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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☆ mansion ☆
[ initial shock aside, it's time to explore the new digs! ]

Hey, isn't this like one of those old silent movies? Totally vintage! It could definitely do with a little cleanup, though, but it kind of sets the mood, don't you think?

[ after instinctively reaching in his pocket for something, he pauses in disappointment. ]

Mm... no pics, huh. Guess I'll just have to find draw it myself.

☆ carnival ☆
Uwahhh, we're totally on some movie set, aren't we?! Everything looks so real, even better than Zombie Run Night. Hope TenTen didn't get lost out here...

[ a sound makes him yelp, whirling around, but he calms almost immediately. ]

Ahaha, you really got me! [ wait. ] Eh? You aren't even dressed up? Doesn't that ruin the mood?

☆ wildcard ☆
[ anything else LET'S GOOOOO ]

[??????????????

buzen didn't know a single word this guy was saying until the very end]

Dressed up? Mood?

Is there some kind of occasion to do with this place...?

[ oh his head is EMPTY ]

Look around! Doesn't it have hella Halloween vibes?! Zombies could pop out at any moment!

Zombie...

[said in a slight tone of awe]

Halloween is... a celebration? Tell me more about these 'vibes'!

[he's learning]

Totes! So you've never been to a Halloween party, huh? The vibes are supposed to be kind of creepy-cute, you know? You want to be scared, but you want to have a good time, too.

Creepy-cute...

[he's thinking of matsui]

Haha!! That sounds fun! Though I think our surroundings are a bit more creepy than cute...

Mm, they went pretty hard on the creepy for sure. And they didn't even give us any costumes!

What would your preferred costume be?

Mmmm... [ gotta put some thought into this one! ] I've already been a werewolf, and I don't think I could pull off a zombie without Azamin on makeup... but maybe a vampire? I'm def cute enough to do the eternal youth thing!

[he's just laughing along, and nodding]

I like your confidence! I'd agree with that.

[deeply unclear if buzen knows what a vampire is but if it makes kazu happy]

It'd be nice if we could simply play dress up and scare only for fun.

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Huh? Yeah. This whole place is something out of an old horror.

[ He sees him reaching for his pocket and finds himself patting his many pockets himself ]

Aw man. They took my camera. [ He's also missing all of his guns but his camera is more important. ]

[ okay forget the horror movie there is something way more important going on here ]

Yours too?! My phone was gone when I woke up here! I can't even DM the director, let alone take any pics!

[ tech thieves are definitely more important ]

Maybe that's the point? They don't want word getting out. Next they'll be getting rid of us one by one...

Eh?! No way! Isn't that too intense?! It can't be anything that serious, can it?!

We'll have to see one way or another. We should probably avoid any and all horror movie tropes though just to be sure.

That means we've got to stick together, right? Everything always goes wrong when the group splits up!

Definitely. Have to stick together, not watch any mysterious tapes, and don't read any books about summoning daemons out loud.

Maybe we shouldn't even mention daemons in the first place. Just in case.

You just mentioned it twice! That's not gonna curse us, is it?!

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my fingies are covered in super glue

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PAN YOUR FINGIES?

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they are crusty with glue

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slides you some soap??

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[ she only really catches the second part of what he says, but it's enough to get her curious, tilting her head as she takes a closer look at him. ]

Oh, are you some sort of artist?

You know it! But I'm not just any artist. I'm the one and only UMC - Ultra-Multi Creator!

Wow!

[ beat ]

What does that mean?

An Ultra-Multi Creator! UMC!

It means I'm going to be an artist, an actor, a designer, and whatever else I need to be in the moment. I'm not going to confine myself to one medium or anything!

Oh! So like... a fancier way of saying you're a sort of jack-of-all-trades type, yeah? Neat!

Mmm, you could say that!

Anyway, it's not like I can do anything without any supplies. Want to help me take a look around? There's got to be something around here we can use!

( hisses at captcha )