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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[bestaround]

ONE; wakey wakey (just one tag-in to this prompt, pls)
[ With a groan, 9S sits up, taking a long moment to regain his bearings and take in his surroundings. When only unfamiliarity dawns upon him though, his head swivels back and forth in confusion, his demeanor instantly more guarded. ]

What—

[ But he trails off, shifting from a sit to a kneel. He's pretty sure this is not where he had been before. There's nothing about this place that feels familiar at all. ]

... Pod? Where are you?

[ Only silence follows. Whoever this 'Pod' is, it doesn't seem as if they'll be responding. ]

Hellooo? [ Nothing. With a frustrated grunt, 9S pushes himself up to his feet. ] Great.

TWO; mansion
[ With no other choice but to search around, 9S eventually finds himself within the mansion. As old and abandoned as it may be, that doesn't seem to bother him in the least. You can either catch him rifling through some of the broken furniture, or spot him crouching in front of the fireplace, a hand extended. ]

... It's not even warm.

THREE; laboratory
[ Once again, the utterly trashed look of the place hardly seems to bother him. At one of the various desks, 9S stands hunched over an open book. Despite the fact his face is covered up, he seems to be focused pretty intently on the contents within the book. ]

FOUR; wildcard me babie
( MAKE SHIT UP or smack me for a pc if you want c: )

three

[fleshedout]

[wow look at this NERD]

[She's just looking over his shoulder. Hi. Hello there.]

[bestaround]

[ Oh, hello.

It takes him a belated moment, but eventually he does realize there's just. Someone there. He doesn't jolt, but he does quickly turn, clearly not expecting her to be there. ]

If you wanted to look, you could've just said so.

[fleshedout]

...

[She just glances at him, not surprised by the movement.]

Are you just pretending to read?

two

[impurities]

[ chang geng is doing a lot of picking around through the mansion, but hearing the comment of not even warm from someone near the fire draws his attention immediately. with a frown, he makes his way over, grabbing a chair that's already broken along the way. ]

No warmth at all?

[bestaround]

Check it out for yourself.

[ Withdrawing his hand, 9S gestures toward the flames. ]

[impurities]

[ he sets the chair down on the side opposite 9S in case they need it for science, flipping the back of his cloak with both hands so that it isn't near the fire as he crouches down. one hand reaches out, but doesn't touch, and -

okay. hm. his brow furrows, before he plucks some fur out of his cloak's mantle to flick into the fire instead of either of them touching it UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE. ]

Well, it still burns.

uno

[brotograph]

[ He's going to let out a sigh as he sits up. ]

Did anyone one get the number of that chocobo that hit me?

[ Wait wait wait! He's not alone! Scrambling up to his feet. ]

Huh? Are you looking for a tri-pod? Didn't bring one with me...

[ Patting himself down. ]

[bestaround]

[ ??? Oh. There's... someone else here, too. ]

No—I'm talking about my Pod.

[brotograph]

Uh. Like a plant?

[ ??? ]

three

[allomantic]

[she doesn't break the silence quite yet, but she's very pointedly looking between his eye covering and the book he's apparently reading, confused. there's a moment of hesitation before she tries to move closer without catching his eye, trying to see if there's some trick he's using to read like that.]

[bestaround]

[ If she's trying to be sneaky in plain view, well...

Eventually, he does look up, as if catching sight of her broke him off from his thoughts. ]

They're not mine, you know—you could've just asked to see them, too.

[allomantic]

[she jumps a little when he looks up at her, immediately shrinking back towards the doorway. she doesn't leave yet, though, hesitating instead.]

How are you... [she doesn't continue, but gestures towards his blindfold instead.]

two

[highrisk]

Yeah, at first I thought it was like one of those stupid space-heaters with the fake fire on it, but it's just...

Well. I don't know what it is.

[ WEIRD. ]

[bestaround]

But it's still burning the wood.

[ Weird. ]

Pretty useless in this cold weather.

Two

[thejkdefense]

[That fire continues being intensely puzzling. November has been hanging around there for a while, trying to decipher what's going on with that fire, when 9S approaches and extends a hand towards the fire]

Even though it's not warm you probably shouldn't try to touch it. Step back.

[He has no idea if it can burn you but hey, may as well give that warning]

[bestaround]

[ 9S lifts his head; the furrow of his brow isn't obvious. ]

Of course I'm not going to touch it.

three

[classmate]

[ Look at this small baby boy reading. Wow. He looks so smart.

Wait does he have his fucking blindfold cause that's weird, actually. ]

Did you find something interesting... ?

[bestaround]

[ He sure do.

At the sound of her voice, he looks up. ]

Nothing. None of these words make any sense.

two.

[godcards]

Maybe it's a hologram?

[ he's not stupid enough to touch it. he's hesitant to get much closer, honestly, despite feeling chilly. ]

[bestaround]

A convincing one, at that. Look, the wood's still burning.

three

[pura]

[... Looks at the book.

Looks at his blindfold.

Looks at the book.

Looks at his blindfold.

?????????]

[bestaround]

[ Yes, hello.

At some point, he does look up. ]

What?

three

[chevaliered]

[ i mean.



he’s just gonna ask. ]

Can you see through that thing? [ because, 9phinaud, your eyes are covered. in case you missed that. ]

[bestaround]

[ STOP. ALPHINAUD ISN'T HERE. ]

—Huh?

[ He looks up. ]

Why would I be wearing it if I couldn't?