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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[alfin]

[ Alfin breathes a soft sigh before switching the mic over to the police. ]

Prepare to receive evacuees.

[ She gives them a moment to reply, and only a moment. ]

[cartesio]

[Another inidentifiable voice crackles through the console. This thing needs better sound quality]

On it!

[Short and sweet. It sounds like it'd take a while for the police to arrive. Who knows how long they'll take, but at least you can be certain they'll get there at some point]

[alfin]

[ Finaly, finally Alfin connects the mic to the megaphone as was her original plan. ]

Citizens of Cartesio! We have established a safe location for you to evacuate to! If you are not helping put out the fire, head to the police station! There are police on the way to help guide you to the station, and give you any aide you might need. Please go in a calm and orderly fashion! I repeat! We have established a safe location for you to evacuate to!...

[ She repeats her message a few times, making sure that everyone hears it. ]

[cartesio]

[It takes some effort to get anyone to listen to her. Those who notice who is talking see someone who definitely isn't a fireman nor isn't authorized to order them around.

Then again...who'd stick close to a fire to risk getting hurt? Even if it seems many townspeople didn't trust Alfin's instructions, at least they're leaving the immediate area of danger.

Someone approaches, though. Maybe Alfin will recognize him as the man that owns the flower shop]

What's up with the fire? You know anything about this?

[alfin]

[ Well.. That's all she can ask for. She hops out of the firetruck before answering the man. ]

I'm sorry, I don't. I haven't been here long. Now that people are evacuating, I'm going to try to find out more about what's going on.

[ She did recognize the man from her visit to the flower shop yesterday. They hadn't spoken, but she had lingered in his shop long enough to recognize him. ]

Are you going to head to your shop instead of the police station? I can drop by later to let you know if I find anything out.

[cartesio]

I should be going back. Looks like things will be okay over here, so I better return. [He looks around] Sure got a lot of people here. Like half of the town is gathered here right now. Not a lot of stuff would make everyone come take a look at something, that's for sure.

[And indeed, it seems the amount of people gathered right now is extraordinaire. When did so many people get here? True, it was an impending disaster and people would want to see and help, but it's still surprising]

Tell me if you find out anything, okay? And enjoy your stay in Cartesio, it's nice to finally have visitors!

[He walks away, waving and going in direction to the flower shop. Looks like you're done with the urgent emergency, Alfin!]