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]

Hey, she knows already. Why the hell do you think she's behaving like this?

[ Does he need to knock them out at once. ]

[snideper]

[ah, no, she's not ignoring the conversation anymore]

Oh, you two are just perfect for each other! Two worthless, idiot failures pretending to be much bigger and better than they are, lying and calling themselves good people and thinking it makes any difference. Watching you morons put on appearances me sick. Fuck you.

[no need to drag her anywhere! she's leaving! there's too many people here. not worth it. the copy machine remains unkicked......]

[linearcrash]

[ Nine never said he was good. He will disentangle Millium though to put her on Olympia's back? Maybe? ]

Hey, I'll be back, yo.

[ Just going to follow after his fellow child soldier to get stabbed bye guys ]

Wait up.

[doublelammy]

[cabbit has been applied to roomba. the messaging will continue unless something else interrupts]

[carbide]

[this is her new purpose in life (death?)]

[snideper]

[not breaking her storming-off stride]

Fuck off!

[linearcrash]

Hey, I'm sorry!

[ Yeah, that's probably what the others can hear while they exit stage left. ]

[snideper]

[she doesn't turn around, but she sure sounds angrier]

Shut up!

[linearcrash]

[ He'll shut up, but he'll still keep on following. Want to talk or hit him? He's not going to stop her. ]

[snideper]

[She doesn't get a whole lot farther before she whirls around to face him. Time to find out just how loudly she's capable of shouting!!]

I said fuck off! Leave me alone!

[linearcrash]

[ Sticking his hands in his pockets as stops to look at her. ]

I shouldn't have said that. I wasn't thinking.

[snideper]

Are you ever?

[She scoffs, but it sounds forced. She starts moving to leave again, too, but not enough to turn her back to him while she thinks he'll still follow her.]

Get away from me.

[linearcrash]

[ He'll actually jog up there to walk beside her. S'up. ]

Hey, sometimes I do. I'm a think tank, yo.

[ No one knows what that means. ]

[snideper]

[immediately scrambling back to put distance between them]

What part of "leave me alone" is so difficult for you?!

[kingbomber]

[ So, there's Clarisse's everything, but first, this - ]

Why're you defending her, huh? She tell you some kind of sob story or something?

[linearcrash]

[ Hey boyfriend. He's on his way out the door, but he'll catch his eyes just before leaving. ]

Later.

[ As in he'll talk about it later. ]

[kingbomber]

...

[ Bakugou watches Nine go after Clarisse. That probably just makes his blood pressure skyrocket for a good few moments, because he was actually kind of ready to battle it out in the library with Clarisse for real, and for an additional moment, a whirlwind of emotions just swell, before he decides that he'll hold Nine to it.

He can't help but stare quietly after, hearing the commotion going outside that makes him want to run outside, drag him by his cloak and pull him away. He half expects Nine to maybe bail but that doesn't happen, so he's sullenly pulling his gaze, albeit reluctantly, back onto the others.

When the conclusion to this whole thing came, the blond made his way back to the motel, not feeling any more better for it even if there weren't any more issues with confrontation. The news given wasn't great and added to how well this night was going. To make matters worse, he wasn't feeling confident about what might happen when the Sergeant makes good on his threat, amongst other things he wouldn't ever admit to feeling. Ever. ]

[linearcrash]

[ Bakugou deserves a lot better.

Bakugou will find Nine again waiting on the first floor of the hotel. He's actually isn't sure which room is his boyfriend's, so he's going to be found leaning against the reception desk. Olympia still has his blazer, so it's just Nine in his tank top with his arms crossed. Look, he's in one piece at least?

When he sees him come in, he'll give a smile. ]

Yo, how did it go?

[kingbomber]

[ Yes. But at the same time, there's no one else he'd rather be with so time to buckle seatbelts, folks.

Bakugou comes closer, scowling at him and looking like he wants to kick his ass, but he's going to look him over, as well as triple check him for injuries just in case anyway. Before then letting his expression look incredibly pissy. He's angry about a lot of things right now, some of which don't deal with Nine, but some of do, including why the hell he looks so good without his jacket. ]

We made it out in one piece, but we might have to deal with the Sergeant sooner than later.

[ He sounds like he wants to kill someone when he talks, this is going to be a rough time, probably. ]

...And why don't you tell me what the fuck was that earlier? [ Pause. ] And if she killed you, I'm going to find her and tear her apart.

[linearcrash]

[ He probably looks better without the tank top. Nine is going to move away from the reception's desk to get closer. Helping himself to thrown an arm around him to tug him towards the rooms. ]

Hey, which one is yours?

