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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Comments

Diner

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian's been seeing Jughead around the diner a lot when she comes in to eat but she's never really made move to talk to him. After all, his profile does say he dislikes most people... but also, Cian really is starting to like having 'people who dislike people' as conversation partners again. Which means she should really take her chances for a chat here. All that writing looks interesting too!! ]

Oh, you're writing down our story...?

[burgerprince]

Trying to.

[Jughead twiddles the pen between his fingers. He’s not very far in yet, but if anything good can come of this situation it’s that there’s a good story beneath it all.]

I was hoping for a thematic departure from my last work, less murder this time.

[A flat expression.]

We’ll see how that works out.

[integratedsoul]

We can only try our best to make your tale a happy one then.

[ Cian attempts what is supposed to be an optimistic smile. ]

Why was the last one about murder?

[burgerprince]

[You can try optimism right now, Cian, but the look Jughead has is completely devoid of it.]

Because my muse was a town, and that town got shaken up by one.

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian kind of wants to ask what it is like, to experience a murder so close-by. Maybe it would be good to know for future reference... But also, that's not the kind of question she should just dump on someone. ]

Do you only write about real events then?

[burgerprince]

When they're better than fiction.

[His strongest work has been non-fiction, real lives are just so much more complicated.]

Like this place. You couldn't make it up, as much as you'd want to.

[integratedsoul]

You're right... Even the craziest stories I've heard of, they're not quite this intricate... All the different worlds united here through us are a lot to take in.

[ She is very genre aware in that her own world is absolutely like an old science fiction novel, but it's also nowhere like this. ]

[burgerprince]

It’s gonna take a lot of suspension of disbelief.

[A quick glance at his notes to soak up that statement.]

I can’t even say my own disbeliefs are suspended.

[integratedsoul]

I'm not even creative enough to not suspend it, I just can't come up with another explanation for what we're experiencing...

Hallucinations don't last this long and aren't this vivid, I think.

[burgerprince]

Had much experience?

[Because he's not ready to rule it out.]

[integratedsoul]

No, not at all.

But that also makes me think it can't be it - I have a health software installed that prevents any symptoms of illness from manifesting. WatchMe wouldn't fail like this for so long.

[burgerprince]

You think Sarge could've tampered with it? He did that to Keith's suit. Made it all sweaty and gross.

[Actually, the sweat was all on Keith.]

[integratedsoul]

Hmh... I haven't heard of any cases in which WatchMe got hacked or manipulated... but actually, that doesn't mean it's impossible. It's just that in my world, nobody has any interest in even trying.

You've got a point, then...

[burgerprince]

I'd say test it out, but that seems kind of a bad idea.

[integratedsoul]

I don't have the skill anyhow.

And nobody here has the technology to actually access the software in my body, I am pretty sure.

[burgerprince]

I was thinking you could just get salmonella or something. Less flashy, I know.

[integratedsoul]

... oh.

Well, given none of this place is up to the standards I'm used to, that might happen anyway.