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

[iote]

Some are fortunate enough to love someone that would be acceptable for them to marry. Some do it for the sake of mergers or other conveniences. I suppose it depends on how fortunate one is.

I don't know whether my parents married for love or convenience; I never asked. I hear the ruler of Altea is interested in someone for love. I currently have no one that I would be interested in pursuing.

[rangerslayer]

Well...for love or not, you went about it all wrong. Giving her compliments was a good idea, but saying you wanted to keep her beauty and smarts to herself? A bit of a warning sign. She may have been the kind of woman who wanted to find love herself.

I'm sure these are things you've gone over yourself, or thought about.

[iote]

I didn't take the rejection out on her, if that's what you suspect happened.

[rangerslayer]

I don't. But I can't imagine she saw it coming.

[iote]

Lena didn't fear anything about me. It's why I asked her in the first place - I like those that don't.

Either way, I wasn't angry with her. I do understand her feelings regarding it; she refused, and we both let it go. That's all.

[rangerslayer]

...Most people fear you? Is it your...

[ Hm. ]

...attitude?

[iote]

Most people, when speaking to the ruler of their country, possess at least some fear of offending them. Now imagine how it must be for those believing they're speaking to the second coming of their people's savior.

I don't mind it if they fear me. But it's interesting to me when they don't.

[rangerslayer]

...So they treat you like...a sort of god, unable to say their real opinions out of fear. Is that it?

[iote]

Something like that.

[rangerslayer]

Do people seem to be afraid of you here too?

[iote]

Well, you certainly aren't.

[rangerslayer]

I meant besides me.

You're grouchy, but not scary.

[iote]

My people have always loved me, despite the fear. A few don't, of course, but it's impossible to please everyone.

I'm not good at dealing with day-to-day situations. That doesn't mean I'm terrifying. Most here seem to find me acceptable.

[rangerslayer]

Good approval rating. That's something a lot of rulers can't say, so you're doing good there.

Seems to me what you might need is another person to tell you what's socially acceptable, in a non-king setting.

[iote]

Unless you're volunteering, that's a bit much to put on another person.

[rangerslayer]

Volunteering is a little strong, but I don't mind giving advice. We're all stuck here for now, after all. While trying to figure out how to get home...it might help to all be on the same page...as much as we can.

[iote]

If I find it obnoxious, I'll tell you to stop. But I'm not inherently opposed.

[rangerslayer]

Of course. Just don't ask me to marry you.

[ ...It registers to her that she hopes he understands jokes. ]

[iote]

Are you certain? Surely I can come up with a suitable list of qualifications by the time we have this situation sorted out to our liking.

[...EVIDENTLY, HE DOES.]

[rangerslayer]

[ OH THANK GOD HE KNOWS BANTER, THIS FIXES EVERYTHING ]

Tempting as it may be, I have a strict policy regarding number of dates and time spent in peril.