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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kashuu overflow!

[slashay]

[original tl, new tags welcome!]

estinien

[slashay]

[from here!]

[RANDY your DIPLOMACY AND TACT. It's fine though, swords aren't exactly world-renowned for theirs, either.

But! He counts off on his fingers.]

This place, pretty much top to bottom, the area that we woke up at, and that super sad shrine. What about you?

[vedrskogul]

[ Oh shit we in overflow mode huh. ]

I've taken a look about the Doman bridge and the sad excuse for a stretch of woods similarly. [ DOES FFXIV HAVE PARKS...? OUTSIDE OF (REDACTED)...? ] I've also given a cursory look to the Garlean-looking laboratory and what looks like the dregs of a festival, if you could call it that, but I haven't an idea of what I was actually looking at.

chinatsu

[slashay]

[from here!]

[Tomato-san... BACK THROUGH THE ARCHWAY, THOUGH, yeehaw. Someone's gonna die in one of these archways someday.

Anyway, he totally shares her teenage desperation sentiment in this moment THE SHRINE!! WHO COULD DO THAT TO A LOVELY SHRINE.]

Yeah, I dunno what that is, but it definitely can't be good news. Nothing good's ever locked up like that...

[The last part is more of a mumble than anything. FUCKIN GHOSTS.]

[withaswing]

[DON'T JUST SAY THAT WTF.

Also don't share teenage desperation with her about the shrine. But :handshake: anyway.]

Why does everyone else say that, too? What's in there!? Criminals?

[pls she's so normie]

bubblegum

[slashay]

[from here!]

[Honestly, he can get the vibe. He can get it.]

You seem like the kinda person whose hands aren't empty for long, though.

[Is that a compliment or an insult??]

[experimint]

Oh, that's true! I'll shove them in all of the things.

[ it can be both. it can... ]

What about you? Handsy?

atsushi

[slashay]

[from here!]

[He's officially decided Atsushi is cute as hell. Anyone who enjoys talking about where they come from this much is, in his book...]

I really want to! It's definitely on my list, right up there with Osaka and some of the beaches up north. [A nod! He's slowly inching his way toward Hakodate without actually admitting he's inching his way toward Hakodate.]

Hey, what's your favorite part about it? Have you lived there your whole life?

[moonlightbeast]

[Atsushi suspects nothing, he thinks this is a normal conversation with a normal person who likes traveling.]

Not my whole life, no. But what I love about it is how everyone there is just living their lives. I don't know if 'peaceful' is the right word, since it's a very busy place, but it's kind of like that. Everyone's doing their own thing and living the best they can.

su jiuqing

[slashay]

[from here!]

[He looks a little doubtful, but doesn't verbalize it, at least...]

Yeah, maybe. Anything's better than this gross old maze, anyway. [UNTIL THE CLOWNS SHOW UP. But with that, he'll gesture over his shoulder and turn to start leading the way! Hopefully out of here!!]

You said your name was Su Jiuqing, right? Where're you from?

[countermeasures]

[escape the clowns!



it's not saturday yet in this thread so they're fine probably.]

Ah, yes. I'm from Daxing. [which means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to him probably. cries in webtoons.] Where are you from, Kashuu?

chang geng

[slashay]

[from here!]

[Bridge buddy! A step up from hole buddy... Also he's a mood, honestly. Kashuu just raises his hands, puffing a cheek out for a moment.]

Mostly left to wonder, yeah. Though I think we could probably guess pretty accurately what kinda thing might be in there, if anything's in there at all, y'know?

[What else could be sealed at a shrine other than some sort of malevolent spiritual entity??]

[impurities]

[ may we never be hole buddies..... ]

Something we would, likely, rather stay in the locked door. [ something that they might have woken up? chang geng doesn't think about the off-kilter familiarity of the scenario, though, as he and kashuu meander along the bridge. ] Which just means that someone's probably going to try and open it.

kazunari

[slashay]

[from here!]

You're totally pro, then!

[Being pro is a state of mind!! And clearly, this guy's got what it TAKES if he can make it in the cutthroat world of social media...

