Week 4: April 22nd - April 26th

[cartesio]

Fourth Week

A second murder shook the town of Cartesio. Clarisse's ambush plan ended with Katsuki Bakugou's death. Now what?

Nothing to be done other than continuing their life and watch what happens. After two weeks, after the deaths they have seen, it's hard to think there's a way out. The only option is to wait for the right chance to turn the tables and see a weak point in the Sergeant's plans -- and hopefully not see any murders.

The townspeople's attitude towards the tourists soured even more. The destruction of the church was much worse than anything they had seen so far, and they ran out of patience. People who in the past were nice and wanted nothing more than to make the tourists happy now aren't afraid of saying to their faces what's what. Random pedestrians shout at the visitors, telling them to stop being criminals. Although there are a few who have more patience than the rest, general opinion is clear:

The tourists are nuisances, to say the least.

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

[silvertongueheir]

Clarisse was one of the few among us who actually wanted to be constantly destructive. I hope you do not judge all of us based on her poor behavior.

[cartesio]

Oh, I'm afraid she's as much of a representative of you all as, let's say, that woman over there.

[He points at Kinzie because of her leg knife holster. She looks like she's ready to kill, in his opinion]

[doublelammy]

...Wouldn't you wanna defend yourself when people from your group keep dying and you don't even know how you got here?

[Lammy aside, Millium can at least pull off the part of a sad, frightened child for this one moment.]

[cartesio]

If you want to defend yourself from yourselves, you have to be more subtle. This? [He waves a pen, as if he was scribbling the air all over Lammy] This isn't subtle.

[...]

Although I do guess it means nobody will kill you if you have this...robot around, so good job there.

[doublelammy]

...Lammy is my friend.

[And to illustrate the point, the robot floats closer, carefully circling its arms to cross in front of Millium like a protective hug.]

And that's what I'm hoping. That by having him around, it'll scare away anyone here who might hurt me.

[cartesio]

The... The robot is...your friend.

[ Something he hasn't seen before, to be sure. ]

Still, none of us would like to see another child get hurt... Even if... Is it true you were the one to take part in that execution, over the weekend?

1/2

[doublelammy]

[! Shit.]

2/2

[doublelammy]

M-me..?!

[It is amazing how genuinely offended she sounds right now.]

I— mister—! I don't know what you'are talking about...!

[cartesio]

[ He pauses for a moment, but doesn't look swayed. Oh dear, it doesn't seem to work. ]

Some of the townsfolk saw a young girl with your color of hair. They named you. There aren't many kids your age, among your group.

[doublelammy]

[DAMN YOU, ANIME HAIR COLORS. HOW COULD YOU BETRAY HER LIKE THIS]

I... I can't believe it...

I'm stuck here without anyone I know... my friend just died... blood showed up in my motel room at night for no reason... you didn't like my sharks... and now I'm being framed for a m-m-murder...?

[...It's unfortunate that she doesn't have enough handle on emotion to summon real tears for this.

Just gonna have to hope the massive guilt trip does something to throw him off, here.]

[odasaku]

[ THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!!!!!!!! ]

[cartesio]

[ HE CAN'T... HELP BUT... Robert stammers, somewhat. ]

We... We have it on record, everyone who volunteered to take part in the execution. The...remarkably unsettling number of people who volunteered...

I'm... I'm sorry, but for so many witnesses to lie seems...excessive.

[doublelammy]

[She's just going to bury her face in her hands and mime shivering and crying (because she can't do it for real) while Lammy "hugs" her tighter.

SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?! This could have been avoided if you liked her sharks!!]

[odasaku]

We all wanted to give her a quick death instead of suffering through the electric chair. The Sergeant doesn't give us an option.

[ he'll stand behind millium, holding her shoulder as well. ]

You shouldn't be interviewing kids either way, sir.

[carbide]

Perhaps not a lie, exactly. You yourself mentioned a child being killed and the destruction of the church, I'd just been falsely accused and forced to publicly expose something I hadn't even shared with my closest friend yet... sometimes, when under stress and emotional pain, people don't see what's actually there.

[carbide]

[Olympia walks over and puts a hand on her shoulder.]

It'll be all right.

[doublelammy]

[The gesture is appreciated, even if Millium can't show it due to lying through her fucking teeth.]

[goturshit]

"That woman over there." Smooth, Anderson Cooper.

[cartesio]

My--my name is Robert Miller.

[Guess who missed the reference]

[goturshit]

[ looks him dead in the eyes: ]

You're the one singling me out right now, there are worse things I could call you.

[cartesio]

Like what, exactly?

[Is that a dare? That seems like a dare. This man isn't backing down]

[goturshit]

No, no, I'm not giving you that shit for your paper for free. First I want you to say exactly what you think of me here, Walter Cronkite.

[cartesio]

...My name is Robert Miller.

[ Really not getting the references here. ]

I think standing ready with a weapon is a fast way for someone to get hurt, and I and the people of Cartesio don't appreciate that sort of thing, miss.

[goturshit]

You mentioned that. Do you... you're a journalist and you don't know who Walter Cronkite is?

[ she shakes her head a little ]

Anyway, I don't wear this outside, so the people of Cartesio don't have anything to worry about. [ and in a horrifying moment of "kinzie needs to be right all the time": ] Besides, who said it's for combat purposes?

[cartesio]

[ He has another point, but that question just derails him. ]

What else would a knife in a holster be used for?