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Moon Iris; Lunar Scientia, Lunatia | 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 didn’t I take the blue pill? — 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. Eventually you’re called back from exploring, escorted to the docks, and led onto a large transport vessel. Destination: Prismatica.

At the Lunar Scientia Headquarters on Level 1, there is a new research area called the Amphoria Room, where curious scientists and engineers discover and develop new ways to further understand the Moonblessed. Its state-of-the-art VR technology allows its users to run simulated spaces created directly from their imaginations. Using a Moonblessed's memories, the simulations give others a peek into their world, perhaps deepening their relationship with each other as well as with the Prismals. The scientists aren't going to force you to use it, but why not give it a shot? All who use the Amphoria Room will be given a reward for their first attempt.

A ⬤ To upload your memories to the machine, you are given a neural transmitter worn like an earring. Some may feel a small, numb zap in the back of your head, but as the scientists told you, it's completely harmless. Soon, pixels and polygons surrounding you quickly build scenery from your mind. Perhaps it's an imagined world to your liking, with sheep that roll down hills, cars that run on love, and people who worship you like a rock star. Or maybe it’s a familiar scene with nostalgic places, events or even memories of a special someone. Everything will appear lifelike and to scale the moment you think of it. Those who can see your virtual world with you are free to interact with it.

B ⬤ But you're not a rock star, and not all that glitters is gold. The Amphoria Room is still in beta, so some of the characters in your virtual creation may act erratic or out of character. This may range from funny bugs, like walking and T-posing NPCs who want to establish dominance, to more disturbing errors... NPCs might go off-topic to speak of loneliness and suffocation. At times, they will convulse and pull at their bodies until they are naked. Some will start begging you to “set us free.” Their repeating whispers soon evolve into resounding chants, and it isn’t long until the NPCs start oozing purple liquid from underneath their digital flesh. There's a good chance a tentacle might burst out of them and spill onto the ground, twitching feebly for your attention. If any of them try to attack you, there’s no need to worry. You won't die in real life!

If anything gets out of hand, the scientists will quickly come to the rescue, immediately end all simulations, and usher the Moonblessed out of the room for their own safety. The scientists say this never happened during their Prismal-only runs… They will look into this. For now, the Moonblessed participants can have their reward, as promised: a crystal. To learn more about crystals, read on!

▶ Love It or List It: Lunatia Edition
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After barely avoiding a virtual tentacling in the digital sea, it’s better to move on. There’s a whole city to explore!

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.

B ⬤ A rabbit-eared mage runs a popular crystal shop on Level 1 that sells — you guessed it — crystals of all kinds. Most crystals are used by the locals to store demichroma for later use in everyday spells and arcane artifacts, but if you put chroma in them, they will shatter and the energy will take the form of a small sprite. Ever since the last Encircling, many customers have been complaining about sprites invading their home, eating their food, stealing their jewelry, and leaving glittery droppings all over the furniture!

The shop owner asks you to retrieve as many of them as you can, using a net and a special whistle that attracts them. Hurry, before they make a mess! Oh, and please don't touch them directly. Direct contact with the sprites will cause them to overload with chroma and explode into a frightening amount of rainbow glitter. If you successfully bring the sprites back, she will give you a… card? Huh. Well, she promises it will be useful.

▶ When Life Gives You Dragonfruits
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A day after settling in your apartment, you get new mail at your door. It’s a gift package from Lyestellus Kingdom and its thankful citizens. The Moonblessed tended to their precious children last month, saving their future generations. As a token of their never-ending gratitude, they’ve sent a generous basket of succulent fruits! On the card, they explain that these grow on the bushes around their mountain springs.

Little do they know of the fruit's side effects on the Moonblessed. Eating the fruit will yield any or all of these effects:

A ⬤ “Dragon Eyes” - Your pupils will narrow and your eyes will glow. You will be able to see a person's mood through the color of their auras. The colors you see are up to you. But for some reason, you might also see what’s under their clothing as well. (As always, please ask OOC permission before doing so!)

B ⬤ “Dragon Fire” - You will be able to — surprise of surprises — blow fire from your mouth. While the fire will not hurt you, almost everything the fire comes into contact with can and will be set aflame. Others who have eaten the fruit cannot burn, but they will feel the impact of the flames, as if they are being pushed back!

C ⬤ “Dragon Song” - Your voice will become beautiful to hear. Anything you say, hum or sing will come out in pleasant melodies regardless if you’ve previously never had musical talent... or are even singing. It might even make others want to sway to your words, dance and follow you wherever you go, even if they don’t want to!

All effects last for an hour before they wear off. Eat with moderation or you’ll experience temporary heartburn!