Good question, though. Kashuu's immediately internally sweating and trying to figure out how to bail from this conversation STAT.]

Something like that, yeah! I guess you could say that both swordsmen and idols play important roles when it comes to keeping people happy, y'know?

[dms]

[ yo this guy GETS it ]

Oh, I see what you mean. Idols entertain people, and swordsmen protect them... it makes total sense!

[ does it ]

Funny how I never even considered it when we have to train for shows all the time. It must be like that, right?

buzen

[slashay]

[from here!]

[HIM JUST BECOMING PART OF THE CREW WHILE THE REST OF THEM ARE LIKE WHERE DID BUZEN GO.

But yeah, behold... the handskirts. Kashuu helpfully does a little twirl, as if that would explain anything, and winks.]

A tour! I'm preeetty much the cutest idol you'll ever meet.

[hasteful]

[wow!!! buzen is just going to clap his hands at that, laughing in amusement]

Ah, I see now! So you are! I have a friend who enjoys idols very much -

Were you on a big stage? A lot of lights in your signature color?

marie

[slashay]

[from here!]

[HE TRIES, SOMETIMES!!

He's frowning as he turns this new information over, though. Wow... Some people out there really do live some weirdass, complicated lives, huh?]

Ooh... Wow. Uh. That sounds like it really sucks? [BEING STUCK IN A VIDEO GAME IN GENERAL but also, all these body shenanigans.] How the hell did you end up getting stuck in a place like that, anyway? People here really do come from all kinds of weird places.

[classmate]

[ How does she explain this... ]

It could be worse. I'm surprised that this is the body I have, in this world -- that, at least, is the most fortunate part.

[ Her lips press together, brows curving. There's something in the back of her head -- a whisper -- that makes Marie feel as if she might collapse. The voice so familiar and with a memory she only recently remembers. ]

It's... difficult to talk about.

marceline

[slashay]

[from here!]

[HER BURNT FINGIE... Kashuu squints at it, but honestly, he has no idea how to gauge the severity of injuries. Help.]

Mm... I guess so. [He'll just take this lady's word for it. PHEW.] Well! Good, at least it's not super bad. I'm pretty sure that you can actually die faster of the cold when you're burned or something?

[WHERE IS HE GETTING HIS HUMAN FACTS.]

[theampirequeen]

[ hm. she stares blankly and then looks at her fingie?? ]

I have... no idea? [ that doesn't sound right but marcy does not remember enough about human anatomy to argue? ] I don't think that happens often.

prompto

[slashay]

[from here!]

Kind of, yeah.

[Sometimes you're part of a large squad and then you peace out to go do your own solo tour across a continent but you're still in a group even then... He misses his backup dancers.]

--Yep! [It's his skirts, they're the weapon, yes. Except no, he just raises a hand after that...] This is good enough until I can find my sword again.

[He sounds so confident?!]

roxana

[slashay]

[from here!]

[He's NAILING THIS!!!]

Um... Not really, no. [He's arguably not even an important sword, and importance wouldn't be his role, but there's no way of being like "I'm the time police" about it without giving away Team Secrets.]

And that's just a guess, really! Just 'cus so many people are from totally different places and times and all.

[But she is Correct, even if he very obviously sidesteps saying so.]

aymeric

[slashay]

[from here!]

[NOOOO THIS MAN'S SWORD... All these lost weapons... Kashuu's frowning in a measure of vague discomfort at the thought of so many people's blades and weapons just being fuckin gonezos.]

Okay, I can help you look. Does- [ALMOST SAYS "HE".] -it have a name?

november

[slashay]

[from here!]

[He can dig it, as someone who also just refuses to use honorifics for literally anyone.]

Same, same. Y'know, suuuper weird and gross and freaky circumstances aside and all.

[A SIGH and he waves a hand, finally righting himself from the fire a little and turning to face this new lad more fully.]

Nope. [FLATLY.] But you sound a lot like a comrade I know, and he seems to get through life pretty okay, so... I guess there's something to be said about being flexible or something like that, yeah?

[Little does he know, all these flexible people are just messes on the inside instead of on the outside!]