Week 1 [Day 1-Day 3]

[calloperators]

[After a long stressful day like this has been, maybe you want to curl up in bed and try to sleep this whole thing off, or maybe you stay up all night desperately trying to find a way out of this town. Whether it be asking the cops for help, trying to steal a car, or just simply trying to walk out of town, you will unfortunately find your attempts to escape fruitless.

Even with it being obvious something strange is going on, no one has shown their face yet to even hint that they're the ones behind it. And you have no idea if or when they will.

However, in the very least you have a whole town to explore, and at the start of each day, and the beginning of every night, no matter where you are, you'll suddenly hear a radio crackle to life. Whether this is comforting or unsettling? Well, that's up to you to decide.

Just have a good time and try not think about the letter you got earlier, okay?]

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[ DAY 1 (SUNDAY) || NIGHT 1 (MONDAY) || DAY 2 (TUESDAY) || NIGHT 2 (WEDNESDAY) || DAY 3 (THURSDAY) ]
((OOC: Welcome to Week 1 of Hotline! As you can probably tell by the fact that Day 2 and beyond are frozen, we will have no grace week so we can get right into the murder!

And if you want to investigate the town, you just need to write INVESTIGATION in your header! Have fun ;) ))

Comments

rec room

[advancements]

[Don't worry, Xander's not here to use the rec room, but he's definitely here to see what you're doing. He watches for a moment before approaching.]

Would you care for a sparring partner?

[Admittedly, these don't really look like they'll hold up to a sparring match, but hey, that sounds fun.]

[iote]

[He won't pause in what he's doing, exactly, but he'll definitely slow down, the motions becoming far less focused and far more idle.]

It would be appreciated, though I doubt these would hold up if we tried anything properly. They're far too light for my liking. You're welcome to go feel it for yourself, there are others over there.

[advancements]

[That bad, huh... He'll go pick one up to test it, looking surprised by just how light it is.]

...These won't stand up to a sparring session at all. That's disappointing.

[Well, at least there's enough room in here for both of us, so he might as well practice a bit.]

Are spears your weapon of choice?

[what class are you????]

[iote]

[Yeah, if we go too hard they'll probably shatter, it sucks.]

They are. I can use swords and axes if I have to, but I prefer spears over the rest. So these things are useless to me, unless I were to take one and put some work into it.

And yourself...?

[advancements]

[Swords and axes... a Great Knight, then?]

I primarily use swords. The one I use was passed down through my family.

[please don't ask why garon didn't use it, i guess he just wanted a giant fuckoff axe???]

I've trained with lances as well, and I spent some time learning about other weapons.

[iote]

[Nah, just an asshole who hates the weapons triangle. Spears are the primary, everything else is just a generalized "fuck you."]

I prefer the spears because it's easier to get hits in from the air. If I'm using axes I usually have to modify them so they're more of a halberd; anything else is going to throw me off-balance or risk hitting my partner.

[advancements]

[that's just rude!!]

Oh, do you ride a wyvern?

[...]

Or a pegasus?

[...okay listen the hesitation was because he kind of forgot about pegasus riders, but also: he cannot see a pegasus actually letting you ride it.]

[iote]

[...holy shit, someone who actually understands these things. This is both really nice and kind of weird.]

He's a wyvern. My sister works with pegasi a lot, though - the military unit under her command all ride them.

[advancements]

Ah, really? There aren't any pegasi native to Nohr. We have plenty of wyvern riders, however; my younger sister is one. I spent some time learning to ride one as well, though I wasn't as effective as she is.

[iote]

It isn't an easy thing to learn. But I find it to be worthwhile.

[He shrugs a bit.]

I admit I wonder what happened when I was brought here. He wouldn't let me just be taken easily.

[advancements]

I suppose it depends on how we were brought here. I doubt we'll be getting any answers about that any time soon.

[Which is frustrating, honestly.]

[iote]

I still think those answers should be sought out. But I don't understand enough about this world to know where to begin. I've had the...laundromat explained to me. And some of the weaponry. But that isn't much help.

[advancements]

I do agree with you. It would be easier if we could find people who would listen, but it seems that most people here either don't want to, or are incapable of it.

[...]

What is a laundromat?

[iote]

The building that's far too bright, where the walls are lined with the large, odd machines. Apparently the machines wash your clothes for you, without you needing to do much to make that happen.

[advancements]

Really? That sounds incredible... I'll have to go see it at some point.

[he's gonna hate it!!]

[iote]

...It's like everything is in this place. Perhaps it's incredible, but it's also loud and gives off an aura of evil.

[technology is scary and thomas edison was a witch.]

[advancements]

Ah, of course. I wonder why everything is so loud... Well, thank you for the warning, I'll be sure to look out for it.

[iote]

I don't know why everyone in this world seems dedicated to creating as much noise as possible. It's constant and frankly it's obnoxious.

There's less of it in here, at least.

[As long as we all agree that we aren't going to fuck with the tv it'll probably be fine.]

[advancements]

[the tv is probably evil, don't touch it!!]

That's good, at least. It certainly is irritating to constantly be surrounded by so much noise, though. I suppose the people here must be used to it, but I can't imagine ever getting used to something like that.

[iote]

I wonder if they enjoy it. Seeing as so much of it is probably music of some sort, I'm guessing that they do.

[advancements]

Perhaps this is the only sort of music they're familiar with. That could explain why it's everywhere.

[iote]

If this is all they have, that's almost pitiable.

[guys seriously what did flock of seagulls ever do to you]

[advancements]

Agreed.

[oh my god.]

I'm glad you found these. I've been hoping to come across weapons of some sort, but I haven't seen anything just yet. These are good enough for now, even if they won't hold up to sparring.

[Which is sort of disappointing, honestly...]

[iote]

...There's a building that sells weaponry here, but it's nothing like I've ever seen. There are a few knives, but those are the only things that were at all familiar.

[advancements]

Oh? What were the other weapons like?