chroma | WEEKEND ZERO: MINGLE

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Unnerving. That may be the best word to describe how the vibes feel as your sight begins to clear and you find yourself on the ground. The air is chilly, and you don't see anything that may represent the sun or the moon for a sense of time. You look around expecting to find some sort of buildings, wildlife, or anything of use, but your immediate line of vision only shows a sprawling monochrome landscape.

Are you feeling adventurous? As you get to your feet, you have the opportunity to wander further and begin assessing the situation. You'll quickly find that the only thing on your person are the clothes on your back. Traveling will eventually lead you to a few areas, though none of them appear very promising either.

Don't stray too far, however. While there are few hints of plant life (nothing nourishing, nothing satisfying), you won't find much else. There's no food or running water; resources seem scarce. The further you go, the more you begin to feel colder and weaker. Your eyes begin to play tricks on you, and everything ahead of you looks unfocused and even more gray than before. An imminent sense of danger hangs above you...you can't quite pinpoint why, but your gut instinct says there's something else out there just lying beyond your reach.

Perhaps you'll have luck another day. For now, it seems as though your only option is to make use of the areas you do have access to and try to settle in. But don't worry, you aren't alone. There's 35 other people just waiting to see what you'll do next.

Welcome to your weekend zero intro to

chroma! While characters have access to the locations available, they do not have access to anything else including their home items. Please note that characters do not know what their primary color or complementary colors are as of yet, and IC profiles are not in-play at this time.

Things of note!

► You can find food (cotton candy, stale hot dog buns with no hot dogs, etc) in the carnival, but none of it is filling. It's monochrome, and you're hungry again five minutes later.
► There's water in the mansion but it's kind of grey.
► Seriously, it's cold.
► You arrive in your canon outfit. It is also monochrome, like someone drained the dye out of your clothes.

Stay tuned for more updates throughout the weekend, and happy settling!

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There's not a lot to talk about. I wasn't here, and then I was. Wasn't doing anything wild or overly special either, just... planning on leaving a village. Hadn't made it to the front gate yet.

Naught strange in the slightest... My predicament is not the norm, but there were no signs of this summoning as well.

[ That's that, I guess? ]

There's ground to cover and answers may be waiting there.

You're guessing it's a purposeful summoning?

That is my guess as it isn't uncommon to hear tales of champions pulled from other shards.

[ Fun heroes tales. ]

For now, it's safe to wager that there is a powerful force or energy, sentient or not.

[ he just mouths "shards?" ]

...

Probably. Not great when you don't have a clue who or what it is, huh?

[ There's a small laugh. ]

Nay. It lets our imaginations run wild. For now, we can claim the cause is anything.

Sometimes things are wilder than even your imagination can come up with. But… so far it’s pretty certain we’re not in our homes, and just looking at your general, uh, height. And features. [ pointy earsies ] You’re not from my neck of the woods, so.

Not a total loss.

Would that I came from woods at all... My homeland is one of summer snow.

[ He gets what Crow means, but he thinks it's funny. Anyway, sometimes you just love ishgard. ]

Then Elezens are unfamiliar to you as well?

[ ..... god bless u aymeric. ]

It's a phrase, not really literal. But hey, good for you. I know a p-re-tty sweet snowy area that's well known for hot springs. Not that I've really had the chance to visit it properly.

[ aymeric in his "i <3 ishgard" sweater. ]

...

[ his face clearly reads "the fuck is an elezen" ]

Yes, I understood the phrase. It was simply too amusing to imagine literally. [ Hm. ] A hot spring would make a grand visiting spot for wandering adventurers.

[ But the hot springs make him wonder. Put it in the firmament. Anyway: ]

... I am an Elezen.

A hot spring is a grand visiting spot for anyone who wants to go and sit in a hot spring. [ adventurers are not the only ones. ]

...

[ he. points at his own ears. is this the difference, sir? ]

Yes, key features of our race would be our ears and our stature.

[ Tall. ]

Of course we aren't so different from other peoples.

Yeah. You’ve got plenty of those. [ earsies. heightsies. ]

That’s all? Huh. Guess it makes sense. Witches aren’t different from regular humans, besides the whole magic and living in seclusion thing.

It must come to you as a surprise for me to say that I'm of average height for my kind.

Witches? [ He tilts his head. ] That fits many disciplines in my world, but they have guilds to hone their magicks with peers... Solitary is a personal choice, I posit.

What are some of you eating, seriously? You and tall, white and happy are tall enough, and then you've got mister "you are all too small and I am the one who is right" who's like aiming to reach ten foot and proud of it.

I'm kinda jealous.

[ hm. ]

Yeah, witches. They're pretty private people, and keep themselves to themselves most of the time. Couple of them venture out into the world and cause or solve problems on purpose, depending on which sister you run into at which time.

You must be speaking of Estinien and Lord Emet-Selch. There's nothing to be envious about. It comes with its own disadvantages and I'd daresay you are at a perfect height.

[ crow is tall enough what the fuck ]

The scope of their power compared to common man sounds sizable, so I see the issue here. Do governments allow this to continue?

"Lord". [ that man is a lord? terrible. ] I do know a guy who's about two, three inches taller than me. Wonder what the world looks like from up there.

[ THE SAME PROBABLY. ]

The government can and won't say shit about it. More if they know what's good for them. Besides, they rely on them for too many important things. No one else can do the things they do, for the benefit of the Emperor.

Unless their eyes go through change, it can't be much different than what you see.

[ Frowns... ]

Many dare not threaten the status quo which I understand. However, it's disheartening to know that they would allow ruin, as few or little.

Different angles can make all the difference you know.

[ huh. ]

You're making a lot of assumptions about what witches do, y'know. Most of them are fine just chilling in their secret village and keeping themselves to themselves. Someone like Vita isn't a beacon or example for the whole lot of them.

Of course one doesn't paint the rest. I did say for instances few or little.

[ He hasn't forgotten Crow saying that only some go out and cause trouble? ]

Does depend what they’re working towards too. But…. not many people want to purposely antagonist a village of magic users, right?

[ There's a pause, but he smiles all the same. ]

Aye, that would be sage. To find a path without violence, ideal.

We've been exchanging for some time, so introductions are due. My name is Aymeric de Borel.

[ that is a fancy name. so many people here have fancy names. what. ]

Crow Armbrust.

Ser Crow, 'tis a pleasure.

[ blinks. ]

Okay the "sir" thing is too much. Just Crow.

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