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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[she looks like she's debating on answering, but after a moment:]

Vin.

[matchies!]

[

heh!!! ]

Vin and Vax.

[ he seems very pleased. ] Fuck if we haven't met, you sure we aren't long lost cousins or something? Hah.

Probably not.

[she's a little amused, too, even if she pushes that down a little as not to show it.]

Is it an uncommon name where you're from?

Something like that, yeah.

[ not really, necessarily, but... well, it's just a familiar name, and one that makes his heart warm. ] Next thing you know, people'll start confusing us because of it, though. Too similar. That I know from experience.

[ heh!!! ]

[she looks up at him.]

...People would have to be very near sighted for that to happen, I think.

[gasp... a joke... it's very dry.]

[

snorts ] Yeah. Or pitch blind.

But, forget that -- they'd have to see us first, anyway, sneaky. [ he is equally dry and very broadly amused, grinning a little. because its the pot calling the kettle black once again ]

They've made it pretty easy for us.

[since they match all the non-colors going on here, now.]

Although I guess that's assuming someone designed it this way... It could just be a normal part of this place.

Nn.

[ the noise is thoughtful; vax reaches up again, absently brushing against that light gray feather. ]

Can't imagine that's good for anything. [ or them. people still have their hair color and skin color and all, but... ] Might explain why there's nothing alive around, either.

[she tilts her head slightly.]

There are plants. [they're very dead, but.] Something could be grown here, if they did it once.

With the right kind of magic, yeah.

[ ...

that brings back a memory - there's a brief flicker of pause, but he shakes his head. ]

...Sounds like we better find whatever's killed the life and color here and take care of it. That's how that sort of thing works. Fix the problem, revitalize the place, get out.

Magic?

[she doesn't miss that pause, but she doesn't address it. there's a small frown on her face as he continues.]

You think it will be that easy to change an entire landscape?

[ vax snorts, loudly!!! ]

Fuck no, are you kidding? It's never that easy. [ LITERALLY NEVER he doesn't seem that bothered, just a little dramatic. ] Sure we're in for a whole heaping pile of bullshit to come before that happens.

[her mouth twitches into an almost smile for maybe a moment before her expression goes back to normal.]

Probably. [...] What kind of magic were you talking about?

[ wehehehe ]

For the land?

[ ... mmm. a little quieter. ]

...Druid stuff. I know someone who would've been able to. Who's done it - we still had to take out the big baddies before it took fully, but it worked. Brought back a place that'd been drained by a vampire and a sorceress who were fucked up beyond all belief.

[from the look on her face it's pretty likely she doesn't recognize several key terms in that explanation, but it's fine. after a moment:]

They sound formidable.

She is.

[ gross he looks disgustingly fond for a second

anyway ] ...She's not here, though, so, we're gonna have to find another solution, I guess. Tend to be more of a stabber than a grower, but we'll figure something out.

...If there were someone behind this, it makes sense that they wouldn't show their face.

[she, too, wishes to stab if an acceptable target shows up.]

There's food, at least.

Yeah. And some sort of shelter. Plenty of glass for breaking if you need something sharp.

[ ... ]

Could be worse.

[ terrible what is your definition of worse. this feels like old times kind of ]

[as he says that, she's suddenly giving one of the smaller test tubes an appraising look. terrible. anyways.]

It could be. [goth club? your standards?] I haven't seen any ash.

[ don't eat that ]

Ash like fire?

[nodding, but looking a little puzzled - she's been assuming this is a constant between the places they're all from.]

Yes. You know, from the sky?

[what]

What?

[ HELLO? ]

From the sky.

[she repeats, as if that will help??]

I didn't smell smoke, either.

[ im ]

What, did you live in Emon a few years back when Thordak came through?

[ this is also completely unhelpful ]

What?

[incredible]

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