WEEK 2: April 8th - April 12th

[cartesio]

Second Week

Seven days have passed. Quite peaceful days, almost too peaceful. The town has welcomed you, excited to see tourists for the first time in many, many, many years. Some may have liked the peace, others may have been annoyed by it, but it was undeniable Cartesio seemed like such a nice and safe place it was hard to believe you had been told to kill each other.

But the threat is still up in the air. What's more: how much patience does the Sergeant have left?

Every time you take a look into the Lodge, you see the Sergeant. Lately he's looking more and more annoyed. Even though you can't see his face, you can feel he's getting frustrated. How long will it be before he lashes out and does something about these peaceful days?

Nobody in the town could suspect the harrowing times that'd befall Cartesio.

When you wake up on Sunday, you'll find new maps in the map rack and brochures on the table, showing places you hadn't noticed in the town before. Enjoy!

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[Welcome to the second week! If you want to contact the Sergeant, please post here!. Also please remember to submit your activity check!]

Comments

investigation + warning: motion sickness

[unfashionably]

[ Strong winds? Psh, just try keeping him from playing outside! ... uh, not that he's playing. He's definitely taking this whole thing seriously, and he hasn't messed around once since getting here. Which, honestly, is kind of starting to wear on him. Maybe that's why the first thing he does when he sees the updated map is head to the fire station.

Sure, there's a ton of fun places around here, but right now? There's one thing he's just gotta try. No need to guess what it is, 'cause the second Sting is in the fire station he heads right up to the pole. Hell. Yeah. This is gonna be awesome! ... and it is, for about five seconds. 'cause as soon as he hops on the pole and starts his dramatic descent, he realizes what a mistake that was.

The whole slide down is painful to watch, honestly. Sting is less sliding and more clutching the pole pathetically as it squeals in protest from his slow-motion descent. This? Yeah, this doesn't work. When he finally reaches the ground after a way too long fall, he drops down onto the floor, sweating and gasping. Yup, that sucked.

After the whole fire pole fiasco, you'd think he would've had enough of the place but, nah. He sticks around a little longer to investigate the station and check out the fire truck. He won't be getting in it anytime soon, but he is absolutely trying to open the hood up and see if he can find any lacrima.

When he's done messing around over there, Sting heads to the park. No messing around here, all he does is walk around looking for something to do. Mostly, he passively chases a couple of ducks and searches for flowers. You can catch him doing either of these things if you want. ]

[ Wild card is always an option! Hit me up over at valkyrur if you wanna work something else out! ]

fire station

[relieable]

[Osomatsu happens to be walking by the fire station when he hears the squeaking noise. what the heck is that? he decides to look inside, because he came to the fire station to check it out, anyway.

what he sees causes him to stare. there's his friend, the Dragon Slayer, inching down the pole. it's probably one of the funniest things he's ever seen, but he doesn't laugh. just stares wide eyed, feeling pity for the poor guy]

...

[he waits for Sting to get down, even though it takes a while]

[unfashionably]

[ it's going to take a minute for him to recover too, not that that's gonna stop him from looking over and grinning sickly. ]

Hey, man. [ He sounds cheerful, oddly enough. ] Sorry about that. Must've shown you a pretty pathetic sight, huh?

[relieable]

Yeah, man. That was pretty depressing. [not even pulling his punches] Are you gonna be okay?

Investigation

[cartesio]

[Starting with the fire truck? Alright!

If there's one thing this town seems to be is reckless with it's trust. There's nothing stopping Sting from popping open the firetruck like a can of tuna, revealing the engine inside. Jackpot!

...well, only if that's what Sting wanted to see. Unfortunately, there's no lacrima over here]

[unfashionably]

[ Hell yeah it is!! Even if it makes zero sense to him and might as well be magic. Not magic from his world, like. Witchcraft magic. The nonsensical variety.

There is a Distinction here.

He shoves his hand into the firetruck and tries to make some sense of it (and probably pulls some wires and small bits out of place), fails to do so, and shuts the hood. If there's nothing to see there, then hmm... Maybe somewhere else? These things usually have some kinda compartment, right? Will he find anything if he circles around the truck like a confused vulture? ]

[cartesio]

[There are a few compartments on the side of the truck. Many firehoses, an axe, a tank of water.. everything secured safely .

