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▶ Tales from the Crypt
Moon Iris | top

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. Even the few shy moon creatures you find in the wild have strange crystal growths on their hides. This is far from home— perhaps a dream? You pinch your skin and slap your cheeks, yet nothing seems to do the trick. Searching for answers yields nothing but an endless expanse of purple dust as far as the eye can see. You have four options: one, panic; two, soil yourself; three, admire it all then soil yourself; or four, go into survival mode. Eventually, you’ll realize that you’re not alone.

After a day or two of living off the crystal wilderness, a group of people find you worse for wear. They are the gallant Moon Knights from the planet of Prismatica. After the strange phenomenon 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? Why did I eat those fifty cent street truck tacos last night? — 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.

While waiting for transport to be prepared, you may freely roam around the government center. Alternatively, you can ask the staff about the moon base. They suggest that you visit one of their excavation sites nearby: an enormous hole known as the Glory. The scientists have been excavating this site carefully for years, searching for a legendary ancient tomb sleeping within. They’re accepting volunteers if anyone is inclined to aid in their efforts. Perhaps the Moonblessed have the knowledge they need to make it a success!

A ⬤ A chroma-powered lift made of magically fortified crystal is used to access the lower grounds. Be careful not to fall off! On the way down, some translucent caterpillars and crystals light your way. Be quiet and keep an eye out for Queen Bowie beetles: these glowing neon bugs are attracted to music, and a single note will send them flying into your clothes and hair. Putting the beetles under pressure is not advised, as they will explode and send their sticky insides flying throughout the airspace, potentially stinging your eyes. This will make moving around in dark, cramped spaces all the more difficult! Thankfully, they get bored if no one tries to sing for one whole minute.

B ⬤ Scientists, engineers, miners, and archeologists are at the unearthed antechambers, hard at work. They will assign you to different tasks: recording observations and taking down notes, digging with advanced excavation tools, or collecting fragile relics with metal and crystal detectors. The Moonblessed may also assist with solving riddles the ancients left in the tomb’s doors, chests and walls. Solving them may lead to either treasure rooms or trap walls that close in on unsuspecting grave robbers. Others, well...

Golden jellyfish statues line the walls, encrusted with glistening jewels all over, some worse for wear. Tall pillars have numerous ancient runes which the Prismals are struggling to decipher. Soon, an eerie whisper reaches your mind: “Wander no further. A curse awaits all who enter our kingdom. Disturb not those who slumber in the deep.” True enough, the floor from this point onward appears to be blue sand combed in the pattern of ocean waves... Are you brave enough to continue drilling through?

C ⬤ If that is not enough to send you scrambling out with moist underwear, perhaps the seismic jolt to the ground will. A slimy substance begins to ooze out the tomb’s cracks, glowing lilac like the Iris moon... The Prismals are quick to usher everyone out before the shaking gets worse. As the lift may be too dangerous, climbing equipment will be provided. Watch out for falling debris or collapsing rocks while assisting each other out of cramped passages and up the walls to safety. Try not to get stuck in the slime!

This little adventure might leaving you wondering what or who exactly lies deeper inside, but the Prismals are just as clueless as you are. Cave-ins happen from time to time, but this might have been the strongest one recorded on this site.

Eventually you’re called to the docks and led onto a large transport vessel. Destination: Prismatica.

▶ Those Kicks were Fast as Lightning
Higher Lunatia, Level 1 | 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.

With the end of Harvest Boon, the city is calm once more. The streets of Level 1 and 2 are now sparkling clean as always, but Level 3 is still in the process of cleaning up. There are confetti and deflated balloons strewn all over the streets, but Swiffy bots are on the scene, sweeping up whatever waste they can get their hands on. Sometimes, they might even play tug-of-war with you for it. At one of the train stations, a Prismal doomsayer screams about the apocalypse returning. Passersby shrug at the conspiracy theory and move on.

