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chroma2022-02-12 10:24 am
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WEEKEND ZERO: OVERFLOW
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
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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‘Twould be a shame on my family name and my father if I didn’t wield Naegling with meticulous care and pride. Granted, it is a hefty blade… So mayhap I looked like a buffoon when I first handled it.
[ No more nostalgia trips. ]
Around the central node, the carnival, the temple, and now half of this estate.
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Hah! Well, not many people really look super cool when they wield a new sword for the first time.
[Unless you're Okita Souji, cheatmeister cheatson. He'll nod along as Aymeric counts off the places he's been, though.]
O-kay! We can get the other half, then; I haven't finished my search around the place yet, either.
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[ He just didn’t want to look like a complete idiot. It’s fine. ]
Then let us away to the next room forthwith and keep our eyes open for other lost items.
[ Growing quiet, he tilts his head because there’s a fuzzy shadow looking like it’s going places. ]
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He'll follow this lad's stare, though, over toward that funky funky shadow.]
—Hey, have you been seeing these the entire time here? Just to make sure it's, y'know... Not just me.
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... I confess, I had believed that they were signs of my weariness, but aye. I've been seeing shadows lurking about, as if they follow another, only to find nothing there. You're not alone.
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I don't like 'em. [Rude.] They make this whole place feel super haunted... Not as much as the temple, but pretty close! Human spirits, maybe.
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[ .................. ]
Or should I be asking if you are undead?
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[The hilarity of him trying so hard only for the phone profiles to come out and doxx his ass just a couple of days later...]
--But, like, "as well"? Are you?
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Oh, heavens, no. I'm an Elezen.
[ like that means anYTHING. ]
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Eh? Elezen? I've never heard of that before.
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Well, as you can see, our race is that of tall stature and thus a slender build. Our pointed ears are also a trademark.
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Huh... But you're not spirits or anything? You're, like, totally solid flesh-and-blood status?
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Aye. Living and breathing, hale and whole. I had only asked because we have a Vampire Queen in our midst.
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[He's just never-technically-been-alive.]
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'Tis how she introduced herself, though she isn't one for decorum. [ "Stuffy." Anyway, he looks around again. ] Before the shades try to lure us in once more, we can sneak to the next room.
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Huh... She just called herself a spooky vampire when we were talking about it, but it's just 'cuz we got distracted talking about blood.
[Normal. But!! With the coast clear, he'll go on over, sneakin' into the next room. There's a big ol' hole in the wall that he promptly moves toward and tries to peer into...]
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... What for, may I ask?
[ bLOOD? ]
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Oh - that's what vampires eat! [Don't say it so cheerfully help.] Except apparently they can also just eat red?
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Red... As in the color? I've never heard.
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Yep! The color. [He's gonna be a walking buffet for Marceline.] I hadn't heard about it either, but apparently it's, like, little known lore? She said a lot of 'em drink blood just 'cuz they're freaks.
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[ Sure. That's fine. He isn't an Undead expert and things work differently in other worlds! ]
While I wouldn't want her to go hungry, mayhap it's fortunate I don blue.
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[Somehow?? Even though it's only clothes???]
But! I don't think that'll be a problem, anyway. Or I really hope it won't? There's still a little red around here that's not blood...
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[ Also aymeric like clothes don't feel pain i think. He nods. ]
It'll work out itself. Marceline proved to be reliable from my experience.
[ no WORRIES. ]
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She seems pretty on top of her game, yeah... [But! After finishing this sweep:] No swords in here, either. Next room?
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Aye, next room.
[ And the next room..... Looks the same as the previous. Another search. ]
What do you surmise of these holes?
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