WEEK 1: April 2nd - April 6th

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Peace Week

Sunday must have been exhausting for you, maybe even upsetting. A new town, new faces and a an ominous order from a man without a face... who wouldn't be a little frightened? Hopefully, all of that is forgotten when you climb out from under your blankets this fine Monday. Rise and shine! A new morning is a new start!

If you make your way to the lounge, you will find a few copies of the local newspaper provided for your perusal. Once you go outdoors, you'll find the weather forecast 100% accurate. It's pretty impressive.

It seems that quiet mornings like this are going to be your everyday life now. Maybe you should see this whole stay as a vacation? Go out and explore the town, meet your fellow motel guests and meet the townspeople. They're sure to welcome you with a smile!

This week's special in the diner is lemon pie made with love (and a top-secret recipe)

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[Welcome to the peace week! This week there won't be a murder nor a task. Enjoy the peace while it lasts! If you want to contact the Sergeant, please post here!]

Comments

park, obviously

[doublelammy]

[Okay, but what if there isn't a sound of someone approaching? Because Millium is going to try her hardest to be quiet, for once. She is a spy, she can undergo one whole sneaking mission!

So she's going to try her absolute hardest to sneak up to the tree as quietly as she can, down on all fours as to be properly on Kino's level when it's time to strike.

And when that time comes, she pounces on Kino in a tackle-hug.]

Kiiii~no! Good morning!!

1/2

[quickpersuader]

[Kino's hand immediately goes to the revolver, whipping it up to point at Millium's face even with the younger child behind.]

2/2

[quickpersuader]

[...But she stops herself just in time, hand drifting down again, finger over but no longer on the trigger.]

...Please don't surprise me like that.

1/2

[doublelammy]

[Blink.

Blink.

...Please give her a moment, she needs to process exactly what just happened.]

2/2

[doublelammy]

R-Roger! I'll be very sure to warn you and come at you from the front next time!!

[She just saw her life flash before her eyes, she thinks...]

...That was really cool, though. You're real quick...

[quickpersuader]

[The feeling is mutual. Most surprise attacks in Kino's experience could have been devastating without those quick reflexes.]

The roads are dangerous, so I have to be ready to protect myself.

[Extremely, exceptionally ready. But for now, Kino will go ahead and holster the gun again.]

Are you alright?

[doublelammy]

Yeah, just fine! It's not like you actually shot me or anything.

[This child has some worrying definitions of "fine."]

Yeah... I guess that makes sense! Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you that much.

[She scurries over next to Kino, though, sitting cross-legged and very much in her line of sight.]

But man! I get having to protect yourself, but I know lots o' people who use guns and I don't think any of 'em are that quick. Even Claire! And Claire is pretty awesome.

[quickpersuader]

[Good. Wise choice, Millium.]

Other spies...?

[Millium's pretty blatant about her job, so it's possible.]

Are they used to ambushes?

[doublelammy]

Claire's not really a spy. She's the captain of the Railway Military Police.

But she is an Ironblood like me. So... yeah, we've gotten into some pretty heated situations before. It's a part of the job.

[quickpersuader]

I see...

I had to train hard to be that quick. But it was to prepare me to make sure I could survive a surprise attack. I'd rather not get into a fight myself if I can help it.

[But, well, if it comes down to it?

A fight they shall have.]

[doublelammy]

Well, you sure can survive a surprise me!

[For someone who had a gun pointed at her two seconds ago, she sure is taking this in stride.]

That's really cool, though, even if I don't really get it. I always just smash my problems if I have 'em.

[quickpersuader]

I don't like to kill.

[As the guestbook mentioned.]

Sometimes it's better just to run instead of fighting... or that's what I think, anyway.

[doublelammy]

I dunno if I like killing, either.

Smashing buildings and things is different. And even though I fight if I gotta, we never ever killed anybody.

[quickpersuader]

You smashed buildings without anyone dying?

[Wow, that's... actually really impressive?]

[doublelammy]

Sure. S'not like you gotta bring down an entire building to do some smashing.

[You can break a wall and not break the entire place!! Come, now, Kino, be sensible.]

[quickpersuader]

[That's still dangerous, Millium...]

How did you know when they were empty enough to smash?

[doublelammy]

You can take down a wall without taking everything out.

[SO? Let her live!]

[quickpersuader]

Your methods must be more precise than what I'm used to.

[doublelammy]

...Ahaha. I wouldn't call anything I do "precise."

S'more like if I'm on a mission, I'm prolly heading into a fortress or somethin'. If you can take down one o' those with just one wall, that's a pretty badly built fortress, don'cha think?

[quickpersuader]

So you don't usually attack civilian areas?

[doublelammy]

No.

Gramps wants to help the civilians. I mean, if a couple get caught in the crossfire here n' there, then that's how things go, but mostly we're just tryn'a crush the nobles.

I mean, the way Cayenne did it, they more or less crushed themselves, but y'know. That just means we can expand now.

[quickpersuader]

So it's a coup?

[And so the picture grows.]

[doublelammy]

Sorta.

It's not like Gramps doesn't have power to begin with. He's the Emperor's right hand man, after all. But he wants to take the power the nobles have and give it back to the commoners. Even things out a li'l bit.

[quickpersuader]

[Kino can't help but wonder how much of that is true, but...

Not Kino's place.]

He sounds like a great man. [One way or another.]

[doublelammy]

[There are... certainly pieces of it Millium's missing, yes.]

He is what he is. People love 'im or they hate 'im. Me, I work for 'im, so it doesn't really matter which way I go, y'know?