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▶ TDM .005
▶ Fox and Friends
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 did I think grocery store sushi was a good idea? — 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 gives 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.
▶ Crab ‘n Go Menu
Lunatia | top
Several tents decorated with streamers, shells, and pearls have been set up along the shorelines of Level 2. A giant clam mascot tells you that hey, hey, hey! There’s a beach festival happening tonight! It will be full of fun activities, and anybody who is anybody will be there. The Prismals involved are inviting people all around Levels 1 and 2. Bathing suits will be provided to all participating festival-goers. What are they celebrating? Who knows. Maybe Prismals just want to have a good time! Hey, hey, hey!
As the festival winds down, some Prismals can be seen dancing and eating by the campfire. Everyone is welcome to relax and watch a nice fireworks show by the pier while a local band known as the Briny Seamen plays a compilation of their greatest hits. Expect an uncomfortable amount of marimba solos!
▶ Some Assembly Required
LEVEL 2, LUNATIA | top
Once you’ve been all crabbed out for the day, you can finally settle in your new home in Level 2:
Officer Fahrouk
Subject: MOONBLESSED THERE’S A SALE AT KRABBA!!
To my heroes and my greatest inspiration,
New arrivals, welcome! Old friends, hello! I hope all of you are doing well.
I am writing to let you know there is a sale at KRABBA, Lunatia’s most popular flat-packed furniture store. All crab-themed decors are 50% off!
Here is a picture of my daughter with her new KRABBA shelf. Now we can display our Moonblessed bromides with joy and pride! We had so much fun putting it together and hope you do too.
Here’s a big bear hug from us both! We also attached directions to KRABBA. Happy shopping!
Love,
Fahrouk and Hala
True enough, attached is a picture of him and his daughter standing in front of some newly assembled furniture as well as a map to the KRABBA store in Level 2.
Also true is the sale at KRABBA! The prices are affordable, but the crab-themed items are especially cheap and ready to brighten anyone’s day. Among the notable items in stock are a sea shell-shaped loveseat called Havsskal, a foamy green kitchen table named Tång, and a bed named Havsbotten that somehow resembles the sandy sea floor. Please do not lie down on the beds! The staff have been made to wear crab-themed outfits and will not hesitate to use those claws to get people in line.
After paying at the cashier for your items, feel free to order some of KRABBA’s signature meat (?) balls with Moonberry sauce. You deserve a break!
▶ Questions
If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.
▶ As a reminder, test drive memes are for new characters only. However, current players are more than welcome to use these prompts for their own posts in the IC communities, personal inboxes, catch-all posts, etc.!
▶ As our test drive memes are game canon, feel free to keep any threads that happen here as canon for your character should they be accepted.
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 did I think grocery store sushi was a good idea? — 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 gives 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.
a.) An envoy of Prismals with fox-like traits is currently visiting Prismatica to meet with the Queen. Their kind was so awed by tales of the Moonblessed that they have gathered to greet all of them with a ritual dance of their people. They also offer to teach the Moonblessed an amazing trick — with a wink!
Flowing robes follow their delicate bodies as they perform a passionate series of steps and acrobatics with their paper fans. Early in the performance, they peek above their open fans and wink at their audience. At that moment, your limbs are suddenly enchanted with exceptional grace. Couldn’t put your leg behind your head before? Had trouble doing a split? Well, now you can perform these flexible feats and more. The fox Prismals will be inviting the Moonblessed to join them so they can attempt to feel their invigorating chroma against their bodies.
b.) The dexterity spell the fox Prismals cast is one of many a fox has in their repertoire of charms and curses. It can be very useful for making a quick escape! While the older fox Prismals teach this spell to the interested Moonblessed (read: teach them how to wink and use chroma at the same time), you can explore the city with the younger fox Prismals.
A delicious drink called bubbly tea is very popular among teenagers in Lunatia right now! Unfortunately, defective apricot pearls inside may cause you to float a few feet in the air. This effect goes away as soon as the affected pass the pearls at a bathroom, but getting there will be an adventure. Maybe you Moonblessed have abilities that can get rid of the effect? The fox Prismals don’t have a spell to cure this...
Help the affected young fox Prismals get to a bathroom and they will teach you another spell: simply place a finger over your lips, and no one else but your friends can listen in on your secret conversations!
