WEEK 0 — MARCH 29, 30

[cartesio]

Week 0

You have been threatened by the Sergeant: if nobody dies before March 31st at noon, you, along with everyone else, will forfeit your lives. The Sergeant pushed everyone away from the Lodge, judging that had been enough interaction with his guests. So what now?

Will you submit to the Sergeant’s demands? Will you resist him and wait to see what happens? He wouldn’t be capable of killing you and everyone else, right?

Only time will tell.

The next day you'll find a newspaper at the motel lounge, telling you about today’s weather forecast with 100% accuracy. Looks like you can expect to find a newspaper every day to find out the weather and any other news about the town. It even includes something branded 'THE SHARK ALERT'. Who could that be directed to?

There's also a copy of yesterday's newspaper. There's nothing about the Sergeant or about your predicament, but there is something about your arrival to the town.

Cartesio is your world for the next four days, better make the most out of your time here.

OOC Note: The current IC:OOC ratio for the days is as follows: The 29th top-level covers Monday and Tuesday, while the 30th top-level is for Wednesday and Thursday.

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[clearities]

[not directly at the Sergeant, but everyone else:] Nobody's... really going to do that, right? Doing those things is just as bad, even if he offers those things back! Stealing to get things that were stolen from us is wrong!!

[odoruhinokaze]

Someone's going to, kid. It's easier to do than the worst action someone could take here.

[ There's an implication there -- as the worst thing could be killing someone. ]

[clearities]

But it won't get anyone home. There has to be another way to get everyone's stuff back... and go back. There has to be.

[odoruhinokaze]

Maybe there is, maybe there isn't.

It's not going to matter to anyone who really wants their stuff back.

[clearities]

[Sakura's gaze goes serious-- she might not be good at things like this, but she can try.] But he could be lying, right? About giving people their stuff back. [Just because he's showing it doesn't mean that he has to give it back, even if they do steal and thrash the place.]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Poor, innocent Sakura. Axel is sure that she, like the other kids, have no business being here. That being said...he's not going to mince too many words here. On this issue, anyway. ]

Well, yeah, of course.

But there's a chance he isn't, and that's something people will take. Someone's going to think, "Well, it's better than nothing...", know what I mean?

[clearities]

... [Sakura is quiet for quite a bit -- while she doesn't disagree with what he's saying, it doesn't mean that she likes it.] Yeah... [Although when she says that word, she sounds rather torn, as if her heart's about to twist into pieces, and she can't look at anyone properly in the eye.]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Axel would deny he gives a shit but he can't stand it when a kid looks down. ]

You know this isn't the end, right, kid?

There's other things we could do to stick it to him. Know what I mean?

[clearities]

I know it's not. ... The end, I mean.

But what do you mean? [Does he already have ideas? She can't help but wonder.]

[ayuzawa]

I hate to say this, but...I agree. I would rather there be thievery and vandalism over murder.

[clearities]

That's true, but... it doesn't change what he said yesterday. Just because we steal or vandalize something doesn't change that he might still try to kill us if nobody murders. [Just saying.]

[ayuzawa]

[ oocly i was not here for that announcement, whoops ]

With such a tempting offer, though, and considering some of the people who we're stuck with... It may be difficult to stop people from going through with this. ...The vandalism and thievery, I mean.

[ she puts a hand on sakura's shoulder. ] I'll do my best to see if there's some sort of loophole or opening for us to escape without there being a murder, Sakura-chan.

[clearities]

I know. [She wants so hard to believe otherwise, that there's some other way. Sakura scrunches her brows, trying her best to look angry but decides it doesn't suit her and shakes her head instead, hands by her sides, hands closing into tight fists.] I know, but—!! People shouldn't have to do what he says... to get something that was theirs to begin with... [She feels so troubled and it looks like she's about tear up. She wishes she could help.]

[ayuzawa]

Sakura-chan...

[ misaki's chest starts to hurt. to see sakura like this...it hurts her. a lot. she keeps her hand on sakura's shoulder. between the two of them, well...looking angry certainly suits misaki a lot more. her brow's furrowed, her eyes are narrowed...

she looks pissed. ]

We won't let him get away with this.

[clearities]

[Bringing her sleeves to her eyes, she wipes away any tears that try to fall. She shouldn't cry. She needs to be strong.] Mm. [Nodding, she agrees wholeheartedly.] Yeah. We'll... find a better way, together. I want to believe in that.

[theserpentsmiles]

[...She's so pure, it hurts. He kind of misses seeing the world that black and white.]

Kinomoto-san... It's not that simple.

[clearities]

But still...! We can't trust him, can we? I mean, what if he doesn't give the people who end up doing that task of his the stuff anyway? [While she might not be good at it, she does understand that sometimes people hide things. People lie. But at the same time... she doesn't like it. It makes her heart twist and she just wants to cry.] And he might still-- ["he might still kill everyone", but she can't even say that now, her voice choked out.]

[theserpentsmiles]

We can't. But cooperation isn't the same as giving in. We don't want to make him unnecessarily angry.

[Her wavelength is spiking....it's not too out of control yet, though.]

What do you think we should do?

[clearities]

I-- [She tenses up, just a little bit. Her hands close tightly around each other and she's trembling as she shakes her head. This is too much for her.] I don't know. I just... I don't think...

[theserpentsmiles]

...It's alright to not know. It'd be weirder if you were sure, in a situation like this.

[But at the same time, they can't just focus on things they can't do. That's an easy way to get overwhelmed and lose all ability to move forward.]

...So, how about something simple? Even if it's just 'we should get ice cream', it's a place to start.

[clearities]

Mm. Mm...

[It's especially overwhelming when you're most likely the youngest one in a sea of everyone being literally older than you are. She's quiet, but it's an agreement.]

You mean like an ice cream party? I think that would be a nice way to get to know each other.

[Sakura Kinomoto has good ideas.]

[theserpentsmiles]

Why not? We can probably get a lot, with the money we were given.

[Their situation is bad. There's no denying that. But most would call Class E's situation bad, and they'd found managing was best done by balancing the will to fight with having fun. Stressing too much only leads to burnout - which in turn leads nowhere.]

[clearities]

Then... we should definitely do it.

[londonstar]

[ waver sighs, closing his eyes as he thinks of the right words to say. it’s not fair that someone so innocent has to go through this; yet here they are. ]

There are some people who are driven by desperation to recover what they lost. An offer like this... is too good for them to refuse.

[clearities]

... [There's nothing that she can say and instead she just ducks her head as if she's said something wrong entirely. Fingers tug at the hem of her skirt, feeling frustrated and tears start to drip from the edges of her eyes. She's frustrated.] That's horrible...