week zero: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Zero
32 in Competition

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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[coastal]

[even though she doesn't like being told to do, the idea of being the worst-dressed at a party sits even more poorly with her. which is how lili will come to the banquet dressed nicely after some time spent digging in the boutique. unfortunately her outward appearance is just as demure as ever.]

Doesn't this feel like a colossal waste of time?

[even if her mouth is still uncouth and rebellious just for the hell of it.

a ) still, she'll be surveying the food warily, looking back between it and where the npcs are seated as if she's not sure what to trust here. would it really be anything...?

b ) though eventually the festival music will start to playing a song familiar to her - and she'll look up whether she intends to or not. there's not really any schooling the surprised and interested expression off her face... though she doesn't yet approach the area for dancing. the look on her face says that she'd almost like to....

and then she'll look away like a damn tsundere.



c ) up until it's later in the night, and if you were looking at the dance floor, she'll turn to you]

What are you waiting for? Do you not know the steps?

c

[omegathree]

Weren't you the one calling it a "colossal waste of time"?

[coastal]

For that particular race, nothing will best your existence.

[omegathree]

[He just looks amused now.

Oh, teenagers.

He wonders how Fuka's doing with Fenrich.]

c

[stillstands]

[ Immediately: ]

No. I've never danced like this in my life.

[ sorry lili but not really. ]

[coastal]

Oh.

[ . . . and she'll turn back to miki]

If we've been summoned here anyway, would you like to learn?

[stillstands]

[ . . . ]

You know I'll probably step on your feet, right?

a )

[yokeye]

[Toki steps beside Lili to grab something from the food table and shove it in his mouth. He doesn't know what it is, but it tastes good. He picks up another whatever-it-is and holds it out to Lili.]

You have to eat something! You can't go thinking everything is poisoned! No one's dropped dead yet and I'm sure they've all eaten!

[coastal]

[sdlfkjdklj

it appears to be (turns wheel) one of ookurikara's dishes. she blinks when he holds it out to her and leans back a little]

Don't just shove food in people's faces - I don't know what some of this is...

[yokeye]

[Okay. Well, he'll just eat that one too. He gestures to her dress with a smile.]

You look amazing tonight~! The intricate lace and soft flowers betraying a deeply hidden sensitive heart and caring nature, that tragically, you feel you must keep locked away underneath a hardened shell~!

a

[wildc4rd]

You should try one of those.

[He points to one of

the Jello glasses.]

[coastal]

[she glances at it

and then back at him]

You try it first.

[he's now her poison tester

she doesn't know he's the one who brought them, rip]

[wildc4rd]

Hm? [He glances at one of the glasses, thoughtfully paused. And then he smiles.] Okay. ♪

[He does this in front of her. There doesn't seem to be any tricks. He takes a spoon and has one or two bites of it.]

b

[specialdog]

[ hello, Akane is here to be a kind and supportive friend! :) She sidles up beside Lili.]

You should go dance, if you want to.

[coastal]

[sdlkfjdf]

I-I never said I wanted to...!

[but she wants to]

c

[unfriendliest]

[ she really isn't gonna leave him alone huh

sigh ]

I could ask you the same thing.

[coastal]

Are you asking me?

[like

does he really care about her reasons]

b

[leaberator]

[ why is axel forever amused by tsunderes. ]

Somethin' familiar?

[coastal]

[sdflkjsf stop

she's just going to huff]

Not at all!

[yea]

c

[twinsightful]

[Hello, partner.]

Of course I do. Don't you? I don't see you out there either.

[coastal]

[what's up partner]

... I don't know this dance. I'll wait for another.

[she's not going to look like a FOOL it's probably a western dance]

a

[nonbelligerent]

Don't trust the food?

[hi, lili. guess who's probably somewhere on the list of worst dressed right now by virtue of not having dressed up at all.]

[coastal]

It's difficult when I haven't seen it prepared in front of me—

[but she'll

stare at him]

What are you wearing?

a i guess!?!?

[globs]

I thought you did this for fun.

[ who's that mumbled voice from nearby?! It's Cinnabar!! Who is, apparently, responding to Lili, even though they're standing, like, six feet away and hiding halfway behind a potted plant. It be like that sometimes.

Axel said humans did this to celebrate and relax, but Lili doesn't look like she's enjoying it. Mysterious. ]

[coastal]

[sdlkfjsdlkfjdsf oh my god

lili's just going to jump at that, surprised before she's looking over to them]

Come closer when you speak to me! Don't surprise me like that!