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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Week 3

[cartesio]

Newspapers

[cartesio]

[ The links to the current newspapers will be added to this comment as the papers go up. This is not an event, so don't let it hinder you from making top-levels.

April 15th.
April 16th.
April 17th.
April 18th.
April 19th.

Please don't reply to this comment so it can be edited.]

Am I kicking this off right, somebody's gotta

[theserpentsmiles]

["Awake" and "aware" are two distinct things, and one comes sooner than the other. It's some moments that Nagisa lies on the floor, groggy, operating too slowly. It's worse than when he'd been drugged. Ultimately, it's remembering the electric shock that snaps him to reality, and in a single fluid, athletic movement, he's leapt from the floor to his feet.

Cartesio. He's still here.

Good.

He'll start by thoroughly studying the guestbook. New faces. Not good. Only a few familiar faces - highly concerning. A distinct lack of his own face, raising a few questions.

Later, but not much later, Nagisa can be found systematically walking through the entire town, including a loop or two around the perimeter. Though he remains as casual and harmless as ever, there's something in how he moves... It's not cautious, but with purpose. He's a boy with a plan.

He will approach anyone who doesn't approach him first. Familiar or not, he has one first question.]

Do you remember anything from the last two weeks?

[cartesio]

[ Nagisa will find someone who doesn't approach him very soon. As soon as he makes it from the motel to the park, he'll catch sight of a boy who might be familiar. Natsume is seated on a bench, holding his hand out for a stray cat to sniff.

When confronted with Nagisa's question, he doesn't even look up. ]

[agoreable]

[ Lovepon doesn't initially pay Nagisa any mind when they cross paths on the street. Even when he speaks, she seems tempted to just walk past, but then she turns around with a start and gives him a wide-eyed stare. ]

Y-you can see me?

[ayuzawa]

You're–

[ she remembers him. nagisa, right? she talked to him briefly before that. at his question, she pauses, pressing her fingers to her temple. ]

Unfortunately, everything is a blur. I remember getting shocked...then, nothing.

[paciscere]

Well, fancy meeting you here.

[ he sits in the motel lobby, going through the newspapers. but hey, he's polite enough to spare nagisa a glance and a smile. ]

And to answer your question: no. Though somewhat related - [ he holds up two newspaper articles. ] Have you read these?

[monstrology]

Ah, Nagisa!

[Nagisa has (perhaps unsurprisingly) found Will at the chapel. He might be putting on a cheery greeting, but it's obviously a bit forced.

He shakes his head to answer Nagisa's question before elaborating.]

Not a thing. I went through the motel and found what I assume to be some information in there, but it's all correct...I'd say we've found ourselves in another set of unfortunate circumstances.

New Ghost Who Dis. CW: His Death + Investigating

[linearcrash]

[ Nine wakes up in the hotel with a jolt. He first looks around, seeing that it all appears pretty normal. Then he smacks his own forehead, looking for blood or something.

Coming back after something like that was a lot like how it was before... Maybe it didn't really happen? Maybe all will be normal and he didn't really kill anyone? Or they got a do-over?

Nine leaves his room, to start checking the ones next to him. Only not to find any of his usual neighbors.

Just going to knock on all the doors with recklessness while murmuring over and over ]

What the hell...

[ Later, he will be heading to the Diner to investigate. Trying to find others to talk to, while he's checking over the new map. He'll plop down at the counter. ]

Hey, I'd like a whole hell lot of pancakes, yo.

[ Can he even still order or eat? ]

Hotel

[theserpentsmiles]

[He was going to go check town after finishing with the guestbook, but all that ruckus upstairs is hard to ignore. Time to go check that out, then.

The person causing the commotion is only familiar because Nagisa looked at the book first. Which means he might be a source of new information.]

Excuse me. [Nagisa is small and blue, but decidedly more like a gentle breeze than the hurricane that is Millium Orion. Utterly harmless.] You're Nine-san, right? Can I talk to you?

[cartesio]

[ The only answer to his order is silence. None of the usual personnel is in sight and there aren't any townspeople visiting either. ]

[agoreable]

[ Nine will find this young girl standing in the hotel hallway, watching him bang on doors. She regards him with open suspicion. ]

Nobody will open up. It's futile.

diner

[ayuzawa]

[ nine just so happened to plop down next to misaki, who also has a plate of pancakes. she's eating quietly, minding her own business, until she hears nine's request. the pancakes are pretty large, after all. ] ...Do you really plan on eating all of it?

