day one - afternoon

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dreamland day one 41 players remaining. [As the day wears on into the afternoon, the dead aren't getting any deader. It's late in the afternoon, and the air is beginning to cool, when the chimes play again over the park loudspeaker. "All of us here at Dreamland wish you luck, guests! Let's meet up in the Hall of Mirrors!" Wherever you are, it's time to make your way over to the House of Horrors, where you'll have to brave the funhouse to find the room on the top floor. Don't delay, or your guest identification bracelet will begin beeping. The House of Mirrors is a large room, more than capable of fitting a crowd. Tall mirrors line every wall, and the door you entered through seems to vanish into a mirror as well. The mirrors give the impression that many, many more are among your number, standing in the background. In the back is a jar filled with blank raffle tickets. You'll have to take a ticket, write down a name, and place it back in the jar. Hopefully you already know who you're voting for, but if not, you only have time for a brief discussion before you're out of time. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on Sept 24. Voting

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[impheired]

...okay well I don't mind that so much, but if everybody's calling me something different, isn't that going to get confusing?

[Legit, we're already going with three different things here, not counting usage of honorifics.]

[mediumburgers]

I guess that's true... All right, Hiko works. It's only got one i, just like you only have one eye!

[impheired]

......

[He doesn't even know what he's supposed to say to that, holy shit.]

[mediumburgers]

[ It's your own fault, Kuzuryuu, what did you expect. ]

[cheats]

[ kazoo is stunned into silence but ciel sure isn't ]

That is the worst joke I've ever heard.

[mediumburgers]

I think you mean the best joke. And hey, your name is something like Ciel right? And you only have one i and eye as well! It works twice!

[cheats]

[ the fact that she's right ]

...No. I don't want to be a part of this.

[mediumburgers]

It's too late, you're already a part of it! Ooo, you and Hiko should form a club! Eyepatch Club! Between the two of you, you have two eyes! [ And two i's. ]

[cheats]

Why on Earth would anyone want to form such a club?

[ he doesn't wear his eyepatch because it looks cool ok ]

[mediumburgers]

Why wouldn't they? People love clubs!

[cheats]

Do they?

[ not grumpy eyepatch children ]

I have absolutely no interest in joining something so preposterous.

[mediumburgers]

Yes.

[ Make it the Grumpy Eyepatch Club. Maya can make you a sign! ]

Awww, don't be so sour! Do you have anything better to do?

[cheats]

Yes!! Has everyone forgotten that we're supposed to be solving a damn murder?!

[ ciel you were not meant for this game... ]

[mediumburgers]

We can multitask! And we're not getting anywhere with the murder so far. Do you have any fresh ideas on that front?

[cheats]

Well, no, but...!

[ He seems to be more genuinely mad at this point, huffing a bit angrily. ]

Someone died. How can we just talk about such stupid things... Does it not matter?

[mediumburgers]

[ Welp. Maya dials back the cheer. ]

Of course it matters... but we can't bring back the dead. All we can do is try to find out who killed them. Thing is, we don't have enough evidence yet. The only piece we do have is that note, which we can't totally trust without anything to back it up. So until we have more evidence, or information, or anything... there's not much we can do unless we want to execute someone who could be innocent. Which we don't want.

I think for now, we're stuck.

[impheired]

This is how some people cope with this sort of shit. It's not that it doesn't matter or that they don't care. It does. But for some people, the only way they can keep themselves from breaking down entirely is to keep a sense of normalcy, to keep on moving forward.

In some ways, this is almost preferable to the alternative. No, it's not getting us anywhere as far as finding the VIPs...but it's not mass hysteria and paranoia. Which is the absolute worst thing we could be dealing with right now and the things we should be avoiding at all costs.

[impheired]

You're fucking kidding me, right?

[Oh hey, he's back.]

[mediumburgers]

I never kid about these things, Hiko! It's a very important matter!

[impheired]

I fail to see how.

[mediumburgers]

Well... maybe you need two eyes to see it?

[impheired]

Okay, I know I said I'm not bothered by the whole eye thing, but is this going to be a thing with you from now on? Eye jokes?

[mediumburgers]

Are you saying you actually are bothered by it?

[impheired]

No, I'm just curious.

[mediumburgers]

Oh. Well, maybe! Until I find something better to joke about.