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

wildcard you know the drill etc

[robitussin]

[Yesterday was... Confusing to say the least, and today has been long. If Natalie feels that way, she's sure Millium must be experiencing it twofold.

Maybe that has something to do with the way she doesn't hesitate long before approaching the younger girl when she sees her in the diner. She seems distracted, and Natalie can't really blame her.]

...Hey.

[doublelammy]

[Millium is pretty distracted, staring out one of the windows with her chin in her hands and absently picking at an order of fries.

She looks up when she realizes she's being spoken to, though.]

Oh, Natalie. Hi.

[Yeah, she's not in the brightest of spirits.]

What's up?

[robitussin]

...I mean, a lot.

[Everything happens so much, etc, etc.]

How are you, um... You know.

[How are you doing, she means to say.]

[doublelammy]

Aha... got me there.

[Sigh.]

Not the greatest. Talked to Sarge, got nowhere, big surprise there.

You? Didja at least get anything cool last night?

[robitussin]

...He told me a little bit. You want me to tell you now, or you want to wait until I bring it up with everyone whenever we all meet as a group next?

[She lets the second question go unanswered until she hears how Millium responds.]

[doublelammy]

I mean, I talked with Sakura a little already.

You can go ahead and tell me. It prolly can't be any worse than what I know already.

[robitussin]

Okay, so... What do you already know?

[doublelammy]

Sakura said that Sarge erased some of his memories. Like of us being here the first week, of him, of the first murder.

[robitussin]

[She doesn't look surprised, but she does ask...]

She didn't say anything about why the Sergeant kept him here?

[doublelammy]

No.

[robitussin]

[She drums her nails against the table as she speaks, thinking about how to phrase this and how much to say just yet.]

He said that... Because the last time you were here was kind of a test run, he was supposed to kill the people who were involved. But - he felt too bad for them to let that happen, so he went against his orders, apparently.

1/2

[doublelammy]

[And that's where Millium freezes. It's... probably not surprising that she doesn't take that news well.]

He... what?

2/2

[doublelammy]

[Millium.exe has crashed, give her a moment. Once she recovers from the initial shock...]

...ahaha. Well! It sure is a good thing he did, otherwise I really would've had to break some rules, y'know~?

[There is precisely nothing comforting about this cheer.]

[robitussin]

[That's about what she expected, but that certainly doesn't mean she knows the best way to handle it. There's a few seconds of hesitation, before:]

Well... He doesn't count as a participant this time, so he's probably safer than any of us for the time being. We just have to figure out how to make him remember.

[doublelammy]

[Natalie probably picked the safest route.]

...Yeah. You're right about that. We'll just... keep working together, keep pushing forward.

[Relentlessly.]

I know that's what Rean would want.

[robitussin]

Yeah. I mean, I don't know him as well as you or anything, but - you know. I'm, like, around and stuff.

[What a stunning offer to help.]

[doublelammy]

[It's a very... Natalie offer.]

Aha... thanks. [A beat.] Or is that "too weird" again?

...You never did answer me earlier, by the way. If you got somethin' cool or not.

[NO ESCAPE]

[robitussin]

It's definitely weird.

[But she doesn't sound like she minds much.]

Oh. Right, sorry, I thought the whole narrowly avoiding death thing was more important. I just got a notebook.

[doublelammy]

Ehehe.

[She's learning how you work, Natalie...]

Aww. About as exciting as me, then. [She lifts one of the pom-pom strings on her hat. It is a very cute hat?]

[robitussin]

Is it something you got had back home, or have you never seen it before?

[doublelammy]

I had this back at Thors. I mean, it's a cute hat n' all, but not worth last night.

[robitussin]

[A snort.]

There's a very short list of things that would be worth last night.

1/2

[doublelammy]

Right? He keeps givin' us these crazy things to do that get us into all sorts of trouble and then that, and for... what.

Some dolls, a broken ARCUS, and some clothes? C'mon, how cheap does he think we are?

[...is this really the reason to be offended, Millium...]

2/2

[doublelammy]

Oh! But speaking of last night!

You said you were a musician?

[Natalie was a fool if she was hoping Millium would forget.]

[robitussin]

[She's about to respond to the first part, but... Ah.]

...Yeah, I did say that.