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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Comments

[londonstar]

I do not have a concrete answer for either question.

[ he appreciates her bravery, being so young and still staring at him, unfaltering. in the back of his head, waver wonders if iskandar would have appreciated her. ]

Nevertheless, where I come from, the police divides itself into various ranks-- similar to military ranks. The rank of "sergeant" belongs to those between the ranks of Constable and Inspector. In other words, it wouldn't be a far stretch to assume that he belongs to the ranks of the police.

[ he pauses, and then moves to the next question. ]

As for the second question, he has confirmed that there is someone that gave him the order to do...[ he gestures ] this.

[alfin]

[ Of course, she already knew... most of that. She wasn't familiar with the rank of 'Constable' or 'Inspector,' however. ]

While it is a possibility, I see no reason to assume the worst. Until proven otherwise, I believe we should operate under the assumption that we can make allies outside of our group.

And if he does work for someone... That is still two people versus twenty-two. I believe the odds are still in our favor.

[ She wasn't about to give up that easily. ]

[londonstar]

[ neither was i until i googled it. ]

I see. [ it takes a great deal of strength not to groan audibly. this sort of optimism would be refreshing in any other situation that doesn't involve having to kill someone.

but waver's used to keeping his frustrations to himself. this isn't any different. ]

That said, Princess, I ask that you reconsider your assumption. While I do see the chance of allying ourselves with someone from the police force, I do not believe it's possible to do so with many of them-- much less all of them.

[ it would be foolish to think that, and he hopes she sees his reasoning. ] You must also consider the fact that they are powerful enough to bring us here. We may be twenty-two, but the Sergeant and their boss have immense power.

[alfin]

Again- I see no reason to consider any one our enemy until proven otherwise.

[ He did bring up a good point about their power. ]

Indeed... They are quite powerful.

[ She'll admit it. After all, not just anybody can kidnap someone from Valflame Palace. ]

However, just because they were able to bring us here, doesn't mean they're capable of keeping us here. If we can escape this place, we can inform the outside world of what is happening here. There is no country that would stand for something like this! Once we escape, we will have so many allies this Sergeant and whoever he answers to will be finished!