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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[odoruhinokaze]

[ Around noontime, Axel can be found in the motel lounge, holding up the newspaper (today's) and taking a squint at it. Yesterday's newspaper is also nearby him folded lazily and on the floor because putting things back properly is a chore. ]

Sharks? I'm guessing this is someone's grand ol' idea of a joke.

[ Then, he turns to anyone walking by, with an amused look. ]

What do you think?

[ In the afternoon, he's hanging out over at the ice cream parlor. He's looking through the flavors, all focused like... he seems to be searching for one in particular. Then he seems to find it and smirks to himself. ]

Well, what do you know? Looks like this place has one good thing after all.

[ If you're really quick you can catch him heading off towards his room later in the day, if you're looking for some private talk time. ]

lounge

[agoreable]

I certainly hope that there is no actual shark danger.

[ She looks skeptical, glancing at the paper again as if to confirm it really talks about sharks. ]

But if the Sergeant brought us here, could he do the same with sharks?

[odoruhinokaze]

I'm sure he could. Maybe one day he could even make it rain sharks. Imagine that.

[ He doesn't sound too serious about that, for what are probably obvious reasons... ]

[agoreable]

[ Lovepon falls silent, because she is, in fact, imagining that. ]

If the sharks were alive at the time of raining, that would suck for them.

ice cream parlor

[ayuzawa]

It's strange, isn't it? That an ice cream parlor would be accessible in a place like this...a place that promotes...

[ she doesn't finish her sentence. instead, she raises an eyebrow, and looks back up at the parlor. ]

What sort of currency do they take here?

[odoruhinokaze]

Yep, pretty weird, but something tells me it's done totally on purpose.

[ Why else have such an innocent-looking place in the midst of all this? ]

Not sure about that one, but as long as we've got this [ He waves the debit card around. ] we'll probably be fine. Anyway, are you going to get some ice cream too?

[ayuzawa]

Eh, I guess so. It wouldn't hurt to have something a little more pleasant in the midst of...all of this.

[ she gestures with her hand a little before pulling out her debit card. misaki gets a scoop of cookies and cream! ]

Not bad.

ice cream parlor

[alfin]

[ Alfin had seen the ice cream parlor from her perch in the park the previous day, and today had resolved to visit it. To her surprise, there was already someone there. In fact, it was someone she had already met... and didn't have too great of an impression of. She believed he called himself... Axel, King of the Pridelands. ]

I didn't take you for someone who liked sweets.

[odoruhinokaze]

Sometimes you're in the mood for it. Know what I mean?

[ It was one good thing -- one that always would remind him of home. And other good things. ]

[alfin]

...I do.

[ She looked at all the many different flavors. ]

Have you decided what kind you're getting yet?

we all scream for ice cream

[snailedit]

Just one? [Mira is looking through the flavors as well, more for the novelty of it than not having a favorite of her own.]

What flavor is that?

[To be so superior to all the other ones...]

[odoruhinokaze]

That's right.

It's sea-salt ice cream. You ever have any before?

[ There it is in it's sea-green beauty, lying around as one of the ice cream choices. Some of him did attribute it to luck. ]

[snailedit]

[She's shaking her head.]

Never heard of it. Eric's shop carried pretty typical flavors, nothing too special... I'm from a pretty small town.

sharknado

[doublelammy]

Well, if there are gonna be sharks, I at least wanna get Lammy back first. So he can punch 'em!

[Taking danger seriously since never.]

[odoruhinokaze]

Lammy, huh? Is that some other kid who's a friend of yours back home?

[ ... Honestly, Axel has got to admire this kid's spunk. Not many children would go headfirst into danger. ]

[doublelammy]

He's not a kid. He's a super awesome combat shell!

[And this is the point at which Millium's player really wishes her canon would just call anything a goddang ROBOT.]

lounge

[beanstarscream]

...

Sharks are... large fish with sharp teeth, correct?

[...it sounds kind of like sharpedo, look]

I have no idea what the obsession with them is, honestly. It doesn't seem like they'd be native.

[odoruhinokaze]

That's right, bucko.

[ Might as well be one... ]

Maybe one of the natives wised up to the existence of sharks like you did and started to fear for their lives. But if they don't know any better, they might think sharks could come from the sky or something like that.

[ Or are making fun of the shark guy. ]

[beanstarscream]

Perhaps someone trains them around here...? That's not really restricted to whether you're landlocked or not. Then again, I'm not sure if they even know what Pokeballs are here.

ice cream parlor!!

[paciscere]

Excited over ice cream? You're quite simple, aren't you?

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Axel gives the other male a stare at first...wahh, so serious. Except not, as he just snorts. ]

Your words sound like something a simple guy would say.

[ But hey, he's going to be swiping the card of his now. ]

Anyway, don't you have some kind of dessert or food you like the best?

lounge

[intentus]

Eh? My...? [ he looks between axel and the newspaper. ] On this? It did say something about sharks.

[ part of him realizes he probably shouldn't pick it up. it's obviously the topic and maybe this guy is trying to mess with people. too bad he can't help himself and, after giving it a very moderate look of irritation, he bends down, takes the newspaper, and sets it on the nearest surface. ] It could be, I guess.

[odoruhinokaze]

Sure did. Well, if it's ever cloudy, maybe we should be on the look out too.

[ It's okay, he doesn't have a secret ugly prank sitting for the guy for picking it up. That'd just be terrible!

Either way, he moves on, looking through the rest of the newspaper before sitting it on top of the other one Natsume had picked up. ]

So, that Sergeant guy. He's pretty full of himself, huh?

[lounge]

[semperperatus]

...That might be my fault.

[odoruhinokaze]

Ya don't say?

[ He couldn't help but tease a little. ]