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▶ TDM .007
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.
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.
▶ 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.
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.
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.
▶ Questions
If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.
▶ IMPORTANT! By request, we've uploaded image samples for the Prissy Polyp clothing collections! Note these are merely samples for a visual guide and we will leave more selections to players.
▶ 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.
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.
▶ Questions
If you have any questions regarding this test drive meme, please ask them in the Questions thread below.
▶ IMPORTANT! By request, we've uploaded image samples for the Prissy Polyp clothing collections! Note these are merely samples for a visual guide and we will leave more selections to players.
▶ 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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[... Which doesn't actually have all that much to do with looking like a young master, but he feels the need to say it anyway. His position is not something he'd normally brag about, but it's still his, and he finds himself pointing it out rather often in this world. Maybe it's just his way of reminding himself of who he is - something steady when everything else has shifted beyond recognition.]
Why would he break your legs?
[Seriously, that makes no sense. (Okay, it does a little, if one presumes that Huaisang will keep Ling's arrival a secret. But Ling had no intention of asking him to do so, and it's a moot point anyway.)]
Uncle already knows. We ran into each other before.
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Because! Because I am still standing here instead of going to tell me you've arrived. [ honestly! jin ling's arrival would be the sort of news jiang cheng would want asap and the sort of information nie huaisang wouldn't want to deliver — not because he dislikes jin ling or wishes to keep it a secret but because it isn't his business.
and truth be told, it hurts a little for an entirely different reason that has nothing to do with anyone but huaisang's own issues and losses. ]
Ah, thank the heavens. He must have been very happy.
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He doesn't have the first clue how to accomplish such a thing, though, and he knows that getting involved himself will only be counter-productive, so he continues to do nothing about it.]
... Who'd be happy about finding a familiar face in a place like this?
[Well... Everybody, probably. Ling was, too. But it's an easy thing to say, even if he doesn't manage to sound as annoyed as he was trying for.
In spite of that, and in spite of everything, he feels kind of bad, talking to a fellow sect leader like this. Even if Nie Huaisang is (probably, already) dangerous, Ling can't fault him for successful plotting. It has done a fair amount of damage to his sect, and he can't not blame Huaisang for that a little, but in the end, it's just politics, and the crimes were Jin Guangyao's. Without Huaisang's involvement, they might have never come to light - and while that would have been preferable in many ways, in that scenario Jin Ling's odds of survival would have been iffy at best.
Politics are always such a mess. But it's not like you can be sect leader without them.]
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I was happy. [ technically, jin ling doesn't count as a familiar face. to huaisang, as he is now, jin ling is just a name - the orphaned heir of lanling jin. ] Although, if you are referring to this place in particular —
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Don't be a pervert! Who cares what you saw?!
[NO WAIT that makes it sound like Ling is okay with being seen naked?! He's not okay with that! Much! It's fine to bathe together as guys, but that doesn't mean you should look. Actually: who'd even have a reason to look? ]
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— trips on an innocent scintilla chinchillas and ends up disappearing behind a bush with a shriek. just leave him there, jin ling, he'll be fine. ]
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But eventually he does get out of the water. Apart from anything else: his peace has been disturbed, and he's not going to get it back here and now. He was done bathing anyway. Clearly he should check on...
... that scintilla chinchilla. What if you hurt it, Huaisang?!]
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don't hurt me! and that is clearly nie huaisang's panicked voice as he comes out from the bushes, his hair full of twigs and leaves, towel still preserving his modesty (as well as jin ling's innocence) and he is trying to get away from both bush and chinchilla - heading in jin ling's direction. ]
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No - Ling has to remind himself that the man isn't useless, probably(?) even now. If this is all an act, though, it sure is convincing...
Holding his ground, Ling stands there, trusting Huaisang to stop. (Whether he does or not - well... that remains to be seen.)]
Running away from plants and rodents... Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
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Ah!! Have you seen them? They can zap you, you would run away if one were to zap you too.
[ ashamed? not really. nie huaisang had never aspired to hold people's admiration, he only wanted to discuss poetry and paint his fans, dedicate himself to finding a path away from cultivation that would make him happy. in retrospect, it seems so painfully naive. ]
Is Sect Leader Jin, planning tell people I've been running from plants and rodents?
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[... Is that a warning, or is he just testing the waters? Even Ling isn't entirely sure. It's strange to have this knowledge of the future, and not know in how far he can apply it to the Huaisang before him.
Jiang Cheng called Huaisang a friend. In part, that makes Ling want to leave Huaisang alone, but it also makes him want to make sure, more than he would have felt the need to otherwise, that Huaisang doesn't target his other uncle as well.]
Why would I tell them? It's not like it's news.
