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 7

[cartesio]

NEWSPAPERS

[cartesio]

[ May 13th.
May 14th.
May 15th.
May 16th
May 17th. ]

[pursuitofdeath]

[There's a very vivid memory that doesn't match up in the slightest with the way he wakes up in his motel room. You can't just wash away that kind of suffering-- the smell of smoke as you're forced to inhale it, the heat, the crushing weight around you as several very rude books poke into you uncomfortably...

Worst day ever.

But now he's. Here.

The other side. He supposed he expected it to be... a bit more different. But then, he may have to do a little more than lay here to figure that all out. So. Though he spends a good twenty minutes here, unless you're running straight to his room this morning, you're more likely to see him leaving the motel and heading outside.

To the park. it just seems natural. Nostalgic, even. And here, he can get a better look at this version of Cartesio.]

[odasaku]

[ odasaku doesn’t know what to do at first. he hesitates to greet dazai in his room at first, unsure of what to say or even react. there are so many conflicting feelings in his heart... which one does he listen to?

with the quietness of an assassin, he follows dazai to the park. not that it matters— he’s almost certain that dazai already knows he’s there. but it’s only when they reach the park does oda finally speak up. ]

Hey.

[ it’s in a casual tone; as if nothing had passed between them. ]

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian's not been trying too hard to find Dazai during the morning hours. She's still confused by her own feelings about all that happened, still not sure how to face him... So when she spots him in the park, it is totally accidental.

As it turns out, all her thinking about what to say was pretty useless, because now her body moves on her own. Dazai is getting a hug, albeit a quick one. Cian lets go again very soon. ]

This shouldn't have happened to you.

[doublelammy]

[Millium doesn't go and seek out Dazai immediately, mostly because she doesn't know what to say.

She still doesn't when she does eventually find him, but at this point, she's realized she's never going to come up with something that feels right. After all, there's very little that's "right" about any of this.]

...Dazai.

[She pipes up from behind him to get his attention, and once she's got it, she handles this reunion in the only way she knows how: by running straight for Dazai, throwing her arms around his waist and half-tackling him with a hug.]

[streetwolf]

[He wakes up yelling, growling. Grabbing at his chest to feel his jacket and hoodie, like he hadn't taken it off to go to bed. For a moment he just sits there, on his bed clutching his chest and looking down at his legs.

There's no cuts from where he'd tried to kick out before he'd fallen.

There's another few seconds before he's stumbling up. Patting himself down. His gun is gone. Of course it is. He'd dropped it hadn't he?

Within seconds he's bolting. There's none of the casual wandering from before, he's fast when he wants to be, when he doesn't care about stealth. Through alleys and climbing fences without issue. Until he's at the hunting shop. He's grabbing a handgun of course. But that hadn't worked before right? It might have been blood lose kicking in from having his leg fucking mangled. But shooting the biggest target, those wings, hadn't helped one bit. He hadn't been able to get to the alcohol on time either, so that was out.]

Fucking pigeon bastard-!

[At the noise, he's swinging around and leveling the handgun. ]

[linearcrash]

[ S'up. It's a ghost. He wasn't actually looking for Wayne, just taking a stroll around the town, getting lost, and seeing what the hell has changed. Then he saw movement in the hunting shop and came to check it out.

Only for a gun to be pointed at him???]

Huh? Why the hell are you waving that thing around for?

[kingbomber]

Oi, you... watch where you're pointing that thing at.

[ Bakugou just happened to be walking, jeez Wayne. ]

[doublelammy]

[Millium should probably react more to having a gun pointed at her, and yet, she just pipes up as cheerful as ever.]

Hiya, Wayne. Maybe don't shoot me? I mean, I'll be okay, but I still don't wanna deal with it and none of us need you freakin' out any more than you already are.

[snideper]

[Wayne's either going to find Clarisse on his way out of or into the hunting shop, whichever's easier probably?? "Find" is maybe the wrong word since she's perched up on some tree or balcony, being obnoxious, and she calls down,] Hey, hey, what's the hurry, where's the party?

[amburere]

[ Well. It's not like Dabi's really surprised to wake up here again. Still, everything was a lot and it takes him some time to try to process everything. He only lays in bed for a few minutes before he goes off to find Hawks. They tried even in the execution, didn't they? He's reminded again that shit never goes how it's supposed to go.

So it's not til later that Dabi decides to wander the town. There's people that are looking for him probably, which is fine. Welcome, even. He can't say he cares much with the exception of Bakugou, cause he already knows how that's going to go assuming he heard enough. He can handle the brat's mouth and explosions any day, but if it's aimed at Hawks well... it's complicated. Actually, it's probably not anymore. Even if they haven't put a name to it, whatever. ]

Sunday + Damage to Kino's room.

[linearcrash]

[ After all of reunions and chats happen, Nine can be found once more in the Motel. Other than the first door and Azura's room, Nine is going to open every single door on the first floor to look through. He's trying to find anything that identifies someone who is still in the "living" side of Cartesio. Go ahead and catch him in your room or ask him what the hell he's up to?

After a bit, he finds something pretty interesting in Room 10, that has him making a loud commotion over. ]

What the hell?!

[ Yup.

Once he figures it out, he'll snag a knives. He can be found in Room 10, stabbing a message into the wall. Nine is digging in deep, and making sure to dig into it to give Kino a game of connect the dots.

SAR NO ACT YET.

Man, if only there was an easier way to do this.

Then he will add a carving down by the night stand of a 🌸. Full on with dots to play connect with. Just to let Kino know he knows. ]

[icariot]

[When Hawks wakes up, he shoots out of bed hard enough land on the floor, an undignified mess of limbs and feathers. It's barely moments before he realizes what must have happened. He knew she'd go for it, but experiencing it and knowing what was going to happen are very different things.

