dreamsland | day one

dreamland day one

41 players remaining.

As the voting period comes to an end, a bell goes off from the ticket machine, and the metal bars blocking the tunnel at the end of the Hall of Mirrors lifts. A voice speaks over the loudspeaker:

"Attention, guests! Please make your way onto the ride! For your safety, keep your hands and arms inside and do not attempt to leave your seat!"

Through the tunnel, single cars on a track stop and wait for each remaining player to step on. Don't dawdle, or your bracelet will begin to beep a warning. Once in a car, the safety bar locks you tightly inside, unable to move.

The car trundles along a dark, twisting track, nearly veering into cartoonish obstacles, but veering away at the last moment. Music and cackling laughter echoes loudly through the ride as you drive faster and faster. Suddenly, your car seems about to veer off to the left, through a set of tall doors, before abruptly spinning off to the right.

With a powerful jerk, each car comes to the end of the ride. The safety bar lifts, and you can leave. It seems no one was executed tonight, but a list of votes has been pinned to the wall for your perusal.

You now have the rest of the evening to explore the park, before night comes again.

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This is a general post-vote mingle encompassing the time from the end of the trial (about 5 PM until the fireworks at 11 PM). You are encouraged and welcome to backtag discussions in this post until the next day post, or to have afternoon private conversations.

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Watch for as many clues as we can...

[Royce says, with a frown. He did not like that ride, either.]

We need to find patterns. Patterns in the VIP's actions, more...specifically. If there is a murder tonight...then we need to understand why and how it happened. The more we know, the better we can use it against them...

Yeah sure, but only if you call me—

[ She stands up and raises her arms to clang her wrist cymbals together. They're just barely heard over the sound of fireworks. ]

—Clash!

Right.

I... I'm really loathe to say it, but I'm almost completely stumped about this. A way to convey information so that we know it comes from trustworthy people without giving away their identities...

[...]

Mrgrgr.... I don't think it's really possible!

The way it seems set up, we'll have to take a leap of faith at least the first time on someone's evidence. [Which she isn't happy about.]

The system, ah, seems rigged against us, really. No matter what method we take, there is always the risk, the great risk, for sabotage...

Honestly, I still kind of think Aya made up that note.

[grumbled as softly as she can.]

There's one thing we can do, actually - we should look for anyone who starts to act inconsistently. If I start talking tomorrow about how maybe it's OK to execute an innocent person, you can be sure that I've fallen to the black somehow.

Even the smallest things might be an indication.

It's extremely risky, but sooner or later, this is going to have to become an open war between the VIPs and the detective. We rejected anonymous information, so that leaves only a public announcement of identity.

Edited 2014-09-25 03:03 (UTC)

But to notice something like that, we need to get to know each other better. Right now, we do not.

And the person who has been converted would have to understand that by saying so, by intentionally acting differently, they would be exposing themselves to be executed.

Edited 2014-09-25 03:06 (UTC)

How can we do that? If we do not know very much about any of us, if we are not familiar with how one habitually behaves... I almost wonder if it would not be better to enforce a "buddy system" of our own.

[One can imagine the Engrish when she says buddy system here.]

One where a person is not literally bound, as the game would have it seem, but rather, a small group of three or four to watch each other and get to know each other.

Has it been confirmed that there is only one person who can act as detective?

Other than watching everyone's behavior closely? I'm not sure.

We do not know the person, so we cannot know the motivation. We do not know the motivation, so we cannot know the person.

It is impossible to figure out, at this point. We need more information, and a way to get it that can be trusted.

Ultimately, it will come back to trust.

Right. I doubt any 'convert' would begin to behave wildly differently, but there may be subtle cues, still. Especially among people like you and your friends.

[A slight pause.]

Maybe... we should assign partners? Or maybe just loosely in some manner - get to know your dorm members closely, perhaps.

Edited 2014-09-25 03:11 (UTC)

That is not a bad idea.

[There they go. Dangans...]

Though again, I doubt the likeliness of anything truly useful emerging as a prize.

...People like me and my friends?

[Who. Who is Edea talking about here. Does she mean Peko's classmates. She's really going to have to clarify.]

What do you mean by that?

[The dorms is a good idea! Peko will come back to that.]

[Looking unfazed over here.]

Statement? It's obvious, isn't it?

I'm the detective.

The 'Super High School'... Er.

[She'll have to consult her bracelet.]

You're all from the same place, aren't you? I heard, actually... that you had come from a game just like this.

[It's probably a touchy subject.]

Edited 2014-09-25 03:23 (UTC)