May 25th - Final Day

[cartesio]

Final Investigation

It's Friday. It's the last day marked in your calendar. Presumably, the few without medals will leave at some point today, and the rest...you're not sure what'll happen to you, but it'll be what the Sergeant wants.

How to defy him when you have so little time left?

Whatever plan you had today, it's guaranteed it won't go like expected. Early in the morning, the ground rumble slightly, and something pops in the sky. Fireworks! One after another, blasts from firework spread through the sky. Many of the residents of Cartesio come to the street, gathering and making all the noise they can.

It's a very radical change of behavior, compared to the once peaceful demeanor they had, and then the hostile behavior showed towards the visitors, but now they're making hubbub and causing disorder. Everyone does it spontaneously, and nobody's approaching the motel at all.

At least none of the townspeople.

Not long after that started, you may hear the noise of horns and whistles from vehicles, right outside the motel. Go take a look?

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[cartesio]

[ A photograph of the town of Cartesio! It's an overhead shot, but even from a small glance, Sakura will be able to tell something's different from the town she knows. ]

[clearities]

[ LET'S COMPARE!

what's missing that isn't in the town she remembers or what's in the photo that she's never seen? ]

[cartesio]

[ For one, that sign they've seen looks...definitely more worn. More notably, it looks...more modern? It's still a small town, for sure, but the abandoned buildings have been renovated and look functional now. From just a skim, Sakura will also be able to see a few places that had never been located for them, such as the pizza parlor. ]

[clearities]

[ okay but is the lodge in this photo? ]

[cartesio]

[ It sure is. ]

[clearities]

[ ... okay.

let's check this photo for other, non-Cartesio details here. is there any date on the photo? or anything on the back of the photo? ]

[cartesio]

[ There's a date! May 25th, 2006.

According to the calendar you've been operating off of, that's today's date. ]

[clearities]

[ what. no, seriously. what. anything else to find here besides this photo or are we good? ]

[cartesio]

[ That's the most you'll find. Aside from the journal Natalie's looking at and those...really incomprehensible notes on brain science Osomatsu's looking into, it seems you've done all the investigating you can. ]