From this position you can hear something from the wall near this side of the truck. Check that?]

fire station

[amburere]

[ Of course Dabi's checking out the fire station. It's good to know what hes up against and all. He's mostly stalking around, checking out the equipment when he catches sight of Sting sliding down the fire pole. Wow.

Sting will probably only get a view of Dabi's army boots from the floor, but his drawl is pretty distinct. ]

Wonder if we could find a pole guilty of murder.

[unfashionably]

Definitely feels like a murder. [ He says this but, honestly, he's pretty used to all this by now. Getting sick from something dumb? Must be Tuesday. Except it's Sunday. ]

[amburere]

I'll inform the Sergeant. [ More seriously though, he looks Sting over, head tilted. ]

You always look like you're gonna die from droppin' down a few feet?

Fire house ofc

[icariot]

[Wow. Wow that’s.... Both concerning and slightly sad, Hawks thinks as he watches Sting’s slow motion decent. He had only come into then firehouse after seeing someone run in here, this wasn’t what he expected to find.

He’ll approach and crouch next to the prone Sting, leaning over to peer at his face]

You okay there? You seem to be struggling might hard.

youre right its the only choice

[unfashionably]

Oh yeah. Just— [ Was that a gag? Definitely a gag. ] —thought I'd slide on down to see you.

[icariot]

[Hawks will just. remain leaning over Sting, but take a half step to the side. No need to be too far in a splash zone, should it come to that.]

That was very pole-ite of you, though maybe next time you should take the stairs instead.

fire station

[tuffguy]

[ Bolin's walking by when he catches sight of what's going on. He runs in, excited to see someone slide down the pole

when

it becomes obvious that's not what is happening. so he just stands there, wincing in sympathy pain. ]

You alright there?

[unfashionably]

[ An attempt was made, it just was not made well. Which is probably the pole's fault. Definitely, definitely the pole's fault and not at all his. ]

Yeah. Things could be worse, I could still be on that thing. [ He grins before sitting up. He's moving little shakily but, eh, he'll probably be fine. ] You here to check this place out too?

park

[clearities]

... what are you doing?

[ Sakura can't help but peer at him a little curiously in spite of the strong winds today. ]

[unfashionably]

[ He glances over at her. Hey, it's the kid from the first meeting! He remembers her. ]

Don't laugh, all right? [ Pause! ] I'm just here looking for some flowers.

fire station

[robitussin]

[She comes in when she hears the squealing noise from him coming down the pole, looking worried and taking in the entire scene—]

Are you... Oh. [A pause, while she watches the rest of his progress. It's only once he's on the ground that she speaks.] Dude, seriously? Why?

[unfashionably]

Thought it'd be fun. Sure was wrong about that one. [ It was the worst, do not recommend. But at least he gets up..?! That's something. ]

fire station

[protectandselfserve]

[oh...

oh no... he's trying not to laugh because that's openly douchey but honestly this is really funny to him...]

You should've greased it up a bit first, you know...

[unfashionably]

[ Gant's restraint is truly impressive...! Not that he would have cared too much if Gant laughed. Probably. ... nah, he probably would've sulked. ]

Is that how you do it? I'll have to remember that trick for next time.

park

[pecker]

[Some of these ducks are Niwa's eyes so she is just deadpanning from a few blocks away as he messes with them...!! By the time she makes it over to check out what's going on, he's looking around for something though. He seems kinda suspicious. What's his deal?]

E-Excuse me...

[unfashionably]

[ He is absolutely the most suspicious. So suspicious that, when he notices her, he turns and asks... ]

What's up? [ The humanity. ]

fire station

[merirut]

[This sure is the same person he explored town with earlier huh. For whatever reason, he can't take his eyes off the sight of a grown man slowly sliding down a fireman's pole and ending up as a mess on the floor. He's half-tempted to just dismiss Sting as an idiot and leave but maybe he was trying something useful?!]

...Was that supposed to accomplish something?

[unfashionably]

[ As is so common for our threads, he was not trying something useful. Sorry, McGillis, art is just art. ]

If it was— [ hurk ] —my belly sure didn't get it.