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

[hallotween]

[well right now it's looking like she's gonna spend it in catatonia so.]

[theduck]

Marnie, you have to run!!

[Hi guess who’s currently cowering at the far end of the hallway? He may be objectively the worst but he didn’t, like, totally leave. Just watched shit happen from a safe distance :) ]

[hallotween]

[no she's fine

it's fine]

[coulombslaw]

Marnie, move!

[He even tries to grab her from the arm to drag her away]

[hallotween]

[fine shes coming along whatever]

[darnsitall]

[behind them, Sally's headless corpse sits up.]

[hallotween]

[. . .]

You jerk, don't do that to me!

[darnsitall]

[Sally's body can't exactly talk. Or hear. Or see.

It's just flailing its hands over its neck.]

[hallotween]

You get your head privileges back when we get out of this place.

[darnsitall]

[If only it could pout!]

[coulombslaw]

[Sally, you're a major jerk. Virgil shoves the head onto Sally's chest]

Put that on already!

[darnsitall]

[Sally's body grabs her head and hugs it to its chest.]

Well, er, I don't think I brought any thread with me. But I can carry myself just fine!

[hallotween]

Will you be okay with being not whole in a fight, though?

[darnsitall]

Probably not. But I can be a distraction!

[Since we've established the thing can't kill her.]

[hallotween]

Okay. Me and Virgil can use our magic to kill it, once we find where it lives. [and donald will just hide probs]

[coulombslaw]

Got it.

[hallotween]

Let's go and try not to get killed by a huge monster, gang! [and OFF WE FUCKING GO]

[darnsitall]

Here we go!

[Toting her head like it's nbd.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Okay, cool! We’re looking for a giant alien.

Following that trail Benny left behind?]

[hallotween]

[hell the fuck yeah]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Cool! His legs have been casually thrown against the wall further ahead. Have fun.]

[darnsitall]

He looks like he had a rough go of it.

[Let's see what's down that way!]

[hallotween]

[oh gross]

Where's... the rest of him...

[coulombslaw]

[Yeah, let's seek the deadly thing. Once another day in the life of Virgil Hawkins.

It'd be easier if he had his powers at 100%, but yeah, better try anyway]

[coulombslaw]

That...!

[...]

...that actually sounds kind like a good idea. We're going to need a distraction.