Week 7: May 13th - May 17th

[cartesio]

Seventh Week

The tense truce that had covered Cartesio was over. The town, feeling betrayed after having given a chance to the outsiders, pushed back. Enraged, they started getting even more daring, starting to get into the tourists' only safe haven: their motel rooms. They don't manage to break in, but it's not unusual to hear thumping on the doors, someone trying to get in. The windows are almost perpetually broken, there's so much graffiti on the ground floor of the motel, both inside and outside, it's hard to know what each one is saying. Can't be anything good, that's the only thing that's certain. The lounge's furniture has been tore to pieces, the lobby only has the guestbook intact, and the planters in middle of the motel are broken, the soil and plants strewn around.

The residents of Cartesio are near their breaking point. The despair, fury, and desire to get rid of the outsiders so everyone can return to their peaceful lives, have covered the town. It won't take long before they reach their breaking point, and if they do...what will happen to the visitors?

The Sergeant's grip on the town is total, and next week is the one marked as END. It seems like there's no way out, like the Sergeant won.

But you can't lose hope. You have to remember: now that you're on your darkest hour, the only way lef to go is upwards. Things can get better, you have to make it happen!

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]

near the lodge - late morning
[Anyone passing by the Lodge this morning might run into a curious sight: Keith in paladin armor, tied to a tree just outside the Lodge. Unsurprisingly he's looking unamused and struggling against the rope restraining him to try and grab the bayard on his leg. It's going... not particularly well.]

Damn it.

millium's room - Early evening
[Trying out Kino's ghost talking strats in here with his dagger in hand to etch the following message on her wall.

WHY THE STATUE

He adds a line underneath this for emphasis. Then he's adding

WHY DO YOU KNOW GABE]

Morning

[quickpersuader]

[...She just wanted to check this DVD, man. Seeing Keith, she changes course to walk up to him.

She is not moving to free him yet, still holding the DVD in hand.]

What did you do?

[marmoron]

I didn't do anything.

[God, his mood is off to a wonderful start this morning. Still wriggling to try and reach his bayard:]

You gonna help or not?

[quickpersuader]

[Jiiii.]

...Okay. But there's some stuff I'd like to get done today, too. Do you mind helping me carry a TV back to the motel?

[She is, at least, pulling a knife from one of her pouches. It's not from the hunting store- it's one with a weirdly thick grip.]

[marmoron]

Sure. I need to talk to you anyway.

[But he doesn't look too happy about it. He's glancing at the knife when he speaks.]

That from home?

[quickpersuader]

Yeah. I got it from an... interesting person in a country I traveled to once.

[It's a plenty good knife though, and she uses it to cut him free.]

[marmoron]

[And once he's free, he'll give his arms a quick rub, then:]

Thanks.

[A beat.]

What was so interesting about them?

[quickpersuader]

He really liked persuaders... as collectors' items. He couldn't stand the thought of weapons being used to kill. He hated knives so much, he gave this one to me.

[And back into the pouch it goes.]

We can talk as we walk.

[Onward?]

[marmoron]

[Onward!]

...Interesting's one word for that, alright.

[He's glancing downwards at the streets as they walk.]

[quickpersuader]

[Real interesting.]

Anyway, what did you want to talk to me about?

[marmoron]

[There's some slight reluctance, but eventually.]

Found out what was causing all the damage that wasn't caused by us or the dead.

[quickpersuader]

[Kino tilts her head towards him, curious.]

Oh?

[marmoron]

[His tone's flat as he speaks. Or as close to it as he can manage anyway.]

The Sergeant's been cutting deals to protect certain individuals in exchange for completing some tasks.

[robitussin]

[...]

Do I want to know?

[marmoron]

[There's a fractional pause, a look away.]

I don't know. Do you?

[robitussin]

[After another moment:]

Yes. What happened?

[marmoron]

[There's a sigh, but he answers while looking straight at her.]

I had to get Shiro out of there.

[It's stated just a pinch defiantly, like he's fully aware there may be a lecture incoming. He's not sorry about this at all.]

[robitussin]

[There is, in fact, a pause that indicates an incoming lecture.]

And how'd that work out for you?

[marmoron]

Well I'm out here tied to a tree, so... fantastically.

[Doesn't sound bitter or anything.]

Look. I can't leave him in there. You know that.

[robitussin]

...Maybe this should be a discussion we have after I cut you down.

[marmoron]

There's a knife in my bag.

[It's a small pouch clipped on to his armor at the hip. It is also not what he was struggling to try and reach before Natalie got there. Hrm. In any case, if she does reach to grab it, it's the purple-grey dagger he has from home.]

[robitussin]

[She nods, moving forward to take the dagger. She cuts the rope near his arm before handing it to him so he can do that rest.]

[marmoron]

[He takes the knife from her wordlessly, then hacks away at the rest, It's only when he's done and free that he looks up at her again.]

... thanks.

[Aaaand now he's going to put that knife away in silence because presumably this is when that lecture happens.]

[robitussin]

[After a moment:]

You realize this was a warning, right? And I really doubt the next one he gives you is going to be this ultimately harmless.

[marmoron]

[He looks like he wants to say something, but instead he's quiet. After another moment:]

I'm not leaving Shiro.