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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[harepiece]

I guess that sort of thing is what should be expected from people who do this.

["This" meaning kidnapping a bunch of strangers, operating on them and grafting bombs to their wrists.]

...I think that everyone here has the ability to keep themselves from falling into that trap, though.

[uncoincidental]

[Why you gotta be so rude, kidnappers...]

I think so, too. [She grins. It's a little bit forced, but it's better than nothing.] Don't worry, okay? Just take each day as it comes, and we'll be out of here before you know it.

[harepiece]

[Rude as hell... He'll manage a smile back! It looks pretty natural, all things considered.]

I will! ...I'm glad that a person as calm as you is here. [OZ IS PRETTY CALM TOO but it always helps to have another person.]

Where do you think we should start, then?

[uncoincidental]

By gathering as much information as possible. The less we know, the more easily these people can confuse and control us, right?

[She smiles.]

And the more we know about the people we're here with, the easier it will be to tell if they start acting strangely. Then we'll know something's up and we can help them if they need it, without them even having to ask.

[Or, y'know... they could execute them for being suspicious as fuck...]

[harepiece]

[Oz refuses to execute anyone so hopefully some of the more pragmatic members of the group can handle that...]

The information they give us seems like an okay place to start, but it's really impersonal. I guess we'll just have to make as many friends as possible, right?

[Friends.]

[uncoincidental]

[Sheba will execute people if they do bad things first!! For example, if Malik actually kills anyone, she will absolutely execute the hell out of him unless it's the people who brought them here that he's killing... Sorry Malik.]

The more we know of the people we're stuck in this place with, the better. [But she has to wait and let them trust her with their secrets... instead of just prying them out of their minds... she hates that. :c] Besides, people usually don't want to kill their friends, so the easiest way to survive if people start killing is to make friends with the killers.

[...sheba no.]

[harepiece]

[SHEBA?? He seems a little surprised by that logic... How very sketchy!! And he doesn't even know about the intrusive mind-reading thing, wow.]

I think that everyone here will be safe regardless of who makes friends with who.

[uncoincidental]

[At least she's being... up-front about it...]

...I hope that's the case. [She sighs lightly.] And I hope everyone is... social. I'd hate to see someone isolate themselves and then wind up dead because someone cracked and decided, "Well, if it had to be someone, it might as well be someone I don't know."

Humans can be pretty awful sometimes... [SIDE EFFECT OF MINDREADING: you find out that a lot of people are actually legitimately shitty.] But this seems like a pretty decent group of people, so I think we'll all be okay.

[harepiece]

[IT'S OKAY FRIEND, Oz just happens to be the kind of person that doesn't think humanity is an abomination, despite knowing that they can be kind of shitty... But he understands where she's coming from, at least.]

All of the people that I've met have been really nice so far, so I think you're right.