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

Comments

[clearities]

I saw a map earlier... and I think this place is called, um-- [Just give her a moment to make sure she's pronouncing it right.] Car-te-si-o? Cartesio. I think.

[alfin]

[ Alfin's hopes were dashed despite getting an affirmative answer, and her gaze grew even more downcast. For all her studying... ]

I've never heard of Cartesio.

[ Her voice came out small. ]

[clearities]

It's okay. [Her voice remains soft, but she tries her best to be reassuring. The fact that she looks downcast means that Sakura has to remain strong.] I've never heard of Cartesio, either. I mean... that might not mean much, but I think that since we're both stuck here together, we can help each other out and find our way back home.

[alfin]

[ So, she hadn't heard of Cartesio, either... That wasn't reassuring. Where were they? ]

Of course.

[ She forced herself to smile. She was a princess. She had to be a ray of hope for her people. Actually, speaking of her people... If she isn't familiar with Cartesio, this girl might not even be Erebonian. She can still smile for her, though. ]

Where are you from, if you don't mind?

[ She just hoped the girl didn't have a problem with Erebonians. They weren't exactly the most well-liked country. ]

[clearities]

[Thankfully, Sakura isn't the type of person to discriminate based on where the person was from. But when she asks--] I'm from Tomoeda, Japan. It's a city near Tokyo. What about you? Where are you from?

[alfin]

Tomoedajapan?

[ Alfin repeated. She had never heard of a place called that either. But the way the name sounded... ]

Is that in the far east? I'm from Erebonia, personally.

[ Erebonians don't really deal with people from the far east, much. But people from the far east do deal with Calvard... She hoped that the girl hadn't dealt with them much, or at least that she was willing to give her a chance despite hearing Calvardian anti-Erebonia propaganda. ]

[clearities]

[Sakura shakes her head.]

Tomoeda. It's the city I'm from. The country itself is called Japan. It's in East Asia.

[So you could say it's in the far east...]

But Erebonia? I've never heard of that place before!