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]

[It might be a tight squeeze, but Chip can fit in it!

It also looks like it could take flight.]

ride of the Valkyries begins playing

[nocasetoobig]

[Well, Gadget's the main pilot of the Rescue Rangers, but he'll sure give it a go! Let's see if he can figure out how to turn it on!]

Re: ride of the Valkyries begins playing

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It might take a little bit, but it works!

Fly like the beautiful bird you are, Chip.]

[nocasetoobig]

Woah-ho-ho!

[YEP HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE HERE just gonna pchoooooooo around the room!]

[tadaishi]

[Well that's hilarious.]

Haha, it actually works!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[So are you ready to move on to the next rooms with your fancy new machines now?]

[forgottenfounder]

That's the greatest thing I've seen all day.

[Onward, chums!]

[nocasetoobig]

[HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN DOORS BUT BY GOLLY HE'S LEADING THE WAY BEST HE CAN]

[tadaishi]

Good thing we had someone small to test it out.

[Lead the way! There are three others who can open the doors.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The next few rooms are similar to ones they've seen, all completely empty. One has a lot of miniature cars in it, one has some Jules Verne novels and a lot of clocks, and one with a lot of country instruments and... broken models (hi Benny).

Finally there are two more doors, both slightly ajar.]

[nocasetoobig]

[Cue Zero attempting to go in one

while holding the sack of money

which ends up thumping on the door as he tries to pull it through

RIP...while laughing Chip]

[lusito]

... I suppose that's the door we should take a look at first.

[Thanks for making the choice for us, Zero.]

[nocasetoobig]

[SAVE THIS DOG PLEASE HE'S TRYING TO BE A GOOD BOY LIKE YOU WANTED!?!??!?!

Chip lowers his height a bit, trying to help the door push open so Zero can get through with his load. It's the left door, for the record!]

[tadaishi]

[Zero tried.]

Guess so. Wonder if anyone'll be in there this time.

[Pushing it open!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[This room seems very different from the other rooms, and doesn't even look like it's from the same building. It's just... a large theater with a strange pod in the middle

... The pod is empty, with the glass broken.]

[lusito]

... My, I wonder if we should be concerned about that.

[indicating the pod here]

[nocasetoobig]

[nyooming in for a better look]

Do you think that's where the creature was being held...?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[As Chip gets closer, he might notice something strange laying near the pod.]

[nocasetoobig]

[Gee gosh golly, whatever could it be? Nyzoom!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's a sword.]

[nocasetoobig]

[HUH]

Guys- guys, over here! I found something! Look!

[lusito]

[Joshua is going to step up next to Chip here so that he get a closer look at it, perhaps even seeing if it's not too heavy to be picked up.]

Do you suppose this is what broke the glass? Or perhaps someone was here guarding this room with it...

[tadaishi]

Or they were going to use the sword to kill whatever was inside the glass.

[Gonna examine that sword with Joshua.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well if that was their goal, they were probably pretty shitty at it because there are no stains on the sword.]

[lusito]

[... In that case, I guess we're taking this sword with us too? Since it's not covered in blood and all.]