cartesianism | Week 5: April 29th

Week 5: April 29th - May 3rd

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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[Welcome to the fifth week! If you want to contact the Sergeant, please post here!. Also please remember to submit your activity check!]

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[Yeah, alright. Back to being whisked away on a whirlwind adventure. One hand's going for the dagger, other hand's turning on the light on his paladin armor.

What's there to see?]

[ A lot of fog. A lot. You can't see past the hand in front of your face, even with the light. You're going to have to feel around. ]

[Fine, since that's not working as intended, Keith's going to slowly start feeling for a wall of some sort to orient himself to the area. He's working under the assumption that they're indoors and all.

Knife's still in hand though, so don't jump surprise him....]

[ For a few moments, his hand doesn't touch any kind of wall. However... However, it'll touch one, several feet over. Seems the assumption is correct and you're inside. Want to try shuffling around? ]

[Excellent, a wall. Let's indeed do just that and start moving around by the wall. Might be a door around or something, in theory.....]

[ He'll be able to find...well, something. It kind of feels like a door, but it will not open. Not one bit. ]

[Great so it might be a door that's stuck? Time to give it a kick to see if that gets him anywhere. It's a bit of a forceful kick since he's thinking it's time to break down a door.]

[ Not even budging. ]

[Time to be more delicate then. He'll put his hands on the maybe-door and try to feel out what it is.]

[It's a large door, made of what seems to be glass. Through it, everything is dark. You can't even see further than a couple inches of sidewalk.

This is freaky no matter how you look at it. Unfortunately, Keith, there seems to be no way out of this building]

Everyone.

[Even if he can't see y'all, he can hear you just fine. You're all out there in the fog.]

I found the door. Might have to shoot our way out.

[Going to very carefully feel for any hinges/vulnerable points they could try to take out and also try to feel if there's a place to put a key in to unlock it or something.]

[It's almost like the door of a safe, Keith. A perfect expanse of smooth glass, unusually thick, with not even a lock.

You may as well be staring into a brick wall, for as much good as shooting at it would do. Welp]

[Oh.

Kino just nods, and there's a click as she draws her own revolver.]

We can do that.

[kINO]

Wait.

[Oh good Olympia's here to be the voice of reason.]

If I can force it open, that will be quieter.

[Sort of reason. Reason-ish.]

Wait! [He actually raises his voice quite a bit.] Let Gerard try to break through it first! If the bullets can't pierce it, they'll probably rebound and hit one of us.

[And he will direct Gerard towards that door to try and smash it.]

[ Have you ever seen a cat run into a glass door?

That's kind of what happens here. Sorry, Gerard. ]

Gerard! [Well that didn't work out. Franciscus is going to hurry over to comfort him anyways.] It's okay...you did the best you could...

[.../sad trombone??? Gerard's getting a sympathetic look.]

Alright. Anyone else have a bright idea here?

[On the bright side, at least he's less keen onthe idea of shooting their way out...]

Figure out how we're supposed to burn the place down but still get out alive?

[Thanks Kino. At least she's holstering the revolver again.]

Edited 2018-11-01 01:08 (UTC)

Door's not an option.Are there any windows around? Vents we can crawl through to get to the outside?

[Keith's going to keep walking along the wall, both hands feeling for any other potential escape route. Anything else that they might find this way??]

[And Kino will start feeling her way down in the opposite direction!]

Does anyone know how tall the ceiling is?

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icariot - 2018-11-01 01:40 (UTC) - Expand

Let me try.

[Olympia backs away a bit, then gets a running start and tries to punch through the door. Will metal hands turn out to be the crucial difference?]

[ Unfortunately, nope. It'll just vibrate a little...but no sign of anything breaking or opening. ]