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

[siggey]

You 'don't think'? A hand is way too precious for me to lose it so young. I still need it to write papers, turn magazine pages, flip barbecues, drive...

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Roles, right. ...How many do you think have roles, among regular guests?

before conVERSION smh

[photonement]

Yeah, I don't think! What do you want me to say, there's no way in the fires of hell that's what we should do?

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I think there are eight for now, at a minimum, the way I read it. So... even our special roles outnumber the special guests.

would you like for me to delete and edit?

[siggey]

That would've been better! Unless you want to be a pirate.

Yeah, you're probably right. I wonder why it still says 'meets' for the detonator, though. Does the guy just... sit by themselves in a room and consults a mirror or something?

[photonement]

((OOC: No, your tag is fine! I just meant that she was wrong about assuming that they wouldn't let a conversion happen so enjoyed pointing out the dramatic irony))

Maybe "meets" is this term they have to use to, like, indicate that the role leaves their room. And the detective doesn't?

[siggey]

((OOC: Whelp SORRY FOR MISUNDERSTANDING... I can read I swear orz))

...Huh, yeah, that could be it. The detective just learns the alignment, according to the rulebook. Doesn't look like they get to pick, so that's a pretty solid theory.

I wonder how that goes down. Do they just get a slip of paper, like from a fortune cookie?

[photonement]

That'd be too easy. Then they could just pass it around.

[siggey]

Someone could still forge it. Do you have a better idea?

[photonement]

Forge it? I thought a fortune cookie would be typed and we don't have a printer. Even Aya-chan's gonna have to handwrite the newspaper.

[siggey]

The cookie itself would be better proof if that was actually the case.

[ I'm pretty serious when I say that. ]

Anyway, if you don't have a better idea, I'm going to stick to it.

[photonement]

We should all just order Chinese when this is over... haha...

[siggey]

I'm down. My winter break should be starting too, if it wasn't for this damn kidnapping.

[photonement]

Where were you going? Skiing or stuck at home?

[siggey]

Don't get snow where I'm from. Probably gonna watch a few movies and read something not assigned by a professor...

[ It's depressing, now that I think about it. I'm probably going to end up cracking a few physics and bio books before the next semester starts anyway, these ain't easy stuff. ]

[photonement]

Ever seen Jisatsu Sakuru? It's kinda violent, but I'd say it's inspiring in the end.

[Puts her chin in her hand.] My high school's on a... different schedule. I can't remember when classes are supposed to start.

[siggey]

Ji... what?

[ Never heard of it. Is this a Japanese horror movie or something... ]

You don't... what? Are there no calendars?

[photonement]

[yes it's a Japanese horror movie AND A REALLY GORY ONE GOOD GOD WHY DOES MAHIRU WATCH THESE]

Not when we... arrived... it's--kinda complicated.

[She looks down at her hands. Seems really reluctant to continue talking all of a sudden]

[siggey]

[She didn't elaborate, so I'm not going to ask. ]

Alright. You know that girl who keeps referring to herself in the third person?

[photonement]

Ibuki-chan? Ibuki is Ibuki? I sure do! Why do you ask? Did she give you any trouble? She's a bit of a handful but she's really good at what she does and she really doesn't mean any harm...

[siggey]

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Well, that answered more than I asked. ]

So you DO know each other.

She was, uh, alright... She just sticks out, with the way she talks and everything. A classmate of yours, Mahiru?

[photonement]

Mmm-hmm! Right there with all the other Super High School Level students. Peko Pekoyama and Gundam Tanaka and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu.

[siggey]

...Super High School Level?

[ ...Do I even need to ask, why is it called that? ]

[photonement]

Yup! Every student at Hope's Peak Academy gets a title like that.

[WELCOME TO DANGANRONPA.]

[siggey]

Huh. That's...

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Pretty unique, never heard of a school that does stuff like that. So you ended up here with 4 classmates you already knew? Company must be pretty good. You guys all got together already?

[photonement]

Yeah, we had a big meeting today, confirmed it was the five of us. It's not that big a deal though. Aren't there five kids who are hosts from some other school, too?

[siggey]

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[ I shrug. Can't say I care. Anyway, I've got something else in mind anyhow. ]

This may sound weird, but do you all remember the same things from school? Since you guys don't seem to know the date. Like, does any one of you remember stuff that hasn't happened to someone else yet, making it sound impossibly as if they're from the future?