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well, this is unexpected. huaisang isn't sure if the words are like jiang cheng's threats - bark and bite in equal measure, but more bark unless you're truly on his bad side. however, jin ling - the jin ling huaisang knows is a child. it's hard to imagine what happened in the intervening years but he's sect leader now which could mean a number of things.
things that huaisang hasn't given thought to since his arrival here, but in truth sect leader nie had never been stupid, just a sheltered and naive. ] —should I be afraid of you, sect leader Jin? [ if jin ling is sect leader now - what happened to his predecesor?
huaisang hopes he's dead. ]
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He forces himself to continue giving Huaisang a hard look, trying not to show any worries on his face.]
That depends on what you're planning to do, Sect Leader Nie.
[He can't not do this. He can't not say at least something, regardless of the pressure that brings with it.]
In my time, you have done many terrible things.
[Still up for debate, really; Ling has still not worked out just how much blame he can assign the man. But it's affected his sect, his uncle, and that is not okay, no matter what the uncle in question did. If anyone was to punish the man, it should have been Ling... even if he's not sure he could have.]
I will not let you harm my uncles here.
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without his fan, nie huaisang feels naked — even though he is physically naked — as long as he can cover his face partially it helps. it is part of the persona created and also part of himself. he always loved his fans even before they helped his act.
like this the downturn expression of his mouth is visible. ] Have I. [ well, he supposes it couldn't have been helped in the long term.
it still makes him terribly sad to hear this. nie huaisang had never been malicious but, so far, he had no designs to hurt anyone in this place. ] I ... I don't know, I don't know, I really don't know what you mean. Why would I hurt Jiang-xiong? We are friends, and San-ge is my older brother's sworn brother — that is as close as family, isn't it?
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[It sure hadn't stopped little uncle! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ As for Huaisang hurting jiujiu... perhaps he hadn't - not directly. But Ling sees no reason to point that out. Either Huaisang is not going to care, in which case he doesn't deserve mercy anyway, or the fear of hurting jiujiu may just keep him from hurting others here. It's not much of a fail-safe, but at least it's some small measure of protection.
Or maybe Ling just wants to believe that Huaisang cares enough.]
Since you are from the past, I will do you the favor of believing that you haven't yet set upon your ruthless path, whether you have or not. But in return, Sect Leader Nie, I expect you not to harm anyone - or I will personally make you pay.
[Because, you know, you should definitely fear a 15-year-old.]
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I don't - I don't - I don't understand what you're talking about. [ well, he does, partially understand, but he needs to know more. ] I think young master Jin is wrong I'm... I'm not a threat, I can't even fly on my sword. [ he didn't even appear here with his sword, instead it had been baxia by his side. ]
You can't just say all this and leave no explanations. How am I supposed to know what not to do?
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Does it take flying on a sword to scheme and destroy people?!
[Ling really doesn't want to give too many details, in part because there's only so much he knows, and in part because... if none of it has happened yet for Huaisang, what if Ling gives him ideas?!
At the same time, Ling is angry, and what does he have to slap Huaisang in the face with except the truth? If he just lists the worst, most shameful fact of them all, maybe it will shock Huaisang into staying away from that path.]
You made Zewu-jun kill my little uncle.
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though, he can't really believe it.
his expression goes from disbelief to shock and back to disbelief - he doesn't even have to act it, it is exactly what is going on through his mind as he looks at jin ling. ]
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Ling hates his little uncle for what he's done, but he still hates the one responsible for his death a little more. He shouldn't, and there's a good chance he'll get over it: he knows what Jin Guangyao did, knows the part the man played in his parents' deaths (albeit indirectly), but... Jin Guangyao was still his little uncle, and one of the very few people who would give him the time of day. That he was killed feels worse, therefore - or at least less forgivable - than his crimes.
But, heavens, the shame Ling feels that someone like Huaisang was able to orchestrate it all...
Is Ling going to have to save Huaisang from drowning? He sure hopes not - but he will if he has to, because he's just dumb that way.]
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it isn't that nie huaisang thinks he's useless, it is that he has never applied himself to the disciplines and qualities expected of sect leaders, and as such confronting san-ge is impossible. and yet, if jin ling is to be believed, he directed the sword that brought justice to his brother.
huaisang feels the warm water around and the thought forms, with no small amount of satisfaction: good. whether he is truly responsible or not, does it matter as long as he is dead? as long as he has been stopped? would his brother understand? and what of er-ge?
and yet, this huaisang is still so young and wants to cry. cry for his brother and his brother's sworn brothers. for the loss of his freedom and who he wanted to be in favour of a path he had never wanted. he is never going to be free of this, no matter who dies and who lives - but to live is preferable than to die, especially when he has his brother's legacy to safeguard, and baxia to inter. ]
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POOR BB SANG
It's water. How much can it hurt?
[This is ridiculous... Ling is done, here. He's had his bath, anyway; what does he care what happens to Huaisang next? If the man still drowns now, he honestly deserves it.]
Remember what I said. You're not harming anyone. Got it?
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