WEEK 0 — ARRIVAL

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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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March 28^th
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Comments

[clearities]

[Thankfully, Sakura doesn't seem to notice that melancholy. Although she does seem to be rather surprised to hear that. But that might be because she's always been around rather responsible adults herself.

Nevertheless--]

Mm! I usually don't spend too much money myself when I get my allowance, so I definitely won't go over my budget!

[Sakura is a very responsible thirteen year old.]

[monstrology]

Good to hear, good to hear!

[The less kids have to be around that kind of filth, the better.]

Though I have to wonder what's on these cards, since I certainly didn't obtain one myself. I suppose there's no way of knowing unless we attempt to make a purchase...?

[clearities]

We could always check a bank if there's one around here!

[At least... that would be the easiest way to check besides buying something.]

[monstrology]

Oh. Not a bad idea at all! I believe I saw some maps lying around in here...

[He makes his way over to the racks, eventually producing a map. He spreads it out over the desk since the actual, irresponsible receptionist sure isn't using it.]

Hmm, let's see... Are you seeing a bank, miss?

[clearities]

[Eyeing the map, she takes a glance over all of the locations and then shakes her head.]

It's not on here. That's... really weird.

[monstrology]

Right. I'm not seeing one either. [He shrugs.] It's possible that this town is small enough to not have a local bank. Unfortunate, considering whomever brought us here intends to keep us here.

[He wonders how they intend for that... Either way, it wouldn't be a good idea to wander off without their belongings or not knowing where they even are.]

[clearities]

That's pretty strange... most towns usually have banks, even if they're small. Besides, why would they give us cards like this if there isn't one?

[It's weird???]

[monstrology]

If money is digitally stored on the card, I imagine there must be a way to use it at stores regardless of a bank being around.

[With a shrug,]

Not that it makes the fact that they gave us one any less strange.