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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[harepiece]

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It's fine! If you try it once, you'll definitely like it! There's a ride really close to the place where the clothing is, actually - I could take you there!

[cheats]

[ ciel has Regrets and they are getting on this train ]

...If I go, will you leave me alone?

[ lemme pour one out for the like 0.5 seconds where ciel thought about pretending to be nice ]

[harepiece]

[he could always try to shonen jump off the side but since he isn't tsukiyama or sebastian he'd probably die...]

Yes! [NO.] If you really want to be left alone, I mean.

[cheats]

[ definitely die you mean ]

[ Ciel seems to consider this, then nods with a dignified expression. ]

Yes, this will do. I'll go on a ride if these are the terms.

[harepiece]

[well there is a chance he'd survive... if he got lucky and landed on his fat head...

But Oz seems very satisfied with this!!]

Good! I'll make sure to pick one that you'd like. What kind of rides do you think you'd want to try, anyway? [While talking, the station for Pleasant Street is coming into view!]

[cheats]

I don't know.

[ He shrugs dismissively, and oh yeah, here we come to candyland... ]

I've never even seen anything like this before.

[harepiece]

Neither have I! Not before waking up here. [But he gRABBED LIFE BY THE HORNS and decided to let Ibuki lead him into the mouth of the dragon, rather than sitting around grumpily like a mini-grandpa...]

But that's fine. I'll take you to the one that I know works pretty well! [Oz why...]

[cheats]

[ Ciel just looks incredulously at Oz for a moment, then looks away with an expression of "how could this happen to me" ]

You realize that what you've said is preposterous, don't you? You've never seen any of these death traps either and you decide to partake, really?

[harepiece]

[THINGS LIKE THIS JUST HAPPEN SOMETIMES...]

If you're going to be in a place where you can try new things, you should take advantage of it! Who knows when you'll get the chance again?

[cheats]

That's preposterous. I would not wish to try any of this in the first place, but especially not when kidnapped. That's simply asking for an early death.

[ grandpa "no fun allowed" phantomhive, reporting in ]

[harepiece]

[nerd.......]

You sound pretty old for your age, you know. [GRANDPA... that said, the train's coming to a stop at the platform now. it brakes sloppily, so the cart jerks forward a bit.]

[cheats]

[ Ciel stumbles forward a little bit, but straightens himself with an indignant little huff... Truly, a nerd. ]

Of course I do. I'm a nobleman, so this is how we speak. I received my title when I was young, but that doesn't change the expectations of my station.

[harepiece]

[bless... Oz does try valiantly to not laugh, at least, and even holds a hand out to help Ciel down when he steps onto the platform.]

I mean what you say, not how you say it. [Apparently he's not going to mention that he knows how the nobleman training thing goes...]

[cheats]

...Ah, well.

[ He tilts his nose slightly into the air, but once again takes Oz's help without complaint, but also without thanking him. ]

I'm mature for my age, I suppose.

[harepiece]

[that sure is one way of putting it CIEL...]

You do act like it. How old are you, anyway? I think that we might be the same age!

[cheats]

Thirteen.

[ Which he admits more casually than he tends to, since he's actually kind of glad that most of the people here are around his age. In a sense. It's at least better than being underestimated by adults...

But yes, out they go, and towards the goals of candy, clothing, and now I guess Ciel puking. ]

[harepiece]

[he's contributing to the count, you're welcome Ciel.]

That's not too far off, then! I'm fifteen. [he seems very pleased about this! friends that are his age!! no escape now, Ciel...

anyway, he'll direct Ciel over toward the house with clothing first. it's mostly costume-y stuff but honestly Ciel will probably find some things that appeal to him because the way they dress basically is in costume lbr]

Here it is! There should be a few things in here that are your size.

[cheats]

[ Ciel nods, accepting this difference in age, since he's totally older in personality than you, Oz. That's how it works, right... It's at least how it works for Ciel, and that's what matters here. Inside the store, Ciel wrinkles his nose a little bit at the selection, since he's a snob and this is hardly Nina's work, but. It is better than the wretched Smile costume... ]

These will do, I suppose...

[ And of course Ciel goes straight to the brolita section ]

I'm surprised that there's even anything remotely suitable. I thought I would have to wear commoners' clothing. [ wow ]

[harepiece]

[rude... Oz can be mature when he wants to be okay!!

either way, completely oblivious to the fact that it's hilarious that Ciel is basically wearing a slightly fancier halloween costume and preferring it to a circus costume, Oz just sort of meanders in after him. he's looking around at the other things on the walls while he does, curious.]

There's nothing wrong with that! They're a lot easier to move around in, aren't they? [says Oz "what type of clothing even is that" Vessalius.] But I'm glad that you found some things you might like.

[cheats]

[ He picks up something that seems suitable, and is in fact, something more to his taste, since it includes a capelet and Ciel-sized tophat, but as he nods approvingly, he has a terrible realization...

He woke up in this outfit.

So now the dilemma he faces is entirely different, and as he looks at all the buttons and clasps, the ribbons and bows, he feels his face heat up slightly at the realization of what's to come. ]

...Yes, well.

[ how dare sebastian not be here to dress him ]

Do you see anything, er... simpler?

[harepiece]

Simpler? [Oz will helpfully start to look around!! Except no, no such luck, pretty much everything in the brolita section has a good number of bows, buttons, clasps and laces to navigate through. His brows arch upward; he thinks he knows what this dilemma is, at least...]

I don't see anything like that that you might like. Should I check the other aisles?

[The ones with firemen and fairy costumes...]

[cheats]

No! No, there's no need...

[ That first "no" was a little sharp, and Ciel looks down to the clothes as if to say "what sort of fresh hell is this," but he has no choice. He'll start to walk towards the changing room. ]

This is likely the best selection there is in the first place, so it will do.

[harepiece]

[wow Ciel why don't you want to be a princess police officer???

But Oz will watch him meander off, waiting for the inevitable...]

All right! Let me know if you change your mind and I'll go look around a little more.

[cheats]

[ So off Ciel goes to battle, and it does take quite a while. There are occassional noises of frustration, a little bit of cursing, but ten minutes later he emerges looking roughly like a hobo that collected his clothing from Hot Topic. His face is scarlet, partially from embarrassment and partially from anger, but... ]

This is impossible.

[harepiece]

[THIS NERD... Oz is grinning, but at least he holding his laughter back valiantly because he knows how this feels.]

Do you mind if I help?