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]

[Did someone say "whip up something good" because that is what Oz heard and here he is...

Kind of lurking a little, because he always gets chased out of kitchens for some mysterious reason?! But he'll be peering around the side and into the kitchen area as she rummages around, curious and hungry and trying to find a good way to start this conversation that isn't "I just met you and this is crazy but I care more about eating than getting this bracelet off currently so teach me how to cook maybe".]

...I'm guessing that you aren't staff here either, right?

[belgian]

Nope! [Belgium examines the rations provided critically, taking out the things she decides she'll put up with for now.] It doesn't seem like anyone's working here, so I thought I'd make something for myself. I just woke up here, what about you?

[harepiece]

Mmhm... This is all pretty weird, isn't it? [Though he honestly doesn't sound hugely troubled, all things considered...

Either way, he'll take the lack of immediately being shooed off as an invitation to walk in fully, which he does!]

Do you think that we're allowed to use their food?

[belgian]

Whoever owns this place brought us here, so the least they can do is feed us. [Belgium has no problem taking food from kidnappers. She's happy to let him watch her as she picks out food to make.] Do you want some?

[harepiece]

[WELL, he can certainly get behind that line of thinking, so he doesn't ask twice. In fact, his face lights up as soon as she asks that...]

Is that fine? I'd really appreciate it!

[Guess who has two thumbs and can't even turn on a stove it is Oz.]

[belgian]

Don't worry about it! [Belgium starts cutting up some of the vegetables.] It'll have to be something simple since there's not much to work with, so I hope that's okay!

[harepiece]

Of course! [It would be the pinnacle of rudeness to be like no that is not satisfactory, good lord.]

...Is there anything that I can do to help?

[belgian]

Have you cooked much before? [Belgium doesn't want to ask him to do something that's way over his head!]

[harepiece]

[Ah, the embarrassment of being an inept noble...]

...No. But I can cut vegetables and things like that!

[belgian]

[Offering him the knife! Handle first, of course.] You cut, and I'll teach you the rest.

[harepiece]

[Thank you Belgium, you are protecting him from digit loss.]

All right. Do I need to wash them first, or have they already been washed? [At least he knows that much...]

[belgian]

They're washed. [She grins.] Seems like you already know the basics! [Positive encouragement!]

[harepiece]

[He looks proud to be one step above completely inept!!]

I've watched Gil cook before! [AW YEAH. But with that out of the way, he'll go grab a kitchen knife and look for a cutting board. He can totally do this... how exciting.]

[belgian]

[Belgium will sort out some pans and pots in the meantime, judging them intensely to see if they are up to standard.] Is Gil a brother or sister or one of your friends?

[harepiece]

[Oz will cut the vegetables! He does a questionable job of it, but what can you do.]

He's my servant and my closest friend! And he makes the best desserts that I've ever tasted. [Clearly that is the most important part...]