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

[robitussin]

[In the morning, after waking up with something new in her room and not finding an explanation for why it's here... She doesn't wait long before heading out into the motel lobby. She gestures towards any girl she sees as she holds up the dress that was draped across her bed a short time ago.]

Do you want it? Because I don't.

[Even if the person she's offering it to is nowhere near her height or build. She seems more agitated than a dress has any right to make her, for whatever reason.

Regardless, she can be found later in the diner. She seems lost in thought, which might make it a surprise when she says, abruptly, to whoever might be nearby:]

Who are they? [...] The people you saw on the screen a few days ago.

[Her reason for asking isn't spoken, but her curiosity is sincere.]

diner;

[kingbomber]

[ If anything, he's only here for the food, and he's just about to leave when she asks him this question of all things. ]

What? Why're you asking me about them?

[robitussin]

[Looking over at him, she shifts so her chin is propped up in a hand as her elbow rests on the table.]

Because I'm curious and I want to know, which I'm immediately regretting.

[kingbomber]

[ The blond snorts, and honestly when it comes down to it, he doesn't care about revealing that much. The Sergeant already knows enough, so what does it matter? ]

Just people I know back home--from school. He's an idiot to try anything with them, though.

[robitussin]

[She tilts her head.]

Why? Do they have weird explodey powers too?

[kingbomber]

No. They don't.

Every single one of them has a unique Quirk. It'd be strange if everyone had one like mine, really. [ And it'd weird him out, tbh. ] Point being, they'd give him hell if he tried to fuck them up, so it's not worth the effort to think about it too hard.

diner

[doublelammy]

[Millium has to eat more than just pancakes today, probably, so she's back at the dinner for dinner when Natalie speaks up, startling her a bit.

Even after a bit of a nap, she's still a little out of it, but she's definitely quicker to react now than she was this morning.]

Oh. Jusis? He's a friend of mine from school.

[She seems happy to be talking about him, despite the rather terse description – there's a different sort of light to her expression than usual.]

Why? Who'd you see?

[robitussin]

Is he one of the people you mentioned earlier? One of the ones who was here when you were, before the rest of us.

[She frowns, deciding how much she wants to say here.]

...My parents, and - someone I used to be close to.

[doublelammy]

[Millium shakes her head no.]

No... but then he woulda had to tell me one way or another what he did do with Rean, so I guess that'd make sense. Better t'leave me in the dark if he wants to scare me, I guess.

[Millium pauses thoughtfully when Natalie lists her precious people.]

..."Used to." Are they d— [Ah, no, perhaps she should be gentle, here.] ...gone, now?

[robitussin]

I guess so. [A sigh.] He’s such an as... Asinine person.

[Nailed it. Either way, she shakes her head.]

Nope. He’s still around.

[doublelammy]

Nah, he's an ass. You can just say it. I was messin' with you before. [She puts her hands behind her head, smiling apologetically.] I've definitely heard worse.

[But there's the second part of that.]

So why aren't you close anymore, then? Did something happen?

diner

[goturshit]

Mm?

[ hi, kinzie has a face full of sandwich, just a sec ]

Couple people from work. Guess he didn't have anything better to go with.

[robitussin]

...Well, that's kind of depressing.

[A beat.]

Unless you're, like, super close to some of your coworkers.

[goturshit]

I mean as close as I am to anyone.

[ another beat. ]

I don't make friends easily.

[robitussin]

Oh.

[A beat.]

I'd say that sucks, but considering the offer he's putting out, that might actually be lucky for you this time around.

[goturshit]

Yeah, I'm good without chatting anyone up from back home. I mean maybe I could talk Gremlin into making a device to get us out of here, but eh. Odds are good she couldn't.

Diner

[silvertongueheir]

They're my team. Shaun, Jimmy, and Liam. I am not too worried about them. Even without my assistance, they're quite capable. And they must be more on edge now that I'm missing, so it's much less likely for one of them to be abducted again.

[robitussin]

...I mean, you say that, but we don't know exactly how he got all of us here. I don't remember it, do you?

[silvertongueheir]

...it's true, I don't. But the last thing I remember was being in my room with only my Pokemon. And according to the Sergeant, they were taken as well.

[robitussin]

So if you don't remember how you got here, how do you know he doesn't have some weird trick up his sleeve he could use on your friends, too?

[silvertongueheir]

I admit, I can't be certain. But Liam and Shaun both have inherent protection against involuntary teleportation. And they can extend that protection to others. As long as Jimmy is in the same room as them, they can watch over him.

lobby!

[prayerwheel]

[ ...I mean. She picked the right person to pawn a fancy dress off of. ]

You...don't want this dress?

[ why tho, it's pretty ]

[robitussin]

[She shakes her head, continuing to hold it out.]

I'm not really the type for formal wear. You interested? You're a little bit shorter than I am, but not that much.

[prayerwheel]

[ Well, okay. Azura will take it with a little hesitance, mostly because...this is kind of weird. But she's not complaining. ]

If you truly don't want it, I don't mind taking it.

[ It fits her style, at least, she's a dressy dresser to the core. ]

[robitussin]

I kind of don’t want to look at it again, so yeah.

[Her shrug is noncommittal, even if she’s glancing at the dress like it’s personally offended her somehow.]

You seem like more of the dress wearing kind, anyways.