Once he untangles himself and rises from the floor, as long as someone didn't hear the crash and come to investigate by waiting outside his door, he's going to go find Dabi.

After touching base with Dabi, Hawks will be around town, investigating this new development from the air and the ground.]

MORE PLANTS

[silvertongueheir]

[Okay, you know what? Franciscus is just going to ignore all the ghost drama that's going to go down and focus on fixing up the hotel the best he can. With the damage getting stronger, he figures he should give up on his plans of leaving space in the windows...so anyone who comes by will find him focusing slowly on getting woody vines to grow across the windows in crisscrossing lattices, weaving together to provide more resistance to any rocks that may come. He also continues to build up the flowers he was growing last week, making them grow even higher in an attempt to cover up the various graffiti.]

Monday investigation

[kingbomber]

[ Bakugou heads over to the firestation, because he's prepared to do some more investigation. If he's got it right, the more information they can pass to the living, the better. Best part is he's kind of invisible to people inside and such.

So, first things first. Is the hole he made still there? ]

Monday Investigation (open to pcs too)

[linearcrash]

[ S'up, Refinery. Nine is heading here to investigate. How does it look? Is there anything he can hear or see? Is there offices to poke at? ]

Tuesday. Damage + Wandering (open to all)

[linearcrash]

[ Nine has been checking his room a couple of times during the day to see if anything changes. When the new marks appear, he has a marker out and trying to connect the dots based on the direction of the stab marks. Come help?

Or find him heading back down to room Room 10 with a knife in hand. ]

The hell are they even...

[ He's going to get back to stabbing a message in return on Kino's wall. New round of connect the dots for Kino.

DIDNT

TOWN BROKEN HERE

Later, he can be around town. Find him at the flower shop.

Or afterwards, find him poking at the game stalls around town. ]

Hey, what do you think you do with these?

Thursday Damage

[linearcrash]

[ Since some people are early risers during the week, Nine is up and checking his room on the second floor. He's getting better at playing connect the dots that's for sure.

It takes a while because DIDN'T almost could almost be DUCT, but soon has the marks connected.

DIDN'T WHAT? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

Nine can be seen heading back down to the first floor with a knife. Let's respond! Carving into Kino's room again for another exciting match of connect the dots.

OIL REFIN WEIRD

There might be more, but... maybe they can tall them in more details tonight? ]

Thursday

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus has been keeping an eye on the newspapers, despite everything. He lets out a small "hmph" when he reads the latest one, slouched in a lobby chair.]

They were probably trying to stop things from getting worse, you know. If you'd actually talk to them again, you'd know that. [Still, he smiles a little.] Looks like they're doing well without us.

wednesday, hangar investigation?!?!

[snideper]

[Clarisse, like, resumed existing real briefly after the latest trial in hopes of watching some ghosts try to fucking destroy each other, and received disappointingly little chaos for her efforts. She has no intentions of actively reintegrating herself into society or anything but she's, like, out and about and present today. Kind of. For now.

She's been avoiding the park with a fucking vengeance because it's been so busy but she's finally here now, standing a short distance from the week-old statue that she is only now getting a look at, just sort of



real softly, flatly:] What the fuck.

[Later, passersby failing to pay enough attention to their surroundings are liable to receive a fun shock when Clarisse just bursts out from the hole Bakugou left in the police station. Surprise!! She actually does not intend to terrify people, it's just sort of a side effect of...whatever she's doing. She seems terribly smug about something or other, which is never a good thing.

"Investigating" isn't exactly the word for what Clarisse intends to do at the hangar but if there's any spooky ghost shit to find on this end that's what it's gonna become?? As a matter of fact, she does not come here intending to kick cars even though she doesn't understand them or planes, but this place is big and sprawling and full of things and corners to hide in and under, and that's Clarisse's shit. So here she's finding her way into every crawlspace and dark spot she can fit into, like a bored cat. What've we got, gang.]

Thursday evening

[cartesio]

[ Are you in a romantic mood tonight? Then you might enjoy the soft tunes of Presley's Now Or Never sounding out from the records store.

Once you go inside to check out who's playing such a classic, you'll find the whole place is empty despite all lights being turned on. Well, isn't that familiar? ]

Friday - closed to Oda and Dazai

[integratedsoul]

[ So... yesterday was a lot and today someone is probably dying, but they're not going to find out about that until later. Cian figures she might as well distract herself from the fearful nervousness by clearing the air about something else, an issue that yesterday brought to the surface entirely unexpectedly. An issue that she's... not sure how to even start on.

Nobody ever told her how to handle it when two men who are dating each other each accuse the other one of having a thing for her?

Well, it's only going to get worse if she doesn't address it. She's trying to be braver. She's trying to change. This is.. a place to start? Maybe?

So she'll seek out Oda and Dazai today, hopefully finding them together. ]

Oda-san! Dazai-san! Good morning.

Friday Morning- Damage (IN THE RIGHT PLACE)

[linearcrash]

[ Nine is going back to Kino's room with a knife. He's going back to the SAR NO ACT YET message and crossing out the NO and YET.

Then he'll stab in underlines under SAR and ACT. Digging in deep dots to make the middle and end of each line.

Then there's a new message.
SAR WAS HERE.

After that, he's heading to the Keith's room. He will give him his own connect the dots message!

SAR WANTS TO BRAINWASH US
LIKE 1ST GROUP.

Then he'll go to Sakura's room and give her a connect the dot message.

STAY STRONG ]

Trial Speculating

[linearcrash]

[ It's time. Kinzie is the victim, and the suspects are Bolin, Oso, Keith, Niwa, and Natalie.

Keith immediately starts in with something interesting ]