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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Comments

[meteion]

[ i just wanted mcdonalds and i got this instead

There's alarm at the look, the frustration, the anger she can see, she's confused- she doesn't understand. She grips at her monochrome clothes, shaking her head with a step back. ]

M.. Me? I.. I haven't-- [ Oh, the voices before-- no, no one should know? ] I haven't done.. anything.. I just woke up. Here. Like this.

[vedrskogul]

[ Yeah sorry I just crashed your solo Taco Bell party. We can make it up in the future hopefully. ]

Spare me the excuses, is all of this not your doing? Colourless, lifeless, utterly foreign -- it fits the bill, doesn't it?

[ His tone no less aggressive and curt. ]

[meteion]

[ you owe me chimken nuggies and a baja blast ]

I don't... No... Elpis is.. colorful. Bright. Beautiful. It is not.. like this. I cannot do.. this. [ shrinks into herself, wings drooping. she genuinely sounds confused by this encounter. ] Who.. are you?

[vedrskogul]

[ Maybe if he likes you enough by the end of this he actually will get her a chimkin nug and baja blast combo set for $21. ]

Don't act like you don't know, isn't the whole point of you and your kind being...

[ Now, this is where he falters, because he's not the one with all these deets. That's the Warrior of Light, who gets all the special privileges and they all just have to hear the story secondhand. He narrows his eyes. ]

One of the many peoples at peril because of you.

[ He really means everything involving you and Elpis and all that whatever whatever, but words is not his strength. ]

[meteion]

[ FOR REAL? setting it as my goal now. ]

But I don't? My sisters and I... we couldn't.

[ She frowns more, hands trembling where they grip and she shakes her head. ]

I've never met you before. Or seen you until now. You... [ Her hand rests on her chest, trying to concentrate but shakes her head once more. ] I cannot feel it but I see you are angry at me. I cannot use my ability.. Why?

[ The why is directed more to herself, confused by the lack of abilities. If she could just... feel what he's feeling, hear his thoughts, she could maybe understand?

Well, there's only one way to handle this




she runs away, BYE. ]

[vedrskogul]

[ Endgame everyone adopts Meteion. ]

What -- ?!

[ EXCUSE ME MY GOOD BITCH BUT WHAT IN THE FUCK? He's going to grab at the back of her shirt??? Don't run away from me!!

This is just an adult man bullying a child, help. ]

Explain yourself! What ability?

[meteion]

[ good, it's what she deserves. ]

Ah-!

[ But not this. Why is she being ragdolled? This is where she pulls out a knife and stabs Estinien!! ...Just kidding. She doesn't. She has no weapon, she is but baby. But she is most certainly struggling. ]

E-Entelechy-- That's... what I am... I can... read the emotions of others- and.. [ her stuttering is getting worse, before she simply just makes a complicated cry. ] but I can't here. Something is blocking my abilities. I can't use them!

[vedrskogul]

[ She can try with her thin-ass arms when he's in armour from hea... neck to toe.

This is getting sad tbh, and he does think about letting her go, but the stakes of letting her go seem kind of... worse? Given the state of things he knows??? ]

What, so you're just -- you're claiming you're no better off than any given child off the streets, then?

[ There's clear doubt, but a few layers of it. ]

[meteion]

[ here! ]