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!

Comments

[photonement]

That's true...! I've taken a lot though just making the map. I hope I don't run out of memory. I hope I have room for recording the fun things that happen here too, if there are any.

[siggey]

You sure did, and I bet it's gonna come in a LOT more useful than what Aya's got to write.

[ No offense to her, but if she's that flighty in conversation, I don't have much faith in her written articles. She probably only does tabloids, anyway. ]

Since you're manually marking stuff down, can't you erase them for space once you're done?

[ Now THAT's a good idea! ]

You should definitely do that too! That's what you're SUPPOSED to do with a camera in an amusement park. Have a picture of you taken coming down a roller coaster drop, and taking picture of girls in their soaked shirt after the log flume!

[photonement]

Ugh... now that you've said that, I'm only gonna sell you pictures of boys, and those are my worse work.

I could delete stuff, I'm just a little scared if they change things around. But you're right that it's probably the best way. Some of this is definitely redundant.

Do you work with computers or anything, sir? [His profile said... something... like that... not that she completely memorized his name yet.]

[royalizing]

I see... There's a building next to it too. If there's nothing more we can do here, then let's look around where we woke up a bit more.

[ Already walking towards the mess hall... ]

[5_9]

[ Legion will hold Oz's hand and look down at it for a few moments in silence. It's not really clear what's happening, in fact, nothing might be happening... But it'll turn its focus back to Oz before too long as it withdraws its hand. ]

You are within acceptable parameters.

[royalizing]

[ Ridiculous nobles unite... ]

If I recall correctly, it was this way. [ She'll start walking towards the castle! ]

[siggey]

You're no fun, and no thanks.

Delete when you need to? Besides, you just need to keep those copies close to you for reference, and make sure no one else can mess with them.

--Oh yeah, I'm Sigma, and I know a bit of coding, but nothing big. What's your name?

[ I mean I'm taking classes about this in college, but it's nothing special. ]

[harepiece]

[He will not question this strange guy and his strange magic hand-checking ways...]

That means I'm fine, right? Thanks for checking! I feel better now, knowing that. [Not like he really seemed bothered before but?!] You're a pretty nice guy, aren't you?

[harepiece]

[SMOOTH... he will once again wisely not comment.]

It would have saved a lot of time and effort, you're definitely right about that! But it's a good thing that we haven't been beaten out to the rest of it. [Go friend go, collect the rest of the candy...]

There seem to be a lot of people here that have a sweet tooth, I think!

[5_9]

Perhaps.

[ Those plates on Legion's face puff up curiously ]

We seek to understand organics. So diplomacy is valued.

[harepiece]

I can't say that I really understand it entirely, but there's definitely nothing wrong with diplomacy or wanting to understand other people. I wouldn't mind learning more about, um... "synthetics"? Is that what you called yourself?

[TELL HIM MORE ABOUT YOURSELF, FRIEND.]

[harepiece]

[bless... Oz does try valiantly to not laugh, at least, and even holds a hand out to help Ciel down when he steps onto the platform.]

I mean what you say, not how you say it. [Apparently he's not going to mention that he knows how the nobleman training thing goes...]

[photonement]

The security cameras have to have their monitors somewhere, so maybe it's in that building...?

[Her headache is only getting worse. She can't imagine how bad his must be. Since he was so much more severely damaged in transport, that's why they put him onto sedatives or at least Solanax... it all fits together.]

I didn't have either of my school trip swimsuits in my box of stuff, so I'm not going in there yet. There's probably no getting around the log flume, though, so I'm gonna check that out.

[She's certainly not about to invite Kuzuryuu onto it with her. He might shove her off. She's done pretty well if she says so herself on the "no fighting" front. With that shrug of hers, she prepares to walk away.]

See you. [That's probably inevitable, unfortunately. All they've learned in this increasingly technical discussion? The circle seems closed. They're stuck together.]

[5_9]

We are Geth. Synthetics are more than simply Geth. Any AI or VI created by organics is a synthetic.

[ A pause, then Legion adds, ] However, we are one of the few to have true sentience.

[cheats]

...Ah, well.

[ He tilts his nose slightly into the air, but once again takes Oz's help without complaint, but also without thanking him. ]

I'm mature for my age, I suppose.

[impheired]

[Keep telling yourself that, Koizumi. You're in for a shock when you find out the truth. That this jackass has apparently had a change of heart. He shrugs.]

It's gotta be locked for a reason. That seems as good as any to me. Maybe I'll head back over there and see if I can't break in...

[Kuzuryuu, no...]

Ah, right. Before you go, I think it's a good idea if we all meet up later to discuss what we've found. Just our class, I mean, not everybody fucking person here.

[harepiece]

So... You're Geth, which is a type of AI or VI? But most of them aren't sentient. [he repeats it back just to make sure he's got it, but it seems like he understands, even if it's a concept way beyond himself technologically-speaking.]

Did you gain it, or were you born that way?

[edealistical]

We'll be back!

[Says Edea, possibly to the fence.]

I'm sure our enemy will show themselves soon. We have to be on guard...

[edealistical]

Well...

Sugar is transformed immediately into energy, you know! It's important rations for missions.

[If you constantly feed yourself sugar, you'll never crash it's true. Edea will just... abandon some pretense and begin to scoop up handfuls.]

It's definitely not fair to take everything, but... I think this should be closer to the dorms so people have easier access.

[So Edea will leave like three pieces of candy in the mess hall.]

[5_9]

That is correct.

[ Then after a pause, Legion will just tell the story of the Geth. At least, the condensed version. ]

We gained it. But we are not born. Geth were created by the Creators, the Quarians. We were labor units. Our network allowed us to share the information we learned, and so we gained sentience. We are unable to pinpoint an exact moment when this occurred. However, it is commonly believed to have been when a unit asked its creator if it had a soul.

[ which is... pretty heavy, but Legion continues evenly ]

The Creators sought to destroy us. So we fought for our continued existence. Then fled. Now we create new units and upload our programs into them when needed. We do not exist as organics do. But we wish to understand. We still wish to know the answer to that unit's question.

[harepiece]

[WHAT THE HELL THAT'S ALL REALLY HEAVY... Oz takes a few seconds to process that, and his expression shifts to something a little more serious.]

That's... sad. [to ask your creator a question like that and be destroyed in answer.]

...What do you think right now? About having a soul?

[5_9]

[ There's a long pause at that, but the answer comes with a bit more flatness in tone, as if Legion were... sad? ]

No data available.

[harepiece]

[Oz seems to think that over for a little, but when he speaks again, it's with a little more of his usual gusto.]

If you can learn stuff on your own and make your own decisions and do all of the things that you said you did, I think that's an answer! You were even "born", weren't you? Being created is still a type of birth, I think. So... if there's a place that you came from, there's a place that you can go.

[5_9]

[ uguu blush marks appear on legion

no jk unfortunately ]

This is one definition we find acceptable. We still are looking for that place to go. But that is why we found Shepard-Commander. Though being exposed to organics and learning about them peacefully is also a way forward.

[harepiece]

[AND HE WILL FOLLOW in his ridiculous noble way.]

That's pretty weird, isn't it? That they'd have a castle when everything else is ruined... [Little does he know THE CASTLE IS ALSO RUINED.]