Final Investigation

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Wednesday morning is unusually calm for the first few hours. Maybe you woke up and had a nice breakfast to start the day, or decided to hang out in the spa to ease off some stress from the weeks, or maybe you just slept in today because frankly, you all deserve it.

Until around noon, where Rod’s distorted voice calls through the entirety of the hotel, sounding unusually panicked.]

E̸͠ve҉r̸͢҉y̢͢o̵n͝è ̴̡ǹ̴e҉e͜d̵͡s t͡o̷͜ g̷o ̧̛b̨á́c͡k ̴t̀͟ó̴̸ ́͜͠t̸héi͝r̶ ̶̨҉r͟o҉̵o̴̢m̷̕͟s͜ ̴͞͞ńǫ̛w.̵͝ ҉̵͘ ͘͟ ̶̕I ҉́̀d̶̨̕o͟͡n̨͏’̸͠t̢́ k̶̨͞n̴̨͏ǫ͞ẃ ͝f̀͢͢o͘ŗ̷ ̡͢͞h͟o͘҉w̷҉ ̢͠ļ͜o͘͢n͟͢g͟,̡ ̵b̕͞u̶̢t̢̨҉ i͟͞t̢͠’҉̸s ̵̡̕n̢o̢҉t ͏s̶̕͏af͘e͜͞ ͏̨̡f̕̕ơ͟͜r̴͜ ̛̕͟a͟n͝͏y҉͡o̵͜n͝e̵ ̷o͏u̢҉t ̷̧͡ḩ҉e͡͡r̢̡e̡̢ ̧͜ŗ́͡į̢̛ght́͏ ̶͟n͞ǫ̵w̛͟͞.͞ ͢Į’̵̡͟l̀l̷̛ ́̕ǵ̡̕i͘͞v̶͞e̴̸ ̸̴ęv̨e̷̢͝r͏̨͜y̡o̵̡͞n̶ę̵̢ ͏a ̵͢ş͜i̢͜͟g̷͡͠n̴̨͘a̢l͘ ͠͡o͡͝n̶͟c̡̕e͘ ̨i̵͢͠t̛͢’̨̛͠s҉͝-͏̶̧

[He is suddenly cut off. No matter how long you wait, he doesn’t speak again. But, despite his warning, nothing dangerous seems to be going on, at least on the floors you normally have access to.

However, if you’re in the lobby at the time of the announcement, you’ll realize that the door that was open yesterday when Benny arrived is once again mysteriously open, seeming to beckon you. Whether you decide to all go as a group or go down alone, you'll find yourself going down a hallway splitting into two paths. And if you decide to take one way alone you'll soon find yourself in a group of three other people, going into the unknown.

Even with the apparent threat of danger according to Rod, it seems like if you have any hope of escaping, you have no choice but to investigate the one floor you haven’t looked at yet.]

Comments

Team A

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Welcome Oswald, Chip, Tadashi, and Joshua.]

[nocasetoobig]

[Please. Like Chip's going to stay put when there's danger about!

Zero's following him as he notices the lobby door open, and is quick to trail after as Chip pokes his head through it.]

Huh...

[tadaishi]

Be careful.

[Not necessarily because it's dangerous...mostly because Chip is very small. Does he need a shoulder to ride on?]

...Is that a ghost...dog?

[nocasetoobig]

[If Tadashi's offering, he'll take it!]

Yup! This is Zero- say 'hi', Zero!

[BARK]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[As they go further down, they will notice that it's unusually dark, like the power has been knocked out. But you have Zero on your side, maybe you can use him!]

[nocasetoobig]

[HE DOES HAVE A SHINY ORANGE NOSE! When it becomes clear that Chip's not gonna be able to see on his own, he'll certainly turn to his boi and ask-]

Could you go ahead of us a little? Just so we can see where we're going!

[and unless the mods can think of a reason for him not to do it there's gonna be a dognose lighting the way!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It would have been very weird if I brought it up only to go "no you can't do that", so it works!

The hallway they go down looks an awful lot like the bedroom hallway on the second floor. To the point that the group might have confused it to the hallway upstairs if this wasn't clearly the basement.]

[nocasetoobig]

[wh- well this is weird. He turns to Tadashi]

That guy said that a bunch of people were being kept down here, right?

[tadaishi]

Hey Zero!

[He'd pet you, but his hand might go right through.]

Want a ride, Chip? In case we've got some walking to do?

[nocasetoobig]

Gee, thanks! I'll hop down if I need to!

[And he'll just take a lift up or climb up whatever]

Team B

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Welcome Marnie, Sally, Virgil, and Donald.]

[coulombslaw]

That Cwounty Bwears guy said he came from the basement, so...this means we'd be going into the basement, right?

['sup, everyone]

Let's stick together, just in case.

[darnsitall]

[mmmmboi

Sally turns away from the door at first, seemingly following Rod's orders, but she returns only a short time later with a cat under each arm.]

I think we should get ready to go. For good this time.

[theduck]

D’you think Marnie figured out a way to transport the eels?

[coulombslaw]

Maybe they're magic eels or something.

[It'd be convenient, at least]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It’s fine, just leave the eels behind.

The place is shrouded in darkness, surprisingly. There are a few lights on the wall, but it looks as though the power was knocked out recently by...something. Do any of you have any lights on you?]

[coulombslaw]

Let's give this a try...

[Virgil puts his hand over one of the lights and focuses, static crackling in his hand, trying to send it inside. Could he turn it on by doing this?]

[theduck]

Right. Good idea.

[boy is he glad Virgil showed up to suggest that because Donald would quite frankly rather be stabbed than go to the basement without someone to hide behind]

[yourghosthost]

You people seem to have the right idea.

[Hi, have an asshole ghost.]

[darnsitall]

Come with us! We're going to find a way out!

[also do you want a cat.]

[yourghosthost]

Tadashi is not here.

[gladly takes the cat]

Thus, this group is clearly the better of the two.

[darnsitall]

That's no way to speak of your friend!

[yourghosthost]

He is most certainly not my friend. Nor anyone’s, I believe.

[darnsitall]

Well, I think you're wrong! He's everyone's friend here!

[Tadashi is a GOOD BOY]

[coulombslaw]

He is our friend...

[Pretty much everyone alive is Virgil's friend, or at least people he has to protect the best he can]