week zero: mingle

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Week Zero
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On Monday morning, the sun rises on the sleepy village, and when the first ray of light touches the gates at each corner of the village, the previously tightly sealed doors open.

The barriers around the village fall, and leave it entirely open. Each cardinal direction will have a path exiting the village, taking the curious explorers who follow it on an adventure to new territories to be explored. They’ll find that each location that they arrive in appears to be associated with one of the elements. As the Signs had explained the day before, each of the participants in the game possesses an elemental assignment, whether they are aware of it or not.

When they approach the elemental areas, they’ll find themselves more in tune with their new powerset, as if the location invites them to take them out for a spin. The new areas appear to be perfect for training and learning how to use the new skills, or maybe if you’re curious you can discover which of those listed powers you’ve been granted.

Just try not to hurt yourself while you’re out there.

In addition, it seems now that more pieces of the core are being revealed, the river that runs through the village will begin to be dotted with small lanterns floating on the water. Some of them seem to be holding small notes. Try as you might to grab one, they’ll always just barely float out of reach.

Perhaps try sending one yourself and see what results you might get?

Occasionally in the village, you might hear the sound of drums and flutes - is that festival music? - though no matter how you search, you can’t find the source… yet.



Welcome to your tutorial week mingle log! Please see all the links within the log to check out the new updates. In addition, your status page has been updated. In case you missed it, please report all item theft to this top-level where all comments are screened. Private conversations are also open and should be reported under the Week 0 top-level.

A mini-event will also be posted on Wednesday, June 5th, so please keep an eye out for that!

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[yokeye]

1; Elements - Fire

[The grass and lushness of the village seems to cut off sharply, and there's suddenly a desert ahead. Toki begins exploring for any clues or something to indicate what the deal is here. He follows some lizards over the sand. He doesn't get far because it's too hot and rocky and he's barefoot. Why are there volcanoes anyway? It's doesn't matter. A lizard crawls across his foot and picks it up. He will take it "home" and maybe he can figure out how to communicate with it somehow. He has no pockets, so he sets the lizard on his shoulder and walks away from the magical desert thing. Passing someone on his way back to the village, he has this advice to offer.]

There's nothing that way but lava! Don't bother!


2; Festival

[The music starts quietly, in the background, and Toki can ignore it for approximately 12 seconds. He has yet to make it back to the house with the lizard, so it's riding along as he wanders the village, trying to discern which direction the music is coming from. Sometimes it seems a little louder and he heads in that direction, only for it become muted and the sound suddenly be coming from the opposite direction. After 20 minutes of this, he grabs the hand (or paw or hoof or wing or whatever) of the nearest being and tries to drag them along with him.]

Help me with this!


3; Wildcard
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[omegathree]

[Val actually seems to perk up at this information. Lava? Maybe some comfortable rocks suspended above it?]

Inside of a volcano?

[yokeye]

Some of it was outside, but there was a volcano too and there's probably lava in there! I mean, like logically there would be lava in there, but I didn't check and there might not be because this is place is weird! And there's lizards!

[Toki points to the one sitting on his shoulder and looking bored somehow.]

Look, isn't he cute~!? We can like make him a little place to sleep in the prinny's pouch or something! What should we name him!?

[omegathree]

[I guess Val is a lizard dad now.]

I see. My home is over lava, so I'll be visiting.

[But this little lizard has him gazing at it in interest.]

It's going to need warm temperatures to survive. I'm not sure the prinny's pouch will have enough ventilation for it. Where did you find him? Near the lava?

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[whitewalls]

[ oh, well

she's being pulled along now? she is doing absolutely nothing to stop this. ]

What are we doing?

[yokeye]

[He drags Naminé along for moment before stopping.]

Listen. Do you hear that, the music!?

[whitewalls]

The music...?

[ she frowns, and then closes her eyes so she can focus on listening. ]

-- oh! Yes.

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[daibanana]

[WHELP GUESS NANA IS DOING THIS NOW.

She allows the stranger to drag her, if only because she's so shocked that he didn't even ask her name?? Goodness, your manners, young man.]

What exactly am I helping with again?

[yokeye]

[Manners fall by the wayside when there's an emergency.]

Helping me find where this annoying music's coming from!

[He gestures to... everything. Because it's everywhere.]

[daibanana]

[Nana is so accustomed to hearing music in the background that she hadn't even really noticed the festival tunes. Such is the life of a theatre kid.

But once it's brought to her attention, she gets why her newest acquaintance is bugging out. She... can't tell what direction the sound is coming from.]

Aaah, how mysterious! Like something out of a book.

[Not that it's going to keep her from being amused as heck]

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[specialdog]

Woah, that sounds dangerous.

[ also she may be a little distracted by that lizard you have? wh.... why.... (and, like plenty of the animals around here, should she expect it to talk?!) ]

[yokeye]

Yeah, it's not anywhere you want to be!

[The lizard eyes Akane and tilts its head.]

[specialdog]

[ so this is the lizard Valv told her about... ]

... And the lava isn't, like... Coming this way or anything?

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[leaberator]

[ why do people keep grabbing him at random ]

With-- what, the lizard?

[ it is the most obvious thing about toki right now? ]

[yokeye]

What lizard? Oh! The lizard!

[He checks and yeah, it's still there. He forgot about little Sandy for a minute.]

But no! With the music!

[leaberator]

[ axel shares a look with the lizard ]

... Do you need help listening to it?

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[liversandhyenas]

[Suddenly, she's being dragged along. She didn't expect it, which is why she doesn't resist. She bellows:]

Help with what?!

[yokeye]

[The bellowing startles him, and Toki looks back to see exactly who he's tried to drag along.]

Sorry! Nevermind! I can find it myself!

[liversandhyenas]

Yes, clearly. Which is why you were so desperate you grabbed the first person that came along.

[She doesn't believe it not even for a second]

I'm not going to bite your face off for asking for help, if that's what you're so worried about.

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[unfriendliest]

[ Ookurikara's eyes immediately lock onto the lizard and he completely ignores whatever Toki is saying. Who cares about lava, anyway? ]

You're taking the lizard?

[ can he get a lizard too ]

[yokeye]

Yeah, his name is Sandy~! Isn't he adorable~!?

[The lizard looks at Ookurikara with disinterest.]

[unfriendliest]

Sandy...

[ He looks at Sandy with more interest than the lizard probably deserves.

That's a yes. Adorable. ]

Where are you going to keep him?

[blackcoats]

[ xion jumps a little when her hand is suddenly grabbed, but... she seems to be okay going along with it, even if she is Extremely Confused™. ]

H-huh? With what?

[yokeye]

The music!

[It's permeating everything and really annoying.]

How do we turn it off!?

[blackcoats]

I don't know...

Um, I think it's kind of nice, though.