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.



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[twinsightful]

Oh. [Uh.] We don't have magic. We have other things, and we have all kinds of resources available to us, but nothing like what you're describing.

[compendiem]

Well... The mundane to one person is magic to another. So I'd like to hear what you do anyways.

[twinsightful]

[Explaining it is going to maybe sound strange, but he doesn't seem embarrassed to share either.]

Our second year of high school just started. We're on an exchange program in Boston right now, but normally we attend Ouran Academy. Our dad's an executive at a software company and our mom has her own fashion line, so we have the freedom to do whatever we want. Milord came up with the idea of the Host Club two years ago and that's what we've been doing since then. Ouran's a school where lineage comes first and wealth's a close second, so all of our customers are well-paying and like to spend time with us at our events, parties, and trips that we plan.

[...] The club's on hiatus now though since all of us are living in America for a year.

[compendiem]

[ It may not be lights and sparkles magic, but there's a sense of magic there all the same— it's like a whole other world that Kaoru describes, that Minato couldn't even begin to see himself sharing. A successful family, immeasurable wealth, a dictator who forces his subjects into being hosts... He's glad Kaoru's escaped the tyrant and is how hiding in America. ]

...Sounds like quite the life... In a host club... you get to meet all sorts of people, right? Hanging out in a party like this, making sure everybody's happy. Being able to do that, I think is magic too.

[twinsightful]

You think? [Magic...is that possible? That's really just a normal thing for him. He's grown up in that kind of environment even prior to the Host Club, but it wasn't until Tamaki forcibly entered their lives that he learned to really engage with people.]

...I wish it was a kind of magic I could really use here then.

[compendiem]

Yeah, I think so. You don't think you can use it here?

[ Hanging out, making people happy... seems like a universal magic that can be applied anywhere, to Minato, if only he were capable of something like it. ]

[twinsightful]

I haven't decided yet. [May as well be honest.] I'd like to, I think. That much is the only thing I'm really certain about in this place.

[compendiem]

...What's stopping you from using it here?

[ Meanwhile, Minato just looks confused about everything all the time. ]

[twinsightful]

[A blink.] Nothing, I suppose.

[Actually that's a good question, Minato.] You don't think there are other important things?

[compendiem]

There are lots of important things... probably... [ He doesn't sound so sure about that, but he does sound a bit more confident when he speaks again ] But being able to connect with people is also an important thing, I think.

[twinsightful]

...that's similar to what they said to us the other day, isn't it? Working with each other and everything. [So maybe Minato has a point.] But there's still different levels of connections. That's where it's going to get tricky.

But I see your point.