A ⬤ In response to the unexpected rough events during Harvest Boon, the Moon Knights decided to hold free-for-all self-defense seminars at a large park near Lunatia Square. The live demonstrations include proper monster-wrangling procedures and how to efficiently keep a rogue moonheld (read: transformed under the moon) Prismal away. Participants are encouraged to learn and interact with each other to learn various safety practices and techniques. The training visors provided enhance the seminar experience, changing whoever your eyes focus on into a cerberus or other rogue moonheld Prismal on the visor’s display. Don’t use the visors for too long, or you’ll be seeing everyone as a cerberus well after you take the visors off! Fortunately, the effects only last for an hour. Energy drinks and free snacks are available to any worn-out Prismal or Moonblessed.

B ⬤ Virtual lunar conditions are also available via multiplayer VR pods in Lunar Scientia headquarters, simulating the Moonblessed/moonheld experience under full moons. Mental exercises and magic practice sessions are accessible in the virtual spaces, allowing people to test out their magical abilities and transformations. Simulation participants can either train by themselves, with a partner, or through a tutorial of instruction-based movements. However, the program is still in beta. You may experience errors or bugs like lagging, NPCs phasing into things they shouldn’t, weird physics, or body glitches.

▶ Meas Trees are the Bee’s Knees
Middle Lunatia, Level 2 | top

The rows of Meas trees planted this Harvest Boon are blossoming beautifully into view, painting the fields in Level 2 with colors of spring. Meas tree saplings each have a small sign next to them, displaying their owners’ written wish if they chose to disclose it. Interestingly, the color and aroma of each flower depends on the owners; fiery personalities might have red or orange flowers, those born in a coastal town might have flowers that smell like the sea near their hometown, and so on. Maybe you’ll encounter a familiar aroma if you’re lucky enough.

The Moonblessed who were most active with moonlacing the past few weeks have the largest trees, nearly rivaling the oldest Meas trees around. The older trees planted by Prismals over time can be seen in the next field, standing majestically with their swaying branches and flying petals.

A ⬤ Picnic grounds for flower viewings can be found near the fields. There are plenty of stalls selling homemade bruschettas, crostinis, sandwiches, wines, cheeses, and other enjoyable finger food. Notably, some wines may give you an insatiable desire to whisper things in someone’s ear. Sweet nothings, death threats, your secret kinks—no matter the words, you’ll want to kill someone softly with them.

B ⬤ The Swiffy bots that are assigned to the parks and gardens in Level 2 help keep things spick and span, but they’re due for maintenance and may attempt to sweep off any unfortunate picnics with their high-powered vacuums or leaf blowers. As they zoom across the paths, they chirrup about not treading on the grass and take off with picnic blankets, table cloths, and people’s clothes. Any nearby maintenance staff (who are all desperately trying to chase the bots) yell that a conk on the head will immobilize them. Once the malfunctioning bots are stopped, the staff approach to wheel them away while apologising profusely for the mayhem.

▶ Questions

If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.

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▶ I. TALES FROM THE CRYPT

A. ANTI-ELEVATOR MUSIC
[ So, this is just cruel? Cruel and unusual punishment. Here Peter is, chilling out, maybe just humming to himself to make the chroma-lift descent a little more exciting and also because you know rampant nerves about existing in general as a concept, and now there's glowing bugs??

He's had enough trouble with potentially radioactive bugs in his life! ]

Whoa! Whoa, hey, no, I can't - I can't do the weird bug bite thing again, I don't want to double up?? Come on -

[ So now there's a teenager on the lift jumping around trying to (gently) brush glowing beetles out of his hair while muttering to himself at top speed spare him. This is the absolute worst thing that has ever come out of him just trying to fill empty silence -

Okay, yeah, no. So many bad things have happened because of that. Maybe at some point he should just learn to exist in peaceful quiet for a short amount of time. Food for future thought. ]

B. INDIANA JONES-ING IT UP
[ Hey, he likes ridles! And puzzles. And like, generally going out and doing stuff. This is so much more interesting than grand theft bicycle. He's enjoying himself for a given value of "enjoying himself" which is - well, this is fun? Weird, but fun. He'd totally like to be in a portion of space he recognizes, but hey. He could be doing worse? Stuff could be trying to kill him! At least nothing has really tried to kill him yet -

Yeah. Yeah, no, welcome to a room with those closing in trap walls. ]

Oh, come on! [ This is unfair. ] I've gone like two whole days without anyone trying to kill me, and now a room is breaking my streak??

