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

[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?

[lusito]

I believe so.

[Hey guys, here's Joshua stepping up to examine the doors here. Does it look like any of these are unlocked...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[A couple of the doors appear to be slightly ajar, but it also can't hurt to test the closed doors if you're really curious.]

[nocasetoobig]

So...where are they?

[tadaishi]

[Joshua took his answer, so he'll just nod.

And then go carefully examine what might be behind the closest ajar door. Sorry Chip.]

Behind these doors?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Not even gonna knock, Tadashi? It's stuff like this that's why R1 hates your guts, probably.

From first impressions, it seems to be a hotel room, although it's larger than the others, big enough to fit a relatively large family.

[nocasetoobig]

[it's fine he's just chillin' here and helping Zero know where to go. SORRY ANYONE WHO BREAKS OFF, NO DOGLIGHT FOR YOU]

Maybe...but this one looks empty!

[tadaishi]

This looks like one of the hotel's suites.

[He will knock on the closed doors, how about that??]

Should we check all of them?

[Do we even want to?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You sure you don't wanna look at this room any closer, you guys?]

[lusito]

[Joshua will: he steps inside to look around and see if there's anything off in here...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Even in the dark, Joshua will soon notice upon further inspection that it looks like something happened in this room. A table's been turned over and a chair is broken, for example.

It's like a fight happened in here recently.]

[lusito]

It doesn't look like whoever was in here had a good time recently.

[gee Josh, you think?]

[nocasetoobig]

What do you mean?

[lusito]

Judging from the items knocked over, it looks like a fight occurred.

[Is there anything else off about this room while we're in here?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It seems like only one of the beds has been slept in recently, despite it being a family sized room, but that's it.]

[tadaishi]

It doesn't look like more than one person stays in this room, if the bed's any indication.

[Or two very friendly people.]

[lusito]

Unless they were nice enough to share the bed with someone.

[in all seriousness though should we move on or is there more to look at in here]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You can move on!]

[nocasetoobig]

Lead the way, Zero!

[ON TO THE NEXT ONE don't mind zero probably going THROUGH the door whether or not it's open]

[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]