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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Thursday evening

[cartesio]

[ By now this might start to feel familiar. It's a similar rhythm every time after all.

Anyone passing by will find the library illuminated brightly with every light switch in the building flipped to on. ]

[snideper]

[




is

there a copy machine or something she can kick???? what is THE MOST IMMEDIATELY PRESENT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY]

[cartesio]

[ There's a copy machine in a corner, but it's behaving entirely innocently. In fact, it's turned off.

The two microfiche readers meanwhile are powered up and displaying newspaper clippings. ]

[linearcrash]

[ THE HELL ARE THESE.

What newspaper clippings are there? ]

[cartesio]

[ A page with three articles is booted up on both readers.

Currently it is zoomed in on the start of the first article, so proper reading may require some shifting around. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus is going to skim through the other reader, before zooming in on the word "here" in the third article. He then takes a step back to see if anything changes.]

[cartesio]

[ There is a long-ish pause in which nothing happens, but just when Franciscus might lose his patience, the zoom shifts.

It focuses on the letters hi from the word 'something' in the first article. ]

[snideper]

[eehhhhhh Nine and Franciscus are already over here trying to examine them and what does she care about the living so she's

gonna go kick the copy machine



actually the thing she does is start like she's gonna kick it but doesn't follow through once her foot's swung back and glares at the copy machine like it might bite her

[linearcrash]

[ He's being climbed on by Millium, but he will look over at her. ???? ???? ?]

Hey, what's up with you?

[kingbomber]

[ Is there anything else on those readers or just the newspaper clippings, even if he pokes at one of them with a finger and such to try to make it scroll or however these work. ]

[cartesio]

[ These articles are the only things on the microfiche inserted into the machine at this time. ]

[doublelammy]

[oh my god clarisse why are you LIKE THIS

but whatever, Millium is here, drawn like a moth to a lamp by all the pretty shiny lights.]

Huh? What's goin' on here...?

[linearcrash]

[ Head ruffles. ]

Once a week, shit like this lights up, yo. That's when we can communicate with you guys in the other town.

[doublelammy]

["Lights up?" Funny, that's also what Millium does at that information.]

Ah! Okay! Let's go go go~!

[nYOOM]

[linearcrash]

[ You could say she's the light in their life.

Or at least the second brightest thing here for him. The library can be like third. ]

Hey, that's the spirit.

[ Or are they the spirits ]

[silvertongueheir]

What are they doing in there...? [He might as well head in to see if there's any clue to what's going on.]

[doublelammy]

[Millium is not actually doing anything useful yet, mostly just buzzing around like a particularly annoying bee. So when she spots Franciscus wandering in, she darts over.]

Franzy!! Nine said these places light up and then we can talk to the people on the other side!!

[She immediately grabs at the end of his sleeve to tug him further in.]

Let's go~!

[silvertongueheir]

Really? [That gets him to light up.] Well them, I'm definitely coming. [He'll let her tug him along into the library. Not like they have any reason to stick to their indoor voices here.]

[odasaku]

[ jokes on you because oda is already in the library.

except he’s just as confused as the other newcomers. ]

Is someone having an event here?

[yonosoymaria]

[Oh look it's the REAL adult. Hello, Designated Responsible Person. Hi.]

From what I can gather, it's... our event. They seem to be enjoying the machines?

Event End

[cartesio]

[ The latest replies barely have time to finish before both the microfiche readers shut off and all the lights in the building go dark.

They don't come back on their own, but flipping the light switch will work just as god intended. Nobody is going to have to fumble in the darkness for too long.

The readers can be turned back on as well, but their connection to the living world appears to be severed. ]

[silvertongueheir]

Ah- [He starts when the lights go dark.]

We missed the chance to wish Natalie a happy birthday.

[kingbomber]

So fucking what.

[ He died on his birthday. It wasn't always a good thing to say...or maybe he was still feel inordinately angry, heat about to burst from his hands. But somehow not by sheer will. ]

Maybe she wouldn't want to be reminded of it right now anyway.

[ He'll shove his hands into his pockets and walk straight off. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[Clarisse is infuriating so this is frankly understandable.]

[carbide]

Is that a problem?

[Preferably one that can be solved by punching something?]