[ He's putting his arms out, though, and he's...

Actually stronger than you'd think, apparently. He can stop the walls in their tracks for now. ]

Quick, can you look for a way out?! I can't hold this forever, and I don't really want to go out getting squashed. That's a little too on the nose.

C. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
[ It doesn't seem all that important to try to hold on to a secret identity in space. Where there are moon knights. And, uh, random video game temples? It just doesn't seem like a thing that really matters. So when the only way out is up... ]

Hey, uh, do you want a piggyback ride? Or a spiderback ride. Because I can give those, can fit about one passenger, arms and legs inside the ride at all time - well, not really, you could probably wave one arm around as long as you're holding on with the other?

[ He's distracting himself somehow... ]

▶ II. THOSE KICKS WERE FAST AS LIGHTNING

[ So, yeah, the whole VR thing is super cool? He likes video games, he likes technology he doesn't remotely understand, so this is great! Awesome! He's just messing around with his "magic practice session" and -

Whoops.

Yeah. Just made the floor in front of your character frosted with ice. Hope that didn't cause you to faceplant? ]

My bad! ...Not on purpose??

▶ III. MEAS TREES ARE THE BEE’S KNEES

[ So, yeah. Peter's luck. He has a picnic basket of food? He has acquired food. He's a growing guy, he likes food, and there are sandwiches in here. Good sandwiches! Not too much bread! He's really looking forward to them, even gets a bite out of one -

And then, uh, a Swiffy bot steals his lunch basket? While knocking the sandwich he was trying to eat out of his hand, pretty needlessly cruelly.

There's a pause as he stands there registering yeah, that totally just happened while he was fully focused on finally having food, and then - ]

Seriously?? You're a robot, why do you even need - get back here!

[ And, hey, super agility. He's going to be bolting after that Swiffy bot. Feel free to help him take it down (and reclaim his lunch) or catch him afterwards, yanking his basket back triumphantly. ]

▶ NOTES

[ Or throw any prompt you like at me. Peter will be Cordis for the purposes of this meme, and he's kind of a disaster busybody and can be found wherever would be easiest. Feel free to PM me to discuss things, or hit me up on Discord at Maggie#0451. ]

[Usagi had been enjoying the viewing of the trees, her own basket saved from the bots when she saw Peter pull his out successfully. She came over to him.]

Were you able to save your basket too?

Yes, thank god, I'm starving? [ Well. ] I mean, not literally starving, I ate breakfast and all? But I'm, you know, that was this morning.

[ He's both a teenage dude and a Cordis moonblessed, and who knows what the cycle is in meme-land, so maybe that's a double whammy here. Sue him. ]

But they took yours, too? What the heck. What were they even gonna do with that stuff? I mean, I guess they were just over-cleaning, but still...What a waste of food?

Heee, me too! My favorite thing to do is eat. Wanna combine baskets and eat together?

[Aww, he's sweet.]

I completely agree! I hate wasting food. [She held up her saved, if slightly torn blanket.] Don't suppose your blanket came out better than mine?

Oh my god, yes? I mean, yes to the combo picnic. No to the blanket, mine went into one of those vacuum things and I couldn't get it back. I'd say it died a noble death, but it absolutely did not? It died a stupid death. Of stupidity.

[ Luckily...: ]

I can sit on the grass, though, it's not a huge deal.

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3... again I'm sorry ;;

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