Week 8 - May 20th - May 24th

[cartesio]

Last Week

With the weekend's latest tragedy, a strange mood has descended over Cartesio. What happened was unprecedented, and perhaps that's why the already decreasing hostility from the townsfolk comes to a complete halt. Could it be the strange circumstances? Bolin's desperate plea? Last week's peaceful Wednesday? Some combination? Whatever the reason, it's clear that the Sergeant's iron fist around the town has loosened. While the residents aren't jumping to interact with you, there's no graffiti, no new broken windows.

Cartesio is confused...but open to explanation, for perhaps the first time.

Still, while the town seems amiable, almost accepting again, there's little to chase away the knowledge that the Sergeant's tasks for you are near their end, and that means those without medals are doomed to their fate.

Or does it? After everything that's turned around, is it possible for you to claw your way out of here as well?

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Comments

[marmoron]

[Even to Keith it's pretty obvious that it's not "okay" but the rest of what follows has him too baffled to even think about prodding.]

What are you talking about?

[SINCE WHEN WAS HE POPULAR WITH GIRLS AGAIN??]

You do realize... people tend to think I'm weird, right?

[relieable]

........Really? [he looks a bit surprised... maybe not that surprised. Keith is kind of weird]

[marmoron]

...yeah?

[Feels weird having to point this out tbh.]

Girls don't get interested in me the way you're imagining.

[relieable]

[oh. Osomatsu blinks again, slower this time, like he wants to say something. Keith was only in Cartesio for two months, and he and Natalie were...

well, whatever]

...Guess we both think the best of each other. [a light laugh. it's new to him, for someone to think he'd had a lot of girlfriends, for someone to want to talk to him and get to know him better. he hasn't had that in... well, forever]

[marmoron]

[Just don't call him on Natalie, Oso. The conversation's nice where it is....]

Why wouldn't I? You get along with everyone.

[relieable]

Yeah, I don't know how that happened! [he rubs the back of his neck awkwardly] Like you, I'm considered... uh, I guess, weird back at home. I don't really have any friends outside my family. Most people can't stand me! I've had girls punch me in the face before!

[NERVOUS LAUGHTER WHY DID HE TELL KEITH THAT]

[marmoron]

Seriously?

[Keith would not have guessed that at all, actually?? But uh...]

Why are you getting punched in the face? Seems a bit extreme.

[relieable]

[there are a lot of reasons]

...Just said some, uh... things they didn't like.

[things he shouldn't repeat]

But that's not important! The important thing is, is that we're growing, and changing, I guess. Good things have happened to us, even in spite of all this chaos.

[marmoron]

...well what did you say?

[Now that he's curious. Sorry, Oso. He can absolutely respect that people do grow and change from the dumb shit they said and will drop it if there's some real hesitation to say anything, but....]

cw sexual content why does keith keep getting these

[relieable]

[shit! why does Keith want to know????

after a moment, Osomatsu mumbles out a response]

...I said I'd like to motorboat her bowling ball tits.

he's not even TRYING

[marmoron]

[Okay so he can more or less follow the gist of this, but...]

Motorboat...?

[But now that he's asking... does he really want to know....]

[relieable]

.............

[UM. Osomatsu gives Keith a Look. this is awkward. maybe it's not the most awkward conversation of his life, but it's up there!]

Do you really wanna know?

[marmoron]

[Look. How was he supposed to know that years of not giving two shits and leaving the room whenever other people's conversations started getting pervy would come back to bite him when he would eventually be abducted by a faceless shadowman.]

I think what I'm guessing it means is worse than what it actually is, so... yeah.

[relieable]

[a sigh. well, here goes nothing]

Motorboating is, like, putting your face between a chick's breasts, and then you shake your head from side to side.

[he even is gesturing, putting his hands up, then shaking his head 'no']

And, before you ask, no, I've never done it before. I just watch a lot of porn. [talk about tmi]

[marmoron]

[On the one hand, yep what he thought it meant was definitely worse, so thanks for clarifying. On the other, WHY ARE YOU DEMONSTRATING THE HEAD MOTION.

Keith is just.. staring at this totally incredulously.]

You ... actually told a girl that.

[Christ, not even at his most tactless.....]

Took some kinda guts to say it, I guess.

[relieable]

[guts, yeah. or just pure stupidity]

...Look, I know it sounds bad but... it was also a while back! I haven't said anything like that to a girl lately.

[marmoron]

[There's a pause, but what follows is a huff of vague amusement.]

Uh-huh.

[But more seriously.]

Guess you really have changed and grown. Wouldn't have pegged you as the type to do that to a girl. Not after that fuss you made about how I talked to Sakura.

[relieable]

[yeah........]

Kids are different, I guess. I dunno. Especially her. She's so... soft.