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]

[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...?

[keyofimagination]

H͏o͠͠l̀̕o͟g͢r͘a͟p҉h͏̶i҉c ͝͝p҉҉r̢o͝j͠e̷ct̴̷i͢o̕͞ń̡.̵̛͢ ͢ ̀͟I̡͡ ҉͠a͏l̵͞͞s̸͘o͘͠ ҉͜h͟͝a͢͞v̕͟e͢͡ ̴m̸o̷҉ŗ͜e̴̛ ͝c̨o̢̨ǹţ͡roĺ̀ ̵͡o̶͢v͞è̸͘r͝ ͢thįs̛͏ ̡̕͜b̴̷̴ú̸͡il̶̀́d̴͟i̢n̛g͢͠͡ ̵̢҉s̸͏iń̀c͟͢͡e ̷̡́t̷͟hì̶s͟ ̴i҉̧͜s͘͢ m̵̸y͘ r͘͟i͟d͠͞e͠͝.҉

[nocasetoobig]

So...you have been keeping us here!

[lusito]

If it's any consolation, I still think you're a charming individual even in this state?

[keyofimagination]

[Joshua that's gay.]

.́͢͡.͠.͞ ̷͢͞I̷̛͠ ̕͢s҉͡u̴̷p̨̕p̴͟o͘҉sé͜ ͝it͢҉ ͞͠d̡o̧̡͟e̵̡̕s̡ǹ͞'͢͡t̢ ̧h̨u̸ŕt ̷ma҉t͘͜t͢ę͘͜rs̀͢.̛

[lusito]

[are you really surprised by Joshua's tastes at this point]

[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.͘͜

[tadaishi]

Loose? Is it whatever used to be inside that glass cage in the other room?

[keyofimagination]

Ỳ̨́é́͡s̴.̧͞

[Wait, if they already know that...]

H̸́o̢̡w̛͡ ̢l͏ơ̡ņ́ģ̡ ̷͝͠h͝͏a̛v̡̛́è̶ ̸͏y̡o̡͝u ̢b͏e҉eņ̸ ̡̕d̨͠o͘͠w͢n͘͝ h́e͘͜r͟͟é?͢

[tadaishi]

Long enough to find this room.

[Like two hours tops?]

[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.̸̛

[forgottenfounder]

...It's better then you being completely smashed beyond repair.

[He rubs his chin a bit, looking at the damages.]

If I had a Gremlin around, we'd have you fixed up fast with a capital "F".

[keyofimagination]

M̢̕͠ỳ ́͢br̴̡á̸͠i̡ņ̧̀ ̀i̧s͝ ͞͡f̕i̷҉n͏e̡ ͜͜a҉̵t ̴͠l̛͢ea̛s̨̛̀t̵́͘. ̀ ̴͝A̡̨t̸҉́ ̴̸l̶͠͞e͘a͞st̛ ҉͟w̵̵h̀͘aţ̛ ̶̨͢c̕͡ou̷͞n̷̨͘t̶ś a͘͠s̵͠ ̕͢á̵̢ ̡͡b̴ŗ͡͝a̢̕͢į̸n.

[He means the VHS tape.]

Í̧f̢̨͡ ̷̕th̷̀e͏̨r̵͘e̶͡ w̢a͟͝s͏͟͏ ̡͜ąn͜o͘t̨́͟h͟e̴r͘҉̀ ̨͜V̡͟HS̛͝ ta̸͡p̀̀e ̨͡i̷̢͡n̷ ̸t͞hį̶̀s̕ ̧bui͟҉ld҉̸͝ìn͘͝ǵ̵ ̶̡͝i͟͠t͡ ẃo͠u̢̕͜l̴͜d ̴b͜e̴̵̢ a̴͞ ͝si͏̵̧m̶̧p̨l͏̀e͠ ̛͢fį͏̛x̕͡.

[forgottenfounder]

Hmm, I'm a bit short on those.

[But heck, he'd keep an eye out for more of them.]

...You are okay, aren't you? Why was that tape even out?