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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[compendiem]

i. farmlands
[ There are so many new places to explore, but where is Minato? He spends quite a lot of time at the farm— specifically the orchard- more specifically, the apple orchard, with a set of knives in his hands and instead of shaking trees to dislodge the fruit, his chosen method of apple picking is to throw knives in hopes that he's able to cut through the thin 1 mm stem of the apple. It sort of works. He has three apples in a basket next to his feet. But he also has five knives stuck in the tree that he just sort of stares at.

Maybe... Okay. No choice but to try to climb this, or if he sees somebody particularly strong or tall or dumb, he silently flags them down for help. ]

ii. fire
[ Minato doesn't spend much time here. He has his little bucket of apples, one of which is stuck to the end of a knife, and a coffee mug filled with pond water. He leans over a little stream of lava, wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeve, before sticking the knife apple into the lava. ]

One... two...

[ It gets pulled out, and doused with nasty pond water. ]

iii. water
[ It's a bit chilly over here, but a relief compared to the lava hell that was his previous haunt. Minato rolls his pants up to his knees, wading into the water as far as he can without getting his pants wet.

He keeps his hands in his pockets, otherwise, looking around and squinting hard at... something...

Frowning a little, he stoops, and one might catch the sight of that coffee mug being dipped into the water. And then brought to his lips. ]

iv. earth
[ Sorry, the first few meters of the cave is dark, but it should be fine since the mouth opens up to the sunlight outdoors. One of the torches has been removed, and Minato carries it with him to look around the cave, wandering from crystal to crystal.

In his hand, is a rusty nail, one pulled out of his nailbat. Every crystal he comes across, he runs the nail over the edge or point, inspects it closely, shakes his head and moves onto the next one. ]

v. air
[ Cough, wheeeeeze.

Minato, for all his nights after nights spent climbing stairs, never had to go mountain climbing for so long and on a path so steep. He doesn't even make it all the way up to the peak, he's just lying somewhere halfway up, on flat on his back and staring up at the sky. ]

vi. wildcard
[ etc, ping birdseed or card#9038 on discord for a prompt or PCs! ]

i

[nonbelligerent]

[did you call for someone tall.

shess walks over, a quizzical look on his face. also, he found his tablet! hurrah.]

Do you need something?

[compendiem]

[ Please, god bless ]

Ah, nothing important. Is that what you were looking for?

[ He ignores Shess' question for a moment, to look at the tablet in his hands. He'll get back to it later. Fancy, fancy... ]

Do you get wifi on that?

ii

[autocatalysis]

[ that's terrifying. also unsanitary, but. ]

... What, exactly, are you doing?

[ he's no expert but there are probably better ways to bake an apple. ]

[compendiem]

[ Hey, chances are that any bacteria survived that is slim to none, this is the most sanitary apple there is. It's also cooked to mush, and falls off the knife back into the lava with a splash. ]

...Cooking.

[ He will have to find another way. ]

iv

[globs]

Hey.

[ who's that? It's the gruff, scolding voice of Cinnabar, of course! At least they no longer appear to be having a mental breakdown. Unsurprisingly, they're in the cave with all the other crystals - and, also unsurprisingly, they find whatever Minato's doing to be supremely creepy, staring at him with a disgusted expression. ]

What are you doing? Cut it out.

[compendiem]

Hm?

[ Minato cuts it out, but only for a moment, knife in one hand which he lowers to his side when he sees Cinnabar. ]

Just testing something... Do you know what sort of rocks these are?

iii

[daibanana]

[Listen, Nana is not here to tell anyone what to do, but dipping a coffee mug into what might be unclean waters seems a little concerning from her angle.

... Though she doesn't actually interrupt. She'll just watch from the side, hands folded behind her back]

... Are you sure that's a good idea?

[compendiem]

[ She should probably tell him what to do, or else he'll be out here drinking sea water. As such, it barely gets to his lips before Minato lowers the cup again, looking up at Nana. ]

Oh. ...Do you not think it's a good idea?

v

[alitaba]

[ poke, poke. Futaba's crouched next to him, gently nudging his shoulder ]

Hey, are you alive?

[compendiem]

[ Minato mumbles something under his breath, eyes searching until they find Futaba's face. ]

No... I'm dead. Need a recarm.

water!

[wagashis]

...there's water in the kitchen as well, you know.

[did he come all the way out here for that. minato, what are you doing... shirasu is just observing from the water's edge, basically.]

[compendiem]

...I know.

[ At least being interrupted means that Shirasu doesn't have to watch Minato down this cup of seawater; he lowers it to his lap, shifting a little to look at him. ]

But that's kitchen water. It's different?

v

[specialdog]

[ SAME, TO BE HONEST..... Akane's steps are staggering as she slowly plods up. Seeing another person taking a break is like permission to do the same, and she collapses down to sit nearby. She lets out a long, exhausted sigh. ]

This is the worst!

[compendiem]

Ha... isn't it? I wish there were an elevator...

[ Or a ski lift. Or something that doesn't involve being upright. ]

iv

[lionharts]

[ are there any guardian forces down here

squall doesn't grab a torch, he's just letting them stay put as he takes a look. ]

... Looking for something?

[ also: why does he have a bat full of. nails. ]

[compendiem]

[ He just does.

Minato looks up and over his shoulder at Squall when he speaks, letting his hand with the nail drop to his side and keeping the other with the torch up so he can see. ]

Not really... for... something. Just checking for something. These crystals aren't diamond.

i.

[papawolf]

[ He looks strong, but isn't as tall as certain clowns. He does come over to investigate though. Tilting his head as he gestures from knives to the tree.

Target practice? ]

[compendiem]

[ Sort of... target practice, except the targets are tiny and sway with the wind. ]

Yeah, those knifes up there. I'm having some trouble getting them back down.

i

[leaberator]

[ did someone say tall. he notices minato flagging him and goes to see ]

What's up? [ wait, no, he sees the knives ] ... Target practice?

[compendiem]

[ HMM, maybe he wants to rethink his tree-climbing partner. But there's really no real need to get either himself or Lea up there, when he knows what Lea can do. ]

Yeah. How's your aim?

v

[forefall]

[ When she sees him, she crouches down beside him, looking concerned. ]

Did the altitude get to you?

[compendiem]

[ ...ha... Minato doesn't get up, but at least he turns his head to Four and gives her his full attention. ]

Yeah. The air's thin and the sun's hot. It's windy. Steep incline. I'm used to living at sea level, so this is taking some adjustment.

V

[liversandhyenas]

[Grim Eyes is in top shape. She's not used to the height, but she's more than prepared for the taxing needs of climbing mountains. She stumbles upon Minato along the way. She approaches, regarding him with some disdain]

If you're going to roll over and die try not to do it here.

[Because taking your body all the way to the village would be a hassle for whoever does it]

air

[foodbin]

[She

almost trips over him on her way to the top.]

What the - oh. It's you. [...] You gonna be okay?