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

[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]

[lusito]

[... Josh turns his attention to the dog now.]

Would you be able to help us out here?

[tadaishi]

You think he can grab it for us?

[nocasetoobig]

[Zero tilts his head, and looks back at Chip- who nods with a,] Go ahead!

[Aaaaaand ghost-dog going to pick up a sack!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[As zero grabs the bags of money, they can distantly feel a strange unrest like someone is very distantly yelling at them.

But other than that it's safe!]

[nocasetoobig]

Can we move on now?

[lusito]

Of course.

[Off to the next room we go?]

[tadaishi]

[That's certainly a strange feeling.]

I think we can.

[Not a word, Joshua.]

[lusito]

[what are you talking about Tadashi, we're perfectly innocent here]

[forgottenfounder]

I hope so.

[Ugh. If they incur the wrath of preston northwest, he's gonna be so angry. Not at them, of course, but at Preston.]

Where should we look now?

[tadaishi]

The next door? Or we could split up and check some individually.

[nocasetoobig]

I'd rather stay together. We've already split up!

[lusito]

As efficient as it might be to cover more ground, Chip does have a point.

[forgottenfounder]

Staying together it is.

[And let's all go and check out that next door.]

[tadaishi]

Just keeping our options open.

[Chip's still on his shoulder anyway. What's behind door #3, then?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[This room definitely has a more whimsical feel to it, with various books and inventions laying about the room.

It is also completely empty of any people.]

[tadaishi]

[That's somehow not surprising.]

No one's here either.

[forgottenfounder]

That's not completely surprising. [It would be more surprising if there WAS someone here.]

All these books... you think there might be something in them?

[nocasetoobig]

There weren't any secret passages behind bookshelves in the library - I'm not sure why there'd be one, here. [that's what you wanted right Oswald]

[lusito]

It's worth trying nonetheless, right?

[So what kind of books do we have here, and will anything happen if we take one out?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Various books, all works of fiction, and you'll get a nice free book if you take one out!]

[tadaishi]

No, actually, I have another idea.

[That Josh just stole.]