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▶ TDM .019
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.
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 | topThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
▶ Questions
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WHO CAN POST? ▶ Test drive memes are for new characters only. Existing players may not post starter threads in the test drime meme. However, current players are more than welcome to use these prompts for their own posts in the IC communities, personal inboxes, catch-all posts, etc.!
IS THIS CANON? ▶ As our test drive memes are game canon, feel free to keep any threads that happen here as canon for your character should they be accepted.
DO I HAVE TO PARTICIPATE? ▶ As always, all content is optional. You do not have to be affected by any of the prompts if you wish to opt out.
NOTICE: We had a typo error on the log! Lunae is meant to be a satyr, not centaur. All typos have been fixed.
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His eyebrows furrow as he doesn't get a sense of hostility from the person, but there's a heaviness there that his instincts tell him that he shouldn't react too suddenly or abruptly.
So, instead, he shifts a little in his seat and takes another mouthful of whiskey. The glass is set down almost in time for when the person comes to sit down next to him.
In a way, he isn't surprised that it's Kogami but he feels his eyes widen all the same at seeing him. Hold on. Hey, you -- are you really, Kou? Getting a good look at him, the man is and isn't Kogami. Everything about him is different.
Yet somehow, he feels if he said his own thoughts that he would be betraying the young man next to him.
He lets himself relax. ]
Yeah, it does feel like I do.
[ Masaoka pauses and reaches his hand out to rest it on the young man's shoulder. Somehow, it feels like he should do it. Somehow, it feels like he needs to do that for him. ]
It's been awhile, Kou. [ A beat. ] How've ya been?
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and masaoka isn't saying a lot right now.
he takes his seat beside him and orders him another, feeling the weight of the older man's hand on his shoulder. guilt, strong and damning, curls in his chest. in his quest for makishima, kogami had left everything behind, chosen vengeance before anything else.
(was it worth it? makishima asks idly, hovering over his shoulder. kogami doesn't answer him.)
he swallows. perhaps masaoka already knows this. perhaps he understands. after all, he did leave behind his family for it. ]
Surviving. [ is the best way he can put it, offering him a dry half-smile. ] What's the last thing you remember?
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[ He gives his shoulder a slight, reassuring squeeze before bringing his hand back to rest against the side of his glass. ]
That's quite the question. [ Masaoka feels already that something is off with having started out with that line of inquiry. But it looks like a lot of time has passed, so -- he understands things tend to get muddled in the past. ]
Well... we had just captured Makishima. Kagari's missing... but I really don't think that he's the type of person to run off. Things are a little too chaotic right now, and we don't yet know the full extent of the damage that bastard did to the city or the people...
[ He lets out a frustrated sigh. ] We have a long road ahead of us to clean up the mess after... but at the very least, it's over.
[ There is a slight pause before he lets out a laugh. ] Though, it feels weird saying it like that to you. You've already gone through it, so I guess for you... [ A slight pause. ] I guess it's already something that's just in the past.
[ He takes a small sip of his drink. ]
In a way, I'm relieved. The road ahead really does seem like it's going to be a hard one, but ... we're still here, right? [ Don't forget that counts for something. ]
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[ trust good ol' pops to already come to his own (astute) conclusions about things, just from the first glimpse of kogami and the way he had framed the question. he's missed this -- he's missed him. after everything that's happened, they'd been fellow enforcers, colleagues, and something resembling friends.
masaoka recognised something in him before kogami even did, and gave him a wide berth -- perhaps the outcome of kogami escaping the sibyl system (or alternatively dying by it) is something he's predicted, too. but here and now, what he says makes something in his chest twinge.
I guess it's already something that's just in the past. ]
You're here now.
[ kogami says quietly, because here and now is what matters, right? is there a point in telling masaoka he died? does he tell him that masaoka's road is cut short? what purpose will it serve? his jaw sets as he orders a drink for himself, taking a drag of it before he exhales. ]
I left Japan. I killed him, Pops.
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[ He frowns at the answers that he got -- and breathes in slow.
His head does twist to look at Kogami as soon as he hears that he left Japan -- that he killed Makishima. The Sibyl System wouldn't have allowed something like that. Because that bastard was able to escape the judgement of the system somehow.
A lot of pieces connect together, but it doesn't form a complete picture. He gleans that Makishima somehow escaped from their custody. Of course, Kou would have gone after him in order to stop whatever horror that man would unleash next. The only ways to do that -- he frowns considerably about it.
Masaoka can say without any hint of hurt pride that he lacks the insight of Kogami. He lacks the sharpness that even Akane is learning. So, he only has his own instincts and his own experience to help him along with the rest of the story.
There are pieces missing, and he isn't sure he wants to ask about them. The way that he's spoken to is enough to tell him that he'd be prodding at a past that still hurts. ]
Good. [ He says instead of anything else that he could say. ] That monster shouldn't be allowed to keep walking around. [ Sitting a little straighter, he looks carefully at Kogami. There's ... hm... a little guilt there, but... ]
I wish that you didn't have to walk down that road at all. I wish there was something that we could have done instead. But... some things don't work out like that, eh, Kou? [ That's all he can say about it.
And so he adds with some cheer: ]
Japan was too small for you, anyway. But hope you aren't running too wild out there. You'll make Nobuchika and Akane worry too much. [ Masaoka can only forgive and give Kogami a little rest. It isn't much -- no, it might be enough to make sure that he comes back a little to how he used to be. Not a lot, but a little would be all right. ]