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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[linearcrash]

[ Just snagging a tub of ice cream to take over to a table and digging into it. He will talk in between bites! ]

One of the guys from that first group is at the police station. He seems right at home there, but it says his first day starting was on April First. Also there's only reports for the cases and shit happening during our time here. That weirdo- [ Whoops ] Lovepon's case is there, too. Anything else doesn't exist, yo. There's a bunch of blank documents.

All the archives in the library are weird. It's like boring shit up until we were brought here. Then it seems like there was a tone change in writing. Not sure how the hell to describe it, but it's like a different writer even if it's the same guy.

[ A glance over to Bakugou, before he continues. ]

Also the Lodge is creepy as well. Don't go in unless you have a light and a rope, yo..

[burgerprince]

When you put it like that, you make it sound really appealing.

[part sarcasm part 'Jughead really wants to go investigate a creepy lodge']

[linearcrash]

[ He does not want part of the scooby doo mystery thanks ]

Think of that bastard's face, but all over.

[ Nine is very good at this. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

So...like a void...? Erkens-san said the damage to the lodge didn't carry over, either.

[He is on board to go void-diving.]

[linearcrash]

[ Short stuff why. ]

Yeah. Hot Stuff over there was hitting it and that's when...

[ Just going to gesture around with his spoon. ]

All the weird shit started, yo.

[ The shorter blond might be better at sharing this. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

[eh assassinates octopi and doesn't afraid of anything]

The flickering.... Might actually be good. It tells us something about this town.

[He's still working on what that something is.]

[linearcrash]

Oh! That reminds me. When I was looking at the archives at the library.

[ LOOKING not reading. ]

The words on the page did the flickering thing. Then they went all blocked out or something. So it's everything here, yo.

[theserpentsmiles]

...That sounds like it supports my theory... I don't know how or all the details or anything, but...

[integratedsoul]

... but what? Sorry, I don't think I follow.

[ STOP SPEAKING IN RIDDLES, CHILD. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

[He has not actually shared his theory yet, for the sake of open minds!! But since you ask...]

I'm starting to think this town isn't real and never was - like, it's all a simulation. That's why all the details beyond the surface are so...generic.

I'm also not sure anyone here is actually dead, but that's a lot harder to figure out.

[monstrology]

A...what, now?

[Is this more tech...god, please don't let this be more tech.]

[carbide]

This would explain my presence.

[I hope nobody is assuming she'll elaborate on that.]

[linearcrash]

What's your theory, huh?

[burgerprince]

Dude.

[Said with a little bit of horror, and a little bit more awe.]

Don't you think that's important?

[linearcrash]

That it's like his face? Well, yeah. Bakugou was saying it might be his quirk or something.

[ If only Hawks is here to share about the weirdo with a flame beard. ]

The layout was also different from how it usually is at the lodge. It was like a never ending hallway or something. When we looked behind us, the door was way back behind us. It was weird as hell.

[ YMMV because Nine was paying more attention to his companion than how far they traveled, but it didn't feel like that. ]

[burgerprince]

How far in did you go? Do you think we need to go back there?

[By we he mostly means himself, maybe a companion blonde as per tradition but his options are largely unappealing.]

[linearcrash]

Can't even tell you for sure? It looked like we were super far in there, but we didn't walk that far. And then it didn't take much to get back to the door, yo. It felt like... like we were skipping steps? And it kept going on forever.

[ There's adults there now to pick from?

But that also means responsibility. ]

[burgerprince]

Right. That's some weird shit. But...important. It's worth looking more into.

[His trust in adults is even lower than it ever was before this'll be a teen only mission if anything.]

[doublelammy]

Oh, speaking of people from our first group...

I went to the police station to ask about Rean after we ran into 'im at the refinery, n' the police lady said he'd only been here about 3 weeks when I asked.

But he's the foreman there, and... listen, Rean's a really smart guy n' all? But I'm pretty sure he never knew anythin' about oil before this. There's no way he could just make foreman in three weeks.

Whatever Sarge did to them, it has to have messed with the rest o' the town, too.

[kingbomber]

[ ... ]

He definitely must've fucked with their heads and obviously their memories too. That'd explain that.

[ At least that's what he thinks, anyway. ]

[doublelammy]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinkin'.

Enough power to do that to an entire town, though... that's scary, don'cha think?

[kingbomber]

[ His pride rears it's ugly head again because he'd never admit it's scary...but honestly? It was. ]

Only means that he's got a lot of power backing him. He can't have done it all by himself, though.

He probably got the help of those people above him.

CS2 spoilers because they never stop

[doublelammy]

'Course not. No one person's got power like that unless they're a god. N' I dunno what the heck he is, but I'm sure he's no god.

But even then, that means we're dealin' with a group like the Black Workshop, if they've got somethin' like that. The group that made me. So... yeah. I'm not lookin' forward to this one bit.

/o/

[kingbomber]

...the group that made you, huh?

Can you tell me a little more about them? Are they like a bunch of creepy - ass scientists or what?

[doublelammy]

I can't tell you too much. I don't remember too much, they made sure o' that.

But from what I do know? Yeah, basically. I don't really know what they're after, but I know Lammy n' I aren't all they've made. Altina n' Sammy, too, and I'm sure lots of other crazy weapons...

And they can wipe memories. If they can do all that, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say they could rewrite 'em, too.