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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[jingler]

[In the petting zoo at the same time is K, tending to the lambs. Or well, he's sadly watching them and feeling sorry he has no food to give them. They seem so hungry too, but none of the food in the stands would be appropriate he thinks.]

If only there were fresh vegetables or grass even.

[He hasn't noticed Sigma yet, but he's a little too absorbed in the lambs right now.]

[siggey]

We could probably drop by the mess hall and look for something there. Canned beans can't be that great for them either, though.

[ I don't get up, but I do almost fall on my butt when I turn my head to see who talked, just now. That's a REALLY suspicious suit... No wonder his voice sounded weird! ]

[jingler]

Yes. I am worried - it is sad that they may die of starvation while we have plenty to eat.

[He turns around then and immediately freezes up, realizing who he just spoke to.]

Sigma? ...You're here too?

[Was he not alone captured?]

[siggey]

Blame it on the responsible jerk who kidnapped us in the first place. I still can't believe how many kids I've seen since I woke up, but malnourished animals to boot? This amusement park is messed up.

[ I was going to stand up until I realized what the costumed man said next. ]

Wait... what?

[ WHAT?? ]

[jingler]

What?

[He says, genuinely confused at his reaction.]

Have I...made a mistake? You are Sigma, aren't you? At least you look slightly similar to him, right down to the same clothes.

[Maybe it is a mix-up then. Or he has amnesia as well - he hopes that isn't the case.]

[siggey]

What do you mean, too, and how the hell do you know my name?!

[jingler]

Oh my...it seems I've made a mistake...and yet you are Sigma. This is a very peculiar situation.

[Does he have amnesia then? He hopes not. K sighs and picks himself up from the ground, seeming even larger than before and towering well over Sigma.]

Please do not distress. My name is K. I know your name because we have met before.

[siggey]

I am Sigma. A guy your size would be hard to forget. I have no idea who you are, but you are wearing a mask...

[ I narrow my eyes. Could he have been the kidnapper, too? You can't get any more suspicious than how this man is dressed. ]

So how'd that happen, and when was that?

[jingler]

It happened before I arrived here. You, I and seven other people were trapped inside a warehouse and forced into playing a game by a mysterious captor. You...really have no memory of any of that?

[This isn't good. He's already probably suspicious to Sigma now.]

I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm talking nonsense. If you wish, I won't speak of it again. It isn't important right now, all things considered.

[siggey]

NO, I don't. I DO remember getting kidnapped, but then I woke up here, as you can see for yourself.

[ Yeah I really can't buy any of this, but at the same time, what's he gotta gain making this up? If he's just trying to confuse me, this entire park already did good enough of a job, thanks all the same! ]

Too late for take-backs, sorry. But let me get this straight, just for the sake of your argument, even if that sounds completely crazy. You're telling me we got trapped in a warehouse with 7 other people. But here you are now, and I don't remember any of that.

Am I following you, so far?

[jingler]

Yes. I know it sounds absurd and very suspicious, but do you honestly believe I would lie about this? It wouldn't make sense if we truly are strangers to say such nonsensical things.

[He feels bad because he understands the confusion of not knowing something that seems important. Amnesia is a terrible thing.]

[siggey]

[ I wave my hand irritably. If he's going to tell me an insane story and be self-conscious about it, at least save the apologies.

I just want to confirm one thing. ]

How did the nine people get trapped in that warehouse, anyway?

[jingler]

Well, I do not remember how I was trapped there unfortunately.

The others, you included, described being in an isolated area and suddenly being knocked out with gas. They all mentioned they saw a figure in a black cloak and a gas mask before they passed out. I assume my experience was similar despite no recollection.

[siggey]

Yeah, that!

[ Hit the last thing I remember right on the nail. But wait, if that's the case... ]

Never mind everything, are you saying we got double-kidnapped?!

[jingler]

"Double-kidnapped" is a crude way of putting it, but yes. Kidnapped from a kidnapping in progress.

[At the very least he's gained a little more credibility now to Sigma.]

Hm. So you remember being kidnapped, yet you awake here with no memories of the warehouse itself. How very troubling.

[siggey]

How else are you supposed to call this? If I'm here now and you tell me I'm supposed to have been kidnapped by SOMEONE ELSE, doesn't that just mean whoever's running this park beat them to the punch? I'm not gonna bust outta here just to get kidnapped again to whatever you were describing!

[jingler]

Sigma, please, stop yelling. You must remain calm. If we get out of here, then we could very well go to help the other seven still trapped. We will escape if we work together, I promise you.

[siggey]

[ I scrunch my hand up to my face. My head still feels like it's going to explode, but for an entirely different reason than earlier in the morning. I just want to yell some more, but this masked man is right. Panicking isn't going to solve anything, and as we're both aware, him making up a double kidnapping story about us serves no point. ]

I donno if I wanna hear more. One 'trapped in a creepy place' at a time, if it's all the same with you. ...K, right?

[jingler]

Yes, K, and I agree. We should focus on the situation at hand and then get back to worrying about the rest. We can't do anything to help them until we help ourselves.

Now, if you would like, I can walk around with you for the time being. I don't think I want to stay here anymore - the lambs upset me.

[Poor lamb...]

[siggey]

That's a really weird name. Were you always called that? And you said you don't remember too, so just assumed you were also kidnapped?

[ Now that I'm making a better effort at breathing, I should bring up some of the other stuff he mentioned earlier that sounded suspicious, too. ]

...

Why do the lambs upset you?

[I glance back at the animals, but my attention ends up on the rabbits again. They've hopped away. Huh... ]

[jingler]

They are dying of starvation. I feel sad that there may be no way to help them and yet I wonder why they are here at all. So far they seem to be the only living things here, aside from all of us.

[That all aside...]

K. It is the name I picked myself. ...This is going to sound incredibly suspicious to you, but when I woke from my kidnapping I suddenly came up with a case of amnesia. I don't remember anything about myself, name included, so I picked the letter "K". It feels...familiar to me, somehow.

[siggey]

[ I'm done yelling, so I'm just going to rub my nose to convey how tired I am at being fed bullshit I don't have much other choice BUT to swallow. ]

Oh.

Alright, I guess. You... wanna head back to the mess hall, and see if there's anything we can give to the animals here?

[jingler]

[Oh, he's...okay with it? Really? That's wonderful to hear. For a moment K thought they would go back to yelling and shouting but things are good.]

Yes, that sounds like a good plan. We should go at once. Allow me to lead.

[He begins to walk, leading the way. Maybe Sigma will feel better if he is ahead of him instead of behind him.]

[siggey]

[ I know I'm slumping and it's not good for my back but I'm out of fucks to give. I am going to follow this extremely suspicious guy in a robot suit back to the mess hall, to see if we can find vegetables to feed the petting zoo animals.

Yes.

So with a sigh, that's exactly what I'll proceed to do. ]

[insert 10 hours long beeping map traveling sequence, JUST LIKE CANON]

[jingler]

[BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP -- BEEPBEEP.

And then they arrive and K opens the door.]

It looks like no one is around. Though everyone is currently dispersed all around the park.