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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[impheired]

[The confusion deepens on Kuzuryuu's end because he is not really sure what to take that reaction of Gundam's to even mean.]

Yeah, me now. What's the problem with that?

[godwhisperer]

Of course, I can travel dimensions and walk the realms of the dead, but I never expected you had such abilities.

[impheired]

[Give him a minute to try and parse that...WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, GUNDAM? GOD.]

...does that...mean you remember the goddamn funhouse? Mioda and Pekoyama don't remember as much as they should, Mioda especially. She doesn't even remember how I lost my damn eye. Kinda figured the same'd hold true for you. [But he certainly will not be complaining if that's the case. Which it seems to be, unless he's completely misinterpreting that "realms of the dead" thing.]

[godwhisperer]

As I said, I am capable of traversing dimensions.

[No, but, bingo.]

As for the rest...you see, for me, who has experienced the equivalent of eons upon this plane, the concept of memory is so inexact! If it was insignificant in the grand scheme of my life and great plans, in truth I admit there is a chance I would have cast it aside, as a grain of sand in the vast desert. However, I do remember the circumstances through which you lost your eye. I also remember that funhouse, though, cruel irony, it was neither a house nor fun!

[impheired]

Well no shit, that bastard bear was behind it. We should have known from the start that it wasn't going to be fun.

[And yet they...went anyway. Like idiots.]

But good, at least somebody's...sort of on the same damn page as me. [He actually seems a little relieved about this. He'd still prefer it if Hinata or Owari or Sonia were here as well, but this is better than being stuck with only people from CHAPTER TWO.] That being said though...that means there's a certain secret of mine that only you and one other person know. I shouldn't have to tell you what'll happen to you if you around spilling a yakuza's secrets.

[Please tell him you picked up on his usage of "Pekoyama" earlier and understand what that means, Gundam. Please. He'll even welcome a response in vague, super-hammy language, in this case.]

[godwhisperer]

[You know, he doesn't actually quite understand. He doesn't think enough about what other people are doing to really notice. So he'll just avoid mentioning anything about Kuzuryuu that might be a yakuza secret, including his relationship with Pekoyama.]

To me? Hah! What an idle threat that is, you know very well! And yet, I have no interest in betraying you right now. So long as you keep my secrets well, then such a pact is tolerable.

[impheired]

[Well his bluff is a success. Because Kuzuryuu is 100% under the impression that he and Gundam are having a between-the-lines understanding here. Which apparently is only sort of half true. But you know what? Good enough.]

Well that goes without saying, doesn't it? What sort of man would I be if I couldn't do the same?

[He is not even concerned that he'll mess this up because what real secrets does Gundam have aside from the whole killing Nidai thing? And he sure as hell isn't going to talk about that with just anybody.]

So we have a deal then.