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

[pecker]

[Well, all right, Niwa is morbidly curious so she'll watch this DVD.

The woman the Sarge is talking to is sitting politely, smiling with kind but serious eyes - she shows no fear to see the person before her, looking rather more like someone in the middle of a negotiation than a proper hostage. When asked for her name, she replies with "Sharyuu, the Warrior of the Monkey, killing peacefully" - explaining that this is customary as they are still technically in the midst of their battle, but reassuring with a gentle smile that she has no intention of harming anyone involved and that instead she'd be happy to negotiate with the Sarge. When that is inevitably shut down, and she's meant to talk about Ryouka, Sharyuu lets out a little sigh, and seems to have a thoughtful expression.

Well, to be honest, I certainly would have liked to know her much better! We met for such a short time, and in the middle of the Juuni Taisen as well. Before that I only knew of her from battlefields, and she would always keep her distance. But having met her that one time, I... was really very touched that she would lend me her ear, enough to speak with me and leave without causing me or the young Nezumi harm. But I was also quite sad to see her go. It's not only that we couldn't be useful allies, of course. Rather, it seemed like she was afraid of her own heart... of the pain of exposing it when she couldn't believe in peace prevailing. It's understandable in our situation, but I hope that she's faring well, now that we've been pulled out of it for a moment. I meant it when I said I would always wait for her to come-

Niwatori has been pretty uncomfortable watching this the entire time, but this makes her yell at the screen, loud enough that it might be audible from the other rooms]

BULLSHIT, you'd want me dead like anyone else!! [It's been so long since they've met like that, she can even believe it. That she wasn't thinking straight from the drug, and of course Sharyuu was as much a threat to Niwa as Niwa was to her. She became their enemy again as soon as she'd left and she must know that, no way she would care if she got taken out of the running. Maybe it's possible that whatever strings the Sarge pulled got the Taisen suspended for everyone, but they all know very well that getting out of it is never this easy. She sighs harshly and tunes back in to the video. Sharyuu is leaning forward more to speak very honestly.

So, in all honesty, I don't think using me will get what you want out of the Chicken. She doesn't see my value as a peace negotiator, so I'm sure she won't try to save me... but I still believe in her potential, you know? I would be very happy if we could save her. Won't you hear me out, Sarge-san? You see, I already have a plan-

Niwatori stops the DVD and leaves her room, SLAMMING the door behind her and immediately pacing outside.]