WEEKEND ZERO: MINGLE

[saturations]

GREETINGS

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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[allomantic]

arrival

[right after everyone arrives, you might notice a girl with a thin horizontal scar across one of her cheeks, wearing what looks like attire designed for stealth, who's staring up towards the monochrome sky as she picks herself up. she looks plenty confused, both by the sudden lack of color and the sudden change in overall scenery - but when she takes in the fact that she's not alone, she's

sprinting away from the rest of the group immediately. bye.]

laboratory

[she's wandering around most of the area, but the laboratory takes her interest based on just how unnerving it is. she has one of the smaller test tubes in her hand, an empty one, when she hears a sound of movement and a low whisper. the noise might have come from nowhere, but the way she glances around in response makes her take notice of the other person in the area with her. she scowls at whoever it is, looking like she's ready to bolt if they make a move she doesn't like, but she'll ask—]

Who are you?

[incredible conversationalist right here.]

wildcard

[hit me up with anything else, smooches everyone]

lab uwu

[daggering]

[ you ever just see someone and think "ah, same"

the girl vanishing away from the group does not miss vax's attention, and he pulls the hood of his own cloak up to go do his own investigating; the minute he catches sight of her again, he slips into the laboratory behind her, soundless and quiet.

so, when the strange whispering noises start and she turns and sees him - well, he's not whispering, but vax is there, a similarly cloaked and hooded stranger in stealthy clothes. there's a beat, like he wasn't expecting to be seen. ]

Not a local. [ obviously ] You?

[allomantic]

...Not a local, either.

[she looks incredibly wary even after he explains that, but she at least doesn't outright say she doesn't believe him. she shifts slightly, trying to make herself small (well, smaller) almost by habit as she thinks about what she wants to ask next.]

How did you get here?

[daggering]

[ she's so little. tiny. small!!!! this shifty skulky behavior doesn't bother vax any at least. ]

's a great fucking question. [ a little chuff. he can hazard a guess, maybe, but its rare enough he gets sent off places without some explanation. ] But if I'm here, something's fucked up about it.

Any idea how you got here, either?

arrival

[furrier]

[ Garou doesn't notice Vin at first, about as disoriented and confused as everyone else, just about to slither into the shadows so that he can assess the situation and size up all the enemies he'd manifested around.

And then Vin bolts, and the predator instinct kicks in.

So now he's chasing after her for no real reason. ]

[allomantic]

[the fact that she's now being chased only serves to convince her that there's a good reason to run, even if she doesn't know why he's chasing her. she glances behind her just long enough to confirm that she doesn't recognize the person who's in pursuit before continuing to race off!

until she gets far enough that the weakness starts to set in, and she stumbles unexpectedly. awkward.]

[furrier]

[ Despite the fact that everything is starting to blur together in a distorted array of greys and blacks, Garou manages to keep on Vin's tail, and when she stumbles, he grabs the back of her cloak.

Except then he also stumbles and takes them both to the ground. ]

Who are you?!

lab!

[slashay]

[The other person in question is this floofball who's just HOVERING BY THE ENTRANCE. He's looking at this place like it's the gutted contents of some alien spacecraft... Man he doesn't even know a normal science, there's no way he can comprehend what's going on in here.]

Eh—? [GLANCING OVER. He'd been distracted by some tentacle eyeball monster it's fine. He still seems pretty distracted as he talks, even though introductions are his favorite thing...]

Oh - Kashuu! Um - I reeeally don't think it's a good idea to be touching that stuff, though. Like, isn't that a totally classic sci-fi horror plot?

[allomantic]

[she does not put the tube down, but she does look at him with a growing expression of bemusement.]

What?

[vin talk for more than one sentence challenge]

[slashay]

[VIN PLEASE. It's okay though, he talks enough for fifty people... GESTURING TO THE TUBE.]

Y'know, like. You pick up a tube in some abandoned lab but it's actually super radioactive so you end up dying of radiation sickness a week later? Or it just mutates you into some weird space alien or something.

lab

[hasteful]

A traveler!

[hell yes, immediately response without a single thought in his head

he tilts his head, apparently in perfectly fine spirits despite the Weirdness]

Haha, though I can't say my travels brought me here on purpose. Can I ask who you are?

[allomantic]

[she's immediately thrown off by that tone, and she stares his way for another moment trying to decide if it's an act, before:]

...We are both travelers. [...] How did you come here, if not on purpose?

[hasteful]

[nodding easily at that.]

Haha! If we're both travelers, would you tell me your favorite place to visit?

As for how I got here.... I'm still figuring that out! I'm a little surprised...

arrival

[moonlightbeast]

[Oh whoops there she goes.

Atsushi won't sprint, but he'll jog to keep up and see where she's going. There's only so many places to go here so it's not like she can go far anyway, and his curiosity is strong.]

[allomantic]

[she's used to being followed, but she's not quite used to anyone jogging behind her rather than trying to catch up to her when it happens, so she slows for maybe half a second before she gets far. as she glances back at him:]

What are you doing?

all of us crowding you in the lab

[withaswing]

[She has stopped in place, but holds both palms up near her shoulders in surrender. She doesn't move!]

Hiyama. Chinatsu Hiyama. Who are you?

[allomantic]

[she looks like she's thinking about that name, but when she can't connect it to anything, she pauses for another few long moments, debating with herself. eventually:]

Vin.

[as if it was a big decision about whether to give out her name... anyways.]

How did you get here?

arrival

[dms]

[ Σ(゜ロ゜;) ]

W-Wait - I didn't mean to scare you! I'm sorry!

[allomantic]

[i'm so sorry but she keeps running

while she goes, though:]

I'm not scared.

Laboratory

[thejkdefense]

[November shows his hands, recognizing someone who is on the verge of running away. He did notice her fleeing upon arrival, and now that he's facing her, he can see there's some very reasonable caution and distrust here.

She has a good head on her shoulders already -- but no point in feeding that distrust, he supposes]

Jack Simon, miss. I mean no harm.

[allomantic]

[she relaxes just a bit as he shows his hands, though she still looks pretty wary. after a moment of thought, though, she speaks up.]

How did you get here?

arrival!

[naruhodope]

[ ryunosuke might be dressed in his usual head-to-toe black, but the scenery is so drained of color and surreal that it still distracts him entirely. so much so that he isn't paying any attention as he steps back in surprise...

putting him right in the path of a fleeing vin, sending them both crashing suddenly to the monochromatic ground. oof. ]

Ack—!

[allomantic]

[she sees him standing in her path too late to halt or dodge to the side as she runs, so down they go indeed. for her part, as soon as she hits the ground, she's giving a noise of alarm and shoving him away... probably a little too forcefully, because she doesn't yet realize he didn't get in her way intentionally. save ryunosuke. at least this shoving is coming from a very tiny girl instead of someone with a better strength stat! silver linings......]

wow what if i wildcarded you

[nightchild]

[some time after vin sprints away from someone for the 50th time, itsuki will happen to catch her! in that he's just in the same location she now is in, let's say carnival]

You're pretty good at running... Isn't it about time you took a break though?

i accept it always

[allomantic]

[she's immediately assuming that the implication here is that he's watched her do this, which in turn makes her Suspicious off the bat. after a moment:]

Why does it matter to you?