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]

[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.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[I get the feeling that, even if there was blood, you would only have the tiniest issue with taking the sword.]

[lusito]

[why do you gotta call us out like this]

[tadaishi]

[Hey, a weapon's a weapon, even if it's got blood on it.]

[nocasetoobig]

[and a flying ship's a flying ship. Don't mind Chip, he's just scouting for any further clues!]

[forgottenfounder]

[Take to the skies, noble chipmunk. Oswald's here to also look for more none-sword clues.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's nothing else really of note about the room, although it is very eerily quiet in here.]

[forgottenfounder]

....Everyone be careful in here, alright?

[Tentatively, he takes a few steps in...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[His footsteps echo through the room, once again reminding him just how creepily silent it is in here.]

[lusito]

[... If worse comes to worse, at least we've got a sword?? Will that make it less creepy in here...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Perhaps, but no matter where you look, it seems like you're the only people in this room.]

[tadaishi]

[At least whatever was in the glass pod isn't also lurking around?

Or is it?]

Maybe we should check the other room...

[forgottenfounder]

It's not like there's much else in here. Maybe that's a good idea.

[Whatever gets them out of here sooner...]

[nocasetoobig]

[Even with Zero's light, there's nothing really to be shown, huh?]

...maybe we should go, guys.

[tadaishi]

[Tadashi's going to leave first, if only to get away from the eerie feeling the empty and quiet brings.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope! There's just one room left.]

[tadaishi]

[Only if you know how to use it.]

[lusito]

[ssshhh it's fine we know what we're doing]