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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[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.

[siggey]

[tabs back from another window]

It's a pretty big park. Now let's see...

[ I start shuffling through the nearest cupboard. ]

[jingler]

That cupboard looks very spacious. It looks like they wanted to make sure there was enough space to feed a large amount of people.

[siggey]

For the staff, maybe? There's kidney beans, diced tomatoes, and chick peas... That's actually not bad.

[ For a normal person's diet, anyway. ]

[jingler]

Kidney beans? Are those...made of actual kidneys?

[siggey]

NO.

[ I'm taking the can so I can keep it away from K. There's a good salad that uses kidney beans I think I'll try whipping up later. ]

[jingler]

......You don't need to be so dramatic about it.

[Onto the next thing then?]

[siggey]

Chick peas are also not actually made from chicks, K.

[ I mutter angrily before heading for the fridge, the poor can of kidney beans still tucked protectively in my arm. ]

[jingler]

[He peers into the fridge alongside Sigma.]

Ah, so there is fresh food here. Fruit, vegetables, meat. Though everyone will have to eat it fast to ensure it doesn't spoil.

[siggey]

Apples, bananas, oranges. The classics, I guess. Lettuce, mushrooms, broccoli, chicken breast, and ground beef. Nice, I could work with this too.

[ Dibs on the ground beef. I better find a post-it note... But would that be enough? ]

Animals eat fruits and vegetables though, don't they?

[jingler]

Some of them do. The rabbits should like the carrots. I wonder if there are any monkeys here to give bananas to.

[siggey]

That's just urban legend. Rabbits eat plenty of stuff other than carrots. Goats eat apples, I'm pretty sure, we could try lettuce on the other herbivores too.