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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.

▶ Keep all Hands and Feet inside the Burning Vehicle at all Times
Iris Moon, Government Center (Arrival) and Outer Space | 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 mix tequila with xanax 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. Eventually you’re called back from exploring, escorted to the docks, and led onto a large transport vessel that makes frequent trips back and forth between the moons and the planet. Faces onboard vary from both old and new Moonblessed as well as Prismal locals. The next destination: Prismatica.

A. After settling into the ship and selecting the current in-flight movie, Back Door Slugs 9, you and those around you may eventually feel a bit of turbulence during the movie’s highly anticipated climax. Did anyone notice it, or is everyone too focused on the hot characters?

At first, it’s a small jitter that’s easy to miss or brush off. But as the transport vessel travels on, the shaking progressively escalates to erratic tremors strong enough to cause severe nausea. A minute later, a voice over the speaker announces the ship will have to make an emergency landing, citing technical difficulties.

Sparks can be seen overhead as more ship parts malfunction. This is a good time to hold your neighbor’s hand, say your last goodbyes, and apologize for that horrible thing you did in the sixth grade. Grip your seat with the might of every god you can think of.

B. Another minute later, a follow-up announcement states that external entities have breached the transport vessel. Everyone is warned to be careful and watch out for each other. Small fires will have to be put out before they worsen with either magic or emergency equipment onboard such as extinguishers. In-flight robotic attendants will be scuttling around to perform immediate repairs.

Eventually, an entire power panel bursts, and prismatic jellyfish unnaturally spill out. The jellyfish will try to latch and suction onto any technological devices close by such as the television screens on the seats or communicators and will show preference to Iris Moonblessed over the rest. Be ready to help and pull numerous jellyfish off both the faces of Moonblessed and Prismals!

▶ Jaws IV: Jaws Harder
Planet Prismatica, Outer Lunatia | top

The emergency landing successfully completes and the transport vessel will safely land on top of a gorgeous lake filled with tiny glaciers floating by. When reached out and touched, you’ll find out that the “glaciers” are surprisingly cool crystals and not ice.

The ship will be left hovering idly on the water surface while passengers are ferried to solid ground using portable emergency boats. However, civilization is still a distance away.

A. You’ve probably heard of flying sharks from a veteran Moonblessed. But how about sea lions? These aquatic lions are born with scaly skin and gills outside of their crystallized manes. Unfortunately, they haven’t tasted fresh meat in quite some time. If there are any injured onboard or near your boat, the chances of the sea lions detecting people will be higher as they are drawn to the scent of blood. Growling hungrily, they will be quick to latch onto the boats, biting the edges, and trying to knock everyone overboard for dinner.

After surviving through so far, the Prismals guide everyone to a nearby encampment run by humanoid rabbits. They are tall, built, and have a habit of mentioning their virility an awkward amount of times. They are also generous and will share their game meat and fresh crops while allowing everyone to rest for the night at the only inn in their village.

B. There is no running water all the way out here, so if anyone wants a bath, they’ll have to do it traditionally. The village protects a natural spring, which is a good place to bathe away the sea water. Around the spring, the rabbit folk’s friends — little scintilla chinchillas — will shock away any predators that dare to approach their sanctuary! Be at ease and feel free to offer your friends shampoo massages.

The next day, the rabbits can be seen hacking away at some of the wilder-looking plants for an easier pathway. If you wake up early enough, you can ask some of them for a tour of the beautiful greenery. They mention that it’s thanks to the Moonblessed that their crops have been doing so well lately — the result of all the chroma influx. The rest of the journey to the city will be smooth sailing.

▶ It’s Free Real-Estate
Level 2, City of Lunatia | 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. 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. A new high-end boutique, Prissy Polyp, has opened in Level 2. As compensation for what happened, both Moonblessed and Prismals that were affected in yesterday’s flight will receive 50% off their total purchase. Those unaffected will receive 30% discount coupons as a promotional gift. All are encouraged to visit with their friends or special someone, try on some things together, ~~enjoy each other in the fitting rooms~~, and deal with the loud, ear-blistering background pop music.

