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]

[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.]

[nocasetoobig]

[Alrighty well let's go on in!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The last room is not unlike the previous rooms, although it seems like it's been very recently lived in. There's a typewriter on a desk, the garbage bin is currently full, and it seems like someone has been putting up a conspiracy theory wall in here.

Sitting in the center of the room is a broken tv set. It seems to be laying on its side right now.]

[tadaishi]

[Damn televisions.

Gonna investigate that television! Is it smashed or just not working?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It looks pretty smashed.

... Also oddly enough, for being an old tv set, it seems to have a VHS player built into it.]

[tadaishi]

[Interesting. Is there anything in the VCR right now? Smashed or otherwise?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There is a tape that is fully intact.

Wanna see if it works at all, Tadashi?]

[tadaishi]

[Sure, as long as it isn't cursed or something. He'll set the TV back upright and push play on the VCR.]

[nocasetoobig]

[just coming to land here by Tadashi don't mind him]

1/2

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The TV set flickers to life, although with the broken screen it's impossible to see anything, however, suddenly audio starts playing...]

[keyofimagination]

[There is a groaning sound like someone just woke up from being knocked unconsious, before there's a familiar, albeit still distorted, voice.]

.̵.̸͡.͞͝ Ẁ̴͘h̷͘a̸t̡ ̀͘à̛re҉ ̛y̨o̷̕u̶̵͝ ģ͢u͝y̨s͏͜ ͘d̕͘͜o̡͠i̸̛n̡g̀͏ ̸d͜͝͝oẁ̧ń́ he͏ré?̶̢

[nocasetoobig]

...Mister Narrator?

[keyofimagination]

.͏̧.̨͠.̨͟ ̛Ỳ̢ȩ͠s͟,͡ iţ͢'̴̶̷s͡͡ ̧͜m̀e͜.̴

[He seems... slightly ashamed that they're looking at him like this.]

Yo̕͞u̵͝͏ ͜҉sh̴̢o͟ul̶͟d͝ń̡'̢t ̴͡b̷̧e̢͘ ͏̴͡ḩ͠e̵r̨̡͞e. ̸ ͠I̷t̴͟͡'s̨ ̀͜to͘͠o҉̀ ̢̕d̴ańg̸̨͞e͜ro̡͞͡u̕͜͠s̵͢҉ ̡͞r҉͘͠i҉̢g̵̕h̀t ̕͘͝n̢̧͢o͏w҉.

[nocasetoobig]

No- that doesn't matter right now!

[he takes a step forward]

This is you, right? The real you?

[keyofimagination]

I̢̕͢t̷̀.͠..͝ ̵͠i҉t́ ́i̛s͘͢.̛͞

[He seems more and more ashamed by the moment, like you just uncovered something really embarrassing about him.]

[nocasetoobig]

[GOSH THIS IS SO WEIRD. Chip takes another step and...hesitantly raises a paw, to touch the set. Off the side of the screen.]

How can you do all that other stuff, then...?

[tadaishi]

[Assuming Joshua's followed them into the room, Tadashi'll point a thumb at his new sword.]

We're okay for now.

[keyofimagination]

F̨͢o̧͡r̛ ̡͏n̷o̡̨w̡҉.́̕͘ ̸̧ ҉B̴̢͜ư̵̕t̨ ̷͞y̡o҉͏u͏̕͜ ͝͝h҉̵à̶v̸̧e̸ ̀͜n̕͜͞o͝ ̢̨íd͟͜eá̶͡ ̛wh҉a̧̡̛t̸̕͟'s͠ ̨̛l͘͠o̴̕͠o͢͢s̸̵e͘ ̢́́dow͝n͡͏́ ̡͘h̸͏é͡r͘҉e̸̶.̷̧

I̶͢ do̴͡͡n̵͟'̡t̴̵ ̴th͢i҉ń̕k̨͡ ̧͘à̢ ͟m̢̀e҉a̶̧s҉͢ly͡ s͟͝w̴̧or͢͝d͡ ́҉w̧͞ou͘l͡d̶̕ ̸̷̴o̵̡͡f̧f͘ȩr̛͠ ̧̛mu̧̢c҉h͞ ̡̀͜p͘r̷̢͠o҉̛t̕͝e̵͜ct̸ìo̴͘n̛͟.͘͜

[forgottenfounder]

[AHAHAHAHHAHA so lets all just assume that Oswald's been here this whole time, ok. ok.

He's looking at this busted TV set now, and... hoo boy.]

So, this is where you've been.

[keyofimagination]

Th͝is ͟͏́ẃ̛h̸̕͝o̕͘͢le͏ t̴i͡m͘e͟͠.͟

I͏'҉̴͞m ͏̨҉sǫ̕͡rry͠ ̨̀y̕͡ơ͜͞u ̷ha̕v̴́e̛ ̨́̕t̕͜o̢͡ ̵͢ş͝e͏̀e͟͢͞ ͡m̀͜e ̛͜li̧k̕è ̷t̴͡h̷is̸.̸̛

[nocasetoobig]

[well chip's just gonna

halt

in midair there, wide-eyed at the TV set. it almost looks like he's seen a ghost - other than Ghostave, anyway]

[yourghosthost]

[He resembles that remark.]

[nocasetoobig]

[GET BACK IN THE OTHER GROUP]