Week 6

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Another week another set of bodies, and now, the guests aren't the only ones dying in this hotel. At this point it seems as though something is attacking the nonguests of this hotel. What's attacking them, however, no one seems to know. But surely you can all find out before more people die, right?

No new floors open up this week, but people will find on Sunday that the locked door on the first floor is now unlocked. It's a good time as any to see what's behind it.

10 guests remain]


[SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY]

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GONNA INVESTIGATE THAT DOOR

[tadaishi]

[Ever since the first new floor became available, Tadashi's been periodically trying the other locked doors to see if any of them open, just in case. He's never expected them to open, but it only takes a few seconds to try each one and then move on.

So he's pleasantly surprised one morning when he tries the one that he's passed dozens of times without success...opens. Time to investigate.

Coffee can wait.]

[coulombslaw]

Oh, that finally opened? Let me go with you, Tadashi. It could be dangerous.

[Just saying. Who knows what's beyond this door]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Aww c'mon, do you think that we would bomb a door or something?

... Don't answer that question.]

[tadaishi]

Right. I might need the help anyway.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's awfully dark in the room, but from what Tadashi can tell, it seems to be a perfect recreation of the library across the hall.

Wanna look closer?]

[tadaishi]

[Well, that's certainly interesting.

He's going to make his way slowly towards that library, keeping his injured hand out in front of him in case there's a trap of some sort in front of him and Virgil. Just in case.]

Is that the library?

[coulombslaw]

Weird. It can't be the same library. Why'd they need two identical libraries?

[Virgil touches the wall, looking for a light switch]

[tadaishi]

It could be a model of some sort. It might be a mirror, if we weren't standing between it and the other library.

[Perhaps it's Pepper's Ghost. Any luck with that light switch, Virgil?]

[coulombslaw]

We should get a flashlight--

[Oh, nevermind. The lightswitch is here. Give him a moment to flick it]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There is a light switch on the wall! Shall you flip it on?]

[coulombslaw]

[Hell yeah!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You're aware of the phrase "it's like a tornado passed through this room", right, guys? Because, to put it lightly, that's what it looks like. This is despite how it looks like a completely normal room with the lights off.

Books are scattered about all over the place, torn paper, and, more worryingly still, someone has written on the walls.

IS PROGRESS ALL THAT MATTERS?

THE FUTURIST KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU RIGHT?

WERE WE JUST YOUR PLAYTHINGS

I AM SUFFERING]

[coulombslaw]

[Virgil stares at the ruined library, reads the writing in the walls, wonders once again how his life led to this moment...]

Wow. O-kay, that's fine.

[And flicks the lights off]

So how about that? You know how long this place has been open?

I just realized I misinterpreted the layout of the room, derp

[tadaishi]

[That sure is a destroyed version of the library. And all that writing on the walls...]

It's been locked every time I've tried it, until today. I wonder who did all this. That.

[Since it looks normal when the lights are off.

What if he goes to look at some of the books while the lights are off?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[They look like normal books, but before Tadashi can page through it, there's a voice that comes out of nowhere. It's heavily distorted and almost sounds like multiple people are talking over each other. It definitely doesn't sound like anyone Tadashi or Virgil has heard before.]

Ẁ̡ha̧t ̨͜a̡ŗ͘e ̡̀y̛o̵͜u̧̧ ̕d͡ò̷̕in̨͞͝g̵͏ ̴͢h͞e͘r̷̀e?͏

[coulombslaw]

[Oh, fantastic. Now there are disembodied voices]

Who's there? Show yourself!

[If you, uh, if you can]

[tadaishi]

[That's enough to make him drop the book in his hands.]

We're just looking!

[grimgrinningghosts]

T́e͜҉̵l̕͟l ͏̧m̸e̕ h͢o̵w ́͜y̵ou͏͟ ̵̧͞g͠ot ͟h̸̛ȩ͘r͢͏͟e̡ ̡͘͡f̡͘írs̕͢t͏̵.͞

[coulombslaw]

Through the door, it was open!

[If you didn't want anyone to enter you should have kept it locked, geez!]

[tadaishi]

The door was unlocked; we could just walk in.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...]

W͢҉h̡y̸͠ ̴̨ẁ̕͞a͞s ͘i̵̕͜ţ u҉̕͡n̢l̛͡ocké̢d͝͝?͟͡

[coulombslaw]

No idea. Every week a new place opens, so...maybe it was this library's turn.

[grimgrinningghosts]

Í ̴śh͝o͏u̷͡͠l̸̢͡d҉̵ ̧ha͢v̷̕ȩ̶͘ ̛be͏̶en̷͟ ̢͏m͟a͘͘̕d̷̀e̷̢͜ awà͢͝r̨͜é̛ ̨o̢̢̨f͡ ͏̕t͟h̛͢i͟͞s̡̡͘ ͡f̴͡i̛͡r̢ş̷̡t̡́.҉

[tadaishi]

You're asking the wrong people, honestly.

[grimgrinningghosts]

Y͝o̵u͘ st͠il͠l̶̀ s̸̨͡h̨͘ou̸̧l̴͠҉d̴͞͞n̶͟'͡t̕͢ ̨͞b͜͡͠e͘͡ ̡̢ḩ͝er̵̸e͘͠.̡