Their clothing collections are characterized by bright iridescent designs, some features such as design patterns may glow ethereally in the dark. One of their signature dresses features a one piece (also available on their trench coats) that can amplify the appearance of one’s decolletage, gluteal muscles, and/or bulge with the press of a neon button. Another item among their collection is the maiden sweater: a sleek, backless sweater that shocks those who attempt unwanted touches. Others include skin-tight leggings (also available on their shorts or pants) which produce pleasant and relaxing vibrations on all lower extremities and fashionable polyp-shaped hats for all kinds of people. It’s a huge shop, you never know what else to find in there.

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Ace has had several explanations already. It's just that nothing has really sunk in. It's all so much, and his head is spinning and his mind is all over the place. So he doesn't even think of connecting point A to point B, at least when his stomach is screaming at him.

"Great. Let's go!" Ace is way too excited about this, he's very food motivated and he'll be good company because of it.

Greed grins at him.

And he starts walking in the direction of one of his favourite bars.

“Have you heard of Chroma?” Greed then asks.

"Yeah, everyone keeps talkin' about it."

Ace shrugs a little. "I guess it's pretty important here, right?" It's not quite sunk in yet, but then again, not a lot has. It's been a wild ride from death to this, and he needs to figure a lot out if he's going to do well in this second chance at life.

“Yeah, it is,” Greed replies. “It’s how we pay for things, and how we use magic and stay alive, apparently, too.”

That last part, however, he’d picked up from a network post a few months ago and he’s not sure how true it is.

The money part, though, he’s completely sure of.

"People make it, right? It's a hell of a lot more complicated than beri is."

It sounds surreal somehow. The technology of this world is staggeringly different than what he's used to, and it all seems something like a strange dream. But he's willing to learn, if nothing else. "Didn't know it was needed to stay alive. That's crazy."

“Yeah, they do,” Greed replies. “By touching each other. Like that handshake we just did, for example.”

He then asks, “What’s beri, though?”

The only ‘beri’ Greed’s heard of is a misspelling of ‘bury’ in a ‘lyrics video’ for Kitty Girl Rock, one of the hit songs in Prismatica this year. And Greed doubts Ace is talking about that.

"So by touch, that's it? That's easy enough."

Ace isn't bothered by this, if all he has to do is touch someone to get by, he can manage that. "Beri is money from where I'm from. You sure as hell don't make it by touching someone though." Ace wonders how long it'll really take for him to get used to this. It's fantastic and strange, every part of this world so far.

“Yeah it is,” Greed replies.

And then Greed asks, “So, how do you make beri, then?”

Greed’s assuming that beri is made the same way money is back in Amestris but he’s asking anyway, just in case he’s wrong.

"I was kinda thinking it was going to be more complex than that. But I'm not complaining."

Ace has to think about the question for a moment. "Well, I guess it depends on how legally you wanna do it. But it can be earned by work, mostly. Then there are people who go out of their way to go the easier route with it."

Piracy was never very profitable for Ace, at least once he joined the Whitebeards. But a lot of groups of pirates could gain considerable wealth.

Greed nods.

“That’s how money’s earned where I’m from too,” he replies. “Though Amestris’ money is called cenz, not beri.”

"Cenz, huh?"

Ace kind of finds that interesting. The places where they came from, here, there are so many differences. And maybe that's something worth thinking about later, in more depth. But for now his stomach is growling again as they continue on, and his mind is still focused on getting something to eat.

"So besides the Chroma thing, is there anything else I need to know? I'm pretty new here."

“Well,” says Greed, “We go through transformations every month, which give us animal traits and powers and other stuff like that. And the Prismals have lots of festivals, which often end up being dangerous in some way or another. And sometimes we get asked to do favours for the Prismals, which also often end up being perilous.”

Though it’s been a while since Greed’s done the Prismals any favours, since they are optional and Greed’s not felt fond enough of the Prismals to want to risk his life for their sake.

“But the festivals and the favours are optional. If you don’t wanna help the Prismals, you can just refuse and they’ll be perfectly fine with it.”

