day one

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dreamland day one 41 players remaining. There are no clocks in your dorm room to help you mark the passing of time, but at a certain point, in the early hours of the morning, a cheerful chime tune plays over the loudspeaker. Whether you're awake or asleep, the door to your dorm room is now unlocked. You'll have about a forty five minutes, in which you can get ready or grab some breakfast, before the door that allows you into the park unlocks. By this time, you may or may not have noticed that one of your number is missing. The chimes play again, to announce that the park is open, and the rides and music begin to come back to life as a voice plays over the loudspeaker. "Looks like it's time to get started after all! To all our guests, have a magical morning! Dream big and have fun, but don't forget to look for the body! We'll see you in the afternoon at the Hall of Mirrors when it's time to vote, okay?" You will have until 4 PM to explore the park and talk amongst yourselves. Somewhere in the park, you'll find the body of Malik Ishtar. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on Sept 24. Though a special comment for discussion will go up shortly before voting, you are encouraged to discuss who to vote for throughout the day. Voting

Comments

[jingler]

I see. Your logic makes sense.

[Mainly because K is, in all honesty, not someone who see Legion as a living being, given what he was told before. But he doesn't see that as reason alone to suspect Legion.]

I am sorry if that is the case. That seems like an incredibly misguided way of approaching this situation. With any hope no one will take that message to heart.

[5_9]

It would not be a logical course of action to do so.

[ Then, after a moment, Legion adds: ] We also do not wish to be executed. We are unable to perform an archival upload at this time.

[jingler]

So if you are executed, you have no way of backing yourself up. I see.

[Could that be a form of death for a machine? He wonders.]

Do not worry Legion. If you are innocent then there is surely evidence that will prove it. We just need to investigate this from the angle of why someone would pick to target Malik.

[5_9]

Correct. All of the programs on this unit would be deleted if backup could not be performed in the event of critical systems failure.

[ so... yes... ]

We believe that Malik may have been picked randomly. Accidental detonation is also possible, though we do not consider this likely.

[jingler]

A random killing would be the logical way for the VIPs to conduct themselves. When it comes to investigations, it is easier to investigate someone with many connections than someone with a few. Create as few links back to yourself as possible, to make it harder to be caught.

[That makes it all the more brutal however. To kill at absolute random -- anyone could be targeted at any moment.]

In any event, it does not seem like anyone is taking the paper as credible, so you may rest easy for now.

[5_9]

That is the logical way to proceed. It also makes identifying them very difficult.

[ so that kind of sucks for them, but ]

We found it unlikely that it would be taken as being credible. Without independent verification, this news source is not reliable at all.

[paws_and_rewind]

[ So the shiner and less startling of the metal people is named Legion! He's the one that everyone's been talking about and sounding so worried about!

...Don't worry, Legion! Missile believes in you! Although that is probably because Legion gave him a pretzel the other day. Missile is not the most objective judge of character here. ]