WEEKEND ZERO: OVERFLOW

[saturations]

WOW

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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yams overflow as I copy everyone else

[aitou]

1. Waking up / wandering

[IT'S A POTATO SWORD!!!

unlike a CERTAIN DRAMATIQUE IDIOT he is wearing his normal outfit! Well, sort of. (Does that chestplate look like fake armor? Maybe. Don't worry about it.) Catch him rubbing at the back of his neck as he looks around, frowning.]

What era is this......?

[He seems pretty calm about the whole color thing, though--at least, until he looks down and sees his sad, desaturated haori.]

--EHHHH?!

2. temple

[well HOT DAMN it's something familiar! Yasusada's immediately nyooming over here across the bridge, though he does pause and lean precariously over the railing to try and peer into the water down below.]

Do you see any fish?

[Alternatively, he can be found hovering anxiously outside the shrine and peeking in the direction of that CREEPY-ASS DOOR. Who is in there. What is that. Is it Oodenta.]

Maybe we should knock back...?

[Even as he says that, though, he doesn't look like he wants to get anywhere near it??? SOMETIMES A YASU CAN HAVE SELF-PRESERVATION SENSES.]

3. carnival

[This place is so creepy but honestly it gives him less spook vibes than the temple does, so he's cautiously exploring. At some point, he stops near the poor impaled horse decorations, frowning.]

Yari...? [No, yams, this is not the work of tkrb spear monsters]

4. wildcard

[HIT ME UP AS I SEARCH FOR MY LOST BRAINCELL]

itsuki

[aitou]

[works my way backwards so yaywon gets to be special. from here]

I'm being careful! [IS HE.] Have you seen any other animals around?

[nightchild]

[PIXI LOVES ME.. HEHEHE]

No, but I haven't exactly been looking very closely. [sometimes u just look at cute girls instead] Maybe they're all hiding?

[aitou]

[I just realized I didn't give Itsuki's top level a dumb nickname OH NO]

We did arrive pretty abruptly... [So that would make sense, if they ran off.] I hope they've been okay in a place like this.

sip juicing

[aitou]

[from here]

You haven't found anyone either? [Well, at least he knows it's not just a fluke on his part, then.] I tried to ask a few people, but nobody knows what happened.

[countermeasures]

I haven't. It's a bit strange, to say the least.

[she frowns slightly]

Though this place does seem abandoned, so from the state of it it isn't terribly surprising we can't find anyone... unsettling, though.

[aitou]

It does, but... someone [or something, but, uh, let's not get into that] had to bring us here, right? Ending up here--it's not something that should've happened normally.

[Maybe he'd be less weirded out by it if he'd been on the way to or from a mission, but he just got yoinked straight from the citadel...]

excel spreadsheet

[aitou]

[from here

But Yasusada looks highly concerned about this suggestion?! WHO GOT THEMSELVES LOCKED IN THERE. HUMANS BE MORE CAREFUL!!!]

Then we have to get them out!

[thejkdefense]

[November smirks]

Sure.

[He almost hopes he's right and it's someone who got locked there, hah]

[aitou]

[HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO CHARGE FORWARD!!

But before he does, he looks back at November.]

...But if it's something evil that was sealed on purpose, we don't want to unleashed it while we're unarmed... [he's talking himself in circles]

negative braincell duo

[aitou]

[they've canceled out any braincells in the nearby vicinity. from here]

It is real--[Oh. Wait. It's "modern times" huh. UH.]--...ly really great! It's [how does Kashuu describe fashion uh quick JUST PICK ANY TERM IT'S FINE] on a trend...?

[dms]

[ you're with the right actor boy for this to pass ]

No kidding? They all move so fast these days it's hard to keep up, even for me! Is there a hashtag for it?

[aitou]

[Hash... tag...

...no he can't figure this one out. Damn. HE WAS DOING SO WELL.]

I don't know...?

baby royce

[aitou]

[from here]

Oh, that's-- [Wait he doesn't have himself. Uh. He frowns... he doesn't know how to handle this without a sword!!!

It's a long shot, but he'll briefly switch gears, just to be sure:] --sorry, are you missing anything? Any belongings?

[allomantic]

[carefully, after a moment:]

Yes.

[is she going to explain? no.]

definitely a stranger and not a castmate

[aitou]

[exhausting. from here]

So we're trapped and unarmed... [Bad. Bad!!! He paces around the temple as Buzen talks, one hand curled into his scarf. Hnnnngh... they really don't have much choice but to wait this out, huh?

Well, at least this complete stranger is very nice and helpful! How weirdly convenient that they're communicating so well. But Yasusada stops his pacing to nod at him gratefully!!]

Thank you, um...? [what's your name fellow human]

[hasteful]

[buzen watches the pacing!! he can feel the anxiety vibes from here, but it's not like he doesn't understand. would be nice not to question his existence based on his sword not being around,,

not that this stranger would get that feeling]

Buzen.

[yea!]

Maybe save thanking me for when I find something useful to us both? Though I appreciate the sentiment.

peanut brittle

[aitou]

[from here]

They might be having trouble locating us... [That's the best case scenario, anyway?! They should probably try and plan for the worst, but he doesn't want to preemptively fall into despair if they really do have teammates on the way. WE ARE WORKING WITH A RELATIVELY HEALTHY LEVEL OF DENIAL. It's productive and fine.

--Except now he's critically eyeballing Kashuu's outfit??? He finally lets go of Kashuu's hand, but mostly to flick judgmentally at a ruffle]

You definitely can't fight in this thing...

[slashay]

[IS IT PRODUCTIVE AND FINE???? IS IT.

Kashuu also huffs, moving instinctively to bat at Yasusada's hand the second he FLICKS AT HIS BEAUTIFUL RUFFLY DRESS...thing.]

Like hell I can't. I'm reeeally not gonna be happy if I have to, though... [He likes this costume a lot?? He doesn't want it to get ruined????

But he also reaches up to just undo the wholeass waistband, which reveals a completely normal jacket-and-pants combo underneath all the ruffles and the bustle.]

promptooooo

[aitou]

[from here!

Also yams now thinks this material is called "foamy". Close enough.]

It's definitely not good! Are you missing things too?

[brotograph]

[ hope he tells everyone he's in foamy armor ]

Yeah, my camera and guns.

[ So many guns and grenades ]

Maybe we can find a clue some where.

maliklikliklik

[aitou]

[from here

Yasusada frowns, reaching up to pat around his head.]

I don't think so? I don't feel anything.

[godcards]

Hm, but don't you find it concerning that you don't remember when or where you are?

[ stop putting words in yams' mouth, ]

[petalbursts]

[ runs over!! ]

You're older than me! I'm only 16, so I guess you're the adult here.

[ she can't decide if that's a good or a bad thing. ]

[aitou]

[SWINGS RUBY AROUND. Me, not yams.

Anyway 16 is totally close enough to an adult for a human, probably? Ruby could join the Shinsengumi.]

I think we're pretty equal in this place, though.