[paciscere]

[ hi, new ghost. maybe possibly also a ghost or something, coming up from behind. ]

Hmm, yes. The doors do seem rather unusual, don't they?

[chiefminion]

[It took Moloch a while to get used to, you know, being dead. Thanks a lot, Nine. Still, he knows he can't let himself be inactive. That's not how he is. He's going to do something useful, and try to find a way to make this entire thing make sense.

Which is why he strolls towards anyone he finds]

Okay, my name is Moloch and I'm trying to gauge how well we'd do if we band together.

[After how things went when he sat back and did nothing -- he was murdered -- he figures the least he can do is ensure nobody else will be murdered again, especially not him. Better put leadership skills to use! He led a roving band of mechanics who were formerly extremely dangerous prisoners, how hard can this be?]

What are your skills? And why are you here?

[Because really, everyone other than Nine are people he hasn't even seen before.

When he sees Nine, though, he frowns. He doesn't go away or anything, instead he crosses his arms and says:]

The least I ask for is an apology, and a pretty good one.

[linearcrash]

[ He doesn't appreciate the mop spear legacy?

Nine does wince at that. Rubbing the back of his head. ]

I'm sorry.

[ His voice is low and look there's no cursing or anything. He really is sorry.

Though how do you do a good apology? He's never needed to do one... ever? Ever. ]

[paciscere]

Hello. [ this guy is smiling, so he must be friendly, right? don't mind the fact that he looks rather unconcerned for someone who's supposed to be dead. ]

My name is Matoba and I'm good at this and that. [ so friendly and helpful. ] As for why I'm here... well, there are reasons, I suppose.

And you?

[theserpentsmiles]

[Here, Moloch, have a small kid of ambiguous gender and entirely unimpressive build. Nagisa was already approaching of his own accord; another unfamiliar face means another potential source of information on the new 'game'.]

It seems like we had the same idea. [Hm. Moloch, Moloch... Zinzer, the book said? Should Nagisa just give a rundown of the same information the book would have provided?] I'm Nagisa Shiota. I don't know why I'm here - Sergeant-san said we'd be sent home and knocked me out with some kind of electric shock. Apparently that was two weeks ago.

[That's the easy questions out of the way. One more, but it gives him pause. He'd already been open about his training in Mira's trial, so there's not a lot of point in hiding it now. Except maybe from Lovepon. She's kind of....volatile.]

As for my skills....uh. Do you want a full list, or more like broad categories?

[agoreable]

[ Having run into Nagisa and Nine already, Lovepon is finally getting used to actually speaking to people again so when Moloch approaches she's comparatively calm. ]

I was murdered. And I'm good with computers and torture.

[ ... yeah. That's a skillset. ]

[monstrology]

[The more of the supposedly dead Will comes across, the more he can't help but wonder just what in the skies is going on here. What does this mean for the others of the original group...?]

My, my! A real go-getter, aren't you?

[He expected the dead to be more woeful about the situation, really. Anyway, he gives a tip of his hat.]

Name's Will, for the record. I'm just a humble priest and monster researcher- though I do have combat experience. [A battle priest, if you will.] As for why I'm here...well, that certainly is a good question that I would love to know the answer to. I'm caught up in the Sergeant's business, same as you.

april 18th investigating!

[paciscere]

[ after reading about the chapel in the newspaper, matoba makes a trip there to check it out. he won't mind if anyone decides to join him on the way.

is the chapel like it is described in the article? ]

[cartesio]

[ It is! No version of this poor Jesus statue is spared. Matoba will find it destroyed and covered in the same tarps the newspaper mentioned. ]

i dont have a normal friendly icon for her uploaded but pls imagine one

[agoreable]

[ Matoba is a sight for sore eyes, that's for sure. Though it's been one off-hand conversation, Lovepon hasn't stopped being grateful for curse lessons yet.

She speeds up a little to catch up with him and smiles. ]

Matoba-san, good day! Are you coming here because you're religious?

Aprile 20th- Trial Day

[linearcrash]

[ Nine has been counting the newspapers and knows it's trial day. He'll head for the courtroom to find out what is even going on.

And then he sees the photos up on the podiums. The ones with black clothes draped over them. ]

Bakky? What the hell?!

[ Who the hell took him down? ]

[detegoergosum]

[ From behind (and depending how tall he is, probably below) him: ]

I suspect that's what we're here to find out.

[ Hi, I don't believe we've met. ]