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Cartesio NPCs ([personal profile] cartesio) wrote in [community profile] cartesianism2018-10-28 10:35 am

Week 5: April 29th - May 3rd



Fifth Week
Everything's getting worse. Rose Nylund and Frasier Crane murdered Jughead Jones during the event Jughead worked so hard to organize. Given some of the townspeople were in attendance, it didn't give a good impression -- if the visitors did this when trying to be good people and get along with Cartesio, then how will they behave once they get into destroying everything? The cruel method of Jughead's death also left everyone quite horrified, too.

That may be why it's no surprise the town's quiet unrest is slowly turning into real, tangible fury.

During the week, from time to time stones break some of the windows of the motel, looking outside shows a random passerby running away. Graffiti is left on the walls: 'SEE IF YOU LIKE THIS' 'MURDERERS' 'YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY US ALL', and other similar messages. Some of the store owners hesitate when the visitors approach, but they don't refuse service because money is always nice.

The Sergeant's pervasive influence is starting to cover not only you, but also the entire town of Cartesio. After all, everything that's happening to you and the motel? It's the result of what you and the other visitors have done.

In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and the maps have been updated once again.

Links
[Welcome to the fifth week! If you want to contact the Sergeant, please post here!. Also please remember to submit your activity check!]

investigation

[personal profile] clearities 2018-10-28 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There are no tears; not this time, anyway. She's pretty much kept to herself the last few days and while the graffiti is horrible-- too cruel-- there's much more important things that need to be done.

Again, she avoids the execution but she also seems to be purposely distancing herself from... most of the others, actually.

So she puts her efforts into being productive. She's going to be searching out the new locations to see if there are any familiar faces, and also seeking out any sorts of magic traces, too.

Eventually this leads her into the flower shop, where she asks to buy many white chrysanthemums. How peculiar. She then quickly runs back to the motel lobby, where she tries to set up a table - placing the flowers and the cranes that she's been making the last couple of weeks on it. She's also going to making small little paper memorials, a name of each of the ones they've lost on each one-- including the two that died during the "test run".

If nobody is going to set a grave for them, then... at the very least, she can set a memorial instead. ]
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Motel lobby

[personal profile] pursuitofdeath 2018-10-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dazai was just on his way out when he sees Sakura’s memorial. He hums— it’s a lovely sentiment. And it brings a bit of beauty to their motel, which is hard to find now, with the graffiti and rock throwing.]

...It would look nice with some candles. Perhaps it would help chase away some of the darkness.
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Lobby

[personal profile] silvertongueheir 2018-10-28 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the memorial for a while before speaking.] Should we hold a wake, perhaps? It would be quite belated, but it may also offer some closure.
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[personal profile] pursuitofdeath 2018-10-28 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[On Sunday, the usually lazy Dazai seems restless. He leaves early in the morning, stopping by the bakery to purchase some pastries. It’s very random selection— pointing at this and that like he doesn’t even know what he’s buying... or case. He stops by the park to eat them but... there are a lot of extras, if you’re hungry.

In the afternoon he goes to the cinema but— he’s not really here for the movies, though they don’t bother him. He just likes having the dark place to think.

And finally in the evening he pays a visit to the flower shop. He doesn’t seem to have anything to buy, but he spends a long time looking like maybe he wanted to?

As it gets colder and darker though he seems to just wander around outside like he doesn’t have anywhere to go. More realistically he just doesn’t know where he should be going.
]
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wandering

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-28 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's unclear where she's heading when she comes across him, but when she sees him there... She wasn't concerned enough to seek him out after the trial, but there's a measure of worry in her voice when she speaks to him now.]

...Shouldn't you be heading inside? It's freezing.

[She says, despite the fact that she's doing much of the same.]
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investigation

[personal profile] odasaku 2018-10-28 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oda is a good errand boy and, in the morning, he can be found sweeping up the shards of glass of what used to be a window. while he understands the town's vitriol towards them, he doesn't want anyone to end up hurting themselves. once that's done, he'll...do his best to tape the hole left with some duct tape and some garbage bags.

it's not pretty, but it'll do.

besides that, oda will brace the cold in order to attack the graffiti with a bucket of paint and a brush, obviously making an attempt to cover up the horrible message written on the front. it doesn't even seem like he's bothered by the cold, but you can tell that his cheeks and nose are red from all the time outside.

and, lastly...oda will be taking up the challenge to investigate the new abandoned building that's shown up! it's late afternoon so maybe the lighting isn't so great but hey, repairing the motel takes time, okay? ]
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lobby

[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-28 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's heading back inside the motel when she sees the memorial Sakura has put up; she looks at it for a few moments before speaking, expression tightening slightly.]

...That's a good idea. You want any help with it?
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[personal profile] pursuitofdeath 2018-10-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[In truth, until she said it, he hadn't realized the temperature. It was getting pretty bad, wasn't it..?]

Hmm... that would probably be for the best. But then... I wonder how much longer we'll be safe there.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-28 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[She considers that for a moment, but shakes her head.]

What, because we'll be a lot safer outside in the open where anyone can find us?
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Investigation!

[personal profile] quickpersuader 2018-10-28 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wherever Kino is found today, she will be dressed in a brown coat over the black jacket. It looks too big on her, really, but she doesn't seem to mind.]

[Flower Shop - Investigation!]

[Kino will be spending some time here checking out all of the available plants. As mentioned during the trial, she does have some awareness to the type of things that can kill her on the road, but does that match with anything here...?

However, when the PCs find her, she will be drawn to the flowers in particular. Come take a look with her? The red lilies are beautiful...
]

[Cinema]

[Kino actually sits through an entire film - some typical adventure one where rule of cool trumps reality in every way - and pops the very last of her popcorn into her mouth.]

...I don't think they had that much ammunition.

[Especially for that last battle.]

[Park]

[But, eventually, she'll just head right back here. This time, she does take some rocks and start tossing them in, but it's with less agitation than the last time. She even manages to skip a few.

Her outward demeanor is calm. But is that really the case after everything...?
]
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[personal profile] pursuitofdeath 2018-10-28 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That would depend on what your primary goal is. If you want to defend your base, then staying in it and building your defense around it is ideal. But there are also a lot of risks to individuals in a building because of it's walls. You can get cornered or hit with different dangerous long range weapons or effects...

[He's kind of big on complicated strategies. He realizes he's probably going too in depth about something that includes a lot of "what ifs" and decides he should probably spare her the rant.]

...well. Hopefully something like that won't be necessary, but if it is, we can come up with something I'm sure.
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[personal profile] robitussin 2018-10-28 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
My primary goal is whatever doesn't get us killed, honestly.

[She doesn't look disinterested by what he's said, though, as she glances away for a moment.]

Do you think about that kind of stuff a lot? I know it mentions that you're good at it in the guestbook.
Edited 2018-10-28 17:41 (UTC)