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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It's very... strange.

[to say the least.]

If this were a kidnapping, I'd have expected to be restrained in some way. Though our numbers do seem a bit too high for that - keeping track of this many hostages would be a logistical nightmare.

Unless they're someone very confident in what they're doing, and assured in their victory.

[he holds his hands out, palms up and empty]

For example, taking any weapons we may have had on us.

Not to mention any medical supplies we may have had, as well...

[her STUFF]

Ah - are you a...

[help. help. human words for repairs. HELP]

Medicinal expert?

[SURE]

...I'm a doctor, yes.

Oh, that's good -

[actually]

There's someone around here with broken ribs. And someone else who might need clean bandages. Do you know how I'd be able to help them?

Hmm... for ribs, the most important thing is to not aggravate the injury further. They'll typically heal on their own with enough time, but rest is important. While it's healing, taking medication to manage the pain can help, and wrapping it with chilled bandages can numb the pain if it's overwhelming.

Finding clean bandages seems like it will be a struggle, though. The sheets up in that building through one of the archways aren't clean at all, and the water there is... tinged gray. I'd hesitate to apply either of them directly to a wound.

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

If someone was accidentally kneed in the ribs, should... should the rest of that advice still stick?

...was this accidental kneeing the cause of the broken ribs, or something that happened after the initial injury...?

[ . . . . . he's looking more admonished the more she says things]

Well... Say the patient is already volatile, and maybe picked a fight, and I - didn't know they were hurt to that extent so when I got punched, I just...

[his shoulders slump]

Sorry. I didn't mean to make it worse.

...

With broken ribs, the other person shouldn't have been throwing punches in the first place, so it's not all on you. [she sighs.] But, yes. Rest is all the more important now. The problem with ribs is they aren't like arms or legs - you can't set them back in place. There's very little that can be done to urge them to heal faster other than taking steps to prevent making them worse and managing the pain while you wait.

[buzen, having met garou for five minutes: he's going to do none of this]

... and if the person might be uncooperative...?

There are ways to force them to cooperate.

Oh? How so?

[he tilts his head]

Are you willing to take apprentices, miss? I'm eager to learn from the best.

The best? Then you'll be wanting my teacher. But I'm rather good, regardless.

[she giggles.]

If they're running around too much, then we'll simply need to knock them out. There are certain pressure points on the body that can assist with that, and then we can make sure they get the treatment they need.

[THEY'RE GOING TO ASSAULT GAROU I'M SHAKING

anyway!]

Hahaha, that sounds like my kind of plan! [CLEARLY, HE ALREADY HIT GAROU ANYWAY] I'd be happy to assist.

We may not have your teacher, but we do have you - and I'm already very grateful.

Well, that will make things easier!

[they're

they're really going to assault garou]

I'm Su Jiuqing. And what is my newest apprentice's name, hm?

[i'm shaking]

Buzen! It's nice to meet you, Su-san.

[please

please be a reasonable form of address he's so lost with 98% of names in this place]

It's nice to meet you as well, Sir Buzen.

[she smiles, even though she doesn't know what "san" means. he's saying it politely enough, so she'll just assume positive intent here.]

[oh - that was really polite and he's just immediately embarrassed]

... Just 'Buzen' is fine... if it's alright with you!

I'm not used to being addressed formally. Makes me feel a bit strange.

Is that so...?

[it's a bit informal, but. it's what he prefers! so she nods.]

Buzen it is, in that case. I apologize if the formality made you feel uncomfortable.

[he shakes his head!!]

No need to apologize! I know it's the polite thing, and uh '-san' is a pretty formal honorific too...

[so he doesn't mind referring to other people that way! it's just...]

But how do I say... I'm just me, you know?

[and 'sir' feels a little weird attached to him]

[she smiles]

I understand. I feel the same way, sometimes... it's why the people closest to me use either my given name or "Doctor Su," rather than "Lady Su".

Ah, are you also a courtly lady as well as a doctor? That's impressive.

[buzen only knows a little about courtly things - so he's really just guessing. he'd probably be impressed by a lot. still though, he tilts his head]

Then you should let me know what you want me to call you, Su-san. Even if we're not close yet, I hope we get along well.

My father is a court official. [...] I've cut ties with him, but that apparently doesn't stop me from being a lady.

"Doctor Su" is fine, though. I'm sure we'll get along quite well.

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