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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[thejkdefense]

[Well this is unusual, thought November 11. One moment he was staring up at the night sky, the next he was here. Funny thing, this almost feels like being close to the stars. But there are no stars, and there's no blood on his clothes despite the sorry state of the fabric, and unless he really missed it, there also are no bullets in him. Instead it's all monochrome.

Well, no point in pondering things for long. November gets up to his feet, shakes his head and looks around. Ah, people! How neat]

Looks like we're all stuck in hell. That's too bad.

[November 11 sure said that with the same cadence one would comment about how it's a nice weather today. He doesn't really believe this is hell, yeah]

[countermeasures]

...you don't seem terribly surprised to find yourself here, sir.

[she doesn't think it's hell either, but also. ??? sir your attitude??? she's been feigning calm pretty decently, and she's trying to get a read on whether he's just faking it until he makes it, or if he actually is calm.]

[thejkdefense]

By the standards of most religions I have done plenty to deserve being cast into eternal damnation of some sort.

[Yup, definitely not feigning calm. This guy either has nerves of steel or just plain doesn't care where he is right now. He's interested, but not alarmed in the slightest! He even keeps up the whole 'this is hell' thing, apparently not considering it in bad taste]

[countermeasures]

Is that so?

[she smiles.]

I haven't, so I'd say we're somewhere else.

[daggering]

's not hell. Hell doesn't look anything like this, mate. Not nearly enough fire.

[


why do you sound like you know ]

[thejkdefense]

Oh? Then I stand corrected. I wouldn't know, I haven't ever been there.

[November shrugs, searches in the pockets of his suit, and takes out a pair of sunglasses, putting them on. They're...really banged up. One of the lenses is cracked and has a hole in them and all, the other isn't much better. Upon putting them on it feels like November immediately put a bunch of walls up -- this is a guy in full control of himself, yup]

Then the obvious mystery is where we are right now, then. Any ideas?

[Yup, November had said that so others would reply and he could prod them to talk. As he sees it, doing it this way works better than outright going to someone and asking for information]

[daggering]

Not a damn clue.

[ the cracked glasses sure are a look. this is like percy at his workshop levels of weird... ]

You got a little something on your face. [ ... ] Lack of something, really. [ gesturing... at his sunglasses area... ]

[dms]

Hell?! I thought it was just a horror movie?!

[ IS THAT BETTER? ]

[thejkdefense]

[November 11 takes out of his suit a pair of very ruined and cracked glasses, examining them nonchalantly]

Wouldn't hell be a fitting place for a horror movie? Eternal torment is a fear people have.

[theampirequeen]

Nah.

[ casually answering him from where she's sitting on the ground for some reason? ]

Not enough fire and demons. Trust me.

[thejkdefense]

I will have to accept your word for that.

[Upon seeing Marceline November's guard immediately goes up. Now this is more like what he expected -- something that hints a potential Contractor. In his head he's already trying to evaluate what sort of danger she may represent. It's kind of an unfair thing to be thinking and he knows it, but you can never be too careful.

Outwardly, though, he keeps a smile while he puts on a pair of very ruined sunglasses. They're pretty much falling apart in their frames]

Where would you say we are at right now, then?

[Yup, this was pretty much so others would reply to him so he could get to ask. Outright approaching someone and asking for information would get other people wary, he thought]

[moonlightbeast]

[Kunikida when did you cut your hair and get beefier???

But no seriously, the casual nature of that kind of a response is what throws Atsushi off.]

Is Hell really that underwhelming to you?

[thejkdefense]

You see one, you have seen all of them.

[He has never been in hell, hah. Doesn't stop him from keeping that somewhat tasteless act up for a bit longer!]

[highrisk]

... Hell's colder than I'd heard.

[thejkdefense]

What is it they say...? When hell freezes over? I suppose it did.

[It's not even that cold, November]

[disestablishment]

[ wow. so funny? Aymeric can see it as a joke, though grim. ]

If this were to be one of the alleged Seven Hells, it wouldn't come to me as a surprise.

[thejkdefense]

[Aymeric sees a joke, good! Although it also was made to get people to talk to him so November would have the chance to ask for their opinions, instead of asking them right away.

What he got here, though, was not what he expected at all]

I was unaware there was more than one in the first place.

[The hell comment definitely had been a joke but...okay, this got him curious, he has to ask for more details]

[classmate]

Um...

[ the people who are laughed are insane ]

Even as a joke, you should be cautious of what you say... there's people here... [ who'll believe you, she doesn't add. ]

[thejkdefense]

I was kidding, yes.

[November doesn't seem to care in the slightest there may be people gullible enough to believe his comment. He simply shrugs, adding:]

But I'll be more cautious in the future. My bad.

[He won't, he won't]

[godcards]

Seems a bit too empty to be hell.

[ Equally casual, if not tipping into oddly too upbeat, considering their situation. ]

[thejkdefense]

True, it does. Looks like there's company, though.

[He glances at everyone else]

And all of them seem to be in the exact same situation as us. Nobody seems to know anything worthwhile.

[gogoghostpowers]

[ raises a suspicious eyebrow at him ]

And yet, you don't sound all that upset about it.

[thejkdefense]

Getting upset won't get me out of hell, will it?

[Hah! November really can say such things without making it obvious he doesn't mean any of it. He doesn't find his own comments in bad taste, that's for sure]

[pura]

Hm.

[Gazes............ (derogatory)

She huffs out a little breath, rubbing her arms as if to trying to warm herself up.]

Well, it's too damn cold.

[thejkdefense]

It is. Watch out for frostbite. The moment you get discolored fingers you'll know it's almost too late for you.

[...it really is cold here. How weird. Even someone who is used to the cold like November is finding it uncomfortably chilly]