day zero - afternoon

[guestcontrol]

dreamland day zero 42 players remaining. [Once the announcements are over, there's no further response from the voice over the intercom. The afternoon wears on, demanding nothing more of you. The park will remain open until late in the evening, when the fireworks go off, but you can always go back earlier. In fact, it might be wise to gather your fellow players and discuss what you've learned in the mess hall.] rulebook character statuses private conversations This is a mingle following the plot revelations yesterday! Characters can gather in the mess hall and discuss what they've learned and make plans. Night will go up at the same time, and this post will be backdated.

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[ineptus]

[Well he has an eyepatch. If anything he's probably going to plunder people's booties before he's going to kill anyone.]

If you say so!

[She clearly does not believe him, but that is simply because her stickers are amazing. A+. Would stick again.]

So if stickers aren't going to work then, what else could we do?

[poyoyon]

Hugs! Ibuki thinks a hug would definitely convince Fuyuhiko-chan and everyone else not to murder!

[ /threadjacks

/hi kuzuryuu

/bye kuzuryuu ]

[impheired]

[GODDAMMIT IBUKI.]

What did I just get finished saying, dumbass?! I don't need convincing, I'm not going to murder anybody!

[DO NOT HUG THE YAKUZA.]

[poyoyon]

A hug would make him extra sure, Mabel-chan!

[ HUG THE YAKUZA. ]

[impheired]

Don't even think about it.

[THAT GOES FOR BOTH OF YOU.]

[poyoyon]

[ CLEARLY THINKING ABOUT IT ]

[impheired]

Remember what I said earlier about ripping those damn spikes out out of your ears and stabbing you with 'em? That still holds true. I can do it in a completely non-lethal way.

[STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.]

[poyoyon]

[ SEE BELOW ]

[ineptus]

[Too bad she's not good at listening and really good at being encouraged. She gets that kind of "don't" from Dipper, and yet he never has a problem with it afterwards, so clearly this will apply here.

Hug incoming! Good luck trying to get away from it, this little girl is on a mission.]

[poyoyon]

[ WHOOPS TOO LATE IBUKI IS ASSISTING THE LITTLE GIRL. Oh well, feel free to attack her later, Kuzuryuu. ]

i can't believe i actually have a tag-team hugging icon

[impheired]

[Okay well he probably would have been able to fend off Mabel alone because FOR FUCKING ONCE he is actually taller than somebody. But between Mabel AND Ibuki, the attempt is an overwhelming success.]

Goddammit what did I just fucking tell you!? Get off of me, both of you!!

TAG-TEAM HUGGING ICON beautiful

[ineptus]

[Sorry, she's instead going to just rub that hug in a little, nuzzling her cheek against him and squeezing him a bit more.]

Not until you promise to be extra sure that you won't do anything bad! You have to promise! Pinky promise!

[ineptus]

Really?

[Gives that some thought.]

That sounds like a good plan too! Maybe we can hug everybody together! Getting two hugs is better than just one, right?!

[poyoyon]

Ibuki's in, Ibuki's in! Operation: Hug everyone into non-murder! Let's start right away!

[ RIGHT NOW ]

[ineptus]

Let's do this! [Let's hug all the grumpy people especially, because they're the ones who probably need it most, right?]

[poyoyon]

[ AND THEN THEY DO THIS ]

[perfectstrike]

That is not going to accomplish anything.

[No fun brigade is back.]

[poyoyon]

Awww, does Peko-chan want a hug, too?!

[impheired]

[Do not say that to his face...especially not "booties" instead of "booty" that just makes that whole sentence sound even gayer.]

Without knowing exactly how they plan to motivate the VIPs, it's hard to say for sure. It's possible they're holding something over their heads. In which case, it's a matter of finding a way around that. But it's also possible that the VIPs are plants, in which case there's not much we can do. But given that they're allowed to convert people, I'm inclined to thing we're dealing with the former. If they're plants, converts would just be liabilities and obstacles. Chances are, they'll have some kind of threat or prize to dangle in front of the people they choose to convert as well.

[ineptus]

...plants? Why would any of them be plants? Do you mean like the aliens they were talking about? Are there secretly plant people here?! But everyone looks so human! Or...so robot-y!

If they're plants they just need water and sunlight and they'll be all happy and not want to kill anyone! We could stop them like that!

[impheired]

N...no, not that kind of plant. I mean people who work for whatever organization it is that are in charge of this damn game. Y'know like...working undercover, basically. They'd just pretend to be in the same situation as us, but really they're actually the bad guys in disguise.

[Child, have you never seen a good crime drama? You are missing out.]

[ineptus]

Oh...that's horrible though! Who would even do something like that? That's basically cheating, isn't it? What kind of game would that be even??

[Pause.]

Not that this is much of a game to begin with.

[She's too busy being fabulous and solving the paranormal mysteries of Gravity Falls with her brother, okay?]

[impheired]

It's not. It's complete bullshit. Which is why it's not exactly hard to believe that kind of setup is possible.

[Is he ever going to watch his mouth around the childrens? No.]

But I really think the former is more likely. It just makes more sense. And it does make it more of a "game" [There's a certain amount of disdain evident in his voice when he says that. He clearly doesn't see this as a game at all.] if plants aren't involved.

[ineptus]

[Like she really cares. She doesn't have to swear just because other people do!!

But she looks pretty upset by this whole thing. Because really this "game" is awful and though she's trying her best to believe it's not really A Thing, it is clearly A Thing and she knows it.

She puts on a smile anyway.]

Well then we just have to help them as best as we can! Because...if all of that is true, then they just need help to get out of whatever these people have over them, right? That shouldn't be too hard with so many of us here!

[impheired]

Numbers've got nothing to do with it. Whoever's running this isn't stupid, they'll have come up with ways to cover as many loopholes as they can. Whoever the VIPs are, they're likely unable to reveal themselves as well. And if we don't know who they are and what sort of motive they're being given, it's damn near impossible to get them free of it.