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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IC Rules
Room Assignments
Locations
Tasks (LOCKED currently)

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

Comments

[magecrafter]

"Because I said so" is hardly reason enough to kidnap children and innocents, and since you have yet to give a reason for bringing them here, that certainly makes it a whim.

[cartesio]

How arrogant of you! You have the gall to demand answers from the person who brought you here, even when you currently have absolutely no leverage! I'd approve if I wasn't the person on the receiving end.

[He does kind of admiring about that. Still...]

It's all in a need-to-know basis, and currently what you lot are allowed to know is very, very little. Tough luck.

[magecrafter]

You claim I have gall for calling you out? You're the one whom had the gall to bring us here against any wishes we may have had.

[That said, there was another interesting point...]

You say "currently"? How does one go from being allowed "very, very little" to knowing an actual adequate amount?

[cartesio]

Oh, was I interrupting something? Is there really something urgent for you to do right now?

[The Sergeant nods]

Chain of command, Luthier, it's as simple as that. Show your merits and you will receive the reward for your effort. Who knows, if you work hard enough, you could even end being my superior -- but what are the odds? Zero, I'd say.

[Lots of words, yet nothing about how exactly to do it, at least until he finally adds:]

You'll find out later.

[magecrafter]

Even something as futile as attempting to get Jesse to read is more rewarding for my time than to have you waste it going about in circles. Is there an ultimate point to even trying to gain ranks above you?

[cartesio]

Anyone who ranks above me could shut this operation down.