week zero: mingle

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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.



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[daibanana]

[It's a better reaction than what Nana expected, and her response is to perk up immediately with a wide, happy smile, quickly taking up position near Cinnabar. They're not touching, as promised.

... But Nana is absolutely taking liberties by standing as close as she think the gem will allow.]

Thank you, Cinnabar-san!

[And soon after Nana starts humming to herself, along with the music, rocking back and forth on her feet. Not dancing, but it's... something. It's movement, it's still a chance to relax, and she loves the rhythm she's hearing]

Waltzes and tangos always were my favorite.

[globs]

[ if it's possible for Cinnabar to become any smaller than they already are, they certainly appear to be trying, shrinking away from her as she sidles up to them. No, this was a bad idea. What are they supposed to do now? Their nerves won't calm down. And she's bouncing around all excitedly, and it's kind of annoying - or stressing them out more, but maybe it would be worse if she did nothing at all -- they don't know. ]

I don't know what those are. [ a beat. ] Stop wiggling around so much.

[ no fun ALLOWED ]

[daibanana]

They're types of dances. Humans have created a bunch, and many of them differ by custom.

[Given that she already pushed her luck and still convinced Cinnabar to let her stand next to them, Nana will chill out a little bit. Sorta. She's still rocking, it's just far more composed. The things she does for you, roommate]

Sorry~ I really love music, is all. It's very soothing to hear.

[globs]

[ she's doing too much for them already tbh ]

...

[ they could mention how the only time they've ever heard music was when the Lunarians came to try and destroy their friends, but they decide not to bring it up. Miraculously. ]

Why are there different types? I thought it was just for fun.

[daibanana]

[holy crap, someone give this gem a hug]

It is, usually, but...

[how does one sum up the history of music and dance to a gem who probably has no concept of it? Nana actually stops moving to think on it, quiet for a moment]

There are a lot of types and a lot of different reasons why people love to dance and listen to music. Sometimes it's for religious purposes, so humans will use dance as a way to talk to the gods they believe in, or communicate with each other.

Others like it because it makes them feel good, and takes their mind off other things. It's... freeing. You don't have to concentrate on the horrible things in life if you're too busy dancing with someone.

[A little shrug at the end. For once, Nana doesn't look perky, Just... thoughtful.]

I guess it depends on the individual. Some people don't like to dance at all, you know. They say it's sweaty and a waste of time. There's nothing wrong with thinking that, too.

[globs]

[ they really don't think it looks like that much fun. Is it that freeing? Maybe it's just something they can't understand; they've never been able to stop focusing on all the horrible things in their life at all, and they can't imagine hopping around and turning in circles would provide much of a distraction. ]

"Horrible things?"

[ human life sounds pretty nice to them, if humans have the time to come up with these things. ]