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

[chronic]

...Huh? Are you serious? [ He slips from his horse a little as he turns to stare. ]

[jingler]

Yes. But this is an ongoing problem that came from before I even awoke here, so it wasn't caused by our kidnappers if that's what you're thinking.

[Because with all the head injuries around, it's an easy misconception to make.]

[chronic]

You think we were kidnapped?

[ He frowns. Well, that's probably it, but the term has such an unfortunate connotation... This place may be run down but it doesn't seem TOO sinister. ]

[jingler]

Of course. I cannot think of any other way to describe it. Waking up in an unknown location, with a head injury of some sort at that, with dozens of strangers. Unless some people agreed to come here of their own will, as that could always be a possibility.

[chronic]

Maybe it's some sorta social experiment.

[jingler]

Social experiment? Interesting. I hadn't even considered the possibility. Bringing a large group of people to an abandoned amusement park...perhaps they wish us all to bond with each other and become friends then.

[That's a much nicer thought than what K considered -- that being it's yet another death trap.]