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

[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?]

[unfashionably]

[ More than one firehose, huh... Sounds useful for things other than putting out fires, but before he can think more on that. Hey. A noise.

Let's check it out! His hearing is good but, whatever. He's gonna get closer anyway. ]

[cartesio]

[It sounds like there's someone in the room that's behind this wall. You can't hear conversations, it's more like the sound of someone pacing around the room leisurely, from side to side of a room, over and over.

Not too far from the garage entrance, there's a door that leads deeper into the fire station]

[unfashionably]

[ And here he thought the place was empty. Since it's just pacing it isn't dire enough to warrant trying to knock down the wall by any means necessary—not that he would try. Honest. Promise.

Ahem. Sure, let's try the hallway first to find the source of the noise. ]

[cartesio]

[Sure, Sting, we all believe you wouldn't!

Once you get into the hallway you stop hearing the pacing, but nobody comes out to the hallway. Luckily, the fire station isn't that complicated to navigate. There's only one door that can lead towards your objective -- a door that's ajar.

If you peek through the door, you'll see...! It's part of a screen depicting a crosswalk. Hm! But you can't see the entire image from the hallway. Curse these firemen, not leaving the doors ajar enough]

[unfashionably]

[ Good thing you believe in him 'cause that only makes one of us.

Moving onto the stingy firemen, this time it does warrant extreme measures. Opening doors by gently pushing them isn't dramatic enough for this guild master, oh no. Not when he has the option of trying to kick it open. Which he tries now. ] Hope you're ready, 'cause I'm comin' in!

[cartesio]

[Goddamnit, Sting, that's not how you do stealth, haha!

As soon as Sting gets the first couple words out, he'll hear the sound of a big chair falling to the floor -- like someone stood up, alarmed. Right when he tries to open the door, a tall man blocks the door with his body. A voice you don't recognize shouts]

Knock that off!

[You can't see the man's face -- or most of his body, through the ajar door all you can see is a gloved hand and part of his body. That's a fireman uniform!]

[unfashionably]

[ This is how you do stealth in Fairy Tail!

Okay, but the fact that somebody scrambled to get up and stop him means he should probably try to get in there. By any means necessary, including slamming himself against the door or, later, trying to break down walls. This door won't know what hit it! ] Oh hell no! If you didn't have something to hide, you wouldn't be tryin' to keep me out like this!

[ Hey, he has gloves too! Which honestly is neither here nor there, but, glove friends. Now open up, glove fire friend! ]

[cartesio]

[Nope, not letting in! The fireman inside doesn't reply. Instead, the door is let go for a very, very brief moment, before something else happens.

I hope you were standing far away enough from the door, Sting, because suddenly there's a loud crack, and the tip of two very shiny metallic cones sprout from the wood of the door, separate one from the other. It's just the tip -- no more than a millimeter, but whatever it is, it must be really strong and long enough to pierce through the thick wooden door like that. Well, more like two of whatever they are]

[unfashionably]

What the hell, man?! You tryin' to kill me or somethin'?! [ He was hopefully standing far enough away, but he is a little durable so even if he wasn't maybe he didn't get hit too bad? See, this is why you send the durable, super strong guy to try and break into places! In case of cone-knives!

Here's a question, can he still see fire friend's hand? ]

[cartesio]

[Not anymore. Taking advantage of the brief reprieve, the man inside slams the door shut. There immediately is the sound of objects being piled behind it, ending with what's most likely the man throwing himself against the door. A veritable barricade, yup.

Looks like you won't be getting through this door this time.

Fire Station Week 2 Exploration -- Complete
To be continued]

[unfashionably]

[ Truly tragic, he knew he should have tried to hold fire friend's hand when he had the chance. He'll get you next time, friend.

He's just gonna sit around here for a while but that's okay, his blatant camping isn't important for now. 'cause, really, he'll get hungry eventually and leave. ]