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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[cyclists]

[did tsuru really choose to do a champagne tower or was it just his chaos meme ways

anyway lune will appear thoughtful at that before beginning to meander in the direction of where the music is a bit louder]

Then I have always been a fan of the arts.

[time to dance]

[preowned]

[ he follows along after, easily falling into step with them as they leave the scene of the crime. ]

Haaa, that's not too surprising...

[ given what lune's personality is like, that tracks, so. ]

[cyclists]

[there is a soft laugh]

I apologize for not rising to your expectations.

Is your heart rate not accelerated enough already?

[all they did was suffer from vodka]

[preowned]

It can beat faster. I'm hoping you can make that happen.

[ show him a good time, lune

but he'll stop walking once they find an empty spot at the dance area, but he doesn't do anything yet. he's waiting to see what lune will do. ]

[cyclists]

[can tsuru maybe stop

because now lune has been given a task, and they'll appear thoughtful for a moment before reaching their hand out again. tonight their hand is covered in a black glove, as if that's how they thought best to dress up for the occasion, and it moves to cup where tsuru's jaw meets his neck. they step closer as their hand traces along the line of his jaw, until their fingers are again curled underneath his chin

they move his face slightly up, as if that's where he ought to be looking into their mask for them to make eye contact

lune's other arm moves to rest at the small of tsuru's back]

I believe I had observed this done a number of times to elicit a heart-racing reaction.

[their voice is just as light and amused as ever]

And so?

[preowned]

[ well, he was waiting to see what lune would do

his expression goes on what can be considered a journey-- surprise to embarrassment to contemplation and, finally, he just lets out a breathy laugh. tsuru lifts his hand to grab onto the one that's at his chin, and he slowly removes it. ]

Hm? Why do they do that?

[ swords are fucking stupid

he'll fold his hand around the one that's gripping lune's. ]

[cyclists]

[that's fine, lune will take that hand and pull tsuru along with them into steps that match the music - ]

Ahaha, the ways of humans are fickle, and interesting. But endearing always.

[lune doesn't really know why they do it either, but the way that tsuru's expression changed was kinda fun]

May I trust you to mirror me?

[preowned]

Of course.

[ he says that, but there's a twinkle in his eye that should say that, maybe, he might not mirror them exactly.

just maybe. ]

I'll follow your lead.

[cyclists]

[is lune pretending not to see it or can they sincerely not tell, who can say

regardless there might be a change in the music, a melt at that exact moment into something more lively that might match the mood of the festival better

the hand at tsuru's waist will guide him to step along with lune]

Are you a confident dancer?

[preowned]

I'm confident in my ability to enjoy it.

[ he knows there are people better than him, so he won't say he's incredibly skilled. but despite the jokes and general ridiculousness that consists of tsurumaru, he is remarkably poised when he wants to be.

right now, this is one of those times. for now. ]

[cyclists]

Hmm... If I were to guess, I would think you possess the ability to enjoy most things.

[tsuru seems highly excitable and is also a meme

but this is saying that nicely?

regardless lune will match him easily for grace - they aren't prone to grand movements around others, but now it's apparent that despite their penchant for speak like they're a thousand years old, they are perfectly capable of stepping lightly]

[preowned]

As long as they're not too dull.

[ lune is right, but tsuru also has the ability of getting bored easily when things get too quiet. he really appreciates the festival.

he follows the steps easily enough for a while, except then his other hand slips to lune's waist and tsuru just

very suddenly twirls them both in a circle, laughing ]

[cyclists]

[oh

well that's fine. it's a surprise but it appears that lune might have been expecting the steps to be changed eventually, and simply moves with tsuru in this twirl, though it pulls a laugh from them as well]

I'm not familiar with this variation.

[they

don't seem to be having trouble with it though]

[preowned]

It's modern.

[ is it

is it really.

but tsuru will suddenly change the direction that they're twirling, going faster than he had been before. ]

Do you like it?

[cyclists]

[oh

guess they're going that way then, but lune is laughing?]

Mm, it is exhilarating in its own way.

[they're going to end up in some kind of meme twirl tornado]

[preowned]

[ they are, it's bad.

except tsuru is going to very suddenly stop spinning, almost as quickly as he started. and he's going to attempt to

dip lune

which may be problematic considering they were literally just spinning around and he didn't really give either of them a chance to regain their footing properly ]

[cyclists]

[tsuru you damn meme

the thing is that the two of them might be graceful and poised and lune might be oddly good at matching the tempo of whoever is opposite them

however

they literally just exited a twirl tornado and there is a grand zero chance of both of them still being able to stand so

down they go

that's the sound of lune's hip breaking (not really but metaphorically)]

[preowned]

[ IT'S FINE THIS IS FINE

but down they go, hitting the ground, and at the very least tsuru is going to try his best to make sure that when they land he's getting the brunt of it because he's a good sword who likes to shitpost but doesn't actually want to hurt anyone.

he's dead now. ]

Hahaha... ow!

[cyclists]

[IS IT FINE

anyway they both fall but it's not like lune is just going to go down like a lump. they barely manage to catch themselves before landing on top of tsuru, but the only way to do that is by placing either of their hands by tsuru's head for balance

that hood sure is still in place

but nonetheless they are also laughing]

Reckless crane, what mess have you fallen into now?

[well, that's fine. they'll also move to stand pretty soon after so they don't get stepped on in the middle of the dance floor. when they do, a hand is extended to tsuru of course]

[preowned]

Well, you seem to have gotten into one as well.

[ and he'll reach out to take the offered hand, using it to help get back onto his feet. tsuru will dust off his outfit, because obviously a crane cannot be dirty?

and then he'll flash a grin at lune. ]

It's good to know that you'll fall for me, Lune-chan.

[cyclists]

[please,

lune seems thoughtful at that for a moment - before using the hand that he's holding onto in order to pull tsuru close enough to wrap an arm around his waist

coupled with a neat little sweep of their foot to knock tsuru off his feet

so now lune, who is entirely stable, can dip tsuru]

Likewise.

[preowned]

[ lsjdfksdgjsd

he lets out a small noise of surprise, and his hands immediately go to grip onto lune's arm out of reflex. but then he realizes what just happened, and tsuru starts laughing. ]

Ah, you got me again.

[ he somehow sounds both glad and defeated at the same time. ]

[cyclists]

[the gripping is fine, lune will allow their free hand to meet tsuru's, folding them together to help give him a sense of balance

they'll rise then, lifting tsuru with them. why was it so easy for this fossil to hold onto tsuru's weight.]

Am I the victor of the points?

[of tsuru's imaginary's competition?????]

[preowned]

I'll give you... seven.

[ seven whole points

the hand that isn't holding lune's will reach forward towards the hood, although it stops before it reaches their face. instead, his hand just settles on lune's shoulder, draped over it. ]

Maybe eight, for your fast recovery.

[cyclists]

[lune won't stop tsuru's reach, but they won't encourage it either. when there's a hand settled on their shoulder instead, they speak again with a smile in their voice]

Seven to eight points that I will certainly treasure.

[and since they're apparently suited to dance again, lune will take the first step to resume their pace now!!]