▶ Crab ‘n Go Menu
Lunatia | top
Several tents decorated with streamers, shells, and pearls have been set up along the shorelines of Level 2. A giant clam mascot tells you that hey, hey, hey! There’s a beach festival happening tonight! It will be full of fun activities, and anybody who is anybody will be there. The Prismals involved are inviting people all around Levels 1 and 2. Bathing suits will be provided to all participating festival-goers. What are they celebrating? Who knows. Maybe Prismals just want to have a good time! Hey, hey, hey!
a.) One of Lunatia’s favorite beach party games is “Find the King Crab.” King crabs have a golden belly and are hidden among other disgruntled crabs. Protip: king crabs are often found in the center of large clusters of crabs. Be careful while flipping them; they are very eager to clip anything that comes near their nest! Be the first to find a king crab and claim the grand prize —- an all-you-can-eat buffet for four at a King Crab Sandcastle, a high-end seaside seafood restaurant. You now get to exact vengeance on these crabs by eating as many as you please.
b.) There’s an educational tent promoting the soothing pastime of conch listening. Glossy conchs of various shapes and sizes can be found on the tables. Some special ones are said to link to one’s innermost self. Special conchs are encrusted with tiny glistening gems, making them easy to spot in the sunlight. Pressing them to your ear will draw forth the sound of someone’s voice — be it yours or someone familiar. Depending on the listener’s mood, the sound of the voice will range from peaceful singing to blood-curdling screams.
c.) Another tent is dedicated to scuba diving. You can either rent out a special set of nodes which are worn on either side of your neck to replicate the function of gills, allowing you to breathe safely beneath the water, or traditional scuba diving gear since some Prismals like the challenge! Explore Lunatia’s vast undersea world and bear witness to its wonders, such as its crystalline corals and tropical fish, a myriad of species unique to Prismatica. A few of these species are the rainbow seahorses carrying newborns in their pouches and greater clownfishes that can’t seem to find their offspring. Venture further under and you will eventually find aquatic bears with scaled bodies that seem to be very territorial over their habitat and hoard of delicious (?) sea honey. As they often say, don’t poke the bear…
As the festival winds down, some Prismals can be seen dancing and eating by the campfire. Everyone is welcome to relax and watch a nice fireworks show by the pier while a local band known as the Briny Seamen plays a compilation of their greatest hits. Expect an uncomfortable amount of marimba solos!
▶ Some Assembly Required
LEVEL 2, LUNATIA | top
Once you’ve been all crabbed out for the day, you can finally settle in your new home in Level 2:
a.) 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.) All Moonblessed new and old receive a frazzled email from their favorite Moon Knight, Fahrouk. He was involved in Obscuria’s Glow affair, resulting in both him and his daughter becoming new unofficial Moonblessed Community Ambassadors.
Officer FahroukSubject: MOONBLESSED THERE’S A SALE AT KRABBA!!
To my heroes and my greatest inspiration,
New arrivals, welcome! Old friends, hello! I hope all of you are doing well.
I am writing to let you know there is a sale at KRABBA, Lunatia’s most popular flat-packed furniture store. All crab-themed decors are 50% off!
Here is a picture of my daughter with her new KRABBA shelf. Now we can display our Moonblessed bromides with joy and pride! We had so much fun putting it together and hope you do too.
Here’s a big bear hug from us both! We also attached directions to KRABBA. Happy shopping!
Love,
Fahrouk and Hala
True enough, attached is a picture of him and his daughter standing in front of some newly assembled furniture as well as a map to the KRABBA store in Level 2.
Also true is the sale at KRABBA! The prices are affordable, but the crab-themed items are especially cheap and ready to brighten anyone’s day. Among the notable items in stock are a sea shell-shaped loveseat called Havsskal, a foamy green kitchen table named Tång, and a bed named Havsbotten that somehow resembles the sandy sea floor. Please do not lie down on the beds! The staff have been made to wear crab-themed outfits and will not hesitate to use those claws to get people in line.
After paying at the cashier for your items, feel free to order some of KRABBA’s signature meat (?) balls with Moonberry sauce. You deserve a break!
▶ Questions
If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.
▶ As a reminder, test drive memes are for new characters only. However, current players are more than welcome to use these prompts for their own posts in the IC communities, personal inboxes, catch-all posts, etc.!
▶ As our test drive memes are game canon, feel free to keep any threads that happen here as canon for your character should they be accepted.
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He doesn't like the idea of not having a way of getting himself out of any complications that may arise. But in the end, it is just a name. What harm could it truly do?
He fishes for his own device, not at all inclined to share any personal space with Dextera outside of what is absolutely necessary and after some moments, manages to punch out a response.]
I am Caim.
[Short and sweet, and to the point. Although perhaps not very sweet. Caim does not look like a particularly sweet fellow.]
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for now, though, isn’t this progress? ]
It’s nice to meet you.