[ Not trying to change the topic, but privacy sounds pretty nice right now. Especially with the whole deal with the Sergeant part hanging there. Ket's get to that in a moment... ]

She didn't kill me. [ Would Nine actually share if some day she does? Who knows. They will cross that when they get there. Right now, he is being honest. ] She's a lot like me.

[kingbomber]

[ Bakugou stumbles at first and fixes Nine a glare, but his body betrays him because he feels himself kind of just go along with it anyway. The tension doesn't leave his shoulders just yet or anything, because he's really in a mood - and he spits out something like: ]

Number one.

[ So, they arrive there pretty soon and strangely enough he's quiet as they enter, after Nine's said those words. It takes him a few moments, but when he's speaking, it's clear that the fire hasn't died down. ]

You're not like her. Don't say that, alright? You're not anything like her! Why would you think that?! Why would you--you're better than she is. Even if you did what you did--you're still better than her! You're an idiot sometimes but you're not a complete asshole! So why...?!

[ He hates how he's trembling, and feeling so raw. So weak - it's never something he wants to show in front of anyone. He doesn't understand, how could he think someone like that was worth the thought to relate to? Is there something he's missing? Part of him is glad he did start to lead them towards rooms after all. ]

[linearcrash]

[ At first, he's hit with the whole holy shit I'm in his room feelings, but that falls away as soon as he hears him. As soon as he starts trembling. Nine pulls him over to the bed and then helps himself to sitting on the edge.

Once again, he's split between the shared backgrounds between him and Clarisse, and what he shares with Bakugou. ]

Most of my life has been just following orders and fighting. Before coming here, I didn't know anything different.

[ And from what little he's gotten from Clarisse? How she needed to be better than Nine and needed to be useful? She knows what that's like. ]

[kingbomber]

[ As a note when it sinks in for Bakugou they're both in his room, alone, that's going to be hilarious. As of now, though, he's pulled over to the bed, though he fixes Nine another glare, nudging him roughly, but seeming to just kind of do nothing much else, listening to what he has to say. As expected, upon hearing that, he just looks kind of displeased. ]

So, what, she told you she was the same, huh? Maybe she should've actually thought about not being a selfish shithead before she decided to fucking kill me. And you know what? Maybe, JUST fucking MAYBE, I don't like it when she's treating you like shit, and you just act like you don't fucking care! Just because she had a similar background to you doesn't mean she's allowed to do whatever the hell she wants! AND JUST MAYBE, I don't like it when it sounds like you're taking her side just because of it! Tell me I'm wrong and that you weren't back there, because that's what it sounded like!

[ He knows he's a shithead. There's no ifs and buts about it; he's trying to work on it even before he and Nine got together. As for Clarisse...He doesn't think there's anything there to improve on. He knows he should've stopped, he does, when Nine first intervened too, so he knows he's not altogether innocent here either. But. ]

And you know what? I get it now. But I don't like it, because it's a bullshit reason to have to put up with her all the time when I'm pretty sure she's not gonna give anything back. Are you actually really expecting that?!

[linearcrash]

[ There's a lot to react to, but the part of her killing Bakky gets him to flinch a bit. It's easier not to think about that. Easier not to feel like that's partially his fault for being the goal to beat for Clarisse.

He opens his mouth to respond, but then it hits up that some of the anger isn't just that. Bakugou is mad because she treats Nine like shit. Lifting his head to look at him. Like at the library, like at that night they were sitting on the floor, and even exploring the lodge... they really are in this together.

Nine knows if this was reversed, he'd go kick Clarisse's ass. He knows that's a big reason as to why he was stupid about what he said about Clarisse was because he was irritated himself and trying to focus on the task instead.

Moving to put his hand over Bakugou's to snag it. ]

Hey, I wasn't taking her side, yo. I screwed up and went too far with sharing what I did.

[ Because he knows Clarisse already feels like she's useless and thrown away. ]

You know why I want to try so hard with communicating to that side? Why I keep trying to get you both to knock it off?

[kingbomber]

[ Bakugou just keeps making a face, like he wants to look like someone completely and utterly pissed off, except that doesn't entirely work now. It did earlier, but with all of the feelings coming down, including things unsaid, his own insecurities amongst all of them, and even his own worries, it felt too much. So when Nine finishes, successfully holding one of his hands, he gets to see the blond's angry tears, and the blond's fingers grip onto Nine's painfully tight. ]

Fucking whatever! Fine.

[ ...He rubs at his face with his hand, feeling ultimately just frustrated. The second time he's only cried here and it's been Nine who's seen it. ]

Obviously, you want to help the others on the other side, that's why. It's easy to figure out. I'm not an idiot. [ ... ] You were probably trying to get us to knock it off because every time we [ or him with his explosions, he notes, feeling kind of guilty and he hates it ] fight we could make it harder for us to communicate with them or get someone else uninvolved hurt.