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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[cheats]

[ definitely die you mean ]

[ Ciel seems to consider this, then nods with a dignified expression. ]

Yes, this will do. I'll go on a ride if these are the terms.

[5_9]

We can perform rudimentary analysis to ensure that your systems are running stably.

[ dr. legion-mom... ]

[harepiece]

[well there is a chance he'd survive... if he got lucky and landed on his fat head...

But Oz seems very satisfied with this!!]

Good! I'll make sure to pick one that you'd like. What kind of rides do you think you'd want to try, anyway? [While talking, the station for Pleasant Street is coming into view!]

[harepiece]

[HE DOESN'T REALLY GET IT... BUT:]

Okay! Is there anything that I need to do?

[cheats]

I don't know.

[ He shrugs dismissively, and oh yeah, here we come to candyland... ]

I've never even seen anything like this before.

[siggey]

A little's better than nothing! If we find some oil and a frying pan, we could make fries outta these babies. They'll go through your mask too, if they're cut properly.

[ I can't remember the last time I was so excited about cooking. I wonder if today is catching up with me. Or already drove WAY past me... ]

[siggey]

Yeah, sounds good.

[ I can feel the corners of my lip turning upward despite myself. ]

Keep wagging that tail, buddy. I'll see you later.

[siggey]

Kidnapping over forty people and making them spend the rest of their lives anywhere is screwed up.

[ I'm glad I'm sitting, so I can just slouch on this table. ]

I donno, could be a woman too, impossible to tell with their getup. Last thing I remember was getting in my car at 2AM on college campus. The damn engine suddenly wouldn't start, and just before I was going to punch the console, white gas started spewing everywhere. I couldn't get out either, and only noticed the shady person with the gas mask from the rear murror before I passed out.

[ I rub my face, replaying the events in my head once more. ]

So I assumed the same person brought me here, but then I talked to some girl who said one moment she was home, and the next she was here. Another said she... uh, stepped into something like an elevator, but instead of bringing her to the floor it was supposed to go to, she was dropped off to this park instead.

[ Sheesh. Am I the only one who actually went through the full procedure to a shady kidnapping? Why didn't I get to skip the "be freaked out by a creepy person" part too? ]

[siggey]

...What the hell? Does that actually say "eating commoner's snack"? What's that even supposed to mean?!

[ I try to focus back on the girl since I don't think I want to keep reading that, but it's hard to stop frowning at the bullshit I'm going to pretend I didn't actually manage to catch through skimming. ]

Photography is a perfectly legitimate skill and discipline. You're a lot more normal and easier to talk to than Aya, too.

[ She wasn't a bad girl, but having a straight conversation with her... ]

[harepiece]

Neither have I! Not before waking up here. [But he gRABBED LIFE BY THE HORNS and decided to let Ibuki lead him into the mouth of the dragon, rather than sitting around grumpily like a mini-grandpa...]

But that's fine. I'll take you to the one that I know works pretty well! [Oz why...]

[cheats]

[ Ciel just looks incredulously at Oz for a moment, then looks away with an expression of "how could this happen to me" ]

You realize that what you've said is preposterous, don't you? You've never seen any of these death traps either and you decide to partake, really?

[billows]

[ Francis hums in what appears to be disinterest, an awkward silence as he tries to find some other topic to move onto. ] Say, what do you remember last? Before we got here? My head's fuzzy.

[harepiece]

[THINGS LIKE THIS JUST HAPPEN SOMETIMES...]

If you're going to be in a place where you can try new things, you should take advantage of it! Who knows when you'll get the chance again?

[photonement]

Rich people have really weird standards about these things...

[She trails off at that, thinking about the late great Byakuya Togami, and then flushing at his compliment.]

I'm just less fashionable than Aya-chan... besides, she's got such a nice analogue-looking camera, she'll be able to print out pictures here. Mine's just a digital. I dunno where I'm supposed to get anything developed.

[5_9]

Yes. May we hold your hand again?

[ handshake is the same as handholding, right... ]

[cheats]

That's preposterous. I would not wish to try any of this in the first place, but especially not when kidnapped. That's simply asking for an early death.

[ grandpa "no fun allowed" phantomhive, reporting in ]

[harepiece]

[Oz seems down with it apparently?! He holds his hand out with no fuss, at least...]

Sure! Here you go.

[photonement]

From here we can basically scoop it in... And now for the fun part, the cinnamon!

[She will get kind of into this whole thing... and if Oz makes a cute enough face as he does it, she'll snap a photo of him! Surprise technology!]

[harepiece]

[HE IS GONNA MAKE ARTFUL BOWLS OF CINNAMON OATMEAL!! Though he almost spills a little when she snaps a photo surprise technology indeed. At least her camera is more recognizable to him than a digital one, so he blinks at it owlishly before looking excited.]

Is that a camera—?

[harepiece]

[nerd.......]

You sound pretty old for your age, you know. [GRANDPA... that said, the train's coming to a stop at the platform now. it brakes sloppily, so the cart jerks forward a bit.]

[jingler]

[Oh, is that it? Hm.]

Yes. Sigma and I came from the same place before we arrived here. Although he cannot remember it.

[cheats]

[ Ciel stumbles forward a little bit, but straightens himself with an indignant little huff... Truly, a nerd. ]

Of course I do. I'm a nobleman, so this is how we speak. I received my title when I was young, but that doesn't change the expectations of my station.

[edealistical]

What?

[There was more? Edea will just... half-run, half-walk inside so as to get her share before it's all gone.]

There should have been a sign directing us here in our rooms! This is clearly the only place of any interest in the whole park!

[...]

I mean. We have to... identify the places where we can obtain sustenance.

[good save]

[photonement]

Sure is! I'd give you a look at the model, but not when we're both eating...

[So she takes it off her neck, puts it on the side of the table, and sits down on the bench with her food. Puts her hand together itadakimasu style before picking up her spoon.]

[siggey]

Maybe he's the guy they actually kidnapped for a ransom.

[ I shrug, pulling back to stand straight again. ]

You can get your pictures developed once we get out of here. Quality stuff takes time, right?