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Cartesio NPCs ([personal profile] cartesio) wrote in [community profile] cartesianism2018-09-24 09:24 pm

April 1st - Arrival



Arrival
It feels more like waking up from a very restful night, instead of the jarring feeling of waking up in an unknown bed. That feeling may not last long, though, because you're definitely not looking up at any ceiling you're familiar with.

It's some kind of motel room -- maybe cleaner than you'd expect from such a place. There's a comfortable bed, a trunk with a military uniforn and a gas mask and enough space to stash whatever you get during the next two months, a closet with a familiar outfit or two...no other belongings in this room, and certainly no answers as to why you're here.

There's one thing that may bring more questions than answers: a calendar. Today's date is marked there: April 1st. Happy April Fools day? The entirety of April and most of May is empty, but the week from May 21st to May 25th is filled with one word:

END


The moment you step out of your room with AC you're hit by the warm, sticky air of Cartesio. Today is a rather dry day. You're not the only one who seems to be lost -- other people come out of their rooms. At some point, once you get to the lobby, you find a few things of interest: a guestbook, a rack of maps, and a note pinned to the wood of the counter:

"Meet me at the Lodge in two hours -- The Sergeant"

You now have a place to go to in two hours. In the meanwhile, how about you get accustomed to the motel and the town?

Links

robitussin: (pic#12531898)

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-02 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another pause as her eyebrows raise once again, clearly surprised.]

...Okay, I have approximately one thousand questions already, so can you tell me everything you know so we can skip the back and forth here? That'd be great.
doublelammy: (☆ 32)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-02 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Millium looks back over at her, blinking owlishly.]

Pushy.

[She doesn't seem to mind, though. She drops the guestbook, putting her hands behind her head as she turns around and leans back against the counter.]

I woke up here four days ago, prolly about the same as you. There were a bunch of other people here, then, too, but I don't see many of 'em in the guestbook anymore.

Sarge gathered us up in the lodge, and said he'd send us home if we did what he asked. Then it got to the end of the week, when he said he'd send us home, and he said he had to "think" and then next thing I knew I woke up here again. But like I said, most everyone else that was here before is gone.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-02 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry.

[Her tone makes it clear that's anything but sincere, though, but she waits until the explanation is over before she speaks again.]

That's... bizarre. He didn't say why you were here in the first place or anything?
doublelammy: (☆ 42)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[She's used to sarcasm, and like all things, it seems to slide right off of her.]

He wants something from us, but I dunno what. He's dumb and likes keeping secrets, I guess.

But maybe you can ask him in a couple hours? Maybe he'll have more answers now that most of you are new. I'm just planning on asking him why I didn't get to go home.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
He couldn't have done all of this if he was dumb.

[She sighs, though, even if she gives a nod to what Millium says next.]

Yeah. At least I can, like, brainstorm them now. Man, though, your luck is awful.
doublelammy: (☆ 44)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't mean it literally... but 'kay, if you're gonna be like that. What word would you use?

[Teach her all sorts of terrible insults. She is ready.]

...Ahaha. You're tellin' me. But it'll be okay. At least my friends went home.
robitussin: (pic#12583121)

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
...Before I answer that, how old are you?

[She needs to determine whether to engage her child filter or not.]

How do you know he actually sent them home?
doublelammy: (☆ 51)

1/3

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Thirteen—

[She freezes at the question.]
doublelammy: (☆ 59)

2/3

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[. . .]
doublelammy: (☆ 44)

3/3

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[...She shakes her head, as if to clear the thought, before smiling.]

'Cause I'm not gonna let myself believe that Rean would just die that easy. Not after everything we went through.

He believed in all of us, so I gotta believe in him. It sounds dumb, but I gotta.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She holds up her hands in a placating gesture before she shakes her head.]

Slow down there. I didn't say they were dead or anything. I'm not trying to freak you out.
doublelammy: (☆ 21)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
...It's fine.

But I know they're not here anymore. Trust me, if Rean and the princess were locked up somewhere, they'd make sure we knew about it.

So I gotta believe that they're home and okay.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[If she looks skeptical, it's probably because she doesn't know Millium's friends and has trouble putting that kind of faith in strangers. Still, though, she shrugs her shoulders instead of arguing further.]

Maybe we'll all get lucky and they'll come back to get you.
doublelammy: (☆ 32)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[It's all right. Millium has good reason to trust in her friends like this, but that good reason is based in far more anime bullshit than any normal person should feasibly stomach.]

Nah... I'd rather they stay home.

I'll be okay on my own. I've been on some pretty weird missions before. It's better that they're safe.

My little sis can fill in for me while I'm gone, anyway, so everyone'll be fine.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
...That's great for you and everything, but I'd really like it if someone came to bust us out of here, whether or not I know them.

[She's always here to ruin everyone's noble sentiments.]
doublelammy: (☆ 39)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Why don't we just bust ourselves out?

[Like that's so easy to do...]
robitussin: (pic#12531890)

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
You got a plan or anything?

[There's some skepticism in her voice, but more than that, she sounds curious.]
doublelammy: (☆ 19)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Not yet!

[...Maybe she should sound less cheerful about this.]

For now, I'm thinkin' I'm just gonna go along with whatever Sarge wants 'til he gives Lammy back. And then I'm just gonna solve my problems the way I usually do.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a new note of skepticism in her voice, but she continues regardless.]

...I feel like I'm going to regret asking this, but what's Lammy?
doublelammy: (☆ 2)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[The easiest way to answer this is to flip back to her page in the guestbook and shove it over toward Natalie, motioning to the section that mentions Airgetlam.]

My friend. We work together and he smashes stuff up for me.

[You know, a completely normal thing!

Natalie does not deserve this level of anime bullshit.]
robitussin: (pic#12531890)

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-03 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...Okay, I get it. This is some kind of weird and really elaborate joke, right? That's what's going on here.

[Or she'd really like it to be, at least.]
doublelammy: (☆ 9)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-03 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Blink.]

No?

[Why would it be?]
robitussin: (pic#12583121)

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-04 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
The alternative here is that you actually do have a mental link with a puppet, and I'm not ready to consider that as a viable possibility just yet.
doublelammy: (☆ 37)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-10-04 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Welp. Your loss.

Guess I'll just have to show you when I get 'im back!

[She flashes a smile. It's so cute, how she thinks this will happen and they'll both be alive to see it.]
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-04 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
...And how are you planning on doing that, exactly?

[She tilts her head again, thinking.]

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