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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[preowned]

But so far I'm still ahead!

[ and he will easily ease back into dancing again, as if they weren't just on the floor after they memed too hard. it's fine.

... although then he scrunches up his nose. ]

Wait. Lune-chan! How many points did you give me?

[cyclists]

If I were to have seven to eight...

Then you must have ten or eleven.

[is

is lune just letting tsuru win because he wants to]

[preowned]

[ oh

his expression changes again, to something delighted, and that's why his grip on lune tightens and he'll make another attempt at dipping them.

this one will probably go a little more smoothly, since it's not as stupid as his first go. ]

[cyclists]

[hm

that is fine - except gravity still happens, and lune's hood appears as though it might begin to slip

except they trust tsurumaru enough that their hand instead comes to hold onto the edge of the hood before it slips off of their head, rather than holding onto him

odd, the darkness remains in place

but they'll comment lightly instead]

Hmm, I believe that puts you at thirteen.

[preowned]

[ ah... so the hood can move.

he just looks at them for a moment, like he's willing for lune's hand to slip and for the hood to fall even further... except, it doesn't happen, so tsuru just lets out a breathy laugh.

and then pull lune back up, so that they're pressed against each other for a moment before he takes a small step back. ]

Am I ahead of everyone?

[cyclists]

[they really didn't need to stay pressed together? but also lune isn't protesting which is pretty bad.

anyway lune will take a matching step back and their hand lowers from their hood once they're steady again, thinking on the question]

Mmm... That is hard to say. As I mentioned, the competition is quite fierce...

[preowned]

You have to have some sort of idea! There has to be someone who's ahead of the others!!

[ why is tsuru acting like he didn't make up this competition himself and then just forced it onto lune

but he's waiting very intently on their answer? he's even leaning in slightly again, staring very hard at them as if that'll make them answer faster. ]

[cyclists]

[lune is thinking very hard on this since it appears to be a great responsibility indeed

they do not seem to be bothered by the intensity of tsuru's stare

and then they'll nod]

Sol.

[yea]

[preowned]

[ he steps on lune's foot ]

[cyclists]

[sdlfkjdjf

lune pauses their dance?

but is laughing?]

Is something wrong?

[preowned]

That was on purpose.

[ he just

flat out admits it ]

[cyclists]

Yes, so I'd gathered.

[but they don't seem bothered? there's still a smile in their voice - a playfulness]

And so I suppose I must ask again.

Is something wrong?

[preowned]

What did Sol do to make them get ahead?

[ he is trying not to sound whiny but it's still there.

despite that, tsuru's eyes are sparkling like he still think it's funny, so he can't be too genuinely upset about anything. ]

[cyclists]

[lmao

lune will laugh again at that before turning left, and right, rather obviously as a full head movement, and then will look back to tsuru before whispering conspiratorially]

Sol is dancing. With a friend, at that.

[they mean banana]

1/2

[preowned]

[ ]

[preowned]

[ that is to say, he immediately turns around to search for sol. it takes him a moment, but he'll eventually spot them since like. dude is in a hood.

tsuru turns back to sol after. ]

You sound excited.

[cyclists]

Ahaha, of course I am. His temperament means that he does not always easily get along with others.

This is a most pleasant surprise indeed. The festival is already brighter, can't you tell?

[stupid doting grandparent]

[preowned]

[ he lets out an exaggerated sigh, one that's supposed to feign annoyance. ]

Ah, man, I'm not sure if I can compete against that...

[ sol has a clear advantage here and tsuru is not sure how to top it? ignore the fact that this contest isn't real. ]

[cyclists]

[this contest is very real what are you even saying

but lune can't help but laugh at that]

But you will, won't you?

[gently encouraging this meme nonsense]

Your attempts are what I am most excited to see.

[preowned]

[ he still looks disappointed for like five seconds

except he can't keep the grin from appearing on his face, so it kind of ruins the act. ]

I'll give you the biggest surprise you'll ever have. So just wait for it, I won't disappoint you.

[cyclists]

[there is a soft laugh at that]

I have grown accustomed to waiting.

I am sure that this will be a surprise worth waiting for.

[preowned]

Well...

[ the hand that's on lune's will shift, so that his fingers can pinch the end of their glove.

and he'll move to pull it off. ]

[cyclists]

[oh.

lune will allow this to happen but.]

Oh? Are you assisting me in disrobing already?

[preowned]

If you need help with that, let me know. I'm quite good at it.

[ the glove slips off, and he'll curl his fingers around it. ]

I'll be keeping this as a souvenir.

[cyclists]

Ahahaha, if the young one is not able to assist me, I will keep your offer in mind.

[except there's a curious pause at that]

Hm? You wish to claim a token from me?