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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[vedrskogul]

It's just a bunch of abandoned buildings and empty street, what's creepy about that?

MY ICON

[slashay]

[He makes a vague hand-flappy gesture, which is undoubtedly very helpful.]

It's the liminal spaces vibe! Y'know, humans don't really like places that are supposed to be bustling with life but then there's just nothing there. [...] Also the bloodstains and crying kids are a little weird, yeah?

[vedrskogul]

[ Kashuu was just so smug. ]

Depressing, perhaps. But not creepy. And nothing I haven't seen before.

[ WHEN YOU GROW UP IN WAR... ]

[slashay]

[His smug aura...

Also that does sound like something a no-nonsense man would say, so he just sighs.]

It's an aesthetic thing. [CLEARLY this man just wouldn't get it!!] That's not bad, though - I think between the two of us, that's everywhere covered. Oh - except the alley. I went down there real quick and didn't see anything, though.

[vedrskogul]

[ He does not, unfortunately. He would just punch someone in a haunted house, help. ]

What, like someone wants to willingly choose the dilapidated look? I'm no fancy noble and if anything, quite dislike the fancier things, but I wouldn't choose this.

[ He raises a hand to his temple, thinking emoji. ]

Then sounds like that's the place to go.

[slashay]

[JUST PUNCHING THE POOR UNDERPAID WORKER.]

Oh, we're majorly on the same page there. But there are a lot of weird aesthetics out there, y'know? And a whole lot of weird people who're into 'em.

[He's seen so much in his time. So many dark places of human fashion and aesthetic...

That gets a curious little head-tilt, though.]

You think they're doing the "hide stuff in the place no one would really think to look" thing?

[vedrskogul]

[ Their fault for spooking the military man!!! ]

Of course.

[ In that way. You know. When you just hear anything ridiculous and it's just easiest to agree. ]

What? Just thought that if neither of us had bothered to look then may as well.

[ He doesn't think too hard about the motivations behind things. ]

[slashay]

[RIP TO THEM but the military man is different... Kashuu will accept this easyass agreement though, and simply move on.]

Oh - 'kay, that works, too. [He also just doesn't question things much! Yeehaw.] It shouldn't take a long time, it's not a big place. It does make you feel kind of sad, though...

[Lonely is the word he's looking for, but he's still learning emotion.]

[vedrskogul]

More emotional than me.

[ The nonchalant shrug-off of that. He's actually pretty used to being the usual least-emotive of those around him so this isn't new. If Kashuu thinks it's sad somehow, then sure. ]

[slashay]

Mm...

[He just makes a little noise about it, because honestly, he's used to spirits being more in tune with Things That Make You Feel Funky™ in general so this checks.]

--Well! Let's go, then. And while we're going, you mind telling me a little about your style? Do you guys have schools or different styles?

[vedrskogul]

[ Kashuu you're such an alien. Estinien distinctly looks like he'd rather not, because he hates talking, but he'll humour this.

Barely. ]

I dedicated myself to honing the art of the lance since the first that I begun wielding a weapon for myself. Whatever you would consider 'typical' education was more at the back of my mind. [ Whether that's usual schools, or churches, or whatever. ]

[slashay]

[HE SURE IS.

He seems content with the fact that this guy's talking at all though, so he's careful to listen as they meander out toward the spooky alley.]

Ooh! Nice, nice - having a totally unique style gives you a pretty big edge. What kinda thing d'you favor, then? Speed over strength, strength over speed...?

[vedrskogul]

The art of the lance is taught to all Ishgardian youths who choose to take it, aside from swordsmanship and archery. [ ...Though he supposes he can't deny he hasn't come up with his own stuff here and there, if normal strategies didn't work out for him. ]

Both are paramount to being a dragoon. Though if you're asking me to choose, I suppose I would say strength.

[slashay]

Huh. S'been a while since I've heard of a place that does that, too... Must be pretty close to wartime for you guys, then.

[Ah, the days when people just got out there on the battlefield one-on-one and stabbed each other violently.]

But that makes sense! You need both to be really efficient... Why strength over speed?

[vedrskogul]

Just ended a thousand years of it, but Halone's city hasn't been freed from being involved in other wars.

[ It just never ends!!! ]

Speed is efficient in survival and escape, but means little if you don't have the strength to pierce through your foes.

[slashay]

[It truly does never end... Kashuu just sighs!!]

Yeah, no matter where you go, war's usually there, too.

[He'd say "with humans" but it is very obviously not just a human problem. TERRIBLE. Well, he knows as much from how things are back home, anyway...]

Super true, though. You sound like a frontlines kinda guy, y'know?

[vedrskogul]

[ I dunno about that. Expand 'human' to a more generic 'mankind' and it seems they're just responsible for every major problem in FFXIV. There's probably a lesson in that. ]

I've seen plenty of the frontlines. Mayhap a bit too closely.

[slashay]

[Ah... sasuga mankind......]

I guess in the end, the world really would be better for the people in it if no one ever had to see any frontlines, huh?

[This is a hard thing for a sword to admit, which is probably why he doesn't sound like an overzealous peacekeeper about it...]

[vedrskogul]

[ Read this as 'sausage mankind' and forgot what kind of tag I was writing but it's also Aki so I was sure it would make sense if I reminded myself.

Hey. You could still be used as the personal arms of people for self-defense. Weapons wouldn't be totally obsolete. ]

Would it that that were possible, but that is not a reality I know of.

[slashay]

[DON'T JUST ACCEPT SAUSAGE MANKIND FROM ME.]

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a peaceful era last a long time...

[He says, normally, like a normal human with a normal human lifespan. BUT IT'S FINE there's the arch to the alley!!]

Ready?

[vedrskogul]

[ What else am I to do. DENY IT? ]

I'm afraid I haven't studied much of history to know more.

[ He knows Ishgardian history and that's like. That's it. ]

Suppose it would be pointless to not be ready.

[ No trepidation, steps right on thru. ]

[slashay]

[YEAH DENY IT.

Anyway he'll just step right on in alongside this lad, dropping the subject of history because that's kind of a tough one to approach when you're a secret time traveler.]

O-kay. I can take this side, yeah?

[vedrskogul]

[ No, I think it should be set free.

He waves Kashuu off in a sign of acknowledgment, as he first goes to check out these fences. Nothing on the other side, huh. He can climb it I think, if I remember mod answers right, but nothing much beyond.

Trash, trash, more trash...

After a few minutes, he returns with little to show for it except a look of distaste. ]

Tell me you were more fortunate.

[slashay]

[sausage! on the loose

There is so much trash in this alley though, yeah. And the feeling of LONELINESS, which Kashuu absolutely hates. He's doing a good and thorough job of checking his side, but he sure doesn't look happy about it.]

Ugh... Nope. There really isn't anything but junk. No doors, no swords, no nothing.

[vedrskogul]

[ Somebody catch that damn sausage!

Estinien finds this feeling uncomfortable but he can handle it. Negative emotions are something he's very familiar with and resilience goes a long way. Only one shade away from grief. ]

Then at least tell me I am not the strange one in feeling this oppressive air. Is there a single place about here that doesn't reek of unpleasantness...