WEEK SIX: MINGLE

[saturations]

MINGLE

A bittersweet victory, isn't it? You solved everything this past weekend. No mysteries were left unsolved, and now things seem to have settled down. Of course, there's surely plenty on your mind by now. As always though, time marches on. You must keep moving ever onward.

At the far end of the park in the central node, you'll hear the faint sound of rumbling as something new appears. The Prism is opening itself to you all, showing you what it's capable of, and providing you with space to explore.

For those of you feeling particularly daring, you are free to explore a bit further on your own. But even before you leave the apartments, perhaps you'd like to pay a visit to the gumball machine in the lobby.

Strange. Some of you may have gained or lost a color since this time last week, but it's not like many of you will ever tell. In fact, many of you are very, very bad at sharing. Many of you continually suppress your own emotions whether for the sake of others, or in order to go unnoticed. It's hard to say what your motivations are sometimes. This week, however, the suppression... isn't exactly for the best. You may feel a strange twinge in your chest, a slightly uncomfortable tickle in your throat, and then before you can stop it, you find yourself coughing up a handful of flowers. All different shades, all representing your hidden feelings, this disease takes its hold and infects everyone in the Prism. Too bad the timing isn't always the most convenient either.

Finally, as always, you may contact the residents at any time. They may even have something new for you to do.

Welcome to your week six mingle for chroma!

Things of note:
► This week's effect is hanahaki! Yup. For all suppressed emotions characters may be feeling, after some time they'll find themselves coughing up flowers in different colors representing those feelings.
► The flowers can be any type you want for the aesthetic. It can be one or two flowers, or it can be a lot of them. Whichever way you wish to play it is fine.
► Moida submissions continue to be open!
► More to come... keep your eyes and ears open.

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[aitou]

I guess it couldn't hurt... I can try giving it some color too.

[decisions]

What else were we supposed to do, sit in silence?

[aitou]

Sure, okay.

[Even if it ends up not working, at least they'll know.]

[allomantic]

[i am suffering under capitalism but she's here to add onto this!! she coughs a little, hiding whatever flower comes up in her hands. it's fine.]

It's as Vax said - we need to help the Residents realize they don't belong here, and important that we don't become complacent, or we might become stuck here as well. Apart from making sure to return the items we find on the adventures we go on to the Residents, Atsushi told me it might be important for them to talk to each other about leaving here or going home. He was also able to confirm that the Residents we have not met in person are with the dead, but it didn't sound like they've had their memories tampered with in the same way.

When we asked about the refractions, he confirmed they're caused by an imbalance in color. Evidently, one of the Residents killed another in the past, and the refractions may be an unintended side effect of this. I also asked him whether they had any ideas about how to bring those we've lost back to us, or about how we might all leave this place, and he did not answer, so I imagine he didn't know a sure way. But he did mention that the idea of risk, specifically risk that is used to change, may be important. He said that nothing will change if we continue to accept the Prism the way it is. Evidently, Chang Geng suggested destroying parts of the Prism and replacing it with our own creations - that there needs to be some kind of disruption each week if we want to gain control of this place.

[thinking, thinking...]

That being said, I would caution against doing anything drastic all at once. I don't want to make enemies of the Residents on this side by starting to destroy things immediately. Hopefully, we will receive more letters or notes that will confirm or clarify this idea... And Atsushi made sure to specify that when talking about destruction or disruption, he did not mean violence of any kind.

[aitou]

[Nodding in agreement.]

[georeject]

Yes... we should be careful. Based off a memory Estinien and I once saw, destroying parts of the Prism seemed to be the Dreamer's idea in the past, which at least one person—Revenge perhaps, based off the use of scarlet—went along with. Obviously it... didn't quite work out, given present circumstances.

So we should have an idea of exactly what we're doing.

[brotograph]

Let me know when you're trying it then. I'll pass color to you.

[gogoghostpowers]

Really? He was the one who seemed most hesitant about it to me...but I haven't checked up on his feelings on that much, recently.

Riff also doesn't seem to enjoy his memories too much, I'm not sure he'd want more of them...

[brotograph]

Yeah, you should see the one Roxana got...

[georeject]

[their smile stiffens a little, but.]

Yes, she showed me.

Something like... "Others here"... um, "I'm not a ghost", I think? "Revenge, Dreamer"... something that was blacked out... "Oh my god, I hate today! Sorry, Roxana. Might be like a Prism? We'll keep trying. Please talk to the others. More letters." Chinatsu was certainly trying hard.

[aitou]

Alright. I can think of a few questions, but if anyone else has suggestions, we can use those instead.

[georeject]

He admits that he's afraid to remember, but he would rather people tell him than not.

[pura]

[Ah... She looks a little somber.]

I think that's about right. Those lost memories... there's likely a lot of painful stuff they would rather not remember. And even within the little they have remembered, there's bound to be something that terrifies them.

When we met the residents they were stagnating. And now they need to come to accept that possibility of pain before they can move forward.

[petalbursts]

[ nods ]

We've lost a lot since coming here, but we know that it can all be brought back and fixed, right? It's just a matter of figuring out how. And "whenever you're ready" could refer to the residents...whenever they're ready to face the reality of this place and move forward, rather than remain complacent.

[petalbursts]

[ looks away and mumbles: ]

I might have been able to sleep then...

[dms]

I wonder if we could just put our color towards making a new archway that will let us reach those on the other side, or let them come to us. The place is supposed to be taking inspiration from things we're thinking about, right?

[disestablishment]

I do not think she would mind, no. Mine and hers are two of the number of letters with blacked out portions, thus 'twould be best to share.

"Sir Aymeric, thank you so much from all of us. Must be brief. Something in the prism has been broken for a long time. Try talking to everyone you can and see the whole picture."

Here is where there's a stretch of black, then the letter continues: "If you have items that don’t belong to the Residents, try leaving them in the alley. Scarf, hat, et cetera?" There is a part here personally for Mistress Hot Pants, which I will omit.

From Ser Ryunosuke and Ser Kazuma.

[ He has the physical letter if people want to see! Anyway: ]

I've shared the letter to those who mentioned harboring items unrecognizable to the residents on our side, from our last conference.

[chevaliered]

Yeah, seems so. Back when we found none of the other residents could place it, so… it makes sense.

[chevaliered]

[ d e c i s i o n s ]

We didn’t really hold back did we? On the injuries.

[chevaliered]

[ they grow up so fast… ]

[brotograph]

Yeah, I still have the pic of it if you want to see it again. [ he's waiting for the others in the group to chime in before sharing ]

[chevaliered]

[ haha ]

[aitou]

I've been wondering... couldn't we use color to try and create a way out of here? Or maybe a path for the dead to find their way back?

[It's probably way too dangerous, but he can't not mention it, at least.]

[georeject]

[they nod, before they bring up a hand to cough lightly into.]

Roxana wasn't shy about showing it, so I think it should be fine.

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

I don't think he would have told me this if he weren't sure it was the right way to go, but - he did say it right before we ran out of time, and I didn't have a chance to ask him to clarify exactly what parts of the Prism he meant. That's worth bearing in mind.