[CONTINUE + 4] Week 1 || Act: mingle

[foundationmods]

Monday comes onto the snowy town once more, though it still looks as if it's 'night' as ever.

Then again, you are underground. That's just to be expected, considering no natural light can get down here in the first place. The Monsters around you are just as friendly as ever, though now there's far, far less of them.

Is time running out for the mission? How many more loops do you have?

...You feel as if something is watching you when you're not looking.

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[bybonesbebybones]

YEAH! DETERMINATION - THE THINGS HUMANS HAVE. IT'S WHY YOU HAVE COLORS!

THOUGH THEY'RE A LOT EASIER TO SEE NOW THAN THEY WERE ABOUT....HMMM, 50 YEARS AGO? I FORGET WHEN THE COLORS HAPPENED.

[dereban]

[overhears this and immediately looks at Solomon]

[finalring]

[ shrugs towards her. ]

[dereban]

[just mouths 'you really need to tell the others about Foundation history now!!!!']

[finalring]

[ SHAKING HIS HEAD.

NO. ]

[dereban]

[JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

[judgmental stare, Solomon.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

So that wasn't always the case...? Sorry, Our families been cut off from the Underground for a very long time... and we are all relatively young. We only know of some stories.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I don't really even know many of those. I was always more focused on human history, since... [Vague handwave.]

[bybonesbebybones]

OH....HOW OLD ARE ALL OF YOU?

[TREAD CAREFULLY HERE.]

ANYWAY, THE WORLD USED TO BE IN WHAT'S NOW KNOWN AS BLACK AND WHITE....IT WAS LIKE THAT SINCE FOREVER, BUT THEN COLOR STARTED HAPPENING! I KEPT MIXING UP RED AND GREEN FOR A WHILE.

[finalring]

Some are younger than the others, so they came into existence after the colors appeared.

[bybonesbebybones]

SO SOME OF YOU ARE JUST BARELY OUT OF STRIPES? I COULDN'T EVEN TELL! YOU'RE ALL SO MATURE!

[oceanicbutterfly]

Believe me, you've been seeing our better sides.

[bybonesbebybones]

I WAS STILL TRYING TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GUARD BACK AT AROUND YOUR AGES....THAT WAS BEFORE THE LEADER THEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK, AND I FOUND MY NEW PASSION! YOU'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THE PRACTICE I'VE UNDERTAKEN FOR OVER 400 YEARS!

[finalring]

They truly are. Though in the surface it is necessary to mature quicker...so they come out of their stripes much quicker.

[bybonesbebybones]

HMMM....IS IT THAT BAD ON THE SURFACE? I'D LOVE TO SEE A HUMAN SOMEDAY, BUT IF IT'S SO DANGEROUS THAT A MONSTER CAN'T STAY IN STRIPES FOR LONG...

[improbablenotimpossible]

Well, we're all a range of ages.

[Wait, that's - Solomon - what the fuck???]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[MOOD?!]

[finalring]

[ HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS INFO WAS GOING TO COME BACK? ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[It'd be nice to know about recent history that is common knowledge for monsters?]

[finalring]

About eighty years ago. I remember that the surface monsters were all frightened.

[ or the humans. especially the humans. ]

[bybonesbebybones]

80 YEARS AGO....JUST 80 YEARS? I'M SURPRISED I FORGOT WHEN IT HAPPENED IF IT WAS ONLY THAT LONG.

[....?]

I DO LIKE THE COLOR RED BETTER NOW, THOUGH. IT'S A LOT MORE VIBRANT!

[finalring]

It sounds like you're a mature adult then. But I see why it would be easy to forget when they're so vibrant now.

[ ... ]

Frankly, I'm still getting used to them. But maybe it is because I'm old-fashioned.

[bybonesbebybones]

WELL, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE HERE TO STAY, SO YOU'LL GET USED TO THEM EVENTUALLY! I REMEMBER SOME OF OUR OLDER MONSTERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE.

[finalring]

Ahaha, I can't blame them. But they have their own...charm?

[ a small part of him still thinks they're ugly. a very, very small part. ]

But they definitely help places appear more lively. I am grateful for that.

[romancekiller]

Oh— so what caused that change then?