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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Room Assignments
Locations
Tasks (LOCKED currently)

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

Comments

[alfin]

[ Alfin shook her head. She refused to trust this man. ]

You must be the sergeant! You're the most suspicious person I've met!

[odoruhinokaze]

[ He snorts. This girl's a trip, he swears. ]

C'mon, do you really think you're going to meet the guy just hanging around in the motel? Didn't you read the note?

[alfin]

'Meet the Sergeant at the Lodge, 9:00AM. '

[ The motel... ]

This isn't the lodge, then.

[ She scrutinized the man some more. ]

If you aren't the Sergeant, who are you?

[odoruhinokaze]

Name's Axel. Got it memorized?

[ He's smirking -- finally, she gets it. Well, not that he helped much in the beginning but he doesn't care. ]

And what's your name, squirt?

[alfin]

[ She hadn't exactly been looking for a name, but she'll take it. She supposed it was rude to ask for a title (or anything of the sort) without giving her own, though. She unfolded her arms and placed a hand to her chest. ]

I am Princess Alfin Reise Arnor of Erebonia.

[ She waited expectantly. After hearing that, this Axel fellow would certainly become more accommodating. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

Whatever you say, kid. By the way, I'm the King of the Pridelands.

[ What's accommodating? Can you eat it. ]

[alfin]

[ Alfin tilted her head. ]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but... You made that up just now, didn't you?

[ She'd never heard of the Pridelands, in any case. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

Pridelands is an actual place, you know.

[ But yes, he made up being the title of "King". That goes to Simba. ]

[alfin]

Is it? It must be in the Far East...

[odoruhinokaze]

Definitely not on the world you've come from, that's for sure.

[alfin]

...Huh?

...

So you are just making things up!

[ Alfin's glare came back in full force. ]

Do you think being kidnapped is some sort of joke?!

[ She did not like this man. She did not like him one bit. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

Actually, when you think about it, being kidnapped can be one kind of big, cosmic joke.

[ Axel is totally helping his case here. ]