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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[photonement]

[Mahiru reads the rules three times in a row, all the blood draining from her face, and fingers shaking; but her mouth stays shut. She doesn't have the luxury of being sure the VIPs are a great big joke - not after Teruteru turned on Nagito as a proxy for the whole class including poor Byakuya. These VIPs - if they're not actors, which would probably be affordable if the kidnapping was so easy while the setting was cheap as hell - must be possible to motivate.

She focuses on the least lethal rule and calls out in an only slightly panicked voice.]

Has anyone won a prize yet? Was that in the carnival section?

[ineptus]

Why would anyone want one of their dumb prizes? Especially if it's part of all of this VIP stuff?

[Come on. They're probably bad things anyway, right...?]

[photonement]

They could protect us! Maybe even take off our bracelets! We have to find out for sure.

[ineptus]

[She hadn't thought about that, but then she doesn't really want to believe any of this is true anyway...]

Well...maybe we can all give the carnival games a try then together? If the prizes aren't going to be something lame or dangerous anyway. Which they probably will be.

[photonement]

Hey, are you the one who already played with--??

[Somethingclicks as Mahiru looks from Mabel to Clash.]

[ineptus]

Already played with what? I didn't really play any of the carnival games yet, I just wanted all the free cotton candy the food places nearby were offering!

[royalizing]

I do recall there were several game stations in the carnival section, though I didn't play any myself.

[photonement]

Natalia-chan...

[Assumin' they exchanged names in the mess hall CHARGING AHEAD]

We gotta go back there first thing tomorrow and see what we can get!

[royalizing]

[ YES THEY MUST HAVE ]

Do you think number five is referring to that? [ As loathe as she is to play along with any of this, if it's something that can help them... ]

[photonement]

Maybe not, but same difference: we gotta look for these prizes somewhere.

[royalizing]

All right. Tomorrow morning, we'll go to the carnival and try the games.

[fanbase]

I played a game for some girl. I don't know what prize she won since she took whatever, but it didn't look like there was much there. Just some dinky reject toys.

[photonement]

Toys...? Aw, man. Maybe they have secret meanings like toy ambulance trucks.

[fanbase]

I didn't pay much attention to what they were, it's not my kinda scene.

You can ask her though; she's short, brown hair with pigtails.