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

[quickpersuader]

[That gets a curious glance from Kino. Shockingly, for all Kino's worldly experiences, there's quite a few things the traveler hasn't really been in a position to ever know.]

What kind of "regular teen angst?"

[burgerprince]

[Jughead turns to face Kino a little. He’d figured “teen angst” really is enough of a descriptor itself, but...Kino has seen a lot, so it’s not too unbelievable that they’d never experienced that. Hell, he couldn’t imagine Kino in highschcool at all.]

Like...worrying about what I’m going to do about college, if me and Veronica dating each other’s best friends is a good idea or if I should fear her wrath if I end up breaking Betty’s heart, or whatever clique warfare is happening at school this week.

[He folds his arms behind his head.]

Would be nice to have those as my biggest problems.

[Not like they ever were with the whole murder thing, dad issues, homelessness, etc. That was slightly more irregular teen angst.]

[quickpersuader]

[Appropriate, because Kino has never in fact been to a high school.]

A life with minor problems, then.

[That much, at least, Kino can understand. It's not like traveling is without its challenges, and there's been many a time in which Kino was frustrated by some obstacle or another.]

But... I wonder if it's possible to live a life like that in any country? [Even the most peaceful countries Kino has seen had their own shares of problems...]

[burgerprince]

[Jughead thinks about it.]

Probably not. Even then, the small stuff would just seem like a bigger deal.

[quickpersuader]

That's what I think, too. In all the countries I've seen, there was always something or another to be dissatisfied with.

[Maybe that's human nature - or maybe that's just life itself.]

...Of course, that's not to say a peaceful country with small problems is the same as a war-torn one, either.

[burgerprince]

No, it’s not.

[Some problems you’ve just got to let yourself be humbled by.]

There’s always gonna be stuff that sucks, just on different levels, I guess. You just hope it’s relatively not that bad.

[quickpersuader]

Exactly. Even this isn't the worst circumstances, so that makes it a little easier to bear.

We have food, water, and shelter provided. Death at the rate of one per week isn't as bad as some countries where people die to illness or violence every day.

I still don't like it. But I can imagine worse scenarios.

[Survived through worse.]

[burgerprince]

Two a week. If we're being realistically optimistic.

[quickpersuader]

[...Fair. A nod.]

Two a week.

[burgerprince]

Still, you have a point. We could have to go all Battle Royale on this.

[He pauses.]

But this whole setup makes it...worse, somehow. Like we're encouraged to feel comfortable just to make it hurt all the more when its torn apart.

[quickpersuader]

[What's battle royale...]

Mm... the last time I was in a situation like this. The country where they made everyone fight each other for citizenship. It was over in three days, but I missed having a shower or good food.

[It's kind of hard to say which Kino would prefer of the two...]

Well... it was easier to get away without killing.

[burgerprince]

[Jughead makes a face, and sighs.]

It'd be too much to hope people are all murdered out now, and we won't have to worry about it anymore, wouldn't it?

[quickpersuader]

Probably. Most people have a price.

[Unfortunate as it is.]