week zero: mingle

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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.

A mini-event will also be posted on Wednesday, June 5th, so please keep an eye out for that!

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[televised]

We weren't given the opportunity to decline the invitation.

[Curtly. Matter-of-factly. North would normally ignore the Sad^TM commentary, but she's been curious about their profile and that sounded a little bit too sad — so. You know. Hello, fellow member of the nonparticipation squad.]

[globs]

[ hell YEAH parties are for SQUARES!! ]

Opportunity? It would have been as simple as not going through the door. That's the only "opportunity" required.

[ fuck the rules!! They've looked at the profiles, too, although the only thing of note they remember from hers is that she's incredibly young. When they were three, they don't even think they could properly speak yet. ]

[televised]

Oh? So you were able to ignore the urge to gather here? [Said in the tone of someone who was annoyed as heck when she realized she kept heading back here, no matter where she intended to go.] If that's the case, I'm impressed.

[globs]

I could have if I wanted to. But I thought something important might be happening.

[ an annoyed sigh. ]

It turns out that they're just wasting our time...

[televised]

Of course they are. [Because why wouldn't they...] Everything from the moment we woke up has been nothing but a waste of our time.

[globs]

I know.

[ they're on the same page!! ]

Something bad will happen soon enough. Just wait.

[televised]

Oh, I don't doubt that for a minute.

[globs]

You shouldn't.

[ their negative energy is POWERFUL. Cinnabar goes quiet after that, regarding her for a few seconds. ]

Oi. You're "North," right? Are you really only three years old? You're a lot bigger than some of the humans that are older than you.

[ maybe she's a mutant ]

[televised]

[... Tersely:]

I'm not talking about that in public.

[globs]

It's public information already.

[televised]

That doesn't mean I'm inclined to explain.

[globs]

[ a flat look, paired with a dismissive sigh. ]

Fine. It's not like it matters. Most of you are so young...