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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[flatview]

You don't need to be a linguist to know what irony is~!

[ twirling her parasol around for effect ]

Both! I'm the REVOCS corporation's grand couturier. Which I would say you should already know, but by the looks of that dress, you're not from my world.

[ 'like I would design something like that' ] Fits the girl next door image, though. A bob is way cuter than a bowl cut. [ somewhere out there, Mako Mankanshoku sneezes ]

[photonement]

[The couturier's hit a nerve, and Mahiru's incensed response has probably been rehearsed.] I just keep my hair short because long hair would get in my eyes while I'm taking pictures! That's all!

Besides, my old school had a pretty somber dress code... [She said strict in the first draft of this tag but lbr that applied to KLK school too]

And we're working with the wardrobe our kidnappers provided, right?

[flatview]

Hey, don't get your panties in a bunch--I said it was cute, didn't I?

Oh, what was it? [ nui why do you care about her school's dress code she's not from honnouji

another shrug at that ]

[photonement]

Tourin Academy.

[I really hope I'm reading that kanji right]

A lot of our patrons were really traditional types.

[....yakuza. they were yakuza]

[flatview]

No, silly, I meant the dress code. What did you have to wear?

[ .... ]

What, like, the kind of people who wear kimono all day, even when it's not a holiday?

[photonement]

Us students wore jumpers like this or jackets. Starched blouses, high socks, black shoes. But the board members...

They wore suits with thin stripes every day. Sometimes even gloves. [Look at Mahiru's hands stressing the pinky and ring fingers. Digital amputation punishment.]

In this economy are we really all supposed to have money for the latest trends?

[flatview]

Not even a sailor fuku or gakuran? W~ow.

Pinstripes and missing fingers...what, were they all yakuza? What a weird school. [ YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW HONNOUJI IS A FUCKING OPPRESSIVE DICTATORSHIP ]

If you wanna look good, yes.

[photonement]

That's just elementary schooler stuff...

[LEAVING THE YAKUZA QUESTION AS AN EXERCISE FOR THE READER.]

Our studies should matter more than how we look if you ask me.

[flatview]

No way, no way, lots of highschools have them!

[ giggling again ]

You should still look good while doing it. I mean, would you really be motivated to go to school every day if you had to wear an ugly, ugly outfit over something cute?

[photonement]

Uh, yes, duh? I've been slogging to school in this kind of thing for three years, why would I stop now.

Would you seriously skip class just because of a frumpy uniform?

[flatview]

Wow, that's some motivation!

Well, yeah. If it's ugly, it's ugly.

[photonement]

At this rate I bet you're gonna feel like Mahiru Koizumi is an ugly average name too...

[flatview]

It's lyrical-sounding. [ ... ] Let me guess, 'Koizumi' uses the characters for 'little fountain'!

[photonement]

No, it's love ink. [koi + sumi] Of course it's little fountain!

Now, can you introduce yourself too? Don't be shy.

[had not thought of bracelets back then poor drowsy Mahiru]

[flatview]

Well, it coulda been something else! You could use that if you wrote romance novels. Hmmm...Mahiru, Mahiru...'true noon'!

And I'm Nui Harime! [ 'sewing' and 'stitch' what a startlingly appropriate name for a seamstress ]

[photonement]

With Toko Fukawa on the market I've got some sorta stiff competition!

[Stitch straight up...] Wow, is that a stage name? I mean, a catwalk name? Do they have those in the fashion industry? N-no offense.

[flatview]

Hmmmmm...never heard of her!

Nope, real name! My maman gave it to me like anyone else. [ or in this case 'ragyo wanted a suitably tacky/punny name for her so she made one up'. sure let's call my fake daughter "sewing stitch." ]