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.

Links

IC Rules
Room Assignments
Locations
Tasks (LOCKED currently)

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

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[theserpentsmiles]

[Noticing things happens to be Nagisa's specialty, and he notices a door that wasn't open before. Maybe it's rude, but the circumstances merit a little nosiness. He peeks in.

...Oh. The other's wavelength is pretty wild. Maybe he should...]

Excuse me...

[intentus]

Eh? [ eh?! he should really be used to finding someone—or something—unexpected peeking into his room but for some reason, he isn't. to his credit, after he's startled he calms down relatively quick!

as soon as he's recovered he asks the first thing he can think of. ] Is this your room?

[theserpentsmiles]

No, it isn't. I just saw the open door, that's all. Are you alright?

[If yes, then this was just an awkward use of time. If not, maybe he can help.]

[intentus]

Ah... Were you scared? [ gently, he shakes his head and shows the other boy a fake smile. in his own way, he's trying to be reassuring. ] I'm sorry for making you go out of your way. I'm fine, you don't have to worry.

[theserpentsmiles]

[He shakes his head. He can see right through that fake smile, but he won't say anything.]

I'm sorry for interrupting you. I guess you don't know where this is, either?

[intentus]

[ good choice, nagisa! not that natsume realizes he got a pass. ]

I don't think so. This place is called "Cartesio," isn't it? [ he recalls seeing that name in the rules. ] I think I'd remember if I'd heard of it before.

[theserpentsmiles]

[No one does.]

It seems like it's in rural America...but I don't know how we'd get here. [He won't. Bring up the time thing just yet. Take it easy.]