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

around town

[agoreable]

[ They're heading in the same direction, so Lovepon runs into him rather naturally. Normally she isn't one for initiating too much conversation, but in this scenario she has no idea what is going on so she'd prefer to get her bearings by meeting people and making allies.

She hears him mutter and adjusts her pace so she comes to walk closeby. ]

I think this isn't an Island at all.

[monstrology]

[That statement is going to get quite the curious glance from Will as he turned to acknowledge Lovepon's presence.]

Oh? Why would you say that?

[It's as if he couldn't imagine it being anything other than an island.]

[agoreable]

Well, everything here looks very typically American - I don't think there are any major American islands that have the same look to them. So we'd be on a continent.

[ Not that she has ever been to the US herself, but having seen images and movies clearly counts for a good enough impression. This place does its best to suit the stereotype anyway. ]

[monstrology]

[???

This only serves to further confuse him.]

I'm sorry, "American"? I'm afraid I haven't heard of such a location. But typically, bodies of land are considered to be islands, large or small.

[agoreable]

Huh...? No, the biggest ones are continents. There's 7 of them. You learn that in every school.

[ ... well, every school Lovepon knows of. Which, she is slowly realizing, might not mean much. ]

[monstrology]

That's not...

[He starts to argue that point, but trails off. Okay, something is going on here.]

I don't mean to discredit you, and I trust you're being sincere. It's just that I... I believe we may be from two very different places.