WEEK 0 — ARRIVAL

[cartesio]

Week 0: Arrival

When you wake up you immediately feel something’s off. You sit on the bed and find it’s not your bed, and this isn’t your room either. You seem to be in a rather normal-looking motel room. To your side there’s a trunk, if you open it you’ll find a military uniform, the key to your room, a set of rules and a debit card. Don’t lose those items! Or do lose the rules, you'll find a brand new copy the next day under your pillow. There’s also a calendar on the wall, you can see today’s date. The year is unreadable, but the month and day are very clear:

March 28^th
There it says ‘Meet the Sergeant at the Lodge, 9:00 AM’. There’s also a circle around March 31st, with the word ‘END’ scrawled there.

For now leaving your motel room would be a good choice. When you reach the lobby, you see the receptionist’s desk— no one’s manning it. There’s a rack filled with maps, marking several locations in the town.

There are also many strangers here – and you’re one more. For now it may be a good idea to take a map and explore the town.

After all, looks like you’re stuck here in the boonies for a while.

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Room Assignments
Locations
Tasks (LOCKED currently)

March 28^th
March 29^th
March 30^th

Comments

[dvaita]

Paradise. The land where there's no need for fighting, war or— [ What else did Nirvana consist of again? He brushes a hand through his hair and shakes his head. ]

It's not here. I couldn't have reached Nirvana without the rest of the Embyron.

[intentus]

[ ... ah. there's something sad about how that sounds. not because of what it is, it's more the way those words are typically used in stories. paradise, nirvana, utopia, those are all things that people in stories yearn for but can't find because they don't really exist.

or at least, they don't exist for humans. briefly, he glances off to the side. he doesn't believe they're in nirvana, but more than that he doesn't believe it's a place this boy can reach. ] ... I don't think it's here either.

[dvaita]

[ Honestly, Serph isn't really sure he believes it himself anymore. ]

Yeah, I think you're right. [ ....... ] Are you from here? You can't be from the Junkyard.

[intentus]

No, I'm not. [ ... ] Ah, I'm not from a junkyard either. Is that where you've been staying?

[dvaita]

[ A junkyard? The difference is slight, but Serph catches onto it right away. He tilts his head as he replies, trying to make sense of this all. ]

The junkyard isn't just one area. It's the entire... [ A pause as he searches for the right word, trying to recall the talks he had with Sera when she first arrived. ] world.