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

[uncoincidental]

[You have narrowly avoided being ranted at about how Sheba can be "every bit as heroic as some guy," Ciel... Good job... You're better at this than Moapa...]

People don't really say "I want to be powerful" very often, I guess. It makes them look power-hungry, and then people get suspicious of them. [The stew is coming along nicely... ish... time to season it with some pepper and salt. A few more minutes to simmer and it should be okay to eat, probably.]

...this is almost done, I think. Sorry if it's not what you're used to eating, being an earl.

[harepiece]

[A nod!]

All right! Where do you want to look first, Miss Natalia? [He's already starting to mosey away from the barracks while speaking...]

[harepiece]

[Note to self: don't manhandle robots or you will probably feel their muscles.]

Hm... I wonder if all of the rooms are occupied. They all seem to have names, at least.

[harepiece]

Thanks! [He'll take the offered help, stepping up onto the train and grabbing onto a rail so he doesn't go flying off when it jerks to a start again.]

What does your sword look like? I'll look for that too, just in case. [Like someone's just going to have left it under a shelf in the candy shop or something...]

...I guess I don't really have much besides my watch. One thing can't be found, either. [Because the things that he is missing are not really marbles or gum OOPS.] But thanks for the offer!

[harepiece]

[Look... he will risk his own life on the roller coaster but he doesn't want anyone else to go spiraling to their demise!!]

It's just the sort of thing that you'd have to be really prepared for.

[harepiece]

[HE IS SO DOWN WITH THIS look at how excited he is!!]

I'd really like that! I've never really been able to have a good look at cameras or anything, so being able to see a moving picture - I'm looking forward to it. Thank you!

[harepiece]

Heated coils? That sounds really convenient... [And by that he means a lot harder to light things on fire... He'll hold the watch out a little for her to get a better listen to, though.]

How long should we time it for?

[jingler]

I am trapped inside of it. The lock is on the back of my head, but without a key I cannot escape. It has been like this for quite some time.

[jingler]

Yes. Silly isn't it? I would have been more thankful for the rescue, had this sudden introduction of a killing game never come to be. Out of the pot, into the oven, I believe is the appropriate saying.

[ineptus]

Yeah but the miners were really cute.

[OKAY MABEL FOCUS. FOCUS.]

That's exactly what I remember too though! So we can't have lost too much time.

[impheired]

Well no shit, that bastard bear was behind it. We should have known from the start that it wasn't going to be fun.

[And yet they...went anyway. Like idiots.]

But good, at least somebody's...sort of on the same damn page as me. [He actually seems a little relieved about this. He'd still prefer it if Hinata or Owari or Sonia were here as well, but this is better than being stuck with only people from CHAPTER TWO.] That being said though...that means there's a certain secret of mine that only you and one other person know. I shouldn't have to tell you what'll happen to you if you around spilling a yakuza's secrets.

[Please tell him you picked up on his usage of "Pekoyama" earlier and understand what that means, Gundam. Please. He'll even welcome a response in vague, super-hammy language, in this case.]

[paws_and_rewind]

[ You... are a true friend! Missile twists his head around and licks his new pal's wrist. Friendship and support go both ways, after all! Consider it a pact written in the bonds of blood eternal nah it's just dog spit. Dog spit and possibly some sausage residue. ]

[royalizing]

When I was walking around earlier, I saw something that looked like a castle... Perhaps we could start there.

[ As expected of a true princess...! ]

[jingler]

"Not uncommon" is quite the understatement with such a large number! It seems we will need to find further signs of an exact location before you can pinpoint our exact location. But I thank you for trying Legion.

[terci]

[He nods.]

So we went to bed and sometime during the night, we were kidnapped. But we went back to the shack around 2AM and woke up here around... I dunno six in the morning maybe? [He shrugs]

Anyway, that means we either took around four hours to get here, or twenty.

[5_9]

You are welcome. If a connection is found, I will attempt to reintegrate with Geth networks. Finding our location will take approximately 0.0035 seconds if this is done.

[5_9]

[ Legion will withdraw his hand because I forgot to say he did last tag whoops... But it'll also look at the other doors! ]

We could knock.

[cheats]

[ and off the train goes, I guess!! Off to candyland... and also clothing. But you know which of the two Ciel is going to make a beeline for. ]

How do you even prepare for something like that? [ He scoffs ] Have a doctor waiting for you at the end?

[siggey]

We might find out soon. Our kidnappers wouldn't get all of us just to make us spend the rest of our lives here, right?

[ I shake my head. ]

I thought that cloaked man in a gas mask might be responsible for this, but then someone told me that's apparently supposed to be part of another kidnapping I am GOING to be involved in.

[ Maybe I should grab some of those sandwiches and just go for it. Can't exactly replace liquor, but sugar's better than nothing, right?

...Wait, but one's a depressant and the other's a stimulant... Uurgh, great. How'd I even get THAT mixed up? ]

[siggey]

Retrograde amnesia, huh?

[ Never heard of it, but guess it can't hurt for me to remember it. ]

Kinda hard to when we don't know anything about each other - or well, I don't anything about you, since you somehow already know me. But fine, it's not like it's a big deal anyway.

[ I get on my knees, remembering that I didn't check the bottom cupboards. ]

[edealistical]

I guess that means... they must be watching us right now, somehow.

[She glances around.]

I'm afraid I'm not very good with this kind of thing. The only technology we have is governed by the power of the Crystals.

[poyoyon]

You can study Ibuki all you like, Legion-chan! You're her friend, after all, so if you spend enough time with her, you too will be able to bend the laws of physics!

[edealistical]

Stretches for loosening up after a battle!

[She won't bother asking about the yoga.]

A knight must always be prepared to take up their sword at any moment. We're the masters of relaxing in the brief moments we have.

[siggey]

Yep, you really have absolutely no idea what I'm saying...

[ I keep petting the dog anyway. It's actually pretty therapeutic... I've had a rough day, and it's not even evening yet. ]

[siggey]

Nope, but good try. It actually does the opposite. It prevents you from inhaling noxious and dangerous gas.