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Prismatic Mods ([personal profile] prismods) wrote in [community profile] prismaticrap2019-08-10 03:57 am
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▶ TDM .006


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.


The Mirror has Two Faces
Iris Moon, Government Center (Arrival) and Planet Prismatica, City of Lunatia | top

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 drinking alcohol made in a bathtub 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 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.

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. After a quick tour of the city, new arrivals can find themselves getting cozy in their new homes.

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 apartments have been officially upgraded with special mirrors in the master bedroom that allow you to modify your features using a chroma-powered side panel. You can change your hair color, clothes, add animal parts, and even reduce or augment any feature of your body. Play around with it and see how you look! Sometimes, the mirrors will glitch and give you access to another person’s mirror, letting you see inside their apartment and catch them unawares. To their (your?) horror, you can hear them as well as they can hear you. Hopefully, you’re not caught doing something you shouldn’t be!





Knottingham Forest
Level 2, Greatmoon Groves | top

The whole city receives an invitation to watch a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor play in Level 2’s Greatmoon Groves. It will be performed by the renowned traveling fox thespians from Amegahara.

It’s been a whole month since these fox envoys came to Lunatia. The Amegahara foxes ended up staying in the city longer than expected because of the fiasco last Vulpus Astra. Aside from needing to smooth things out with the Lunatian government, they also need to regain enough chroma to travel back home.

The locals aside, wanting to make up for their carelessness from the past month, they’ve primarily put together this play while keeping in mind the Moonblessed who were most affected. Though the Conclave of Amegahara and the Oracles of the Sinless are not affiliated, the Amegahara foxes regardless wish to apologize for the wrongdoings of the Sinless because they’re still their kin.

They hope everyone can move past it. Eager to show the real beauty of their culture, they encourage all to attend and bear witness to a truly tantalizing feast for the eyes. All Moonblessed will receive VIP seating and special service. The play does not start until the evening, but don’t worry, there’s more entertainment prepared around the groves!

A. Trending online is the Tree of Knots, a large tree with low-hanging branches covered in thick ribbons of various colors. It's such a hit with the locals that there are long lines for those who want to take Prismagram-worthy selfies.

The Amegahara foxes will explain that knots are sacred to their kind as they represent deep passion and eternal bonding. Participants are encouraged to work in pairs to loop a ribbon around a branch and then pull either end to ring around the tree. The bigger the knot, the better! Once a knot is secured, the two Moonblessed may find themselves, well… stuck together. Their hands will lace, and they will not be able to pull free for an hour. Enjoy the quality time spent with a friend and/or stranger… Hope you don’t have to go to the bathroom any time soon!

B. Cozy up with your fellow Moonblessed at the comfortable VIP seats facing the stage. Plates of delicious food and drink will float around to serve you until the show is over!

Under the moonlight, the play tells the tale of the Queen of Loch Drasta. The aloof and sheltered queen is seduced by a winsome village maiden named Peirene, only able to meet her when the night is upon them.

Special effects spellcasters make illusions of stars that encircle the audience, their bright glow emitting a comforting warmth that may lull audience members into a peaceful trance that lasts well after the show has ended. Those affected may find themselves feeling intoxicated. Strange — they haven’t even had a single drop of liquor! They’ll be prone to feats of reckless abandon or be charged by feelings of either elation, desire, or happiness. Possibly all of the above!





Preparation H
Level 1, Lunar Scientia Headquarters | top

It’s almost time for the Conclave of Amegahara to return home and they will be taking the Oracles of the Sinless with them. Though, it seems they’re not the only ones heading out. As part of the ongoing efforts to bridge relations between all cultures, any willing Moonblessed will be invited at the end of the month to travel together to Amegahara, the Oasis in the Nothing, to give them a chance to learn more about this world. It’s also a volunteer experiment to see how their special moonlacing will affect their dead environment.

It’s said that the Amegaharans developed their own culture and technology independently from the Prismals of Lunatia, as their lands are separated by a large ecological wasteland created by the Calamity—dead lands which they call the Nothing. In order to traverse this dangerous territory, appropriate equipment developed by the Amegaharans will have to be used given that the Nothing is inhospitable and impossible to breathe inside of.

And so, to make sure nothing goes wrong, a proper testing and training session in Level 1’s Lunar Scientia Headquarters will be underway before the big trip. The Amegahara foxes warn that the current calibrations are for their kind, so it will likely be incompatible with the Moonblessed at the moment. Part of the test procedures is to find the right configurations, so brace yourselves.

A. L.I.F.E. or simply “LIFE” is a special form-fitting full body suit and helmet that are capable of providing ample chroma to keep the wearer alive through the most hazardous environments, such as toxic air.

One of malfunctions may potentially cause suffocation by squeezing the wearer’s bodies too tight. Another is that it might drain chroma instead of providing any. Stay with someone nearby to help you strip and moonlace with!

B. Another piece of technology available for testing is the aerial mecha suits called GIGA, which require at least two to three people to pilot one. Similar to LIFE, the suits also have a few noticeable glitches. Sometimes, the flight function stops completely, making it impossible to hover more than a few feet off the air. Other times, the emergency function suddenly ejects pilots straight into the ground. A neural cord that is supposed to affix itself to the pilots’ central nervous systems has also been coming out from the bottom of the seat instead of linking to the back of the pilots’ neck as designed, making for a particular uncomfortable seated experience.

