Week 5: April 29th - May 3rd

[cartesio]

Fifth Week

Everything's getting worse. Rose Nylund and Frasier Crane murdered Jughead Jones during the event Jughead worked so hard to organize. Given some of the townspeople were in attendance, it didn't give a good impression -- if the visitors did this when trying to be good people and get along with Cartesio, then how will they behave once they get into destroying everything? The cruel method of Jughead's death also left everyone quite horrified, too.

That may be why it's no surprise the town's quiet unrest is slowly turning into real, tangible fury.

During the week, from time to time stones break some of the windows of the motel, looking outside shows a random passerby running away. Graffiti is left on the walls: 'SEE IF YOU LIKE THIS' 'MURDERERS' 'YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY US ALL', and other similar messages. Some of the store owners hesitate when the visitors approach, but they don't refuse service because money is always nice.

The Sergeant's pervasive influence is starting to cover not only you, but also the entire town of Cartesio. After all, everything that's happening to you and the motel? It's the result of what you and the other visitors have done.

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

park

[robitussin]

[It's not rare for Natalie to frequent the park, and when she spots Kino, she slows to a stop.]

...Hey.

[Unlike her usual routine, she actually came to watch the execution this morning.]

[quickpersuader]

[Having attended the other executions before, Natalie's presence was unexpected. When Kino looks up, it's with a small nod of acknowledgement.]

Hello.

[A nod, and... a smile, if faint.]

[robitussin]

[There's a pause of decent length, before:]

...Is it fair to assume you didn't actually just miss?

[quickpersuader]

That's very fair.

[Those shots were precise, in their own way.]

[robitussin]

...Can I ask why?

[quickpersuader]

Because she asked for something quick and painless, and I was angry.

[Because that's not the death she gave Jughead at all.]

The places I shot matched his body. But she still had an easier time of it than he did.

[robitussin]

[For whatever reason, it's not as tempting to be angry at her as it was with Millium, but all the same...]

You shouldn't have, even if she deserved it.

[quickpersuader]

Why not?

[robitussin]

It's not like it's going to change what happened to him.

[...]

They were all watching, besides. Not sure that being crueler than necessary is a good plan.

[quickpersuader]

It wasn't for him. I killed her that way because I wanted to.

[There's a difference, and that difference is simply that Kino is a selfish person.]

And after the article, and then the murder at the show... I don't think there's any way to repair that opinion.

[robitussin]

Yeah, but why did you want to?

[She sighs.]

That doesn't mean we can't at least try to make it better.

[quickpersuader]

[Again:] Because I was angry. She caused much more pain than necessary when she killed him. Everyone dies someday, but I didn't want to show mercy to someone who can ask for a 'quick and painless death' when they couldn't even learn how to provide that for their own victim.

I'm not a good enough person to do such a thing.

[robitussin]

...Okay, I'm not that torn up that she got hurt more than necessary, but trying to say you did it because you're not a good person is bullshit.

[quickpersuader]

You think so?

[robitussin]

I mean, like...

[She pauses, trying to decide how to say this.]

Isn't saying "I did it because I'm not a good person" just acting like you don't have any control over what you do?

[quickpersuader]

That's not what I mean. I'm not saying "I'm a bad person" to excuse my actions.

I'm saying I'm a bad person because I chose to do it.

[robitussin]

[That, at least, she seems to accept a little easier. All the same...]

Maybe just... try to choose to do something a little different if something similar happens again?

[quickpersuader]

It's my preference to make it quick, normally. But I can't guarantee I won't do it again depending on what happens.

[It's not so much that Kino lacks emotions. She's simply very comfortable acknowledging what feelings she does have.]

[robitussin]

[She shakes her head.]

I wasn't really asking for a guarantee. You don't seem like the kind of person who would accept that.

[quickpersuader]

[Kino smiles again at that.]

I don't. There's only so much I can do, whether I want to or not.

[robitussin]

Yeah. As long as you, like... make an effort, I'm good.

[But, hm.]

Did it make you feel better?

[quickpersuader]

A little.

[Not gonna lie about that.]

[robitussin]

[There's an exhale, but it's to fill the silence more than anything that conveys a specific emotion.]

...At least there's that.

[quickpersuader]

I prefer to minimize the deaths I cause... But there's still some that are more satisfying than others.

[And Rose, unfortunately, falls squarely in that category.]

[robitussin]

[After a moment, she nods.]

...Yeah, I can't exactly say that I'm going to be shedding any tears over either of them.