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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[harepiece]

Thanks!

[Oz is more excited about the camera than the oatmeal now, honestly, but he will sit down to properly enjoy his meal regardless.]

This turned out really well.

[harepiece]

[clearly it's everyone else's fault for not getting here sooner, okay!!]

Ah, that's a good idea! Traveling all the way out here by train every time someone wants a candy is pretty impractical. I should have brought a bag to carry this all back in...

[he will sadly stuff a few pieces into his pockets instead.]

[harepiece]

Is Shepard-Commander an important person to you?

[just going to apparently address poor Shepard like that is the normal title to use.....]

[5_9]

[ Legion turns its head, seeming to look at its shoulder, where one piece of its armor doesn't seem to mesh with the rest. It's black, with a red stripe, and with the letters "N7". To Oz, it won't mean anything at all, unfortunately, but after that glance, Legion looks back at Oz. ]

Yes. Shepard-Commander will stop the Collectors. She will also help the Geth to eliminate the heretics.

[royalizing]

No, I can't think of anyone who would do something as outlandish as this.

[ No hesitation on that point. Even if Malkuth were to kidnap her as an act of war, there would be no need for this. ]

[jingler]

Fried fries? That doesn't sound very healthy, but food is food I suppose.

[royalizing]

Oh, perhaps it's haunted? [ Is that a little spark of excitement at the prospect maybe... ]

They do always have a haunted mansion in the stories I've read.

[royalizing]

[ 'see you never' says the fence back ]

When they do, I'll make them regret the day they chose to kidnap me! [ Them... ]

[siggey]

Fried potato sticks! We call those 'fries'. [ I'm in a good mood now, so I don't bother telling K 'fried fries' make no sense. ]

It's only unhealthy if the oil's been reused a million times. Besides, if you're gonna keep walking around with that metal suit, you'll probably burn the calories away pretty quickly!

[jingler]

Hm, well I suppose it is fine to divulge in the unhealthy from time to time. I hope they will not make me sweaty. The suit is well insulated so far, but who knows how long it will continue.

[royalizing]

[ Foiled already.. ]

It certainly won't be easy. Maybe if we could find the key...

[siggey]

[ I can't help but turn around to give K a proper Look, this time. ]

...K, it's just fries. Peeled potatoes chopped into sticks, put in a frying pan with oil, and lightly salted. Nothing like that is going to happen.

[ Probably. I'm not going to cut up a ton of potatoes, in any case. ]

[obeytherod]

[Yes it is. The stick says so.]

Like anyone would be so foolish as to pull something like that this early.

[perfectstrike]

The petting zoo... is not very well kept.

[Peko... Peko, is that really something important...]

However, the animals were still alive, which means that someone or several someones had been tending to them, if sporadically, before our collective arrival. That someone or someones may be the ones behind our kidnapping. If we can find them...

Or, it could also mean that this park was not abandoned as long ago as the vegetation would seem to suggest.

[Oh. Okay. That's actually not that bad.]

[perfectstrike]

A continent, actually.

[STILL FROWNING.]

Perhaps you know it by another name, in your language.

[Though the bracelets are translating everything so??? She's confused.]

[harepiece]

[Natalia why...]

I've read about those, too! But wouldn't that mean that the people who brought us here were actually ghosts?

[harepiece]

[that sure is one way of putting it CIEL...]

You do act like it. How old are you, anyway? I think that we might be the same age!

[harepiece]

Hm... [HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT but he nods along anyway... like a true nerd loser. Eliminating heretics sounds kind of ??? but who is he to question all these weirdass future people.]

So I guess that she's helping you?

[harepiece]

[which Oz will helpfully point out!!]

I think that we can all understand each other right now, though, so we would be talking about the same thing even if we used different words, right?

[cheats]

Thirteen.

[ Which he admits more casually than he tends to, since he's actually kind of glad that most of the people here are around his age. In a sense. It's at least better than being underestimated by adults...

But yes, out they go, and towards the goals of candy, clothing, and now I guess Ciel puking. ]

[harepiece]

[he's contributing to the count, you're welcome Ciel.]

That's not too far off, then! I'm fifteen. [he seems very pleased about this! friends that are his age!! no escape now, Ciel...

anyway, he'll direct Ciel over toward the house with clothing first. it's mostly costume-y stuff but honestly Ciel will probably find some things that appeal to him because the way they dress basically is in costume lbr]

Here it is! There should be a few things in here that are your size.

[5_9]

Yes.

[ a pause, then Legion decides to add: ]

As well as Citadel Space. The Collectors are harvesting entire colonies of organics. Geth are not in danger, since we are not organic. But organics are killed.

[cheats]

[ Ciel nods, accepting this difference in age, since he's totally older in personality than you, Oz. That's how it works, right... It's at least how it works for Ciel, and that's what matters here. Inside the store, Ciel wrinkles his nose a little bit at the selection, since he's a snob and this is hardly Nina's work, but. It is better than the wretched Smile costume... ]

These will do, I suppose...

[ And of course Ciel goes straight to the brolita section ]

I'm surprised that there's even anything remotely suitable. I thought I would have to wear commoners' clothing. [ wow ]

[harepiece]

[rude... Oz can be mature when he wants to be okay!!

either way, completely oblivious to the fact that it's hilarious that Ciel is basically wearing a slightly fancier halloween costume and preferring it to a circus costume, Oz just sort of meanders in after him. he's looking around at the other things on the walls while he does, curious.]

There's nothing wrong with that! They're a lot easier to move around in, aren't they? [says Oz "what type of clothing even is that" Vessalius.] But I'm glad that you found some things you might like.

[harepiece]

[what the heck why are you guys living with predator]

That's really brave of her, then, trying to take on something like that... She sounds like an admirable person. I'm glad that she's helping you, too!