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▶ TDM .003
▶ 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!
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.
▶ 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.
▶ Questions
If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.
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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And I think I've always been into it? The first time a camera was put into my hands and I took a picture, I fell in love with it. And I've been admiring photographers and photography ever since. It's so cool all the different ways you can evoke different feelings, or capture them, just using a camera. And then you can share that moment and that feeling with whoever sees the photograph, for as long as that photograph exists.
[Now look who's rambling. Max is kind of a nerd about this stuff.]
What did you play in band?
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[ He quit to be Spider-man, though. Worth it. ]
I'd like to see some more of your pictures sometime, if you don't mind? I mean, the not me ones. Not that I've really gotten a good look at the me one, but you know what I mean. That's, you know, pretty cool? I kind of know what you mean from that feeling, although for me it's more like - I get a lot of feelings about science? Like, chemical reactions. Is that weird? Now I feel like that might be weird.
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I'm completely clueless about the trumpet. Or anything marching band, actually. I play acoustic guitar sometimes, but... Mostly it just kind of sits in my room and gathers dust.
[She's clearly happy when he asks to see her photos but she also looks kind of amused when he talks about the one she just took.]
Peter, you can totally ask to see the picture of you, I'm not holding it for blackmail. You can even have it if you want. But, yeah, I do... Actually have some photos with me in my journal? I should probably let you sit down and like actually eat the meal you just rescued though... And you're not weird. Or if you are, then you're just as weird as every other person, because we've all got something like that. Different strokes, right?
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Can I see the photo of me? I mean, I do not need to have it, I'm totally cool with rocking the photo wall, but I kind of like to see pictures of me doing cool things. It makes me feel like sometimes I am moderately cool.
[ He believes in the him who does cool kickflips...! Why can't he be that guy always. ]
Also, I think that is pretty much the most inspiring thing I have ever had said to me? That I'm just as weird as every other person, and we're all weird. Why isn't that in any of those dumb motivational videos they make us watch at school?
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I think you made a good first impression. You seem cool enough to me?
[Cool but weird. Which is pretty much the same as what people at school had thought of her. "She's weird but cool."
She has to laugh a little because that is a very good question he just asked. And, hey, it's nice to know she can manage to be inspiring even without using her rewind!]
I dunno. I'd say it probably means whoever makes the videos is benefitting from everyone feeling depressed because they don't think they're normal. Like, financially benefitting. Or is that too cynical? I wouldn't want to undo that whole motivational thing I just did.
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Or he's just tired of seeing them. It's one of the two. ]
I'm definitely gonna use you as a personal reference. Ace photographer Max, thinks I'm cool. [ He's careful to hold the photo by the edges - that's a thing, right? He thinks that's a thing - as he looks at it, a smile lighting up his face. It's clear he's the kind of guy who smiles frequently - it looks perfectly normal there, and when he hands it back over - edges! - he kind of laughs. ] No take-backs!
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Considering we just met, I make no promises about the take-backs. [She's totally just teasing.] But I will promise to give you an excellent reference, provided you need one. Which actually isn't very likely here. Unless you plan on looking for a job, I guess.
[Okay, it's cute how he's handling the photo. (The smile is pretty damn cute too.) It's a polaroid, and she rarely sees them handled so carefully. It says a lot about him that he's taking such care, though. He seems very considerate.
She takes her journal out of her bag as he hands it back, and slips it inside along some of her other photos. From what can be seen, there's mostly pictures of wildlife and people.]
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A job? I mean, I guess school is apparently not really a thing, so...I wouldn't mind one? Even though it seems like we can make cash just by hanging out and holding hands?
[ Possibly the easiest job anyone has ever had, ever. ]
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He mentions school and, wow, she hadn't even thought about the fact she'd never finished her senior year. Or that she had plans for college, before. A lot of shit has changed pretty drastically now, and not just because she got kidnapped by some crystals and brought to this planet.]
Which is totally a cool job to have, though it can also be kind of awkward, especially during your moon phase. I'm Iris, by the way. I get deer ears and a little tail for like a week. It's been interesting.
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Since she didn't, though... ]
I'm - I, yeah, I have no idea what I am. [ Cordis, but hey. ] Uh, not looking forward to being spliced with an animal?
[ He is already spliced with an insect, let Peter Parker live?? ]
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It's not all bad, I mean the ears and tail stuff is kind of cute actually? Though it's not just limited to the physical changes, or at least it wasn't for me. I was also like... Strangely protective of everyone, and generous to the point I was super open to suggestions. I was letting just anyone put me in practically any outfit. And I also randomly wanted to pet people, but I think that's probably the most understandable thing because, I mean, people with cute ears and tails? Hard to resist.
[She also now has permanent heat thanks to this last AC round but shh she doesn't know that yet, so far she just thinks she's just extra sexually frustrated right now, no big deal.]
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Huh. Well, that mostly sounds like - that doesn't sound bad?? I don't mind being all like, protective and huggy and stuff. I mean, I like hugs! People could use more hugs??
[ People should hug him more. SIGNED, PETER PARKER... ]
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Max's smile widens, and she tilts her head a little to the side, playfully.]
It sounds like you'll probably fit in just fine, then. And hugs here feel awesome, it's hard to even explain? I feel like you can totally tell when the Chroma stuff is happening. Even holding hands feels nice.
[She would know. She spent an entire afternoon holding hands once because of some special chocolate she'd eaten. Thankfully, Kairi hadn't minded the random hand-holding in the least, so it had been pretty enjoyable.]
My apologies the weekend was more packed than I expected...
[ Does Captain America count??
He feels like Captain America doesn't count. ]
Np!! I'm usually a slow tagger anyway lol
[She rubs one of her arms a little nervously, journal and camera tucked back into her bag, her smile both friendly and shy.]
This is my first time going over this stuff with someone newer here than I am. I feel like I'm a camp counselor giving a speech or something.
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[ ...But never let it be said he isn't a man of science! (He's not a BOY. Everyone can STEP OFF, he's totally a man...let him live...) Because he's actually very curious about how acquiring chroma feels and there are worse things than hugging a girl who's pretty nice and cool to do it?? ]
Uh, are you sure? I mean, a hug. A magical hug. ...Are there like colored sparkles, or is it all in your head?
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And I'm pretty sure it's all internal? I mean, I haven't seen any sparkles, but you never know. We are blessed by the moons, which already sounds kind of crazy and magical, right?
[Although Max thinks the sparkles would be kind of embarrassing. Calls too much attention, she'd rather not have that. Let her cuddle in peace.]
Anyway, yeah, we can try it if you want to see for yourself?
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[ Help him, he has no idea how to smoothly segue into hugging anyone?? ]
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And to be fair here, there is some sort of science behind this Chroma and moonlacing thing. Hugging for science is legit.]
Okay. Then you can be doing it for science, but I'm going to do it because I think you look kinda huggable, and sound like you'd be a nice friend to have.
[She's already coming in for a hug as she says it, all that she'd had in her hands tucked into her bag now so she can freely slide her arms underneath his and lightly place her hands on his middle back.]
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Okay, well. Those might also be secret reasons for me, in reverse, which are now no longer a secret?