cartesianism | WEEK 0 — MARCH 29, 30

WEEK 0 — MARCH 29, 30

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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[Most of the corridors are empty, and getting further into the place is easy. Stealth seems to delay anything about you being found out, but it's only matter of time before you finally are:

Before long, everyone has the feeling you're being followed. Choosing to try to navigate the labyrinth instead of tearing through it seems to have made the person not be entirely hostile yet, judging by the lack of panic and the measured stalking that's happening to you, but your uniforms can't have been appeasing either.

If you turn around you see no one, although the sensation of being watched continues. This is their turf, not yours. If you're not careful, things can go pear-shaped]

Edited 2018-05-09 22:57 (UTC)

[Just going to. very carefully start walking. They hold up a finger to their mask, before walking.]

[in a hushed tone:]

I'm sure we can get them off our back if we come up with an adequate explanation, you know.

...In these.

[They're wearing soldier outfits, man. They stand out just a bit.]

[ also. said quietly: ]

...I doubt it. If we knock them out it'd be easier but we don't have visual of 'em. So creeping around it is.

Edited 2018-05-10 00:49 (UTC)

[Creeping around it is indeed.

By the time you reach halfway through the room, you finally hear steps, and the noise of...something. It's a strange noise, and the thud of someone falling to the floor]

Ah, shit!

[When you turn around you find someone in middle of the hallway. All around him there are lots of documents and paper. Looks like whatever way he was going was impeded by stacks of paper, and when he tried to get closer, he tripped, making the paper fall all around him, covering the floor. A couple of the cubicle walls also fell, pushing against others without managing to achieve a domino effect.

Still, that's a man, looking like a tired, sleep-deprived intern, and undoubtedly the one following you. Feeling like he can't go back now, he stands up, eyeing everyone with distrust]

Okay, what's going on here? Who the heck are you guys?

[He unconsciously glances behind himself for a second before standing right in middle of the hallway]

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...About that visual. Whaddaya say?

[They are so ready for this beatdown. Just say the word.]

Wait a second, I'm not letting you do anything! Heard something about knocking me out!

[He raises his voice, and shows something in his hand. A paperweight.

A tired man with a paperweight versus several soldiers. Well at least he's giving this a try?]

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[soldier number two steps in front of the other soldiers to try and employ diplomacy.]

Sir, excuse me! Didn't you get the message? I thought it was supposed to be common knowledge, but this building needs to be evacuated immediately.

It needs to--wait, what?

[Despite what he just said, he doesn't sound...unsurprised. Guess he has been hearing sirens in the distance, but he doesn't seem to know for sure what happened]

Evacuate for what?

You've heard the sirens, haven't you? Apparently there's some sort of serial arsonist on the loose that's torching buildings left and right. We're here to clear the building to make sure they haven't run in here to strike again.

[Ugh this is so stupid and they want to SMASH but-]

Yeah. And when we heard someone creepin' around after us, we thought you might be the arsonist!

[If they play along and get this guy to go away will they be allowed to smash...]

[The man seems to be getting convinced, although not entirely. Only when a second similarly tired intern, looking almost identical, comes behind him and puts a hand on his shoulder he snaps out of his nervousness]

Just go, man. Get to safety.

[Somehow that's enough to get him to go. The new intern watches him leave for a second and turns to them]

You'll have to forgive him, he's not very bright. He'd have fallen for this lie no matter what. You're not with the police nor with the firemen, I can tell. [Must be the uniforms] Tell you what, I won't denounce you as long as you let me give you a tip for whatever you came to do. You gonna steal something? Fine. I don't care what you do, I don't care if you set fire to this place like you did to the streets outside, just let me smash something. I'll even tell you the security box is over there. You gonna need to get rid of it. [He points to the right of the room. Should be easy enough to get over there through the walls] Just obliterate this place to the ground.

[A bit more long-winded than he thought it'd be, but it's done. Giving them one last glare, he walks away, navigating the hallways with ease. He seems...discontent, for some reason.

But you're alone for now and that's what matters. Still, there are two places, and everyone being together may not work. How are you going to do this?]

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[MUSIC TO THIS SOLDIER'S EAR, TO BE HONEST. THEY'VE ONLY BEEN WAITING ALL DAY.]

...Welp. I heard "get rid of" something. Anyone mind if I go get all smashy on that security box?

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Well, I don't see why not. Given that there doesn't seem to be much workplace satisfaction here, we're obviously doing everyone a favor by leveling this place.

Don't mind if I do.

[And they waste no time hurtling toward the security box. Any cubicle walls in the way are going down.]

[It's like you're tearing through wet paper. The cubicle walls come crashing down, one after another, each one also bringing another one down. What used to be hallways are now unsurmountable, and some of the walls push over piles of documents onto the floor, covering it in a very flammable layer of stuff.

The box itself you're looking for is rather obvious. Must be the big black box right there on the wall, with the pipe that goes into the door that's visible from there -- the only door other than the entrance. That can only be your main target!

Still, first things first: smash that box like your life depends on it! Destroy this place, its computers, its remaining walls, everything, until there's nothing left!]

[They have been waiting for this moment for their entire life, it feels, but finally, it has arrived - no more waiting, no more tired men with paperweights getting in the way.

We are going to assume, for the sake of this event, that at some point, they acquired a smashing stick.

For now, it is the smashing time.

Now, we smash.]

[They are also going to smash things, but while they are at it, they are going to look around on the boss's desk. Just in case there might be something of use.

What might they find?]

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[ One particular member of the group, who has remained silent throughout, withdraws a can of gold spraypaint and breaks away from the others.

The quiet soldier finds a wall off to the side, and just goes to town, the absolute madman. ]

[ Two places, eh? Well this one will go over to where the others haven't gone yet on this floor -- aka wherever this second place is. And more importantly is there any paper lying around?

...for purely arsonist reasons, of course. ]

[this one will follow because they are not really the type to go to town like some of the others here and would rather do something else useful....]

[The manager's office is there. Looks like another of your partners is there already, working on something on the desk. Guess that leaves you both with the safe. The wooden planks of the floor creak underneath your feet, everything looks rather flammable, and everything in the room has the shine of money all over it. The man who owns this office must be a really rich person. There's one window, looking right to the street. Being on a second floor, it's not so high, and not too far away you can see streets smoldering in the remains of the fire. Looks like nobody noticed your actions, thanks to that fire.

Some sort of clasp underneath the safe is deactivated, most likely because of the destruction of the security box outside. That's your objective. Try to take it from there, surely nothing will go wrong!

Right?]

[ First what's in the safe? If it's papers this one is gonna burn 'em! ]

[If you force open the safe, you'll find a few small transparent boxes. Each one has a miniature replica of an object, one of them being something you'll recognize:

Your regain.

It's just a replica, but if it's something you must take with you, then it must be some sort of proof you were successful.

The safe itself is light, but the inside is coated with what seems to be gold and platinum. No wonder the safe itself os also something someone would want to see stolen, that thing must be expensive, besides being stupidly pointless -- who would coat the inside of a safe in gold, seriously]

Edited 2018-05-10 20:02 (UTC)