prismatica | CASE 002 ♞ [TEXT]

Hello, this is Miles Edgeworth. Firstly, I would like to post an update in reference to my previous network broadcast, located here. I did forward everyone's submissions to the Office of the Magister Scientiae and have received a response from Magister Alcmene that the government is doing everything they can to best settle us into their society. Those struggling with the cultural differences, however, are recommended to make use of the local libraries. While I personally deem this response inadequate, the fact remains that we are guests in their world, and there is still no solid evidence of foul play vs. us being accidental additions to their society. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to take this matter further, I would be happy to hear them. All of those who provided submissions should now be in the receipt of coffee vouchers for the Lunar Scientiae cafe, a poor substitute for an actual resolution. Secondly, I am planning on signing up for the Moon Knights soon, and would be grateful to hear about other people's experiences with the organization. Finally, I am in the market for a roommate. Messy individuals with a propensity for sticking their noses in other people's business need not apply.

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I thought that the Moon Knights did not adequately warn us about the problems we were getting into with Level 4. If the Moon Knights and Lunar Scientia are going to turn to us for help, they should be giving us as much information as they can.

I did not participate in the events pertaining to the Lightless, so I admittedly don't know too much about it. Would you care to catch me up to speed?

We went to a luxury resort and casino called Obscuria at the request of Captain Natela of the Moon Knights. They wanted us to investigate a substance called Glow, which enhances people, but is dangerous. The leader of a crime syndicate called Eclipse was hosting a tournament there called King of Crystal Fist. We were asked to investigate the tournament as the Moon Knights believed Glow was used prominently there.

So this 'Glow' is some sort of performance-enhancing drug. What sort of problems did you come across during the investigation?

For one, there was the matter of the tournament. Participants were expected to wear bracelets that suppressed any superhuman abilities they possessed, but a fighter working on behalf of Eclipse, named Barbarus, went into the fights Glow-enhanced and with nothing suppressed. The Moon Knights should have warned us such technology exists. There were other problems too, but that was one failing on the part of the Moon Knights.

So this 'Barbarus' was a Moonheld with superhuman abilities? Did he not have a bracelet at all or was his deactivated somehow? Perhaps they didn't know.

( He does know that this is a generous reading of events. )

He was not wearing a bracelet and it was blatantly obvious that the fights were one sided. He killed several people at the tournament, and all of the Moonblessed who fought him with their abilities suppressed were badly injured. The cheating was deliberate. Some of the Moonheld in the audience enjoyed watching the brutality.

The people that he killed, were they Moonheld or Moonblessed or a combination or both? And the general consensus was that the Moon Knights knew Barbarus would be unsuppressed? It does not surprise me that this has happened, in any case, knowing our hosts' seeming indifference to our existence, outside of what we can provide for them. Thank you for the information you have provided thus far. It will help us decipher a way forward.

The Moon Knights' direction was to investigate Glow and the tournament. They may not have known much about Barbarus, but I can't see how they would have known about this tournament and about Glow and not known that people cheat. In fairness to the Moon Knights, they did not ask any of us to enter the tournament. They didn't provide us with much leadership or direction in the first place. I think there must have been a traitor among the Moon Knights, because somehow Eclipse's leader, Janus, found out about the investigation, and that the Moon Knight called Farouq was the one who was most directly involved with it. Janus had Farouq's young daughter kidnapped and used that to coerce all of our names out of him. Janus invited the lot of us to a "private party" that involved siccing an even more enhanced than before Barbarus on us. Fortunately, we had our powers then.

Perhaps not, but surely they realized that a request to investigate the tournament would, by some individuals, be interpreted as a recommendation to enter. I feel that we are in agreement here: the government's leadership leaves a lot to be desired. Unfortunately, organizations such as these are open to corruption. In any case, it did not seem as though the Moon Knights expected for those latter events to occur, because who would willingly expose their own children to such a risk?

I think better of Lunar Scientia. They coordinated the visit to Amegahara better, and were prepared to assist people as needed. I don't believe Farouq himself willingly put his daughter in harm's way. I believe one of his Moon Knight colleagues may have betrayed him and us to Eclipse, though.

I wonder what differences there are between the two organization which had caused them to respond to these events in such a different manner. I do hope the Moon Knights conduct a through investigation and uncover who the traitor was.

Perhaps most of the members of the Moon Knights are better at fighting and patrolling for trouble than they are at investigating. Lunar Scientia is an organization devoted to knowledge and discovery, so it makes sense that they would be well informed.

Do you really think the two branches are so delineated? It would make more sense if the two organization worked together.

( Then again, just because something makes sense doesn't mean it happens. )

They do work together sometimes when it benefits the community as a whole, but they do have different purposes and skillsets.

Indeed. I suppose they're just more disorganized than I expected.

Perhaps. Will you share your experiences with the Moon Knights if you join them?

I certainly will.

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