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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[mediumburgers]

[ wh...y does that laugh sound so evil ]

Yeah! Though, we better get all the painkillers from medical before we do anything-- that's going to hurt whoever agrees to it, a lot.

[mediumburgers]

Okay, I will!

[ She cheers right up at victory. ]

[siggey]

You think the person who kidnapped you for that warehouse somehow magically wiped your memories, but you could still talk and act like a person?

[ I briefly look back at K, before shrugging and moving away from the shelf to go back at the cupboards area. ]

[mediumburgers]

[ CONTINUES PETTING have many scratches behind the ear, spongedog. Nothing turns :( into :) faster than cute doggy friend. ]

[mediumburgers]

Really? Ok! Now all we need is an ax or giant knife-- or something heavy and blunt if you'd rather have your hand broken like that girl suggested.

[ This is a bad idea Maya no. ]

We could also use a doctor, but I don't think we have any on hand.

[jingler]

"Talk and act like a person"? Are you insinuating that I'm actually a robot who thinks they're a human? That's preposterous. I can feel bodily sensations like my head injury. Those aren't feelings a machine made of nuts and bolts can have.

[The notion alone feels horribly offensive to him, for reasons he can't quite explain. Nevertheless he follows Sigma to the cupboards.]

Is there something else you need in here?

[mediumburgers]

Yeah, what he said! I second whatever he just said! We all just need to agree that killing each other is really dumb and no one will die!

[ Foolproof plan in Maya's opinion. ]

[siggey]

[ I shrug. ]

How should I know? You could be anything beneath that mask. I'm just saying forgetting about yourself but not how to talk and think is pretty weird. And specific.

[ There might be a name for that sort of amnesia, but it's not my field of study. ]

Just looking through again to see if I missed anything. I'm gonna take some of these back to my room with me before we head back to the petting zoo.

[sparklyrichbastard]

[He laughs good-naturedly, but stops as soon as she mentions the rides.]

I can't say I have. It's a shame, as I've always wanted to visit a commoner's amusement park, but this place is just too suspicious.

[ineptus]

You should really try some! I've ridden basically all of the ones that work and I can say, 100% fact, they are all super fun!

[sparklyrichbastard]

...Really? They're not dangerous? Because they look super dangerous!

[ineptus]

Not at all! They look really dangerous but I think that's supposed to be part of the fun! We could ride the teacups if you wanted? Just start out slow!

[Or really fast, depending on how you want to spin those cups.]

[sparklyrichbastard]

I suppose just one couldn't hurt...

Very well! Lead the way, my princess!

[ineptus]

[Be still heart. She's just riding the teacups with the most perfect boy alive. Who is calling her his princess. Nothing to go skipping beats over.

Except yes that's the perfect reason to skip beats over lord.]

Okay!

[Hopping to her feat, she brushes herself off a little and does just as told. Teacups here they come!]

What's your favorite color, Tamaki?

[ineptus]

Okay, okay, might be. But what would it mean if we were in one of those places? And how did we even get here? I know they said they took our memories but aren't those like...a long ways away from Oregon? How many memories did they take exactly??

[sparklyrichbastard]

Whatever color you like, my dear.

[sparklyrichbastard]

And I can't imagine why anyone might kidnap me, either, except for my family's influence and wealth!

[terci]

............................

[He. He didn't even think about that...]


Maybe we were taken there by plane? So we only lost.. a few hours..?

[ineptus]

D'aww...you're just saying that! [And she certainly likes what you're saying if the blush is anything to go by.]

They have red, green and blue cups! I've already ridden in one of the red ones.

[ineptus]

Okay but how did they get us all into a plane? Or do they have multiple planes...?

[sparklyrichbastard]

[Striking a pose]

Blue, then, for the sky and the ocean, and our teacup vessel that will take us beyond them both!

[terci]

They could have multiple.. or like a really big plane..? [Mabel he's starting to freak out a little again..]

[eventhandler]

You have been in a...game before?

[If possible, Royce's stare gets even more intense. So, wait, there was another game like this one? That is not a good sign. Not at all. But then again, this individual seems to have survived, so...maybe it all wouldn't turn out do bad.]

I think...I think that what you're saying is easier said than done. If these VIPS do exist...what is stopping them from lying that they won't kill, and then killing later?

[ineptus]

...Dipper. No. Calm down. [Mabel are you talking to your brother or a dog...]

Whatever happened, it was probably only a couple hours of memory lost yeah! So nothing major. Like...what's the last thing you remember happening? Before waking up here?

[eventhandler]

You have to, er, open it. To get the food. You don't eat the can.

[He's seriously not trying to patronize - he's met people before this who apparently don't know how to play games or think they're the masters of animals. At this point, this doesn't surprise him.]