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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

[showended]

That's what I was thinking.

[ Do-yoon's investigative skills are at it again. He noticed a few pots and pans, too. These places are pretty well set-up, actually. ]

So vegetables, eggs, rice, and maybe some cheap meat... [ Put all the clues together and you've got: meal plans. [Success!] ] How much do you think things cost here? Should we be holding hands to make sure we have enough money?

[scholarshipping]

Oh, hm, I don't know.

[ He switches apps on the phone, pulling up the chrometer. He definitely has more now thanks to that hug than before, but until they see actual prices, it's true that they don't have much to compare to. The numbers are way too low to match how prices in won. ]

It's pretty convenient, that we could just hold hands for more.

[showended]

Yeah, we'll have money in no time.

[ Do-yoon reaches for Gyu-hyuk's shoulder again, setting a hand on it and enjoying the little rush of chroma it brings. It's kind of funny though, since Gyu-hyuk is a taller than him. Oh well, it's free real estate. ]

We can worry about making money later. Getting food is more important right now.

[ He's gonna buy a bass.... then another bass... then a studio... he's got dreams. ]

[scholarshipping]

[ Yes, this is about the free real estate and not about actually touching. That would be ridiculous! But, literally, Gyu-hyuk would happily let Do-yoon touch him all over. You know, to pay for Do-yoon's dreams. ]

Yeah, it's been...a long time since we've eaten.

[ They'd been trapped for almost six hours. And while they'd given him something to eat and drink when he'd woken up here, the truth is he really hadn't felt up to it. ]

[showended]

[ Do-yoon hadn't felt much like eating then, either. It's only now that he's finally getting comfortable with Gyu-hyuk that his stomach has decided that maybe the danger has passed, and maybe some food would be a good idea.

Along with some sleep, but Do-yoon wants to avoid that too. He'll dream of bodies and neck wounds and things he doesn't want to dwell on right now. They won't do him any good. ]

The best thing we can do is try and take it one thing at a time.

[ He squeezes Gyu-hyuk's shoulder, looking up at him warmly. It's both free real estate and touching. They both probably need it right now... and Do-yoon isn't going to just sit by and watch Gyu-hyuk beat himself up. ]

We'll look out for each other. We'll be okay.

[scholarshipping]

Yes. That's the best we can do.

[ Rapport up! Not that it as much room to go up at this point, tbh. But he lists out several food items and also other things like shampoo, soap, etc. If only there was a local H-mart here... ]

Okay, I'll share the list with you. See if there's anything I'm missing.

[showended]

[ Do-yoon smiles. There should be a rapport level above Trusted, just for them, let's be honest. Boyfriend territory.

But if Amegahara exists, does that mean there's Mitsuwa... it might be a little off, but they can make it work. ]

Oh, is that something we can do? Share files?

[ He dumb, Gyu-hyuk. He dumb when it comes to technology. ]

[scholarshipping]

Yeah, it's like Airdrop? If we're close by, I can see you by default. And then you can just receive the file.

[ Please receive him into your phone Do-yoon. At least he'll get an obvious y/n prompt ]

[showended]

Oh. You can see me?

[ He's going to pretend he knows what that is. He checks his device and, sure enough, the list appears. ]

This is pretty cool.

[scholarshipping]

Yeah, it’s useful right?

[ he’s happy he can teach him something!!! ]

Did I forget anything?

[showended]

[ Do-yoon nods, checking over the list. He's learning so much... ]

This all looks good to me. We can think about makeup and stuff once we're settled in. I'm still going to teach you, okay?

[scholarshipping]

Okay! Maybe I can find a job, too.

[ Like a simple job, where he can earn them some chroma. Nothing fancy. He doesn't need to be an idol here

(he's a fool) ]

[showended]

Yeah, maybe.

[ Wow, a job. Like a normal one? He knows Gyu-hyuk has had to make ends meet, so it makes sense that he'd be thinking of something more... realistic than Do-yoon's plan to hold hands until he can afford a proper bass. ]

You think we can get something in our field?

[scholarshipping]

Singing?

[ Rapport down, unfortunately. ]

Maybe.

[showended]

[ Oh. That's unfortunate... Is it too soon? ]

Maybe not right away, but... I don't want to give up my music. It's part of who I am.

[ Do-yoon drags his hand down, holding Gyu-hyuk by the arm. ]

What about you?

[scholarshipping]

[ It is indeed Too Soon. But the touch grounds him a little more, so not all is lost. ]

I was just thinking something simple. Maybe a bookstore...is that strange?

[ It's a little lame, he knows. But simple just sounds so nice. And maybe eventually he might think about university, too, to finish his degree. But not right now, right now it's too much. ]

[showended]

[ Yeah, the less they talk about BStars the better, so Do-yoon will take the hint. It's definitely too soon to be thinking about that, even if, deep down, he doesn't want to give up just yet...

Maybe his feelings will change, maybe they won't. But it's more important to keep each other stable than to worry about what-ifs. ]

It's not strange. [ Do-yoon shakes his head. If anything, he admires that about Gyu-hyuk. ] You're being pragmatic. It's just like you to want to have something stable like that in mind.

[scholarshipping]

I'm glad you see it that way, Do-yoon.

[ Rapport up! ]

I just want to help however I can.

[showended]

[ Do-yoon nods. You know that means it's Sanity up, too! ]

You're really good at that. You've always helped me.

[ Y'all gay. This is gay. And they're still touching, which means they're making sweet chroma, even as they stare at each other... Right up until Do-yoon's stomach decides to growl. Loudly. Protag problems. ]

We should go and get food soon, huh?

[scholarshipping]

[ Gyu-hyuk laughs a little (sorry do-yoon) at the sound. ]

Yes, let's go find a market.

[showended]

[ It's ok, Gyu-hyuk has a nice laugh... Though he's definitely a little embarrassed. ]

Sounds good to me.

[ Do you wanna handwave the shopping and have the come home with Gyu-hyuk's depression cabbage? ]

[scholarshipping]

[ now much later with depression cabbage, they're back at the apartment putting things away. ]

I'll start the rice while we organize everything, that way it should be done by the time we are ready.

[showended]

[ It's so nice being able to just do domestic shit. Do-yoon never thought he'd miss being able to shop and hang out at a grocery store, but having the chance to do it after so long on Bstars, and in Gyu-hyuk's company, was really, really nice. ]

Okay, I can put most of this away. [ Granted, he is definitely not as good a cook as Gyu-hyuk, his best skill is how to grill beef. ] What should I leave out?

[scholarshipping]

Well, anything you want to eat on the rice. Otherwise, you can put everything else away.

[ This is so ...chill. It's just so chill. It shouldn't be, and yet it is. ]

[showended]

Gotcha.

[ Do-yoon does pretty much that, leaving out some of the veggies, along with the eggs, mushrooms, and beef. You can just feel him picking those keywords in his head. ]

I can cook the meat while you're doing the vegetables. I'm actually decent at that.