[ incredibly, he’s honest about that. there’s no apparent trace of hesitation or insincerity in saying that he’s happy to have had this meeting. ]
This place… I’m sure it’s keeping you away from something important. But…
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[Caim is more accustomed to hearing some form of negative remark when it comes to him. Of course, this is all properly deserved because the people who know him know very well what he's capable of and what he's doing. Regardless, 'nice' and him haven't exactly meshed well together for several years and for some moments, he's caught in his confusion.
Social courtesies. Of course.
He shakes his head a bit dismissively. There's no need for etiquette like that, as far as he's concerned.
Caim takes a moment to gesture toward Dextera.]
What do you need
[Not that Caim is making any offers, but when one ends a statement by trailing off, it might be nice to know what the ending is going to be. Besides, Dextera has been helpful so far. It is entirely possible Caim may be able to acquire some more necessary information on his current situation.]
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many things. nothing at all. he wants some people back, here rather than elsewhere. it’s nothing that caim can give him, though, and dextera has mostly enough chroma to continue living the life that he’s become accustomed to. he wouldn’t be able to ask a stranger to help him with that, anyway. ]
Nothing.
[ he realizes he was being vague, though, so he offers clarification on that trailing sentence. ]
I just hope you’ll be okay here.
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Ultimately, Caim isn't here to make friends, and very likely no longer knows the meaning of that word. Once, he might have thought he did, however...
His head tilts in thought, taking some moments to silently size up his immediate companion and decides it's in his best interest to simply let it go. Whatever 'it' may be. So he nods.]
It is merely survival. Do you think that is to be hindered?
[An appropriate question considering the nature of the place. If survival happens to be an issue, then it implies that no one there will be seeing their homeland anytime soon. That isn't an idea that Caim wishes to entertain.]
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dextera understands that attitude, in a way. a long time ago, when he had no memories but the heavy burden of trauma on his shoulders, it was not a matter of living well, or even just of being okay. living itself was survival, and that makes for an exhausting experience. he wonders, naturally, what this man might have been through—or what he’s currently dealing with. ]
…no. But it’s easier to survive if you don’t fight too much. I think they really want to get us home.
[ is that naive? of course. but he’s tired of being pessimistic. ]
So if you need help…
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Caim simply stares as he listens. Dextera sounds like a fool and while Caim's not saying it, his expression isn't doing a real great job of hiding his actual thoughts. Easier to survive if one doesn't fight too much. Nonsense, but that's biased speak coming from a man who has known fighting for too long that it's almost as if he's forgotten a world exists outside of it. And he thinks the Moonknights want them to get home?
Somehow Caim doubts that very much. If they wanted them to get home, they wouldn't have brought them to the damned planet in the first place.
That being said, in spite of the way Caim wishes he could shake the man back and forth until he sets him straight, Dextera's offer doesn't fall on deaf ears. If he needs help. Help with what? Getting his sword back? Getting home? Something else he's not fully aware of?]
What exactly are you offering.
[Because let's be real. Dextera, in Caim's eyes, doesn't look like a soldier. And it's not like the Moonknights are just going to roll over while Caim goes on a rampage. Dextera honestly looks more like a hindrance than a valuable asset.]
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…but even so, it’s not a pleasant feeling. ]
I…
[ he hesitates. ]
I’m offering whatever help you need. I can’t… I won’t fight anyone, but I don’t want you to struggle if there’s something I can do.
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All the same, it's the offer that catches him off guard. He can't help but ask, because it's an obvious question.]
What are you getting out of this.
[Why is he offering it? What's the catch? He doesn't even know Caim and if he did, he wouldn't be making that offer.]
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[ then dextera pauses, shakes his head. it doesn’t do any good to lie to someone, even if the reason for it is a longer story than he can reasonably tell to a stranger. ]
Well, no… not “nothing.” It makes me feel better to help people.
[ being a good person without any selfish motivation is impossible for him, but if the results work out, then it doesn’t matter so much. that seems reasonable. ]
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...
[He shakes his head.]
Foolish.
[But who is he to stop him? If Dextera wants to help, let him help. As long as he stays out of the way.]
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[ dextera can accept that he’s a fool. the archangel has told him that enough, and even if there were many things he was wrong about, he’s probably better equipped than anyone to pass such a judgment on dextera. caim’s probably isn’t far off either. ]
…but I’m glad I got to talk to you.
[ maybe things would have been worse for caim, or the people around him, if dextera hadn’t thought to intervene first. ]
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He raises an eyebrow at his companion and shakes his head. What a ridiculous thing to say. But whatever. Dextera's feelings are his own and at the end of the day, they really mean very little to Caim.]
As you say. Stay out of my way.
[Which is considerably nicer than slaying him on the spot. Maybe.]