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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POST-EVERYTHING MEETING

[clearities]

[After things have settled down a bit, Sakura makes a hasty decision that something has to be done. It's important, especially if they want to catch the culprit. Which is why she goes to grab a pen and paper from the motel storage and writes down the same thing on several sheets of paper before sliding it down underneath everyone's motel rooms-- of course, if they're not there, she'll also hunt for them and ask them to meet at the ice cream parlor. The note itself reads, in nice font that matches a child's:] I'm a little worried about everyone and want to make sure everyone is okay after the fire. Please meet us at the ice cream parlor, so we can talk a bit about what happened. Thank you very much. ❀ Kinomoto Sakura [It's short and sweet and straight to the point. So, will you take her up on her invitation?]

[snailedit]

[Getting the note in her room, well, back to the ice cream shop it is!! Mira leans over a little table and addresses Sakura or whoever is there that wants to be chatty]

Yeah, hey. I didn't make it out to the fire fighting effort, so if anyone wants to fill me in on the details, that'd be super.

[She went AWAY from the fire, not toward it.]

[alfin]

[ Alfin arrived at the ice cream parlor just in time to hear that. ]

I haven't figured out exactly how the fire started yet, but I can tell you how it was put out. The town's firefighters had to use a foam to put it out. He [ she nodded at Waver ] tried to organize some of the citizens to put it out with water, but the water only made it worse.

[paciscere]

My guess is it was an electrical fire, if water didn't work.

[londonstar]

It may have begun that way, but according to some, they found a liquid trail. My guess will be some sort of gasoline.

[ he shrugs, arms crossed close to his chest. ]

We can even go as far as to assume that the short circuit was caused intentionally as well.

[agoreable]

[ Lovepon arrives at the meeting early and leans against a wall in the corner of the room. Opposed to the amount of yelling she did earlier in the day, she's calm now and intent on just listening what the others have to say.

At her core, Lovepon is a shy and reserved person, surprising as it may be. ]

[londonstar]

[ waver's going to go out of simple courtesy. when he gets there he looks pale and slightly disheveled because sometimes you forget that you're as physically strong as a wooden stick and end up having a near fainting spell.

whatever. it's fine. he's still a lord and therefore he has to act like one. and, not only that, he said he would take care of sakura and refusing her offer would be more than rude. ]

Sorry I couldn't help more, Lady. To be quite frank, I've never been good when it comes to physical effort.

[ he's a weak bitch is what he's trying to say. ]

If anyone has anything interesting to say, now would be the time.

[clearities]

You don't have to apologize at all. It's not your fault that the fire happened.

[She smiles a little weakly, but she honestly appreciates that he helped at all. It means the world to her.]

[londonstar]

[ el melloi sighs, not wishing to argue with her about his uselessness throughout the situation. instead, he'll focus on sakura herself. ]

How are you faring? Uninjured?

[clearities]

I'm... fine. See? I'm fine.

[She beams a bit, showing him her hands. She's uninjured at least.]

[dvaita]

[ It's less that Serph decided to come to the meeting and more that he was already here to begin with. Maybe he really likes ice cream, who knows. As soon as he sees people to begin to file in though, he hurredly gets up to leave. Well, as much as a rush as he's capable of as his movements are sluggish and exaggerated. Anyone who makes eye contact will notice that his eyes are bright gold as opposed to the usual silver.

You can try to call out to him or follow, but either way he's not making it farther than around the corner before he sits down head in his hands. ]

The hungers getting worse...

[alfin]

[ Alfin takes note of the man leaving, but doesn't try to stop him. If he's leaving, he probably wants to be alone. But the way he's moving... ]

...

[ She's worried. ]

[streetwolf]

If you're hungry then those bastards are paying, might as well run up a big bill for them.

[He's not really paying attention. Eyes closed and smirking away.]

[dvaita]

[...ah he wasn't fast enough leaving the gathering, was he? It would probably be okay with just one other person. ]

If I was interested in the ice cream, that would be a great idea. [ Softly, because he really wishes he could eat what was in that shop. Whatever it was, even if it looked like clay to him. ]

[paciscere]

[ oh, this looks interesting, so he definitely follows serph. ]

You know, you don't have to pick just one flavor. Despite what some may say.

[ lookin' at you axel. he's treating this lightly, but his eyes are hooded and serious. ]

makes icon for you ❤

[dvaita]

[ For better or worse, Serph's not in any condition to read the subtle tells that Matoba isn't just joking. He can at least try to be playful, though his eyes are closed. ]

Is it that good? I've never had it before.

❤❤❤

[paciscere]

[ amused: ]

It's so-so. [ he considers his ice cream. ] I could let you have some of mine.

[ he's trying to decide if he minds or not. probably not? it's such a little thing. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

You don't know how to cook?

[ It's Axel and he can be a bit of a busybody, so he catches the other guy's words and follows him for a bit just because. ]

Jokes aside. It looks like somebody needs to haul ass to the diner -- you do know where that is, right?

[dvaita]

[ Hey Axel. Serph looks up with those brightly colored eyes of his before resting his head on his knees. ]

I do, but I'll pass. Staying here is fine.

[ayuzawa]

Some of us found some sort of liquid that left a long trail around the motel and the park. It looked as though that was meant to be set on fire.

In other words, this was all very much intentional, as far as I can tell.

[londonstar]

Arson, then?

[ he sighs, crossing his arms to think. ]

Did anyone notice anything off in the burnt area?

[alfin]

I did. There were wires in the streets. The fire seems to have melted them-- they're useless now.

...It's possible that the wires contributed to, or even caused the fire, which was then spread by the liquid she mentioned...

[ Alfin shakes her head. ]

But I don't know for sure.

[streetwolf]

Gasoline? What'd it smell of? It is oil fires that react badly to water right?

[streetwolf]

[Whose this?

He doesn't know the name or the writing, but he goes anyway. Hands in his pockets and hood up and...Smelling like he hasn't washed at all since the fire. He smells of smoke. But he recognizes the girl, so there's that.]

You Sakura?

[paciscere]

[ matoba's been eating a lot of ice cream lately. it's almost like he's there all the time or something, haha.

at any case, here he is to attend the meeting. ]

We certainly have some brave souls here.