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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[mediumburgers]

[ Wow rude it was a valid question! ]

O...kay okay! [ Maya wolf-whistles to get everyone's attention. ] HEY, EVERYONE! Does anyone want to volunteer to have their hand cut off? It's very important! Unless someone has a better idea to get the bracelets off, which would be really appreciated!

[flatview]

Why don't we just break someone's hand? Smash it into a bunch of pieces and slip it through the bracelet like that. I mean, it's better than cutting it off.

[ this would normally be the part where she volunteers her hand for sacrifice, but she doesn't have her handy regeneration here oops ]

[obeytherod]

It's under our skin, how do we know it's not rooted to something even further down? I tried taking it off already, but if you want to try breaking somebody's hand, I won't stop you.

[flatview]

[ a shrug ]

Try cutting the skin around the bracelet itself, see if it's rooted to the muscles or something.

[obeytherod]

Do you have a knife? [He's dead serious.]

[flatview]

Mmmmm, not on me! But I'm sure there's tons in the kitchen back in the barracks.

[obeytherod]

Then why don't we try it on you? [Since she's clearly volunteering.]

[flatview]

Are you kidding? You can't sew with an injured hand!

[obeytherod]

[He wrinkles his nose.] Fine, then let's find someone else!

[We're so close to maiming and smashing someone's hand to pieces, don't stop now.]

[mediumburgers]

Oh, that might be a better idea! Broken hands can heal better than stumps! And we wouldn't need to find an ax.

Does anyone want to volunteer to have their hand broken into thousands of pieces?

[ no ]

[flatview]

[ laughs evilly ]

And it's way easier to put a hand in a cast than to sew a hand back onto a wrist, anyway!

[mediumburgers]

[ wh...y does that laugh sound so evil ]

Yeah! Though, we better get all the painkillers from medical before we do anything-- that's going to hurt whoever agrees to it, a lot.

[godwhisperer]

[Considering.]

Hmm...not a bad plan. All right.

[photonement]

Tanaka, no!

We are not going to mutilate our bodies just because that person made us think it would be a good idea! Amputation's not safe! You could have a... a... [she learned this word from Mikan, what was it -- the recollection combined with the situation makes her shout:] Embolism!

[godwhisperer]

As an elemental of chaos, I must often use the blood of my body to serve my particular ends.

[No, but he's fairly serious.]

Do not think to ask me to approach this with passive acceptance. Like sheep to slaughter, or so they say! Ahaha! No, I truly think not. In life, there is no going backwards, only moving forward or perishing where one stands! That is the world created to serve Gundam Tanaka!

[photonement]

Have you even considered why those things beep when we try to take them off? What if it detects metal or whatever? There's nothing proactive about wounding yourself at the first sign of trouble! Did you short-circuit your school ID and electrocute yourself when Monokuma updated the rules?

[She's shaking, largely because of her own doubts that she might be the coward here for refusing to cut off her own hand]

[mediumburgers]

Really? Ok! Now all we need is an ax or giant knife-- or something heavy and blunt if you'd rather have your hand broken like that girl suggested.

[ This is a bad idea Maya no. ]

We could also use a doctor, but I don't think we have any on hand.