Week 6: May 6th - 10th

[cartesio]

Sixth Week

Killers and victims, killers and victims. Three of your own have fallen prey to murderous intent last week. Your numbers keep shrinking. Azura has fallen prey to Franciscus in the same night that Olympia betrayed her friend Millium and killed Cian who wound up in the crossfire. At this rate, is there anyone you can trust?

The townspeople's anger burns hotter than ever. Wherever they go, must they live in fear of stumbling on a corpse? They can't live like this. More than ever, the visitors are being shown that they are unwelcome.

Walking outdoors, cold looks are the norm. Shouted profanity isn't unexpected. Barely anybody is willing to still hold a conversation with any visitors.

Even within the motel, there is no feeling of safety any longer. Not only have two people died in this very place, no, now the townspeople also lost their fear of coming inside. While they don't enter private rooms, the daring among them vent their hatred of you by vandalizing the common rooms.

Cartesio has become a menacing place.

In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and the maps have been updated once again. Don't mind that some of them have been damaged in one of the attacks on the motel.

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Comments

[marmoron]

Motel - before the motive
[Keith's still feeling kinda groggy in the morning, but he lets out a yelp as soon as he spots that "EET" carved onto his ceiling. It's fine though, the bloodstains that he still has not wiped off the walls needed new friends anyway.]

...Millium?! Hey! You still around? [...] I'm talking to you. Don't you dare pull a Gabe on me!

[Nothing, Getting up fast, he throws on some shoes, clears a path to the door and--]

Hey, come here and look at this.

still at the motel - afternoon
[Anyone passing by, Katsuki's old room (sorry Katsuki, all of Keith's dead neighbors got their rooms turned into storage units apparently) will find the door open and Keith inside playing that fighting game from the casino. He's playing the game with the most deadpan expression, you can just see the JOY he feels playing this dumb thing radiating from him, as he's working towards achieving a new high score. He also may or may not be launching a vicious combo attack against "Gabe" because what is maturity. He's muttering under his breath:]

Forcing me to play this crap. You're the worst ghosts.

[Once he does get to a high score screen, you can see the names he's chosen are: srgcanreviveu notolympiatho and TALKTOME]

afternoon

[clearities]

... You don't like playing that game?

[ just peering a little curiously ]

[marmoron]

[His eyes are still on the screen as he replies.]

Am I supposed to?

[EARNEST QUESTION.]

There's only so many times you can press a bunch of buttons before it gets repetitive.

[clearities]

If you don't like it, then you don't like it-- but I don't think that you should force yourself to play if you're not enjoying it. [ Just saying. ] That's a fighting game, right? I think games like that have... "combos", I think? At least, that's what Kero-chan told me.

[marmoron]

I'm trying to leave things for the ghosts to read. It's not like we know a lot of methods to get in contact with them.

[So video games it is.....]

Yeah, I figured out a few combos. Do you know how to play?

[clearities]

That's true... and even if I can sense them, it's honestly really faint. Hopefully they'll be able to read what you leave for them, though! [ She hopes, anyway. ] I know a little bit, but I'm not really an expert at it or anything...

afternoon

[robitussin]

[She only approaches because she hears the noise of the game coming from a room she thinks should be empty, but she relaxes slightly when she sees Keith there. Poised in the doorway with a thoughtful look on her face:]

Are you winning?

[marmoron]

Hey.

[He spares a glance over his shoulder, smiling, then turns back to the screen to finish a jab-kick-fireball combo.]

Technically, yeah. Doesn't feel much like winning.

[Feels an awful lot like button mashing like a chimp, actually.]

[robitussin]

[Without moving from her spot, she gives a half laugh before she speaks again.]

...I found out who he was, by the way.

[There's a gesture towards the name on the screen.]

[marmoron]

[Well that gets his attention.]

You did?

[On screen, Gabe launches a vicious counterattack during this lapse in concentration. Keith mutters something inaudible under his breath and resumes button mashing.]

Who is it?

[robitussin]

He said he was one of his boss' coworkers, but they didn't talk much. He mentioned it's been a while since he saw him.

[marmoron]

Really?

[He's going to focus real hard on pummeling Gabe for a minute so he can get to a stage select scree to take a break and actually have a proper conversation about this.]

Don't go anywhere, lemme just - [A A B B DOWN B A Special combo?!]

[robitussin]

Sure. Take your time.

[She watches the screen as he does, leaning against the door frame.]

[marmoron]

[Gabe puts up a valiant fight, but with what is suspiciously like a ripped off version of a spinning bird kick, the words KO flash on the screen. Keith takes a step back, cracking his knuckles before facing Natalie.]

So did Gabe vanish or something?

[robitussin]

...I'm not sure. I get the feeling he isn't sure, either. He keeps mentioning that there are things he doesn't know.

[marmoron]

What was his reaction when you asked him about Gabe?

[robitussin]

[She thinks about that for a moment, trying to recall his reaction.]

Sometimes when I ask him things, he gets angry or yells or refuses to answer, but... He seemed more calm this time, I guess. I'm pretty sure he paused, but it wasn't like pulling teeth to get him to tell me.

[marmoron]

...But he didn't seem surprised at all?

[robitussin]

[She shakes her head.]

I think the first thing he said was, like... Oh, right, you all saw his name. Something like that.

[marmoron]

[Frowning.[

So he's probably the one who cut the power at the casino that time then. Dunno if I'm right about this, but I have a feeling he may have made us burn down the diner to prevent the ghosts from telling us anything using the jukebox.

[robitussin]

[For a moment, she looks like she's considering saying something, but decides against it.]

Maybe, but... I don't know why, but it didn't seem like he could tell what was happening inside the casino when we were there. I'm not sure he would have known to turn the power off.

[marmoron]

[In turn, Keith goes quiet to consider that.]

Then how'd he know we saw Gabe's name?

[robitussin]

[She crosses her arms, frowning.]

I've got a few ideas, but... We brought it up when we all met together afterwards, right?

[marmoron]

Bugs. On us? In the buildings? Both?

[Frown deepening, Keith's going to wait to hear her thoughts on this before adding more of his own.]

[robitussin]

...I'd say in the buildings is more likely, but I don't see why there wouldn't be one in the casino in that case.

[She frowns, thinking it over.]

We would have noticed if we had them on our person, right?