WEEK 3: April 15th - April 19th

[cartesio]

Third Week

The peaceful times are over. Moloch von Zinzer was murdered, and Nine was sentenced as his murderer. Everyone in Cartesio knows that.

Although life goes on, it seems the town of Cartesio isn't going to forget the tourists' transgressions. Not only they commited larceny in the cinema, they also murdered and executed in their town! It's no surprise their hospitality towards the visitors has cooled down considerably.

Not only they're maintaining a tense cordiality with them, they also have started talking behind the visitors' backs. All kinds of rumors are starting to sprout, yet nobody seems to be willing to say it to the tourists' faces. Talking directly to most passerby makes them distrustful, and nobody seems to want to be in close quarters alone with them.

It's only matter of time before the relationship between tourists and Cartesio starts degrading even further.

In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and the maps have been updated once again.

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Comments

[relieable]

[he raises his hand]

I have a question. What is "Garfle Warfle Snick?"

[that's missing the point of the meeting entirely]

[marmoron]

[As silly as it is to hope against the inevitable, Keith was KIIINDA hoping nobody was going to ask that.]

It's apparently a popular game show that gets broadcasted across space. [Or maybe it's not and the whole thing really only ever existed in Bob's little pocket universe/dreamverse? Too bad they never really had the means to check this.]

You...play games on it.

[Yes Keith, thank you. You play games on a game show. Brilliant exposition. On the one hand, it's obvious Keith isn't trying to be a dick about this. On the other, it means Keith really is that goddamn awkward.]

[relieable]

[awkward or not, Osomatsu wasn't expecting an answer to that question. but he does look enlightened after hearing it. he doesn't know anything about Keet Keith, so hearing that he's been on a space game show sounds really cool!]

Really? That sounds super fun! Do you, like, travel through space, or something?

[or something]

[marmoron]

[Or something indeed. Garfle Warfle Snick was also not "fun" but before he can clarify that he has to contend with that follow up question.]

I... I guess?

[The wording just throws him for a second. He doesn't hate traveling through space, so he probably likes it by default. Probably?]

But it's not exactly something I was doing for fun.

[relieable]

Oh... [sorry, he got a little excited there] I've just never been to space... Or knew anyone who's been to space! So it seems pretty cool to me.

[yeah, Keith, you just became a super awesome badass in his eyes... not that you weren't badass before, standing up to the Sergeant, and all]

[marmoron]

[Oh god, someone who isn't treating him like the local gun weirdo and seems to be genuinely curious about his life, what do...]

It is pretty neat to get to travel around the universe, yeah. We just didn't get a whole lot of downtime to enjoy it. War's like that.

[relieable]

[war, huh? that seems to be a common theme around here. maybe he'll ask Keith more about it later, when they're not in a meeting]

...I hope you get to enjoy it someday!

[marmoron]

[That's a strange enough thought that Keith's reaction here is noticeably delayed. Sure, they're not fighting a war in the hopes that there'll be a time of peace to come afterwards, but what is he really going to do when there aren't Galra to fight, and everything's back to order?

It's... it's too far away of a thought. Still too much to do, a stupid thing to even think about when they don't even have a clue where the lions are. Yeah -- it's best to not think about any of this for now. Focus on how he's getting out of here to get back to them.

His brow furrows a little, a tiny quirk of his lips that could've been a smile but isn't really convincing enough to call it that and:]

One step at a time. Let's stay focused on figuring this place out.

[quickpersuader]

[Kino was definitely listening to this bit, slightly disappointed when he doesn't go into it in more detail.]

[protectandselfserve]

Is it one of those really absurd game shows that are designed to get you to look like an idiot on television?

[LOOK......]

[marmoron]

[/mental flashbacks to this

If he weren't already a little frazzled by getting laughed at a bunch of times, he'd probably be handling this a bit differently, buuuuut.]

Is that really what we should be talking about right now?!

[protectandselfserve]

Just curious!

...

It definitely was, though, huh.

[marmoron]

[Not dignifying that with a response!!]

For someone who's supposedly a cop, you sure are taking this place lightly.

[protectandselfserve]

Oh, I'm taking everything very seriously. I just think it's important to keep a positive attitude and keep some levity about so we don't get beaten down by the situation. It's served me well over years of tough cases and tough situations, after all.

[marmoron]

[Squint.]

Sounds like a lot of fancy words to say you like laughing at my expense.

[protectandselfserve]

Not at your expense, no. I just have fun with those things regardless!