As always, please take note of all glitches and errors and report them to your nearest Lunar Scientia employee!


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trivialpursuit: (046)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Someone will lose an arm. Terrible idea.]

Really...? [Look at him, Hazel, everything about him screams smug honor student with no friends. High school was dull.] Enlighten me.
deadtective: (twenty.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[it's fine, Hazel can pop it back on later once the magic wears off.]

Hmm...nah, I don't think so. It'd be better if you came down and slummed it with the talentless kids and found out for yourself.
trivialpursuit: (15)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't make him carry a disembodied arm around for an hour? Gross.]

Didn't you just tell me crying in bathrooms is a prominent feature? You're not making much of a case.
deadtective: (thirty-seven.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[what are you going to do about it, though???]

I didn't say you were supposed to enjoy it. Feeling like you're slogging through a river of shit is part of the experience.
trivialpursuit: (98)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Refuse???]

No, that's alright. I have enough unmemorable school experiences without subjecting myself to that.
deadtective: (thirty.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[too late, your free armless trial has expired.]

Just sounds like even more reason to fill them up with some real garbage, honestly. High school's the best years of your life!
trivialpursuit: (39)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[no.]

Ah— [You know, he was ready to hear some embarrassing high school stories, but if he has to think about how he's never going to get to do something as simple as graduate? Actually, fuck this.] Platitudes aside, it's a nonissue... I'm not sure we're required to attend school, here.
deadtective: (eleven.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[it really is too bad that his sudden change of topic is so easily read as Kakyoin just having no interest in talking about rivers of teenage garbage, because that's the same sort of loss that Hazel herself has suffered. she didn't drop out of college - she got fucking murdered.

but mind-reading isn't one of her limited pool of abilities, and so the moment flows past them in the same way as many of her opportunities for a normal life once had.]


Do they even have schools? No one really talks about it.
trivialpursuit: (imagine if i tried)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[The moment is gone, but Kakyoin is still grateful for the shift in topics, however minute. Yes, this is better.]

I would assume so, somewhere... [It's a city, therefore it only makes sense that there's at least one school. Right? This makes sense.]

Like I said, it's not really our problem.
deadtective: (forty-six.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, nothing really seems to be our problem if you listen to the fucking weirdos around here.

[like she's supposed to buy that? yeah, ok. just let her jump into someone's arms and cuddle her way to the Fortune 500.]
trivialpursuit: (keyword lag? really dreamwidth?)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Should it be? We were brought here involuntarily, after all.

[If anyone thinks Kakyoin is really going to step up and become a community outreach leader or something, they've got another thing coming. He's ready to continue being guarded-but-disinterested, thanks.]
deadtective: (three.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[because that's worked out so well for you already, huh. speaking of hypocritical replies, though...]

Getting back to wherever you came from should probably be an issues, you'd think.
trivialpursuit: (002)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, paranoia is going great for him, actually.]

Well, I'm not very concerned about that.

[....and that's that! Good talk.]
deadtective: (twenty-nine.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[there's a strange nonhuman sitting in your living room.]

Yeah, well, somebody oughta be. 'Cause it's sure as fuck suspicious that the people running this rock aren't.
trivialpursuit: (65)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, and how many speeches about her Stand and murdering him has she given? None at all. He's doing great.]

I'll leave that to someone else, but you're not wrong. I'm more concerned about watching my back for when they decide we're not worth worshiping any longer.
deadtective: (sixty.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[this is a multicanon game, Kakyoin! she might just murder you without saying anything!!]

You really think that's gonna help any? Gods fall hard.
trivialpursuit: (the sound of gently stirred mac n cheese)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[No!! That's not allowed! There are established enemy of the week patterns!!]

I'm fairly confident it's better than not trying.
deadtective: (eighty-four.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[you fool, she's a main character]

Well, I guess it'll at least make the inevitable angry mobs a little more interesting. I'm not that optimistic, though.
trivialpursuit: (34)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[as a dead sidekick, he has rights!! probably.]

What are you planning to do, then? Humor me.
deadtective: (thirty.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[the rights to literally never be mentioned by Jotaro again.]

It's not really that exciting, honestly. I'm gonna learn as much as I can about this place, and then I'm gonna fuck off.
trivialpursuit: (literal lineface)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
[at least he got one commemorative desert photo taken....]

Where to, exactly? You're going to solve the mystery of how to get out of here on your own and then disappear?
deadtective: (thirty-one.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[yeah, uh. where'd that end up, anyway?]

Hell no. You kidding me? If I actually figure that out I'll fucking sell it first. Then I'll probably go back to where they found us if I can't think of anywhere better.
trivialpursuit: (seriously keyword lag?)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-10 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[it's probably in a drawer somewhere... maybe... one can dream.]

Hold on. You want to go back to the moon.

[sorry, now it's funny??]
deadtective: (sixty-four.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2019-08-10 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[what's so funny about the death moon? shit was gorgeous.]

Uhh, yeah? There was nobody fucking out there.
trivialpursuit: (34)

[personal profile] trivialpursuit 2019-08-11 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[it was a death moon.]

What are you going to do alone on the moon?

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