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

[theduck]

[Yeah so Donald’s just gonna. Cling to his head with all four limbs, eyes closed tightly and still just yelling at the top of his lungs in some mixture of terror and rage. He’s a Relatively Small Duck, he can kind of keep his grip like this? He’s just too scared to drop to the floor and run for it.]

[darnsitall]

[Here comes Sally with the baseball bat!

batter batter SWING!]

[awhno]

[oh my god so is donald facehugging christopher walken rn

As Benny attempts to peel the duck off of him, he's suddenly taken aback by Sally and - thwack! He goes down.

The sound of clicking grows stronger. You can vaguely hear what sounds like wings flapping.]

[hallotween]

Let's take him captive for leverage! [noise what noise she's just busying herself taking rope out of the bag.]

[darnsitall]

[Heeeey let's just look for the source of that wing flapping sound!]

[awhno]

[It sounds like it's coming from...somewhere.

It's definitely getting closer to you guys, and Benny notices it.]

Crap, crap, crap - look, scwew it. I didn't sell my soul just to die! Lemme go!

[hallotween]

Fat chance. [she says, casually hogtying a grown man]

[awhno]

[He casts a glance to the plastic card on the ground next to him, noticing that he dropped it. The clicking grows louder, and you swear you feel a hot breath on your neck...]

Listen, j-just go! I'm not...we're in dangew!

[darnsitall]

[Sally sees him glance at the card, and goes to scoop it up.]

Just-! What is going on here? Explain!

[awhno]

[...Why would he be so concerned about this?]

Look, I'll...I'll explain aftew! I didn't know that jerk was gonna have me try to take you out with that...that thing running around!

[darnsitall]

[Well it's hers now so HA]

Someone sent you after us! Who was it? And what thing?

[awhno]

I, I...didn't get his name! It was some guy in a top hat, okay? That's...that's all I know!

[darnsitall]

A top hat... oh no...

[She holds out the top hat they got from the dead guy they found.]

[awhno]

No, it wasn't...it wasn't the Dreamfindew! That hat's his, it was...it was some other guy! With a blue one!

[He looks panicked enough here to be telling the truth...especially when it sounds like something big is in the room with you.]

[darnsitall]

[I guess we're running now!]

[hallotween]

[well fine she'll only tie your hands.]

[awhno]

[You swear you can hear heavy breathing, and it's not coming from Christopher Walken over here. He looks more horrified by the second.]

[hallotween]

... Well, time to go! [LET'S ROLL MOTHERFUCKERS dragging benny behind her on a leash basically]

[darnsitall]

[Okay fine jeez let's get outta here!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Not so fast.

Suddenly, you hear a huge thud.

Something's behind the group.]

[darnsitall]

[This is the part where we all slowly turn around, isn't it.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's hard to describe exactly what this thing is.

It's enormous, towering over everyone here easily. It's body is insect-like, coming off as some sort of hybrid between a bug and a dragon. However, it's face and arms most definitely come off as alien. It has two wings on it's back, and a full mouth of sharp teeth. You can smell the damn thing from here, and it's hard not to spot the green drool that drips from it's mouth on the floor. Only one word comes to mind when trying to describe it:

ExtraTERRORestrial.

Try not to scream.]

[darnsitall]

[TOO LATE]

[theduck]

[Donald had started running pretty much as soon as Benny hit the ground so. He’s just gonna pick up the pace even more.]

Don’t wait up for me!!

[hallotween]

[HAS RETURNED TO CONTINUE BEATING HIM WITH THE BAG]