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.

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[forefall]

[ Four looks a touch more nervous than usual this fine night. It could be that intermingled fates speech, it could be all the food, it could be that the gloves she donned to match her dress aren't her usual ones, or it could be that dancing is expected— who's to say? ]

i.

[ If she picks up any food to try, it's the healthiest and most boring looking options on the table. However, if anyone is paying attention, she keeps glancing at any sweets or desserts that are there.

She never grabs any sweets for herself because she's difficult.

Never mind that, though, because she's looking over the food with an apprehensive expression. ]

At least now we can tell who can cook and who can't... and who thinks about nutrition and who doesn't.

ii.

[ Sometimes, Four can be caught looking at the dance floor like she wants to dance, but she won't ever ask anyone because again, she's stupidly difficult. Instead, if there's any dishware or silverware left around, she goes around picking it up. It's like she's cleaning to keep herself busy or something. ]

Are you done with that?

[ Her tone is polite but distracted. Even if someone's plate is half full, she'll ask. ]

iii.

[ wildcard me ]

i

[leaberator]

If that's the case, this is a pretty bleak outlook into our culinary talents.

[ he says, but he didn't make anything. ]

[forefall]

Food should be nutritious, first and foremost, but...

[ There's another slightly judgmental look at all the food. ]

It's very bleak.

[leaberator]

I'm not sure a lot of this hits nutritious, either.

[ the nicest thing to say about most of these is that the food is, in fact, physically present. ]

[forefall]

If it's like this, will we all waste away before we can fix the universe...?

[ Is she joking? It's a little hard to tell. ]

[leaberator]

I think it'll take a while longer for malnutrition to get us than it'll take to fix the universe.

[ which is quite a bold statement to make. ]

[forefall]

[ It's very bold, and it gets Four to look at him with some surprise. ]

Truly? Is that what you think? You think we can fix it and get out of here in a week or two? Or less?

[leaberator]

Could be! [ but. ] But everyone's still eating, just not well. That takes a lot longer to start affecting people.

[forefall]

[ She deflates a little, as if she doesn't try to think logically most of the time (she only likes to think she does). ]

... I suppose you're right. Perhaps we'll be here for months.

i

[foodbin]

Well, someone who brought dessert might just be trying to win.

[...But, as she eyes all the dishes:]

I can't really argue for the whole cooking thing, though.

[forefall]

[ Emma makes a very fair point. ]

Desserts are the easier pick. [ Four's smile is something akin to a faint grimace. ] Maybe two of us can cook, at best.

[foodbin]

I guess we can hope that some of the people who decided not to bring anything can secretly cook.

[But probably not.]

[forefall]

We should hope. For all our sakes, we should hope they thought enough people would bring good and edible food and held off.

[ Malnutrition is bad!! ]

[foodbin]

[...]

We might be doomed.

[forefall]

Please do not doom us so soon. We must keep some faith. We can be pleasantly surprised.

[foodbin]

[She pauses, and then just. Points to the fish blood pudding with a raised eyebrow.]

You sure about that?

I

[liversandhyenas]

...so what's the verdict? Are we all getting poisoned by the food?

[There's a couple things on the table she likes, but Grim Eyes is not particularly adventurous about stuff that isn't meat]

[forefall]

It may not have been the intent, but that could very likely be the outcome.

[ Some of these choices leave a lot to be desired.]

[liversandhyenas]

...you know, it's pretty hard to poison a hyena. I'll try anything you don't feel safe trying.

[The benefit of eating carrion is that not much can be worse, pretty much]

[forefall]

You'll be my taste tester?

[ Four appears to be thinking about it. ]

... I accept, but I'm worried about most of the food.

[liversandhyenas]

...I guess I won't be hungry tonight. [Grim Eyes doesn't seem very eager, but she already offered to do it. She can't back down, she has pride] At least I should tell you that thing made of fish blood is fine. It just is...unusual.

[She liked it enough, but she doubts the humans in the group will]

[forefall]

It may not be poisoned, but it looks neither appetizing nor nutritious. I think I'll pass.

[ She's not human, but she's also not trying it. ]

[liversandhyenas]

Thought so. [Grim Eyes takes one of the rice penguins. It wobbles] This looks like...rice? But I dunno what's holding it together. Usually rice is just a pile, not...an animal.

[It's kind of cute, if silly]

i

[televised]

And who's going to inadvertently poison someone else before we're let go.

[She's looking over at the food as well, though it doesn't look like she intends to grab anything for herself. It's more like she's inspecting each dish like someone would inspect a piece of plastic or, you know, something inedible.]

[forefall]

I think that's the majority of the people here.

[ If people don't die from being killed, they'll die from not being able to cook.

She tries not to look too judgmental, but she may be failing that a little. ]

It's a little sad.