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Prismatic Mods ([personal profile] prismods) wrote in [community profile] prismaticrap2019-02-22 02:46 pm
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▶ TDM .001


Lisa Frank's LSD Fun House
anytime, anywhere on the moon Iris | top

Everything is darkness except for dim lights sparkling in the distance, a faint gleam that greets you as you start to unfurl from your dormant state. 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. Throat parched and skin dry and aching, you grope your body in alarm to make sure your possessions are still in place. 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 only rewards you with 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.

A ⬤ As you traverse the near-barren landscape, you feel something sting your skin. It's small and subtle at first, then you finally catch sight of it: an elegant, crystalline mosquito buzzing around from the corner of your eye. However, a pest is still a pest. After a while, marks near your welts begin to form strange patterns on your skin, mimicking ancient runes. Each rune has with it a particular side-effect that may hinder you on your journey:
The Mark of the Enchanter: Hallucinations, hallucinations galore. Your character will see everything and anything their imagination can conjure and will have difficulty separating reality from fiction.
The Mark of the Destroyer: Limbs start to cease their function, causing you to stumble or try and get around one-handed. Other certain body parts may be affected as well. Look at the bright side: you can stop worrying about jiggle physics and hiding your fear boner.
The Mark of the Sinner: Your hunger, your thirst, your fatigue and your desire are at an all-time high. Your impulses are rabid and uncontrollable. Maybe you experience only one of those symptoms. Maybe you experience them all. All you know is that you want relief now.

These effects will eventually clear up with a bit of accidental or purposeful physical contact with another person, making you wonder if there was anything wrong with you at all.

B ⬤ Hunger starts to gnaw at you vigorously. Perhaps you consider hunting the moon's creatures to sate your hunger. That's when you see it: a thick, meaty, juicy meal on legs. No, we're not talking about Alex Louis Armstrong. A wild silver-white pegasus runs across the purple landscape, its hair billowing in the wind as its hooves smack loudly against the ground. Try and shoot it, and you may find your efforts curtailed by its legendary rage. Eyes aglow and wings beating up a storm, this pegasus is no dainty horse. Two thousand pounds of pure muscle swoop down and charge at you, all blades and ammunition deflecting off its impenetrable skin. Taming appears impossible; it will buck anyone away and leave a sizable horn- or hoof-shaped hole in them for their efforts. Hunting it, however, should be easier. Relatively.

C ⬤ Or you may decide that you'd like to take a drink in the prismatic waters. A small pond can be found just a few miles away from where you first awoke, but gazing into it reflects what appears to be a window into your own world. You see the faces of loved ones or at least someone very close and familiar to you gathered around your prone body, shaking it frantically as though to try and rouse you, yet your image lies frozen and unresponsive, not even a whisper of life running through you. Did you die in your world? Is this your afterlife? The questions start to pile up along with the gnawing dread that you may never return home again.


Camp Nowhere
anytime, anywhere on the moon iris | top

Time moves strangely when you're trapped on a moon with no sun to guide you. Hours feel like days, and days feel like weeks. Travelling has rendered you weak and tired. Luckily, a few crystal formations in the shape of a cavern may offer you a small place refuge as you decide to nap. You notice a few artifacts left over from previous explorers.
D ⬤ A comm unit abandoned within the cavern will display the former owner's idol obsession. As you tap the buttons indiscriminately, a holographic screen will appear, and you will see a fabulous recorded concert featuring three bubbly young ladies in animal print, singing to you about something called Cordis, a cat, and a bag of gems. Does this make any sense to you? Probably not, but the beat is catchy. You may even find yourself tapping a foot along to it. Don’t worry. We know it’s plastic love.

E ⬤ There's a small cooler-like container of preserved powdered food bags labeled with only the word “Edible” that can be safely consumed. Although the powder tastes as bland as you’d expect, it’s oddly filling, sating either hunger or thirst. But who will be the first — and the bravest — to try eating them?

F ⬤ A strange, pointed instrument is among the effects found in the cavern. It's silver, long, and thin with a curved end and a light. When you grip it with warm hands, it seems to vibrate enthusiastically and comes in three settings indicated by a frowny face, a neutral face, and a happy face. What could it mean exactly? No one knows, but you can fiddle with it to your heart's desire. Just don't ask yourself where it's been before. You don't want to know.


Interstellar Action Force Assemble
prisma, iris | top

Over a day has passed when a group of people find you worse for wear. Some are full of uncertainty and fear while some are full of curiosity and excitement. They claim that they are scientists from the planet Prismatica here to investigate the sudden appearances of rainbow crystals in the skies. That means you and the others they’ve located within the area. You are all a surprising find to them, and they are quick to load everyone in their transport vehicles for examination and questioning.

