Week 1 [Day 1-Day 3]

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[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

[iote]

...Keep your guard low and get yourself killed if you like, then. It's not of much consequence to me.

[advancements]

You don't need to remind me. I'm not going to die here.

[iote]

Don't worry, I have no intention of being your keeper. Whatever happens to anyone here will happen. I'm not taking responsibility for anyone but myself.

[advancements]

Of course. I didn't expect you to.

[But that's settled him a little anyway.]

[iote]

[buddy he generally doesn't worry about anyone but himself just on principle]

I would hope that I don't seem the type.

[advancements]

You don't.

[It's said seriously, but it gets the barest hint of a smile out of him, like it's almost a joke.]

[iote]

Good. That sort of thing is reserved for one of my sisters.

[...dear god guys why are you like this]

[advancements]

Of course. I'm sure you take good care of them.

[iote]

[Mm.]

I...try to, at least.

[advancements]

That's really the most you can do.

[...]

What are your sisters like?

[iote]

Maria is the youngest. She's a healer, the sort that loves everyone. She likes to help people and be useful. We've helped each other quite a bit since our father died.

Minerva falls between Maria and I in terms of age. We...

[...]

...We don't have much to do with one another anymore. She's strong, however. A dracoknight like I am. She loves Maria as much as I do, and that's enough.

[advancements]

[...what the fuck is a dracoknight, is that a wyvern lord??]

I'm sorry that things are difficult with Minerva.

[...]

Your youngest sister sounds quite a bit like mine. She's a healer as well, and she seems to have made it her duty to befriend everyone.

[iote]

Minerva and I have made our decisions, and we're willing to live with them. Sometimes that's all there is.

You mentioned having siblings before. Tell me about them.

[advancements]

I have four younger siblings. Camilla is the next oldest; she's a kind and caring person, though sometimes she is a bit overwhelming with it. She's a fierce fighter who can use both magic and axes. She's looked out after my other siblings when I cannot, and I honestly don't know where we'd be without her.

Corrin is next. She led us to victory and insisted that we spare as many lives as possible. She's far too kind, but our world needs that kindness and love. She's an equally fierce fighter; I trained her myself.

Leo is my only brother. He's a very talented mage who always strives to be the best. He took up magic because he wasn't satisfied with his swordsmanship. He can be a bit cold, but he's an excellent tactician.

Elise is the one I mentioned before; she's always cheerful and does her best to bring joy to everyone. She's grown so much even since the beginning of the war. I'm very proud of her.

[Judging from just how much he's been gushing about them, he's very proud of all of them, okay. He just really loves his little siblings...]

[iote]

[Mm...]

I haven't been close to either of my sisters since our father died. We've had other concerns, and our lives have necessitated various levels of engagement. We simply couldn't spend time, and for various reasons we often didn't want to. Maria often says that she wishes we could be the way we were before; she doesn't seem to understand that such a thing is simply impossible.

[...]

What you have sounds nice, I suppose.

[advancements]

I see. I've been very lucky to be able to spend time with my siblings like this, though I imagine things will be a bit different now that I'm king.

[...That's just really depressing, honestly...]

[iote]

It might.

[...]

Maria is also too young to remember when things were particularly bad for our people. She just knows she grew up with Minerva and I playing with her often and spending all our time with her, so she wouldn't hear about it or know that something was particularly wrong. I imagine that's why she remembers it so fondly.

[advancements]

I understand. The youngest is usually sheltered from those sorts of things. I imagine it was difficult for her when she realized how bad things were.

[iote]

I imagine she knows on some level, but even now the only one of us that remembers exactly what happened is me. Minerva doesn't remember the incident very well, simply that there was one, and she was told after the fact; Maria... I never laid everything out for her.

[advancements]

It's natural to want to protect her from things like that. We tried to keep Elise from seeing the darker sides of Nohr for as long as we could, but even then she eventually learned. Corrin was kept locked away in the Northern Fortress, so she was left unaware for a long time as well.

[iote]

...Why were you keeping your sister locked up in a fortress?

[advancements]

We weren't. We tried repeatedly to get Father to change his mind and allow her to live with us. Corrin is... not our sister by blood; she was kidnapped and couldn't remember any of her life before joining us. Camilla and I knew she wasn't our sister, but Father told us to treat her as such, and we chose to look after her. She's just as much my sister as Camilla and Elise are, even though the circumstances of her being there were terrible.

[fire emblem: fates is a clusterfuck]

[iote]

...So your father simply stole a child.

[WHICH YOU GUYS APPARENTLY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, BUT THE FORTRESS THING IS A LITTLE AWKWARD???]

[advancements]

...Yes.

[...]

It's... complicated.

[listen. he doesn't want to get into the slime monster power hour over here. oh my god he's still trying to come to terms with that.]

[iote]

[don't say it, michalis. don't. don't. don't. no one needs you to say it and saying it won't accomplish anything so maybe just- ]

I begin to see why removing him was likely for the best.

[ohhhhhh for fuck's sake]