chroma | catchall for crow

[countermeasures]

i really need to remember to do visuals this game

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w0, monday

[chevaliered]

[ it's monday! the clowns are no long lose, and they have heat and magical colour powers! everything is very exciting, maybe!

but it's monday, and crow's trying to get to grips with all the new things presented to them. his phone is safely by his side, his bag of goodies is in front of him and he's staring very hard at his hands.

it's probably fine? ]

[countermeasures]

["probably," you say.

jiuqing approaches, but she keeps quiet so as to not startle him. the way he's looking at his hands makes her wonder if he's trying to use a color power on them or something.]

[chevaliered]

[ he sure is!

it seems to be working? there's a flicker, and then an image of a pleasant and quaint looking oceanside city hovering above his hands. there's no sound, but you can almost hear the waves lapping agaisnt the harbour... lovely...


until crow makes a soft snorting sound, and bats his hand through the image until it vanishes early. ]

Geez. What's that supposed to do to help?

[countermeasures]

[jiuqing tilts her head to one side. it seemed like nice scenery, but he doesn't seem too pleased...]

Well... perhaps if you were trying to describe something to someone, but were struggling to find the words...? You could simply show them.

[chevaliered]

…


Fair enough. I could’ve done with this the everyone was asking me to describe Soldats. [ jiuqing…. don’t ask him to describe soldats…. ]

Not quite on the level of “let me feed you” though, huh?

[countermeasures]

I suppose not. Although even that seems a bit...

[seven handfuls of food - five from the verdants, half a handful from the four crystallines - at most seems insufficient for a group of their size, although she supposes the complementary colors and the boosts from the sunrises will help.]

...well, at least one of those beings we met yesterday seems willing to feed us.

[chevaliered]

… I wonder if the more we use these the stronger we’ll get. And there’s been people talking about other colours? Or something like that. All I really know is I can distract you with images.

[ good for him. ]

They’re gonna be burned out if they’re the only one who can sufficiently feed the group.

[countermeasures]

Oh, yes. Complementary colors, as well as our primary ones - so each of us should have access to three abilities at any given time, I believe.

[she nods her agreement with that]

Cooking for such a large group would be exhausting. Especially when we all have our own particular tastes.

[chevaliered]

So long as we figure them out. Guess I’ll have to start with seeing if I can light something up.

[ hmm. ]

… Well, if we need to eat we can’t really be too picky about it.

[countermeasures]

Yes... this really isn't the time or place to be picky.

[...

she misses tasty food, though.]

We need to eat to keep our strength up. Especially since we really never know what this place is going to throw at us next.

[she doesn't know what valentine's day is and all the Love Stuff is weirding her out.]

[chevaliered]

The clowns were a surprise.

[ ... just that.

the clowns were a surprise. ]

[countermeasures]

An unpleasant one, at that.

GMAIL

[chevaliered]

That's a polite way of putting it, I was gonna say "an entire damn nightmare".

[countermeasures]

That's also accurate.

[chevaliered]

I think I’ve discovered a newfound hatred. Hopefully we can just keep out of their way from now on.

[ cue clowngate on wednesday ]

[countermeasures]

[rip]

That's the plan. I certainly want nothing to do with them.

[chevaliered]

Think we'll be that lucky?

[countermeasures]

Judging by how things have been so far, I doubt it. But we can hope.

[chevaliered]

Hope's a free action, mostly.

[countermeasures]

A "free action"...?

[chevaliered]

Costs you nothing to hope. You don’t owe anyone, you don’t have to do anything for it. You just go “wow, it’d be nice if that happened. Maybe I’ll hope it does.”

[countermeasures]

[she nods at that]

I see... I've never heard it described as a "free action," is all.

[chevaliered]

It's more like a saying, than something literal. Like it doesn't cost anything, so it's a free action.

[countermeasures]

[she nods again]

I understand.

[chevaliered]

[ nod nod. ]

What did you think it meant?