You all may have your usual inquiries — Where are we? Who are you? What's going on? Why are the pegasi so ill-tempered? — and the Prismals are almost too eager to answer. They do have questions on their own, so it’s only fair to trade. They tell you about their world as they poke and prod you, trying to understand what you are and how you came into their land. If they’re not trembling in fear, some of them may ask you odd and invasive questions in return, such as what the rate at which your body achieves thermoregulation is, how long your refractory period is, and if you would be willing to submit various kinds of body fluids to them. It's up to whether you wish to comply or protest.
G ⬤ If you react violently, you will be restrained and nerfed with a specialized neurotransmitting gun that releases a numbing agent through the top of your spine. They came prepared, so have fun with that! In any case, conscious or not, you’ll be brought into one of the transport vehicles. If you choose to peacefully cooperate, you’ll be provided any necessary first aid and a refreshing drink to help you recuperate after the rough time you had for the past few days. Each transport vehicle has a few small rooms to rest in, but due to the limited space, you’ll have to snuggle up with someone else on that bunk bed. Unfortunately, the moonshine fruit the ship is also carrying in its cargo has an extremely sweet smell that’s been permeating through certain areas of the ventilation system… Taking a whiff of it may inebriate you for the rest of the trip.

H ⬤ It’s a bumpy ride as terrain vehicles draw over various crystal formations until you see a large dome-like structure up ahead. Within its confines lies the seat of the Prismatica's government, Prisma. It’s a bureaucratic wet dream: skyscrapers practically touch the upper surface of the dome, windows glimmer with a prismatic sheen as daylight hits them, and small ships can be seen flying to and from its spaceport. The scientists, members of the Lunar Scientia, usher you into their facilities for tests. Arrivals are likely to twitch, tremble, and panic as Lunar Scientia fellows take and broadcast every embarrassing, unfiltered detail about you — height, weight, age, strange odors, estimated frequency of sexual activity —- to one another. These scientists will ask you politely to undress, too, but understand if you don't want to. They're especially fascinated by the readings of pure Chroma inside you, whispering among one another excitedly about the possibility of the new arrivals being a new moon species. What should they call them? Moonborne? Moonblessed?

I ⬤ At long last, the questions and physical examinations are done. They’ve decided to call the arrivals as the Moonblessed. They’ll take you under their care until they understand more about you. You're allowed a very refreshing hot shower and a warm meal for your efforts. Don’t worry, the meal was imported from their planet. “Planet?” you might ask, but you won’t need to wonder for too long. The ships are preparing for their next destination: the nearby planet Prismatica, where you will be dwelling for the time being. You're free to explore the government center until then.


Wildcard
Lunatia, Prismatica | top

It only takes a couple hours for the ships to reach their home planet. The ships drop the characters off at the city of Lunatia, where they will be given their communication devices and a plastic card they can present to certain landlords at any residential district for their subsidized (read: absolutely free) lodging. Officials at Prisma instructed the newcomers to await further instructions from the government, but you have a lot of time to kill before then. Why not explore in the meantime? Learn the ins and outs of the world, get a job, transform under the full moon, and discover the many mysteries of planet Prismatica!

TDM OVERFLOW can be found here!
codecmoment: (there never was a prince)

[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-02 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"H-haha, well, I've had enough accidents involving them. In far more threatening situations than this."

He takes off his overcoat, and rolls up the sleeve of his sweater before reaching it to feel for them. With an audible sigh of relief, they're found and awkwardly patted off on his chest.

"Hey, uhm, hi. Are you lost too?" He tries to brush over what just happened and that his face is flushed and teary.
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-02 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Eva is just as happy to brush past it as he is. Over time she's found that if people want to tell you anything, they'll start talking if you give them a chance to and a moment of silence. If not, it's better to move on.

"Unfortunately. I don't have a clue what's going on."

She pauses there then huffs an amused breath, "Other than this all looks like Lisa Frank nightmare." Okay so maybe that wasn't completely fair but what else do you call prismatic crystals, purple sand and a pretty fearsome unicorn?

She turns a glance back to the man, then offers a somewhat sympathetic smile. "To be honest you're the first person I've run across too."
codecmoment: (> put it in)

[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Too bad you shouldn't have found someone less lost, huh," his nervous smile was self-depreciating, hiding it behind a hand as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "It could be worse. It could be cold, or very dark. Silver lining? Reminds me of the eighties, honestly."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
She waves a hand a little dismissively at his comment on finding someone else a little less lost. "I'm pretty used to situations where I only have a faint idea of what's going on. Both of us being lost is pretty normal for me."