Ace's eyes brighten a bit at the idea of animal traits and powers. That sounds really amazing. "I'm not complaining about powers. That sounds pretty great." He tilts his head though, at the idea of perils and dangers in the festivals. And his warm expression softens considerably.

"So the Prismals need help? How dangerous does it end up getting?"

Ace will never turn his back on someone who really needs help. So he'll probably end up helping whenever he can. It's just the kind of person he is. If someone needs Ace, he'll be there.

“Yeah, they need help,” Greed replies. “‘Cause there’s stuff they can’t do or can’t do as well as us, since they can’t produce Chroma the way we do and they believe that, ‘cause we can do that and ‘cause the moons brought us here, we are Moonblessed.”

He frowns.

“And it gets really dangerous. Some of the stuff the Prismals have asked us to do could have killed us, even.”

"Huh... That's rough."

Being able to produce Chroma, being brought by moons, Moonblessed, and then serious dangers? Ace doesn't know what to make of this place now. He doesn't feel like he has all the information he needs, either. It's not that he thinks Greed is lying, not in the least, but this is the kind of stuff that needs as much research as possible to figure out properly.

"But you said they don't take it personally if we don't help?"

Greed frowns.

“They haven’t so far,” Greed replies. “Though that might be ‘cause, with there being at least two hundred of us around, there’s always guaranteed to be some Moonblessed helping them. If there were less of us, they might get actually upset with the ones who choose not to help.”

"It kinda sounds like a mess."

Ace sighs, shoulders falling a little as they continue on. This really isn't good. He wants to help, he'll fight for people who really need it, but he also knows that any time people exist corruption and wickedness can also exist. So he needs to be careful too.

"Thanks for filling me in."

“Well, it is a mess,” Greed replies. “This place can be pretty great sometimes but... it comes at a cost. Equivalent exchange, I suppose.”

He sighs.

“And no problem.”

Ace sighs, and shoves his hands into the pockets of his shorts. In the end, it's going to just take time and personal experiences to figure out what's really going on here, and who to trust in this place.

Something more important comes to mind, though...

"Are we close to where we're gonna eat? I'll make some Chroma with you in thanks after, if that helps."

“Yeah, we are,” says Greed.

He points up ahead, at a bar.

“It’s over there. And yeah, that would help.”

Ace lights up when he sees the bar. He's so hungry, and excited about eating.

"Yeah, almost there!"

Ace's steps pick up just a little more, and when he reaches the door he holds it open for Greed. This is something that's fun for him too. He thrives on attention, and company plus food is one of the best combinations possible.

"What's good here?"

Greed enters the bar.

“Everything’s good here,” Greed replies, grinning. “That’s why it’s one of my favourite bars.”

And Greed’s never been picky about food - or anything else for that matter.

Greed then sits down on a barstool, and gets ready to order.

"That's what I want to hear."

Ace is so pleased. He finds a seat, and when the bartender comes to them, he asks the bartender what they would order if they were eating there. And when Ace gets the answer, he orders the dish suggested. Besides, getting to try several burgers in miniature form? With lots of fries? That can't be bad at all.

"I'm no good at waiting. This is the hard part."

Edited 2019-09-17 05:46 (UTC)

Greed sighs.

“It sure is,” he says.

Then, he asks, “So, what do you think of Prismatica so far?”

Greed’s shared his opinions on the place but he hasn’t heard Ace’s yet (unless Ace’s general confusion counts as an opinion) and he’s curious. Plus, he thinks some small talk will make the wait go faster.

Ace's drink arrives far sooner than his food, so thankfully he has something to occupy himself with.

"It's insane. It's nothing like back home. And there's so much to get used to." Ace takes a drink, and then pauses. No, that doesn't sound quite like what he means. He's not unhappy at being here, he's grateful to be alive, and there's a lot to be happy about already. It's new, unique, and exciting in Prismatica. But it's still strange, and overwhelming.

"It's not a bad place. I don't mind being here. But it's a lot to get used to."

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