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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

[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.

[scholarshipping]

[ amazing, with all that handholding they were actual able to buy meat. which do-yoon seems to be really into! he will remember that. ]

That sounds good.

[showended]

[ It was the hug, definitely. One hug = one pound of meat. Do-yoon really is happy to have something substantial to add to his meal, so he nods and starts getting a pan ready, along with the rest of what he needs. ]

Cool. We should have this done in no time. [ He smiles. This is so much better than being trapped on Bstars, it almost helps him forget all about that. ] I'm actually kind of excited to just... make dinner. Is that weird?

[scholarshipping]

No, it's not weird at all. I think sometimes it's important for us to just take time to ourselves. Especially after everything with Bstars.

[ how is that for helping sanity? ]

[showended]

Yeah. You're right.

[ Thanks, Gyu-hyuk. Do-yoon's sanity is safe when you're around. ]

I'm glad we can do this. Just normal stuff, you know?

[scholarshipping]

Me too.

[ And it will definitely still be normal when he's fermenting cabbage at 3 am. ]

[showended]

[ Do-yoon smiles, bringing his arm around to rest on Gyu-hyuk's back. Touch, right? Right! ]

Let me know when you're ready on the rice, the meat shouldn't take long once the stove is hot.

[ He's definitely gonna hold your hand and drag you to bed when he finds you fermenting cabbage at 3am. ]

[scholarshipping]

[ Oh...yes, there they go, Do-yoon is touching him again. He leans into him a little bit, even though he's taller, it's fine. ]

It looks like the rice cookers here go pretty fast.

[ Look it's the space future, let me have this. ]

I'll get chopping on the vegetables.

[showended]

[ Eyes on the prize, Gyu-hyuk. Do-yoon nods, giving Gyu-hyuk's back a little pat before he steps away to start greasing the pan. ]

Great. It'll be quick, then.

[ If Gyu-hyuk thinks he's going to sleep tonight without Do-yoon finding himself crawling into his bed, he has another thing coming. I mean, sure, they've left the killer behind on BStars, but once Do-yoon runs out of things to do, that dread is going to catch up to him. ]

[scholarshipping]

[ there's going to be another murder tonight if do-yoon gets in bed with him. gyu-hyuk'll be the victim. he'll die from being that close to his body.

He can't help but think of how nice this all feels, as he chops the vegetables. He'd cooked a lot back home, but his mom hadn't always felt up to helping him. That was fine, of course, but having someone to share it with...cooking seems so much more fun like this. He's really happy? How strange. ]

[showended]

[ Can't believe Do-yoon really was the killer all along. The joke ending is real.

But Do-yoon is happy to cook in relative quiet, taking a knife to chop up the meat and start covering it in some delicious seasoning. This is Prisma, you can definitely get anything at the grocery store. He'd been on his own for the most part, so he learned to cook the things he liked. Hopefully by sharing that with Gyu-hyuk, the two of them can grow closer... for Rapport, you know. (It's not just for Rapport.) ]

You really are good at that. [ Do-yoon smiles. Of course, he knows why now, but he'd rather keep things light. ] I bet it's gonna taste great.

[scholarshipping]

All I'm doing is chopping them up, I don't think that changes the flavor much.

[ But the compliment makes him smile all the same. Anytime Do-yoon says something nice to him it just makes him so happy. ]

[showended]

Mine are always kind of lopsided. I can't get them into stripes like that.

[ He shows off his beef strips, which are indeed cut into unfortunately uneven strips. It's not like, a huge deal, it definitely won't change the flavor of the meat, but it still goes to show... Do-yoon is clearly self-taught. ]

[scholarshipping]

Those look great!

[ They're perfect, in his mind. ]

[showended]

[ Ah....... Gyu-hyuk's radiant smile. It sure make his heart beat a little louder. It's just the Sanity Up though, right? Haha, no, Gyu-hyuk is the one who's perfect here. Do-yoon blushes, turning back around to focus on seasoning this meat. ]

They're really not that special... but thanks.

[scholarshipping]

I'm sure it's going to taste great.

[ homemade cooking from do-yoon, what could be better than that? and it'll be alongside the stuff he made.

well, with the vegetables all cut at least he can move on to making the eggs. ]

[showended]

Yeah. I bet it will.

[ They keep cheering each other on, but this is legitimately how they are... how many hours of footage do you think the BStars staff had to edit out in order to keep the fans from shipping them together, honestly?

Well, in either case, Do-yoon starts to grill the meat, so that's going to take his full attention for a few minutes. He knows better than to take his eyes off the stove. It's just nice to spend time with someone you trust, you know? ]

[scholarshipping]

[ this is what full rapport feels like ]

That smells so good. I didn't realize how hungry I was...

[showended]

[ "Trusted :D" ]

Glad to hear it wasn't just me.

[ Since, you know, his stomach made it pretty clear earlier... ]

This should be ready pretty soon.

[scholarshipping]

This will be too. It should all come out at the same time.

[ teamwork at its finest!!! ]