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

[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]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well the next door, while closed, appears to be unlocked.

... Chip can get in okay, right?]

[nocasetoobig]

[as long as someone opens the door for him sure]

[tadaishi]

[Tadashi's right there, so he'll open it. Without knocking, even.

Well, he's just testing to see if it is unlocked, but if it opens, so be it.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[So rude, Tadashi.

This bed is similarly empty, but it seems like some horrible aesthetic clash of western and the 1920's upon first look.]

[lusito]

[... Is this Benny's room, is there a model of country bear hall that's been crushed...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There is not.

However that... sure is some bags of money in the corner of the room there.]

[nocasetoobig]

Time to move on?

[the fuck does he care about money]

[lusito]

Hang on.

[Josh is going to take a closer look at the money bags. Is there a currency that would be recognized by one of them in the bags...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's very clearly American currency. Albeit kind of old. There's also some jewels in the bag as well.]

[forgottenfounder]

...You think we stumbled across Preston's hidden stash or something?

[He's joking. Mostly.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Probably not, because as Oswald looks, he will find a photo of two people he doesn't recognize.]

[forgottenfounder]

Hmm?

[Is that a fact? Well he bends down to take that photo and get a closer look at it.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's a photo of two women in front of The Chinese Theater, one appearing to be a cowgirl and the other a gangster. They appear to be kissing each other.]

[forgottenfounder]

[Squints....?]

Er, does anyone recognize the people in this photo? [He says, holding it up for the rest of Team A to react to the lesbians]

[nocasetoobig]

Huh- I sure don't.

[tadaishi]

Never seen them.

[lusito]

[Nice.]

This could come in handy if we find ourselves in need of funds after we leave the hotel...

[it would be unfortunate to escape and then need money for food or shelter or something]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well hey, what's the worst that could happen if you take the money?]

[tadaishi]

I'd say we should take some, but it feels like a trap.

[Maybe he's just being paranoid.]

[lusito]

If that's the case, then our choices are to either ignore it, come back for it later after we've looked around some more, or take it and prepare for a hasty exit from this room just on the off chance someone took the time to use these as a trap for people they had no absolute way of knowing would be here.

[tadaishi]

[Maybe they just want to protect their money.]

Okay, that's a good point...let's just take what we can carry ourselves, then.

[nocasetoobig]

Do you want me to hop off?

[in case you want to sling one over your shoulder]

[nocasetoobig]

I'm not sure we'll need it. Better to take something like food, if we can find any!