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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Locations
NPCs
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

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

Comments

[marmoron]

fire station - NPC interaction please! (also open to PCs)
[Going to check out all the new places that've been added to the map this week has led Keith to the fire station. There's a strange, contemplative look on his face as he looks around the place. The way he's carrying himself, he's undoubtedly familiar with all the equipment that's around.]

gas station - evening
[Since he's been avoiding the diner for no particular reason tyvm, he's hanging around the convenience store buying... what looks like a couple of days worth of food (does this kid just buy everything in bulk) along with several different colored sharpies, thumbtacks and paper. What is he up to, doo doo doo.....]

Fire Station

[quickpersuader]

Are you familiar with any of this?

[Hi, Keith. The voice is still deadpan, but he might recognize its owner by now because of it.]

[marmoron]

[Very familiar, yep. Kino's getting a nod in response.]

You don't have fire stations where you're from?

[quickpersuader]

Some countries do. But I don't usually tour them myself.

[Traveler and all. Kino generally just trusts the firemen of the country to know what they're doing.]

Are you used to being inside one?

[marmoron]

It's been a while.

[It's kind of a bitter place to be, really. He drops eye contact and places a hand on the side of the fire truck.]

Used to hang around one all the time when I was a kid.

[quickpersuader]

[Kino gazes up at the firetruck with him.]

Did you have some connection to it?

[marmoron]

[There's a pause before he answers that.]

My pop was a firefighter. Why the curiosity?

[quickpersuader]

["Was."]

I'm a traveler. I enjoy learning about the world and the people that make it up.

[It's a calm and easygoing answer, but that seems par for course when it comes to Kino.]

[marmoron]

[That gets a teeny frown.]

Don't count me in as part of this world. I'm getting out of here as soon as I can.

fire station

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian's just here to look around and maybe learn about about fire security - she doesn't have a lot of practical skills of her own after all...

... but when she sees Keith, she is changing her mind on this very quickly. So here's an adult lady, doing the worst 'pretending not to see you and walking another way' routine ever. ]

[marmoron]

[Keith just... sighs at this. It's been a few days since he yelled at her and he knows he should apologize, even if he hasn't come out and done that yet. He'd approach, but it looks like she's trying to slink away like he;s a leper or something so the first thing he says just doesn't end up being all that civil.]

...I can see you, you know.

[Isn't that a familiar line....]

[integratedsoul]

[ ... well, that gets her to stop in her tracks. And turn to him with an awkward smile, because... it's what Cian does. ]

I figured you wouldn't want to though.

[marmoron]

Well you figured incorrectly, so stay right there unless you don't want to talk to me.

[God, why is'he being so prickly....]

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian just stares at Keith for a second, trying and absolutely failing to comprehend Keith.

She looks very awkward, staring at him nervously, still smiling. ]

I'm... if you want to talk, then that is fine with me.

[marmoron]

[Why does this have to be so goddamn awkward. Keith has half a mind to just leave again, just throw out a "NEVER MIND" and abort mission, but he just as much refuses to continue having to feel like he has to walk on eggshells around Cian.]

About what I said to you. [Through clenched teeth:] At the diner.

[And now he's just going to pause for an intermission there while he figures out how to put the syllables "so" and "ry" together.]

[integratedsoul]

The loudness caught me off-guard. People don't do that in my world either.

[ She helpfully offers as some kind of explanation for her own severe reaction. ]

[marmoron]

[now there's another segue he could take instead of apologizing, but for once he doesn't take it.]

I shouldn't have yelled. [....] Or said those things.

NPC

[cartesio]

Hello there, young man. Can I help you with something?

[ A woman in uniform approaches Keith after he's been poking around for a little bit. She undoubtedly works here. ]

[marmoron]

[Keith stops staring at the fire truck and turns to face the uniformed woman.]

I'd appreciate that.

[There's a surprising amount of civility there. Looks like he's capable of it if he really tries....]

I heard there was a fire a few weeks ago. I was wondering if you could tell me about it.

[cartesio]

Oh, that? Yeah, there was a short circuit, in some of the electricity underground? What else do you want to know about it?

[marmoron]

[There's a pause; like he's actually considering how best to phrase this instead of rushing in head long with alarming sounding phrases.]

That wasn't an accident, correct?

[cartesio]

[ She looks at him in confusion. ]

Where'd you get that idea? Of course it was an accident.

[marmoron]

[....right, what else was to be expected there.]

Never mind. I must've misunderstood. [Token gesture of being placating or whatever.] Do fires happen often in Cartesio?

[cartesio]

Every so often. Usually, it's in the summer with the heat, or if we get a bad lightning strike. The occasional accident, someone left their stove on too long, things like that.

[ Just a lot of accidents. ]

[marmoron]

[Quiet for a moment.]

Cartesio's been around since.. '75, right?

[Or at least that's the oldest of the police records he remembers seeing anyway.]

And there hasn't been a single arsonist. Guess life in a small town really is pretty different.