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]

[Wow, it's a good thing Kuzuryuu was actually there for at least part of the time period she's talking about. Otherwise that would basically tell him nothing. Well that certainly explains why she doesn't remember what happened. Though it still does nothing to explain how she's walking and talking and breathing and all that other good stuff corpses are not capable of doing.]

[It's a shame Kuzuryuu is too serious to even briefly consider the thought that Ibuki is a zombie. Instead, he decides to just try not to worry about that part for now because obviously Ibuki herself won't have any answers for him. Surely the answer will turn up eventually.]

No, that's not it either. That party was just for the girls, wasn't it? Give me some credit here, I'm not Souda. [Vaguely frustrated sigh.] If you don't remember, then don't worry about it.

[poyoyon]

Okayyyyyyyyyyy!

[ ...IS IT REALLY OKAY TO AGREE TO THAT SO EASILY? He didn't even explain a single thing. At all. Wow.

Her hand comes up, and she pokes at the eyepatch again. Is she five. Maybe... ]

Can Ibuki try it on next?! She wants to say arrrr!

[ Oh, that's why we agreed not to worry about it. More important matters. Yes. Totally. ]

[impheired]

[And he's not going to explain a single thing so DEAL WITH IT.]

Hell no! Especially not if you're gonna do something stupid like that!

[poyoyon]

What if Ibuki does something really cool instead?!

[ APPARENTLY SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE EXPLANATION ANYWAY, KUZURYUU

SHE JUST WANTS TO TRY ON YOUR EYEPATCH

GOD ]

[impheired]

Like you would. It's not a fucking toy, y'know!!

[IBUKI WHY. GOD.]

[poyoyon]

[ "IBUKI" IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION... ]

Stiiiiiiiiingy! Ibuki's going to write a song about Fuyuhiko-chan and it's going to be titled "Stingy Stingy Stingy"!

[impheired]

[That seems to strike some sort of chord with Kuzuryuu. She DID throw him that party... He never did pay her back for that. He's not sure that letting her wear his eyepatch is entirely equivalent but, then again, Ibuki doesn't remember the party in question anyway.]

[He still really doesn't want to take it off though. SIIIIIIGH.]

...just for a minute and you better give it back, you hear me? Try anything funny and I'll tear your those spikes in your ears out one by one and stab you with 'em.

[Jeez, overreaction much?]

[poyoyon]

[ Wow, somehow she didn't even expect him to cave! ...Well, obviously she was going to just ask incessantly until he did but this is Kuzuyruu normally he yells more and is way less willing to put up with her bullshit.

Clearly he has finally been won over by her amazing winning personality and looks! ]

Ibuki swears! Cross her heart and hope to die!

[ EYEPATCH EYEPATCH EYEPATCH

Her hands are held out in gimme gimme gimme fashion ]

[impheired]

[...you got it Ibuki. That's exactly what happened. It's all because of your looks and personality. Bingo.]

[Okay but credit where credit is due, he would have held out longer if she hadn't reminded him of the whole party thing. With everything that's happened since then, that wasn't exactly on the forefront of his mind.]

[His expression seems almost stony at the mention of "hope to die", but it doesn't last long and he starts pulling his eyepatch off at almost the exact same time. So if Ibuki saw it at all, it's entirely possible that she was just imagining it. Because, of all people, certainly Kuzuryuu would not be bothered by a statement like that!]

Like I said: you've got one minute. Starting now.

[He presses the patch into her hands after a moment's fumbling to get it off. His right eye is closed once it's gone, so luckily Ibuki doesn't have to see the full grossness of what happens when an eyeball gets a sword stuck in it. There's totally a scar there though. But we're still not talking about that and, besides, EYEPATCH GET.]

[poyoyon]

[ There is absolutely no time for serious questions, although there's fleeting and real surprise at the sight of the scar. Because it makes absolutely no sense for Kuzuryuu to have a scar, when he definitely hadn't had one earlier that morning...except that she has a scar she hadn't had, too, on her head. And whatever-that-was embedded in her wrist.

But it's eyepatch time and she has exactly one minute and so Ibuki will jam the eyepatch on and stand proudly with her hands on her hips.

DO SOMETHING COOL, she said. ]

AVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST! [ Hope you prepared for sudden shouting, Kuzuryuu. Because it's happening. ] CAPTAIN IBUKI IS SETTING SAIL!

[ There, that was totally cool.

...

Okay she can't resist the urge, so she hooks the finger of one hand like, well, a hook, and balances on one leg. Like Captain Hook! ]

Arrrrrrrr! Mateys! Shiver me timbers!

[ how many piratical terms can she fit into one minute let's find out ]

[impheired]

[God. Dammit. Ibuki.]

I thought I told you you couldn't have it if you were gonna do something stupid like that!

[WHY DID HE STOP TO ENGAGE? WHY DIDN'T HE JUST KEEP WALKING. WHY.]

[Oh right because he actually gives a shit about his classmates now.]

[poyoyon]

YO HO HO HO!

[ can't waste eyepatch minute talking to you, clearly. PLEASE CHECK BACK AFTER IT'S OVER. ]

[impheired]

[Just this face forever, Ibuki. Or at least for the remainder of this minute. YOU KEEP DOING YOUR DUMB PIRATE THING, HE GUESSES.]

