week zero: mingle

[cyclists]

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.

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[twinsightful]

They can't keep us here forever. It won't be that long. [It can't be.]

...how do those fit?

[whitewalls]

Really well! I guess there really is magic in this place...? I didn't look at the size when I grabbed it.

[ does she even know what her dress size is? probably not ]

[twinsightful]

Magic clothes is still something that sounds incredibly weird, but I guess our captors recognize we should be comfortable. [He's also jotting down some notes in his original sketchpad.]

At least you get to keep them, too.

[whitewalls]

[ ... honestly magic clothes isn't that weird since the fairies exist but

she just nods as she steps out of the dressing room. she's in the darker green dress. ]

What are you writing?

[twinsightful]

Just some notes. Measurements, questions about magic...[Kaoru might be losing his mind a little but it's okay. On the other hand, that gets a smile from him? Green looks nice, just like he thought.]

...what's your name anyway? [Did he read the scrolls? Yes. Is he asking just to see if she'll confirm? Yes.]

[whitewalls]

I'm Naminé. It's nice to meet you.

[ and she means it, since this has been... nice. it's something very different from what she's used to doing, and it shows with how she keeps turning slightly to watch the skirt swish. ]

[twinsightful]

Kaoru. And it's nice to meet you, too. [Being sociable is easy, being friendly is harder. But this doesn't seem to be going poorly, eyes going back to the sketchpad to take notes.] If all of us are going to be here, it makes sense to meet as many people as we can, doesn't it?

[Things he's not saying: "this way we can tell who is and isn't sketchy as hell."]

[whitewalls]

It does. Especially if we're all supposed to be working towards a goal together. That'll be difficult if we never talk.

[ it's okay, despite her looks, she's also suspicious ]

[twinsightful]

Some people are making it harder to find them though. [Where are some of you jerks hiding???] You think that's why we couldn't go anywhere for the first couple of days?

[whitewalls]

Maybe... they could have wanted us to get used to each other first.

[ she's not sure. ]

Or maybe they didn't want us to wander off without knowing anything?

[twinsightful]

But how are we supposed to learn anything if we can't go anywhere? [He's not used to this oppression, plz.] The former makes sense though if we're supposed to be helping their universe or whatever.

[whitewalls]

... I don't know.

[ no one ever asks her with plans they just drag her along ]

They must have had some reasoning for it.

[twinsightful]

[There is zero reason he's here alone, but that's okay. Naminé is harmless so he's not going to bitch at her.]

I didn't speak to either of them, but if there's a reasoning it isn't a good one yet.

[whitewalls]

They don't seem to know a lot of what's going on either. They know more than we go, but...

[ what they really need is to find whoever is actually in charge

who is... apparently the universe.... so. ]

[twinsightful]

But it's not enough. The library's pretty empty, too. [But. Shrug!] Someone has to rescue us sooner or later.

[whitewalls]

We might have to rescue ourselves. We don't even know what world we're on.

[twinsightful]

[A lift of an eyebrow.] Have you been to a lot of other worlds, Naminé?

[whitewalls]

... I wouldn't say a lot.

[twinsightful]

But more than this one and the one you came from.

[whitewalls]

... yes, that's right.

[ look compared to the other kh characters

she hasn't been to many ]

[twinsightful]

..is this world worse? [He says, as he greatly misses planet earth.]

[whitewalls]

... not compared to all of them.

[ castle oblivion was terrible, but she's also pretty biased with that one ]

[twinsightful]

That's actually pretty good to know. [If this world is middle of the road, maybe things will actually work out here.] Any guesses how we got from our worlds to this one?

[whitewalls]

... it would probably be easier if we had our normal powers back.

[ life is easier when you can literally just summon a portal of darkness to hop worlds ]

But if they brought us here, there should be a way back. We'll just need to find out the way. As long as people are open to more unconventional ways instead of just looking for planes...

[twinsightful]

And by unconventional you mean the powers...right? [It always comes back to that, sigh.] It's going to take a lot of convincing for some people, I think. Is that our job, too?