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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[nodding]

... mm, I feel the same. None of this landscape looks familiar and normally when I travel, I'm at least aware of where I'm headed...

... do you wanna go back home?

[she pauses again.]

I do not want to be somewhere I don't recognize.

[that's... close to an answer to the question he asked, sure.]

[he nods, seeming to accept that easily enough]

... should we try to make a map of the place then? Or make it at least a little more inhabitable.

[she nods to the idea about the map, but, confused:]

More inhabitable?

Mm, well... there isn't much to eat or rest on....

[she seems young though so he won't go too much into detail about the troubles of it]

So I'd like to gather soft materials and maybe scavenge some food to give to people!

[there's a moment where she gives him a long look, trying to decide if he's being honest or not, before:]

You don't know these people.

[it's a statement, but there's a question implied in it, too.]

[he shakes his head]

I don't.

[confirming!

a beat]

Does that matter?

It would to most.

[does she expect him to explain his desire to be helpful and kind

yes.]

Oh.

[he seems surprised, like he genuinely didn't expect this]

I didn't really think about that. I just don't want anyone to go hungry or have trouble resting. It's already a bad situation - no need for it to get worse.

That's kind of you.

[something about her tone makes it seem like she's not sure whether or not to believe his intentions are that altruistic (what other motivations could he have for this vin), but she doesn't outright state that skepticism.]

[he just laughs a little bit at that]

It's just what I want to do - but if you think it's kind, I'll take it as a compliment.

Do you want to go searching with me? So if I find anything good, you can have it.

[because he's starting to think if he offers her anything, she might not want to take it. but he just wants vin to have a blanket!!]

[she wrestles with herself for a moment on that question, but in the end...]

It'll go faster with two.

[so, yes.]

[nods!!]

Maybe if we try again in one of the clearings... or perhaps in the household...?

I don't really understand this place - or the other one, with the strange laughter of children. [the carnival]

There are children here?

[she sounds surprised, but then she thinks for another moment]

The household first, I think. Maybe we'll find a clue about who lives here.

I can't really tell... I wonder if it's just some spirits having their mischievous fun.

[it wouldn't be the first time he'd heard of that

but he'll nod at head in that direction!!]

Mm, a good plan. If there's anyone here, maybe we can find out what happened to this place.

Spirits? You mean a mistwraith?

[no

but she starts heading in that direction]

It does seem... strange.

... do I mean that...? What is a mistwraith?

[she blinks.]

They're creatures who only come out after the sun set... They eat corpses to mimic their features.

Oh.

[ . . . . ]

N-No, that's not what I mean.

They have those in your home? How formidable...

[she gives a shrug.]

I've been told they don't harm living people.

[ . . . ? ]

Really? I can't say that I really understand...

But I'm glad they're not physically dangerous, at least.

[he thinks it'd probably be haunting though - to encounter something that looked like a deceased loved one]

Even if they were, they're only out after dark.

[here they are at the archway, though!]

[their archway!! into the manor they go.....]

How strange. I've never encountered anything like that -

Though I've heard of a demon or two.

A demon?

[curious, as they pass through the archway.]

A demon! Or spirits...

[he holds his hands out in front of him, limp at the rests like he's mimicking a spooky ghost]

Phantoms?

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