GRAVEYARD

[cartesio]

The other side...?

Have you started feeling at home in Cartesio yet? The town has offered you every hospitality that its citizens could think of. They love every corner of this town and they want you to feel the same. Have you accepted Cartesio into your heart yet?

Then it should be comforting to wake in your hotel room. A ceiling you have gotten used to, the warmth of a blanket surrounding you, your own breathing... and silence. All-encompassing silence.
It perseveres when you leave your room, it perseveres when you leave the hotel... Cartesio is quiet because there is nobody in Cartesio who could be making noise. It's a ghost town.

There is only you now, you think. And then, just as you've given up, a noise comes to your ears. A voice, unmistakably. It's time to follow it.

As of Week 5 you may see random objects and buildings of any size flicker. For milli-seconds they seem to glow on and off, blur around the edges, even distort a little. It only happens for a moment at a time, but it happens fairly often.

Welcome to the Cartesio Graveyard. Your character has woken up in a version of the town that is devoid of citizens, but there do seem to be a few people around. Time to explore the mysteries of the other side. For a more thorough OOC guide, we have compiled an FAQ.

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Comments

[silvertongueheir]

[He lifts his head, looking tired.] I know. He did it late enough I didn't notice him until it was too late.

[doublelammy]

[Millium hangs her head with a frustrated sigh, tears stinging at her eyes again and ugh she is going to have the worst headache later.

She just walks over, plopping herself down in the spot Franciscus has freed up on the bench by sitting up.]

It's not your fault. There are other things that are your fault. What Oda did, that's on him.

I just... I thought, maybe this time, things would be different.

[But that's not fair, is it, to expect revenge not to win out? After all, it did for her, as well.]

[silvertongueheir]

[Okay you know what? She's right here, he's going to pull her into a hug. It's still somewhat awkward, but definitely heartfelt anyways.] We can still try and break the cycle. Tomorrow, I'm going to check on the new places. Maybe there'll be something there that will help us communicate better than song titles and limited characters.

[Watch the next event force them to communicate through emojis.]

[doublelammy]

[It's okay. She can work with awkward. Her most important person is Jusis "How Do You Eat An Apple, I'm Too Rich For This" Albarea. This is probably more than she's ever gotten out of him, honestly.

She hugs back.]

...Okay. Lemme know if you do, okay?

I'm gonna try wrecking the motel rooms a little. See if I can't get some messages over. Since they got the blood n' slashes n' stuff...

[silvertongueheir]

[He nods.] The damage to the buildings was because of Baukgou. I wonder if I could do something similar with flowers...though I'd have to grow a lot of them.

[doublelammy]

Ha... that's not surprising at all. Bakky is Bakky, even when he's ghost Bakky.

Maybe! Maybe it's not just breakin' stuff, but changing stuff? It's worth a shot.

[silvertongueheir]

[He nods.] ...hopefully I'll find something worth signaling them about.

[doublelammy]

I think anything's probably good.

I mean, obviously, anything that can help them is better, but even just lettin' em know we're here prolly isn't a bad idea.

[silvertongueheir]

[He nods again, finally letting go of the hug.] I suppose covering up whatever graffiti the townspeople apply to the hotel will be for a good cause as well. [Can't paint the wall if it's covered in plants.]

[doublelammy]

Oh, yeah, that's a really good idea!

I wonder... you think you could grow enough vines n' plants n' stuff to cover up some of the windows on the lower level? Maybe kinda form a net to protect 'em from the rocks?

[silvertongueheir]

[He looks thoughtful.] I probably could, but I worry it could come off as hostile. Since I imagine they would still want to look out their windows.

[doublelammy]

Hm... maybe. Dunno how safe it is to even get near 'em, though, with the way things were when we checked out.

Can't imagine things got better.

[silvertongueheir]

[A slow nod.] It wasn't good, from what little I saw and heard.

[doublelammy]

Yeah... I really wish I could say that's surprising.

[She sighs and hangs her head.]

It sucks, too. Most of our people that are left over there don't want anythin' to do with most of the stuff Sarge kept makin' us do... and they're the ones takin' the consequences.

[silvertongueheir]

Hopefully they can get out of whatever place he sends them to this week without further harm. [Slight sigh] I'm sure they'll think of some way, at least, but it depends on whether they can work together.

[Thank Arceus for Hawks.]

[doublelammy]

Yeah, you're right about that.

[Thank Aidios for Hawks, indeed.]

We're all gonna have to find a way to work together, too. [A beat.] ...ugh. Does that mean I gotta try to make friendly with Clarisse...?

[silvertongueheir]

[He considers that for one second.] We don't know if she will even show up to help. Besides, there are enough people here we probably will not require her assistance in particular.

[doublelammy]

Okay, good. 'Cause I think I can work with most people here, but her... listen. I know I'm pretty great n' all, but I'm no Aidios. I'm not workin' any miracles on that.

[silvertongueheir]

[Serious nod.] That's perfectly understandable. I don't plan on doing anything like that either.