartment?

Hmm, now you're making me curious.

[You can't just say that to her... and not peak her interest.]

I'm not certain. Are all other apartments the same?

There's a lot to be curious about here.

[ Way to deflect. But it's true. ]

Not really. There's a buncha other aesthetics, but they're relatively the same size.

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