[poyoyon]

[ YES. PIRATE THING. WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TIME FOR.

SINGING, SHE GUESSES?! ]

Row, row, row Ibuki's boat, wildly down the stream! Happily happily happily happily, life is but a dream!

[ Is...that piratical? Perhaps shockingly, her voice is actually rather pretty when she's singing normally.

Or not, since she was accepted for music that wasn't what she does these days. Wow.

At least she looks happy???? ]

[impheired]

[Oh no...cute.]

[Kuzuryuu is a little surprised to hear her singing normally, considering he's only heard her sing once and that was...very much not this. But yeah, considering she left because of creative differences...this shouldn't be THAT surprising.]

Alright, minute's up. [He holds out his hand, still looking slightly annoyed.] Hand it over.

[poyoyon]

Awww! [ But Ibuki does take off the eyepatch and drop it into Kuzuryuu's hand, actually, without a fight. Eyepatch minute, she will remember you forevermore... ]

Ehehehe, thanks, Fuyuhiko-chan! Ibuki's done being a pirate, now, so it's your turn again!

[impheired]

[Wow that's a little surprising. She didn't even fuss a little bit. Once the patch is back in his hand though, Kuzuryuu wastes no time in pulling it back onto his head.]

Like I said, I'm not wearing it because I want to be a pirate, dumbass. [He pulls his hands away from his head as he finishes adjusting the patch.] I'm wearing it because I can't see out of that fucking eye. Anyway...going off of what you were saying earlier, I'm guessing I'm the first of our classmates you've run into, yeah?

[Wow since when did he refer to himself as part of the group. KUZURYUU WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.]

[poyoyon]

[ Well, she promised!!! Apparently that means something. ]

Oh, right!! Ibuki hasn't seen anyone else, although there are people who aren't us here! [ APPARENTLY WE'RE...NOT QUESTIONING HIS WEIRDNESS STILL??? HE LET HER WEAR HIS EYEPATCH, HE'S REDEEMED HIMSELF

was that

was that really all it took

apparently ]

Isn't there a lack of bear-themed stuff here, though?! Not that Ibuki minds it, but...

[ can monobear really stop himself from themeing fucking everything ]

[impheired]

[Incredible, Ibuki...]

They wouldn't happen to be people who work here, would they? [He sounds pretty unconvinced, like he knows the answer is going to be "nope, they sure are stuck in the same situation as us, Fuyuhiko-chan!" or something like that.] Mmm...it's a weird not to see that bastard's face plastered anywhere but...what's even weirder is how damn rundown this place is. Say what you will about that Monokuma jackass, at least everything was generally kept up well on the island...

[poyoyon]

Ibuki doesn't think so!! They all seem confused and have the same stuff!!

[ She shoves her hair away from her temple, where her recently stitched up scar wound is. Ibuki hasn't disinfected or cleaned it, though she ditched the bandages. ]

Like this!

[ Kuzuryuu's is...obviously visible, not being hidden by Rapunzel hair. ]

Ehh....Fuyuhiko-chan's right! Our island was a lot nicer than this park! Besiiiiiiiiiides, the voice on that announcement system was 100% different, right?! Ibuki never forgets a voice!

[ Especially not Monokuma's. ]

[impheired]

[The joy/downside(?) of having such short hair. He couldn't hide that scar even if he wanted to.]

Yeah, even I could tell it's not the same voice. It'd be hard not to when we heard it every goddamn morning and every goddamn night and however many times in between. Ugh... [He runs a hand down the left side of his face, pulling down on it in frustration. THIS IS ALL STUPID.] None of this makes any fucking sense. It seems like he's not behind it, but if it's not that bear bastard than who else could it be? Maybe he's just fucking with us again...

[It...it's Monokuma, after all. Can we really be sure that this isn't the case?]

[poyoyon]

Maybe he put us into a hostage exchange program!

[ lbr this could also be the case...fucking with them or trading them to some other weirdo ]

Ibuki has always wanted to be a foreign exchange student, but this isn't what she meant by it at all!

[impheired]

I don't think something like that exists...

[It better not exist...]

I guess for now all we can do is split up and see what we can find. Starting with just how many of us wound up here. If we all do some investigating on our own, then we can meet up later, put it all together, and go from there.

[There's that business-like tone again. It's almost like he has actual leadership potential or something, wow.]

...you should clean that damn cut up though, first. Last thing you want is for something like that get infected. There's a first aid room over there. [He gestures to a small room a little ways away that's probably where he came from before running into Ibuki. Considering his own head wound has definitely been cleaned up.]

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[poyoyon]

Okaaaaaaaaaay! Ibuki will meet Fuyuhiko-chan back here later, then! Leave the legwork to her! She will work her legs super hard!

[ She is probably one of the easier cats to herd, at least. ...Though mostly she will get distracted and ride all the rides when left to her own devices, so...maybe not?

Ibuki's gonna have basically nothing to contribute if the Dangans have a group private meeting, huh. ]

[poyoyon]

E-eh? Does Ibuki have to wash it, though? Won't that hurt a little? Besides, it's cooler if it leaves a scar.

[ is she actually five

maybe ]