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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[belgian]

[Belgium gives him a bit of a curious look--she assumes it's some sort of really well-made costume, but it's a bit early for Halloween parties--before answering.] I'm Belgium. What about you?

[jingler]

Belgium. Like the European country, correct? [What a delightfully odd name. Though he isn't going to be one to comment on odd names, given the one he's given for himself.] My name is K. It's a pleasure to meet you, Belgium. Though the circumstances are not as pleasurable.

[belgian]

Exactly! [But Belgium doesn't clarify more than that.] It's nice to meet you, too, though I guess when you say it like that it means you woke up here like I did. Do you have any weird wounds on you in there? ...That is a costume, right?

[He could be a robot. You never know.]

[jingler]

It is not so much a costume as it is a suit of armor. I'm unfortunately trapped in it, though this happened to me before I ever awoke here. As for wounds...

[He brings a hand up to his head and taps in gently, a small sound reverberating as he does.]

I can feel a head wound that was not there before I awoke here, but I have no way of checking it unless I find a way out of this armor.

[belgian]

You're pretty relaxed for a guy trapped in a suit of armor! [She gives the suit a once-over, but it's definitely beyond her.] Maybe we can pry you out of it.

[jingler]

Ha Ha.

[His laugh comes out robotic, even more so than his words.]

You make a good point. I suppose I have been stuck in it for long enough that I don't feel too discomforted by it. Although I would very much like to be freed of it. I was told there is a keyhole on the back of the suit, but without a key I can't exactly unlock it.

[belgian]

If there's an injury on your head, maybe whoever brought us here has it. [It doesn't look like his suit is cut through or anything.]

[jingler]

Perhaps. I do hope they either give it to me or that I find it myself.

[Because the thought of being trapped inside it forever -- he doesn't even want to consider how horrible it'll be.]

But enough about me, I want to ask if you've discovered anything here so far? This place seems very...abandoned from what I've observed. Frighteningly so.

[belgian]

The only people I've run into are like us, so no one I met knows what's going on. There's a kitchen that mostly has canned goods, and the rides start on their own, but that's all I've seen so far. What about you?

[jingler]

Well, I've noticed that there are many abandoned shops here that are all still fully stocked and the goods within have not spoiled at all in terms of quality. That seems rather peculiar to me, when the rest of the amusement park is in shambles.

Additionally whenever I approached certain areas I began to hear a beeping sound coming from the bracelet attacked to my left wrist. It only happens when I come near specific places, and once I turn away from them the beeping stops.

[To emphasis he holds out his wrist for her to see, a large display placed around where his wrist would be under the suit.]

[belgian]

[Belgium looks at the display and then at the bracelet on her own wrist; they look the same, which means it has to be related to whatever situation they're in.] They must have been restocked recently--I bet whoever brought us here put 'em there. They were prepared for us.

[jingler]

Indeed. Everyone split up so quickly that I wasn't able to get a count on how large our group is, but it looks quite sizable. Whoever is responsible is running a large scale operation.

[belgian]

[She nods.] If you hang around the cafeteria for a while, you can probably get a headcount if you want it. Everyone has to eat eventually! [Unless they load up on candy, anyway...] But it looks like at least over two dozen.

[jingler]

Two dozen. Even that number is incredibly troubling. It also seems like everyone has the same head wound from a cursory glance, but it's unclear how much it has affected everyone. Tell me, how do you feel Belgium?

[belgian]

[Belgium's first instinct is to play off how she feels, but in the interest of comparison, she decides it's best to disclose things more clearly.] I've definitely got a headache. It was worse earlier when I was waking up. And trying to think about what I was doing before I woke up here--it's hard to focus on it.

[jingler]

I see. I too have an issue recalling how I arrived here and my memory of it is blurry as well. But if you feel as though you are recovering, then we can at least be safe in knowing the damage isn't permanent.

As for myself, I share similar symptoms but also feel very sluggish as well. Granted this could be due to the weight of the suit I'm trapped within bearing down on me.

[belgian]

It makes you wonder what kind of damage they were doing, doesn't it? [And she's not healing like she should... But that's depressing.] Maybe we'll remember more once we recover more.