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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log fume ride;

[loveisanopendoor]

[Anna can't help but feel a little bad for Patchouli, leaning against the log and already out of breath...the stress of the situation must already be getting to her, it would seem. Maybe she's dehydrated, or something along those lines?

Hope you don't mind an awfully persistent young princess practically shoving an ice-cold bottle of water in your face, because that's what you're getting here!]

Are you okay? Do you need to go sit in the shade for a little while..?

[sunshade]

[ THANK YOU MERCIFUL GOD by which she means thanks, Anna. There's a part of her stranger danger senses screaming here, but the other part of her wheezing her lungs out wins over. She snatches the bottle up quickly and starts to gulp it down, hacking but actually seeming more content. ]

...need to invest...in an inhaler...

[ Once her breahing evens out, she looks up a bit sheepishly. ]

...thank you. [ /hack-cough ] Perhaps that would be for the best, adamant as I am to keep searching.

[loveisanopendoor]

An inhaler..? Do you have trouble breathing, then? Were you overexerting yourself when you came here..?

[Anna will pat her on the back as she coughs and hacks, hoping that'll get everything out of her system...]

Come on. You're not going to be able to get much searching done if you're dehydrated. Your health comes first, after all!

[As a Princess, Anna definitely knows that the well-being of all of her subjects needs to be prioritized, and though this girl might not be technically a subject of hers, she was still someone who needed her help!]

We can sit under the entrance to that, um, big green mouth thing, until you start to feel a little better.

[She's referring to the inside of the gaping maw that serves as the entryway to the track coaster...]

[sunshade]

A bit. [ She's sort of against letting random strangers know she has terrible asthma, but this girl seems...fairly benevolent, so.

She really can't object to a bit of help in a situation like this. It sounds like the kind of things Sakuya would say, anyway. 'Lady Patchouli, your health comes first!' ]

...you don't need to sit with me. [ but she will indeed start to shuffle off to the entryway ]

[loveisanopendoor]

But if you're having trouble breathing, it's better to have someone with you in case it starts to act up again, right? You don't have to do everything yourself, after all!

[At the very least, let her walk you over to the inside of the place..!]

[sunshade]

A kind offer, but are you truly keen on sitting closely with a stranger in this setting?

[ she's now mentally slapping herself for taking that water, but it was an automatic reaction, really ]

[loveisanopendoor]

I, um, don't see why not..? It's not like we're all trying to kill each other or anything...and being distrustful of one another probably isn't going to get anyone anywhere, is it?

[sunshade]

An optimistic line of thinking. However, you woke up in a strange, abandoned amusement park with mild amnesia and a healing head wound. Trust isn't very founded.

[loveisanopendoor]

All the more reason to try and get together and figure out what the heck is going on, right? I mean, I don't think this is something that we're gonna be able to work out on our own. I get that it's a weird scenario, but as far as I can tell, everyone's in the same boat here...

[sunshade]

It seems like something out of a science fiction horror novel, honestly.

[ shaking her head ] Good things never happen in those kinds of stories. But I suppose there's no changing your mind on this, is there?

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, what can I say? If someone needs help, what kind of princess would I be if I didn't go out of my way to make sure they're okay?

[sunshade]

[ .....blink-blink ]

A princess? [ said incredulously ]

[loveisanopendoor]

Um, yeah! I'm Princess Anna, of Arendelle. But, just Anna will be more than fine! It's nice to meet you!