▶ Questions

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[ooc: Some quick notes!
1. Jiro is a CRAU from Duplicity both to continue some CR with her classmates and to make it easier for her to adapt and flow right into the setting, so bear this in mind, though it likely won't show up too much outside this TDM; and 2. I am super dyslexic so please no prose! Brackets are much, much easier for me to read, sorry.]

[1. around lunatia]

[Living off of the wilderness on Iris was hard, but at the same time, strangely kind compared to the situation Jiro had found herself not just a few minutes before waking up there... it felt more like a dream than anything else, really. From the way she simply appeared to the sights around her, it all felt like a dream...
At least, it did until she was found by the Moon Knights. From there? It quickly veered into nightmare territory.

This all bore way, way, way too many similarities to something that happened not too long ago... waking up somewhere strange? Getting poked and prodded at by people you've never seen before?
Shoved off with a promise of housing in their world?
Too similar. It's already left her feeling extremely wary and tired, even with how fantastical this world is... already, she's wondering where the catch is.
She'd ask them herself, but why bother? She'd rather hear it from someone who's been here longer than she has.

Which is why, on her walk through the city, she looks for anyone - anyone - who looks like they may not be a local, waving them down with a sharp look to match.]

So, what's really going on, here?

[Does she sound a little cynical and cold? That's because she kinda is. Whoops.]

[2. SPRITE CATCHIN']

[Okay. Maybe she'd misjudged this place - or at least, she judged it a little too harshly... she's gotten the rundown by now, and yeah, going at it is the fastest way to make Chroma or whatever that's about, but they don't have to. No quota, no forced pairs, no kneeling on buses - as if she did that to start with, of course - none of that nonsense.
In fact, it's a little... overwhelming?

Going from living as someone else's for a month, even if they're someone cool and willing to take care of you, to once again acting as your own person... it's a lot. A good, happy kind of "a lot", but a lot.

Which... is why she's going for this sprite catching with some zeal. Almost like she has a lot to work off.

Someone might catch her running full force down the street to try and tackle one with her net out, while someone still might spot her slamming her net hard against the window of a building to catch another -
Or if they're really lucky, they'll get to bear witness to her brain shut off for a tick as instincts kick in - her Quirk stretching out like vines, quick as whips, to try and grab onto multiple of the little things as they zip above her, only to make them explode in horrible clouds of glitter.
All of which ends up raining down, covering her entirely. It's as sad looking as it sounds.

And as she goes to wipe it off her face, she catches the gaze of whoever may have been watching the whole thing - pointing their way with a hard frown.]

You didn't see that. I totally caught those, it counts.

[3. wildcard]

[As always, wildcarding the above (i.e. not the one she spoke to, saw her from a distance, w/e) or coming up with a brand new prompt is free game! I can't think of any others and I'm too excited to spend more time on it, whoops --]

[ Well, he's not who she was pointing at. In fact, Izuku was walking behind her a ways down the street, his entire focus on his comm bracelet as he chews his lip with slight concern. His chroma is dipping low again, go figure -

But he recognizes the voice, then registers himself recognizing the voice and looks up. ]

Jiro-san?

[ It's quiet at first, but then he (nearly trips) runs over to her - ]

Jiro-san! [ Besides Ochako and Katsuki, she's the first person he's seen here from home. ]

[Unlike Midoriya - and pretty much exactly as you'd expect from her, really - Jiro's quick to hear his voice and register it, whirling around just in time to see him running her way.
And her expression is stern for a second, but it very quickly brightens up once she realizes, yes, that is the class's little spinach puff heading in her direction!
(Well - little to some of the others, anyway, he's still a solid five inches taller than her. But ignore that!!)

She's gonna jog over to meet him halfway, completely brushing off whoever she'd just tried to ask a question. Whoops.]

Midoriya!

[- Though, for some reason, she skids to a stop not too far away.
And her face actually grows serious again, holding up a hand, palm-first, in his direction.]

-- Wait, hold up...
What's the last thing you remember?

[ There's surprise on his expression at the question. ]

Someone already told you...? Ah, I was waiting for Kacchan and Todoroki-kin to finish their exam, with everyone...but I've been here a few months now.

[ So... ]

[... Ah.
That's what she was worried about.
That's exactly what she was worried about.

She pulls her hand back again, looking down at the street with a conflicted expression. What should she say? Should she explain to him what she'd just gone through?
It's not necessary for him to know. In fact, it'd probably weigh kind of heavy on him, wouldn't it?

But at the same time, she doesn't want to lie, either. Lying just makes things complicated and difficult.

She looks up again, looking almost a little... apologetic.]

... It's not that someone told me. I already knew.
I've kinda already gone through something like this before...

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