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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.
Reynardo || Stories: Path of Destinies
B ⬤ What was it about scientists? They always used big confusing words, demanded you do things for them, always wanted to research things, and never said anything cool. Reynardo was not the kind of fox to take notes for someone or use some fancy equipment to dig a hole. He wasn't a ditch digger! He was a pirate, a hero, and a treasure hunter. He left the scientists and their requests behind and walked deeper into the crypt. His gut told him he could find whatever secrets this crypt had in store without the scientists and their strange fancy things. Maybe he could even find a portal home.
Reynardo walked through the crypt until he came to the blue wavy sand and heard the voice. The fox froze in place with one wide eye. It couldn't be, could it? No. The voice was different. It was not the Iblis Stone. That was gone. He'd made sure of it. It was destroyed. This was some other spooky ghost voice whispering to him in his head. Reynardo hated it when voices tried to get inside his head.
"Shove off," He told the ghostly whisper. "My mind is supposed to be quiet. If I wake something up, I'll put it back to sleep." Yeah. That was the right answer. Reynardo stepped onto the sand and kept moving. If a voice was telling him to go back, this had to be the right way. Nice try, crypt. You weren't going to fool this fox that easily.
▶ THOSE KICKS WERE FAST AS LIGHTNING
A ⬤ The crypt had been a bust. It had at least been exciting while he was there. Now he was in this dazzling city bigger and stranger than any city he had ever seen. Following the people to these self defense seminars as they were called. Reynardo was reminded of Sword-Fu school. Teachers helping students learn to fight and defend themselves. Then again, this seemed a bit nicer. There wasn't any homework, chores, and no flat mattresses you had to sleep on for years. Still, he liked Sword-Fu school. It helped him learn to be a great warrior and a great warrior he was. Why shouldn't he help teach the people how to fight? He had a lot to offer. He'd almost never been bested in battle.
Almost. Zenobia wasn't here so he could very well be one of the best in the city! Reynardo made his way toward the people training, sword drawn.
"Who here wants to learn Sword-Fu from a hero?" He asked with a brilliant smile. At least, he thought it was brilliant. Maybe cocksure to others who didn't know him...and those who knew him too.
▶ MEAS TREES ARE THE BEE’S KNEES
B ⬤ The day was supposed to be ending nicely. A picnic with free food, the best kind. He even had wine! What could go wrong? How about some strange metal contraption coming up to him, yelling at him to get off the grass, stealing his blanket, stealing his food, spilling the wine, and stealing his jacket! The nerv! Reynardo gave chase of the dastardly villain. He heard the cries of the strange prismals chasing after the horrible metal things. A whack on the head was their weakness? Oh that was too easy.
Reynardo dashed up on the thief and brought the flat side of his sword down on the thing's head. The metal contraption fell indeed. Reynardo took back his jacket and gave the thing a good few kicks before the maintenance worker came running over. He took the metal thing and apologized but asked Reynardo to not kick them again. The fox was having none of that.
"It stole my jacket!" Reynardo exclaimed. "I'm going to stop them before they ruin anyone else's picnics." Reynardo dashed around the park. He slammed his sword down on the Swiffy bots, stunning them. He didn't care if they were doing their jobs or not. It was time to stop these stupid things. They'd spilled his wine. That was practically a crime. They clearly needed to all be stopped.
THOSE SWORD SWINGS WERE FAST AS LIGHTNING
"Sword Fu lessons huh?" Paulo asked looking up at Reynardo. "How do I know you're really a hero?"
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"I don't have a license but the number of fair maidens I've saved could tell you all about it. It's the eye patch, isn't it? I was a pirate for a while before I became a hero. So I get it. Trust me though. If you want to learn to fight like a hero, I'm your fox."
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"Okay, so how do I learn Sword-fu Mr...?"
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"It's easy. We start training. We'll go through the motions my old master made me go through. He was a rough old man but he taught a lot. So take the sword and show me how you'd hold it."
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"Ack... uh... Not like that." Paulo said as he regained a proper grip on the handle and mimicked how he saw heroes on TV hold a sword, although he was holding it too tightly now.
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"Nice to meet you, Paulo. Now kid, don't be embarrassed. I did that in front of the girl I love once," Reynardo said. He remembered doing that in front of Zenobia during their first year of Sword-Fu school. She hadn't laughed but she smiled. The fox walked over and looked at the stance.
"How comfortable is it to stand like that? Think you could hold it for a while?"
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"And yeah, I think I can hold it like this for a bit"
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"Okay. Hold it for five minutes. Don't move. If you can last, then we move on." Reynardo said with a smirk. He sat down on the ground and waited.
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"Okay...I'm guessing the fact my fingers went numb means I was holding it wrong?"
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"Like this. Nothing fancy. Sword held light in my fingers. But I'm ready. Try to hit me."
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"Ahhh!" Paulo yelled, hey it worked for game characters right?
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There was potential here.
Reynardo blocked the strike easily. He countered with a flick of his wrist, knocking Paulo's swing way off course, and slammed the flat of his wooden blade into Paulo's chest to push him back.
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He frowned.
"Okay, so do I keep trying or do I wait for you to tell me what I did wrong?"
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He was naturally mimicking movie and video game sword fighters with their big flashing swings that were all show and little substance, not that Paulo understood that, he could only come up with one problem by himself.
"Was I too slow?"
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"Try again but be you. Show me how you move."
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He had barely stopped speaking before running at Raynardo again, much faster this time and he swung the sword in a smaller arc, lower too, as if aiming for the gut instead of the chest.
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"Much better. Didn't that feel better too? Less stiff and more relaxed?" Reynardo asked.
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Now he looked up at Rynardo sheepish.
"You're not mad I didn't give you a chance to brace yourself?"
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You never know where or when someone is going to fight you. So don't be predicable either. You've got potential, Paulo. Maybe one day you'll be half as good as me," He said in a teasing tone.
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"You really think I got potential?" He asked hopefully.
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Meas Trees~
There was a voice that Reynardo knew well. Maybe better than he wanted to right now. If the fox looked, he'd see a familiar white rabbit hopping quickly after another Swiffybot while three others took the opportunity to clean up his picnic lunch. Lapino didn't notice that though as he practically tackled the offending robot and gave it a sound blow to stun it. The maintenance worker came running and apologized, and after a moment of tinkering the rabbit had his prized cards back.
Lapino brightened immediately, taking a moment to ensure that every card was accounted for. "Nah, it's no harm done. I got my stuff back and there's not a scratch on me! Good thing too, since my old war wound's not left me in the best form you know."
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The fox didn't know when to stay away. He could have left and thought this through. Maybe found a way to determine the situation. But when did Reynardo ever do that? No. He followed his gut and did what it told him. Doing that kind of long term work was for someone like...well like Lapino.
The fox walked right up behind his friend and spoke.
"Good to see you, old friend," The fox said with a smile. Here went nothing.
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Wishful thinking, he knew. After all, as stupid as Reynardo usually was, it seemed a bit convenient that the Emperor happened to blow himself up while his daughter and the fox who loved her had just vanished. And even more convenient that he'd been trusted to go get the shiny weapons that could kill the Emperor. He couldn't prove it though and he didn't want to risk anything, so he'd just play it like always.