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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Comments

[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.

[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.

[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.]

[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.

[aitou]

The central node and the back alley... those are the two strangest spots, I think. Everything else--I don't know for sure, but at least parts of it seem like they've formed for us.

[Like. The dojo. The stage and the art room. The sword room, even if that already existed.]

[allomantic]

Formed for us?

[aitou]

For us, or in response to our emotions, or something... I don't know, but it makes sense, right? Like how in the beginning, we all kind of created the hot springs together.

[And whatever the other place was I forgot CLOSET OR LIBRARY OR W/E]

[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?

[aitou]

[Oh I didn't see this high-fives in samebrain]

[dms]

[ HIGH FIVES ]

[allomantic]

[she blinks, but then she nods.]

Even if it does not work, I do not think trying would hurt anything.

[dms]

It might be a long shot, but it's def worth trying. Better to prove it won't work than let a chance slide by, right?

[chevaliered]

So, maybe influencing existing structures in the Prism to become things that would be more familiar to us? Like… I dunno. Changing the café to be something that I’d find back home, or a brand or company I recognise?

[allomantic]

It could be... With any luck, they're all watching this, and they'll be able to give us more information about the best way to do what they suggested.

[brotograph]

We could change the petting zoo to a chocobo ranch!

[chevaliered]

Chocobo?

[brotograph]

They are the best birds! They are big, friendly, and will have your back in a fight. You can ride them to get to places.

[dms]

Birds? You ride birds? I thought you had cars for that.

[brotograph]

There's cars, too. Boats, trains, and airships. Nothing can really compete with chocobos though. They are great for getting to places cars can't normally. And make a pretty nice pillow at night.

[chevaliered]

[ date idea: take your chocobo to ride chocobos. ]

[brotograph]

[ he's totally into chocobos ]

[nightchild]

Jiu-chan and Percy-kun mentioned trying to put color -- verdant and marine, I think -- in parts of the central node, like that tree. Should we try it this week?

[countermeasures]

If we do give it a try, I can help. I'm able to use sunrise and verdant this week.

[nightchild]

Nice. I've got verdant too, and metallic.

[they match!! two out of three!!]

[countermeasures]

[oh! matchies! cute.

jiuqing smiles.]