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

[jingler]

My name is K. It's a pleasure to meet you, Royce. How are you feeling? I'm aware everyone has awoken with the same injuries and it seems like everyone is feeling light-headed and best and stumbling at worst.

[eventhandler]

I could...[A grimace, as he raises a thin hand to brush through his dark unruly hair.] I have felt better.

...Were our heads tampered with? There was a scar, if I remember...

[jingler]

Yes, I believe that is the case. I cannot see my own head wound, but I can feel it on the side of my head. Everyone seems to have the same head wound, but the reason for it seems to be mysterious.

[eventhandler]

I don't, ah, see a wound. On your head. [A pause.] Orrrr do you have a head on the inside? Of that armor, or whatever you have.

[jingler]

Yes, I do in fact have a head. I'm trapped inside this suit of armor however, so I cannot check my own injury. Whoever operated us seemed to have a sense of humor about taking my armor off and then putting it right back on.

[eventhandler]

Oh, so...I see. This isn't how you look like, in reality.

...You say that as if you cannot take your own armor off, though. How come?

[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.

[eventhandler]

That is...well, that is really a sad happenstance.

Have you tried prying it off, perhaps? Crowbar, etcetera?