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.

Links

IC Rules
Room Assignments
Locations
Tasks (LOCKED currently)

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

Comments

[cartesio]

There's nothing in this town I am not aware of. It's the perks of being in charge.

[Apparently that's a yes, even if he doesn't say how exactly he intends to track them]

[theserpentsmiles]

[Alright, that gives him some ideas. He just needs to observe enough. Observe and think. Search for weaknesses, just like always. Nagisa wishes he had his notebook.]

Just one more thing, then... Is all of this your idea?

[cartesio]

It is. Bringing you all here, setting you in this town, the requirement of a death, it's all my idea. Why wouldn't it be?

[He leans a bit towards Nagisa. What's going on in that head of yours, he wonders? He's sure he wouldn't like it, no matter what it is]

[theserpentsmiles]

'Sergeant' isn't 'Commander in Chief'. If it's your idea, is there a reason it has to be death?

[Probably not, no. But two can play this withholding information game.]

[cartesio]

I don't appreciate being reminded of my position. [He may be content with following the order he received, but he sounds kind of rancorous about it anyway] Of course there is, but I'm not telling you. That's for me to know and for you to never find out.

[theserpentsmiles]

[Well now. Got one.]

'Never'... That's a little harsh. Well, thank you anyway. [And he smiles, not a bit intimidated or like he's on the losing end of anything at all. Was this conversation a battle? Maybe. He'd said 'just one more thing' so he won't ask anything else. Not right now.]