chroma | catchall for november 11

[countermeasures]

i gotta remember to make this pretty later

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weekend zero, sunday

[countermeasures]

[well! a burst of color as jiuqing is walking along catches her attention - so jiuqing turns to look at november as he's practicing. i have no idea what he actually did since he's crystalline and can do literally any of the others, so! that's up to you!

but she's watching with interest.]

[thejkdefense]

[You wonder what he did, I wonder too, November seems to be wondering too. There in his hands, all of a sudden, there's water! Water that falls to the ground, splashing and pretty much going to waste.

Despite that, and despite the draining sensation, November seems pretty happy! He's not even grinning, but just from looking at him it's obvious he's very satisfied. Upon seeing Jiuqing, he smiles at her]

What delightful abilities we have been granted, don't you think?

[To someone like him, whose power depends on touching liquids in order to freeze them, creating water is very, very, terrifyingly useful. Even half a cup is bound to be deadly in his hands -- or it'd be if he had his cryogenic powers. Still, despite that lack, he's happy!]

[countermeasures]

They're certainly something!

[ah, to be a normie with a power for the first time]

You seem satisfied with what you got, sir.

[thejkdefense]

I certainly am. Water is necessary for our continued survival, even more necessary than food. Having this means my life will continue for a while longer.

[It's a convenient lie to hide the real cause for his elation, haha]

[countermeasures]

You're certainly not wrong about that.

[thejkdefense]

It's such a shame you can't use it without feeling so tired. I wonder what's the source of these powers? Is it one's soul, or one's blood, or one's energy? It's such a mystery.

[countermeasures]

Perhaps we'll feel less tired as we get used to using them. Anything is exhausting when you do it for the first time, isn't it?

[she hums]

I'd like to learn as much about them as possible. Whatever the source is, they're quite useful.

[thejkdefense]

Asking those beings would be the easiest way to gather information, but I have my doubts trusting anything they say is a good idea.

[Because he doesn't trut anything from this monochrome realm, pretty much]

[countermeasures]

I suppose we don't really know them well enough yet to know if they're entirely trustworthy, but they have at least given us more to work with than we had previously. It's a start.

[thejkdefense]

[November consider something for a moment. These powers, they came from those, didn't they? Are these powers something they really should be using? That'd be so much easier to deal with if it wasn't for how their survival relies on them in the first place.

What a marvelous trap! If these powers are harmful in any way, tying their continued survival to those to force them to rely on those is such a good way to lead to their ruin. If this indeed is a bad thing, then they have no choice but to walk right into this trap.

Better not cause widespread alarm or potential paranoia, though. November chooses to keep that to himself]

Did you talk to those beings at all? I did talk to that large bird, but it was of no use at all.

[countermeasures]

I spoke with the one that looked like a statue and the one that was a bit fuzzy. [she means pixelated but she's a ye olde and doesn't know what pixels are.] They both seemed to be trying to help in their own way.

[she hums.]

The statue was able to make food, and the fuzzy one taught me a little about how to use the colors. It's not just our primary colors we can make use of; there are secondary ones, as well. So that gives us a little more to work with than we thought.