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

[londonstar]

Technically, yes.

[ he shrugs ]

However, some may be looking to go back 'home', which means that is their destination.

[theserpentsmiles]

[Fair point.]

Then I guess I am. I don't think I can make it back in time for the graduation ceremony, though... [Which is only a formality, for Class E, but....but.]

[londonstar]

[ waver looks at them for a moment, nodding. ]

That's a shame. But, unfortunately, I don't believe you'll be able to reach it in time either, unless our captor is able of stopping time.

[theserpentsmiles]

Or moving at several times the speed of sound. [Which, incidentally, would explain getting all of them here in the first place. But that's impossible, isn't it? And it would only get him back in time if done in the next few hours.

He continues looking down for a moment, but steels himself.] It'll be alright. Finding a way back is more important than getting back quickly.

[londonstar]

[ for nagisa’s sake, waver’s going to ignore that dumb speed of sound comment and continue because, hey, at least this one doesn’t seem recklessly optimistic ]

That’s correct. All we can hope is that we will be able to find a way out sooner than later.