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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Comments

[londonstar]

[ el melloi the second glances at millium, her serious expression actually concerning him for the first time. ]

I cannot say for certain. This may not have even been caused by one of us.

[doublelammy]

...That's true. Some o' the people that live here don't seem too happy, either.

But... trying to burn down an entire town just takes a special kinda crazy, from what I've seen. Even if it wasn't one of us, that's scarier than anything the rules or the Sargeant have said or done.

[londonstar]

It is scary. [ maybe not so much for the lord, who has seen more murder than any person should, but he can imagine why others would. ]

That is why it would not hurt to take a couple precautions.

[doublelammy]

[She's seen a lot, too. That might be what's really getting her about this - how close to home it's all really starting to feel.

It's probably not good that she's feeling this way, in her line of work, but Rean was right - her time at the military academy has changed her forever.]

Mm. So, what kinda precautions are we talking, here?

[Don't mind her if she just takes a seat somewhere near him. At least she's actually seriously discussing something...?!]

[londonstar]

[ he doesn't mind at all. it reminds him a little of back home, guiding confused students back into the path that they're supposed to go; the only thing he's decent at. ]

I suppose the number one precaution is to avoid being alone as much as possible. Always be with someone else; a group is even better. There's strength in numbers, my Lady, and a person will be less willing to attack if there's a group of people around.

The other is to...arm yourself with something. While I am one that doesn't believe in violence, it is a lot easier to survive if you're capable of defending yourself from an attacker.

[ he sighs, crossing his arms. ]

While these methods are far from perfect, I believe it is a start to ensure our survival.

[doublelammy]

Buddy system, huh...? [She laughs a bit despite herself.] ...Yeah, that is a good point. Really... I should have been keeping my eye on the princess this whole time. If anything happens to her while we're here... I don't even wanna think about how screwed we'll all be when we get back home.

[She sighs. It's been fun just being allowed to explore on her own, but she does at least take some aspects of her work and life seriously. Her Highness is among them.]

As for defending myself, I'm not worried. I wish they'd let me have Lammy, but I'll be fine on my own for now. What about you, though?