day zero

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dreamland day zero 42 players remaining. [You wake up in a temporary barracks set up behind an amusement park. The weather is chilly but pleasant, and there aren't any lines for the rides - in fact, it seems you have this place to yourself. The entire park appears to have been abandoned some years ago, and though everything is in working order, it is overgrown with plants and seems rusted and unsafe. As for you, something has happened, though you aren't sure what. There's a throbbing pain in your head, and you can't focus, as though you're coming off heavy pain medications. However you think you should look, you look like a human now. Under the bandages wrapped around your temple, old and smelling like blood, you'll find a recently stitched up scar wound and the inability to focus on your memories. You have no knowledge of how you came to be here; you may even have forgotten certain aspects of your life, or feel confused about them. The fact of your missing memories is obvious, a dark blank spot. Under the bandages around your wrist, you'll find a brightly colored bracelet, decorated with the face of the smiling cartoon animal on your wall, embedded into your flesh. It beeps a merry tune and welcomes you to DreamLand Fun Park. Just then, a voice comes over the loudspeaker.] "Good morning to all of our new guests! The park is now open! We'll get started later, but for now, have a magical day with your new friends! Oh, and there may be a few nasty side effects to your medical condition. If you meet someone having trouble adjusting to reality, please be polite!" [In your room, you'll find a small box containing several personal items - no weapons, magical items, or technology advanced beyond the early 21st century, and nothing dangerous, but otherwise anything you would ordinarily find on your person is there. Of course, nothing with cell reception or internet connectivity can manage to pick up a signal. If you swipe your bracelet against the steel door, it unlocks. You may now explore your accommodations, or venture out into the park.] profiles character statuses setting This is an IC mingle covering the first day! Night roles will go up Monday at 4 PM EST, but you are welcome to continue to thread here once that happens. Make sure to follow any updates on plurk!

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[photonement]

[A teenage girl walks into the mess hall with such deliberation as to show her effort in staying steady on her feet, and some time later turns to Charles, having identified some kind of militaristic kettle.]

Here, I think you can boil water in this.

[bacchic]

[ She goes entirely unnoticed until she speaks and he jars slightly, startled until his gaze drops to the kettle. Which is hideous. But helpful. ] Oh.

[ Remembering himself: ] Oh, thank you. [ Lifting the coffee in one hand: ] Did you want some?

[photonement]

[She shakes her head.] Nah, not really. But did you find any tea?

[She's not even sure yet which cabinet those packets came from. These mislanguaged labels...]

[bacchic]

Oh, yes. [ What a curiously relaxed conversation to be having; he laughs a little anxiously before looking away, fumbling back through a certain cabinet. ] But I can't read what kind it is. Do you—have a preference?

[photonement]

Green's fine! I mean matcha, but they probably won't call it something that specific anyway -- anything that color should be just fine too. Thanks.

[bacchic]

Sure. [ Polite enough; it gives him something to do. He fills the kettle, puts it on, begins sifting through the tea curiously; there's actually the proper kind, powder in a small container. Halfway through keeping himself occupied, he turns, offering a smile. ]

I'm Charles. Do you know anything about — this place? How we got here?

[photonement]

Mahiru, and I'm afraid not.

[She touches the tender spot on her head, bandage stained so red it almost blends in with her hair.]

I just woke up, and there was the watch, and... I don't remember anything at all for hours before that.

[Still frowning, she shuffles over to fetch two styrofoam cups for them.]