Finding memory links to skip between people's memories was never the smoothest of courses. Memories could be jumbled, the items linking one memory to another vague and hard to find. In general even with all the tools at a memory traversal agent's disposal, it didn't mean they couldn't get lost.

She mulls over the rest of the landscape. "It really does feel like some sort of eighties music video landscape, doesn't it." Then she sighs out, bringing a hand to her chin as she tries to reason out what to do next. The most obvious is walking until she finds some sign of civilization but she's not quite willing to just leave the guy hanging out by this depressing pond. It looks like it's the last thing he needs honestly.

So eventually she pipes up again, hands tucking back into the pockets of her coat. "Why don't we see what else we can find out there? I usually work with a partner so it's a little odd to be roaming around here by myself. I'm Eva Rosalene."
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hal blinks, looking away for a microsecond; he's been without a partner for a while, now. One that was taken away from him. Best get a move on, either way. He'll process what's going on, and what he saw, later -- if ever. (Never.)

"I'm Hal Emmerich. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I could say the same, you know. Two heads are better than one and if I'm ever going to do anything besides walk then it doesn't hurt to have someone else around to consult."

She gives the pond a parting look and sees much the same as the man, though this is centered around herself of course. And it's mostly silence because no one has found her in her office just yet. Eva blows out a breath at the image, looks away and starts walking again.
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He has to get up off his knees first, which takes a while as he's a bit of a clumsy person; he pulls his coat up around himself and fixes the sleeve (slightly damp). As he follows after her, letting her lead the way, he fishes his gloves out of his pocket and pulls them on. Don't know what sort of things are on surfaces here.

"So... uhm, how did you come to here? Anything happen out of the ordinary?"
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Plenty. The crystals for one were weird enough."

She looks back to him, pausing a moment in her steps as he pulls on his gloves. "Did you get poked by them too? I think my coat might have muffled that a little at least."
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean... yeah. I've been in Alaska, so the prickling cold there is so much worse than some crystals. It was kinda cool, though. Like an anime transformation."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Eva's expression flattens out a little once she glances back forward.

"Somehow I didn't feel very much like a magical girl."
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's because you're a woman."
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You're killing me, Smalls.

[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
She cocks a brow up as she glances back to him again.

"What, that precludes me from being a magical girl?"
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(☞゚ヮ゚)☞

[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean, it's usually young girls. It seems sad a grown adult doesn't have that same blessing, but... like with shounen anime, it's the power of dumb youth and growing up that seems to be the themes. Adults are jaded."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Huh."

She seems to mull on that response for a bit. She wonders briefly how Neil manages to be both incredibly jaded and dumb shounen youth at the same time.

"I can't really argue that point. The years really do take the shine off of some things."

Though by the tone of her voice Eva herself doesn't seem all that jaded. She's had questions these last few years over whether her job was right or not, sure, but she still generally enjoys the life she does have.
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"It doesn't mean people lose the ability to sparkle and be magical. My partner of over a decade used to have sleigh dogs and he, even being a soldier who'd been through so much, still had a little sparkle in his eye when he saw a husky."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh I agree with you there. My partner might as well be a dumb shounen youth."

Eva gives a slight grin.

"It's not that terrible though. Just never let him know I said that or I'll never live it down."
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-03 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well... let's hope he's safe. Here, or otherwise. How are you doing so far?"
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-03 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Her expression tenses a moment. It wasn't the first time she had wondered about Neil of course but dwelling on where he might be wasn't very helpful either. It wasn't as if she could do much for him if he was, given she had yet to find him and the landscape was little more than crystals at this point.

She shrugs a shoulder. "So far anyhow. To be honest, there's not enough here to be very harmful. Or at least I haven't come across any sort of significant threats. It's more disconcerting how there seems to be nothing really here."

Even what poking and such the crystals had done when she first came to didn't really do much of anything.
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-03-04 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just keep moving and maybe someone else will appear. Kinda like a quest in a fantasy story? You keep progressing and you find new party members. Does that make sense? I'm trying to imagine myself not being here, so come on this... metaphor... journey with me."
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[personal profile] takingchances 2019-03-05 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
His analogy makes Eva huff out an amused breath. "I think I understand what you mean. This isn't quite a "go save this person" or "throw this thing in that volcano over there" sort of situation but it's certainly shaping up to be some sort of quest anyhow."