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.

Comments

[edealistical]

[Edea is flipping through the rulebook...]

When it says 'guests' versus 'special guests', what does 'special guest' actually mean? Right above it, it says some of the guests have 'special roles'. So is the ability to identify a VIP or to identify anyone with any role at all?

[loveisanopendoor]

For the Detectives, you mean? It looks like it's only going to be able to tell you whether or not someone is, y'know, a buddy cop, or a medical team person, or a VIP...but probably not specifically what they are. Just whether they have a special role or not. If it just told you outright "so-and-so is a VIP," that would probably be a little too much...

[edealistical]

That's what I thought.

I think it's much safer to use this to identify the innocent rather than the guilty. Imagine executing someone with a 'special guest' role and finding out that you've killed the protector...

[loveisanopendoor]

The idea of executing anyone just seems too horrible for words...but I agree. To use this to seek out someone with a regular guest role sounds better than doing it the other way around. That being said, someone can always be converted from a regular guest to a special guest, too...in the case of VIPs, that is.

[edealistical]

...I refuse to vote to execute anyone without clear evidence implicating them as directly involved in a crime. Such an action would be nearly as black as those of these 'VIPs'. I can't ask anyone else to do the same, but... I must persevere for what I believe.

This 'game'... I don't intend to play it the way it's laid out, but we'll have to cooperate at least marginally if we're going to succeed. We have to remember the true end goal here is to destroy our captors and return home.

[loveisanopendoor]

I agree 100 percent. To wrongly execute someone for a crime they didn't even commit...I don't know if I'd be able to take that. If someone ends up killed...we have to give our 100 percent to try and figure out who the killer is, and we have to make sure they're guilty beyond a reasonable doubt...but even to execute someone like that is just...

[The whole thing just seems unspeakably cruel.]

...You're right. We have to work together here.

[edealistical]

[Edea will nod.]

Yes. It will be difficult regardless of the choice. And I feel, too, as if there must be some coercion involved. Though that will not excuse any deaths that may happen, I think it's likely the VIPs will be opposed to what's happening as well.

[Edea would much rather die honorably before succumbing to any coercion, but she can't hold everyone to the same standards.]

But - about these detectives. ...I guess it's too much of a risk to reveal yourself and then ask for the medic to just protect you every time?

[loveisanopendoor]

I guess that makes sense...I can't imagine anyone would willingly go through with a scenario like this, no matter what kind of person they are. Even so, with the whole detective thing, it does seem like a bit of a risk. After all, the medic might not fulfill their end of the bargain. And someone else might need that protection...

[edealistical]

It might be too much to ask. And a role like that is of the utmost importance, too. We'll have to defend these people at all costs...

I don't think there's any real course of action we can take now, then, but to familiarize ourselves with each other and to search for a way to strike at the true enemy.

[loveisanopendoor]

That definitely sounds like it's the best thing for us to do for now. At least until we get more information...

On that note, I'm Princess Anna, of Arendelle. I wish the circumstances were a little better, but it's still nice to meet you.

[edealistical]

Oh! The pleasure is mine, Your Royal Highness. My name is Edea Lee, daughter of the Templar of Eternia.

[In a sense, she's a princess of some sort, too, but she's never thought about it that much.]

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, come now, just Anna will be more than fine, Edea. There's no need to be all formal, especially not here. I don't usually like people treating me differently because of my status, after all!

[edealistical]

Well, alright, then! If you're sure.

...You know, it's frightening the types of people they've managed to bring here. I can't understand if there's anything that supposed to be bridging us in any way...

[loveisanopendoor]

...Even children, and a cute little dog...I almost can't believe it. If there is a connection, it's certainly not one that's immediately apparent. But it could have something to do with the memories that we all lost..?

[edealistical]

The memories we all lost...?

You mean the nonsense they keep pushing about delusions? I don't believe in that one bit. I've seen too much not to believe that everyone here is representing themselves as faithfully as they can.

[loveisanopendoor]

No, no, not that. I'm just saying, there are some blank spots in all of our memories, right? Like, how we got here and all, thanks to the scars on our heads...

What I'm saying is, what if they took more than just the memories of how we got here?

[edealistical]

...Like, memories of us all meeting and doing really bad things to someone who thought it would be funny to put us all in this situation?

[That seems to be stretching it a little.]

I... guess that might be the case. It seems a little bit... unlikely.

[shortcutter]

[He nods.] I hadn't considered the difference.

[Then he reaches over to take the rulebook she's reading, snatching it from her without even asking, like a jerk. He takes a second to read.]

The word "alignment" is also there, both times. That should mean they'll learn which side the person is on.

[edealistical]

[Edea will snatch it right back!]

I need that, thanks.

But 'alignment' can be a neutral term, too. Someone is aligned with the special roles - there's nothing wrong with that sentence. Until we get confirmation, it would be impossibly foolhardy to assume.

[shortcutter]

[He gives her a flat look, then sits back and crosses his legs.]

Fair enough. I hope you're wrong.

If the detectives sit on their asses, then there's a chance we won't know even after a few days.

[edealistical]

The detectives have the most important role of any of us. The idea of anonymous notes sounds pretty dumb when you think about it at first - anyone could mess around with it, and we'd never know.

But even with a stream of steady fake notes, I think with the passage of time, we'd be able to determine who was genuinely providing information if they provided an identifying detail. It's like solving a puzzle. Of A, B, C, and D, only one has told the truth every time over the course of 5 days.

I'm not entirely opposed to the idea.

[shortcutter]

At the very least, it forces their hand. We could learn things from how the seven deal with the messages. Right now we're completely in the dark when it comes to the thought process they're using… obviously, since nothing's happened yet.

If you think about it, though, the only way we can verify anything is by voting. Trial and error isn't practical when the price for failing is an innocent life.

[edealistical]

Urgh...

[She hadn't thought about it, no.]

That's one thing I cannot do. To take the life of an innocent would paint us just as black - on both sides, there would be those who have murdered in the name of this 'game'.

...I'm afraid I don't know how the detective can truly convey any information to us, then.