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

[keyofimagination]

.͟.̢.̴̨ ̨Į͜͢f̧ ̨̛͞J̨҉o͞͠h͏̴n̵͞ ̢́i͟s̨ ͘҉ì̛n̴̢̡d̴́͠e͏ęḑ..̴̢.͢ ͝g͟o͟ǹ̨͏e͟ ̡̨̕fo͢r̶̴͜ go̕od̸͜͜,̴ ͘͠Ì̧̧ ͝s̷̛upp҉̸̧o̡͜sè ̶h͏͠e͏'͟͟͞ş̴ ̴́͡nó̷͞t̡̀ ̧͘͝a͢͡m̧͘͝o̧ng̢͟͢ ͢th̡̢͘o̴̵s͟e͝͏ I͏̶ m͘͡i̧̕s̀s̶͜ ̴n͘o̵͟w͠.͠ ҉͝A͘l͟t̀͞hó҉u͠gh̶́ ̧͜Į̸ ҉w͏a̸̕sn҉́͜'̷҉t̛ ҉҉̕l͟y҉ì̕n̷͡ģ҉ ̢͘w̧h̶e̴ǹ͜ ̷̧I̷̸ ͢s͠͠͏ąi̷̸̡d ̸̛͜I ̵w̧͟a̵͝s̀ ̧͟ç͝l̷̷͟ó̕҉s̨e̷ ͡t̷̡o҉ ̧͢h͘͘i͞s̢̨ f͘a̴m͠i͡l͘ỳ ̷̢͡i͏̧̀n̵ ̕͟͜g͡eǹ̡e̡r̀͠àl͢҉͏.̵̶

A̡͟n̨ḑ ͠a͝͝ s̕͝͏į͢c̴̢k ҉͡ṕ̴a̛͟rt͏ ̸óf ͞m҉̡̀é ̷s̴̕t̶i͞ļl̡ ̵̧misses̸̡ ͏W͡͠a̷͢l̸̡̕t̡͢͠ ̶t͠o͞҉o̷,̷̧͠ ̸͡s͘͜omeh̡͡o̸ẃ̵͡.͢͞

[lusito]

It's normal to miss people, even when it's someone that has harmed you in the past.

[keyofimagination]

T̸͜h̨̡̛a͢n̕k҉͡s҉ ̛J͏o̸͘̕shua.͏ ͡ It̵ r͏͢ȩa҉l̛͜l̡̛y͢͟͝ me͟a̵n̴͜͡s̷̨͟ ̕͞͝a̧ ͜͠ĺ̨o͏t͟ ̵̨t̨ǫ҉̧ ̡̀m̵̴̡e̷

[lusito]

Happy to hear it.

[And besides, Josh understands that feeling pretty well.]

[nocasetoobig]

[.........

He looks like he wants to say something else. Do something else.

But in the end? He just walks back to his new flying machine. He may be shaking a little.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Do you want to do anything else in this room Chip? Or just deal with Sad Rod?]

[nocasetoobig]

[let's just instead see if the thing takes any fuel and/or if it'll need some. He's got a lot of feelings to sort out in his smol body rn]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope, it's powered by ~imagination~]

[nocasetoobig]

[That's one thing he's got plenty of! He's imagining right now!

And once he calms down a bit he'll glance around the rest of the room]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well there is the aforementioned conspiracy wall and typewriter!

... Also the trash can if you hate yourself.]

[nocasetoobig]

[Is the wall nearly as impressive as his own?]

[tadaishi]

[While Rod and Joshua are talking, Tadashi's going to examine the television to see if any of the smashed bits can be repaired. Probably not the screen, but maybe he doesn't need it to properly function.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Unfortunately it doesn't look like it's fixable with the materials we have here. But there is the rest of the room to look through!]

[tadaishi]

[Boo.

A thought, though.]

...Does this tape in here work in any other VCRs?

[keyofimagination]

P͏r҉o͡b̸a̴̡͡b̀ly͝҉.͏ ͝͞҉ ̵̢W̷a̵̕l̴̴̢t́ ̨tho̷͞u͏g̀͢h͜t́͜͝ ͟i͝t̛͜͞ ̵wa̵s̢̕ ̸à̷͞ ͠f̨͢͡à̀n̢ta͏̀҉s̵t͝͏̨i̴̛ç̷͜ ̴͜iḑ̷e͘͟a͏ ̡t̶́o n̕͝o̧ţ̷ ͟i̧nc͞l̨u͡d͢e͘ à̷͟n͟͟y̢͜ ̧̛͞o̢t̨̡͡h̴͢e̛͝r̀͜͟ ̢͘V̀H͠S̸̵ ̀t̵́a̴͘̕p̸̷͝e̵҉s̶̵ ì̶ń̕͠ ͝t͢͝h̷͟i̸̡ś͝ ͟͝h̴͜ot̢ę͡ĺ̶̕ ̀͡o̶͘nc̵e̴̶̛ ̢͠t͡h̵̨̀é̢͜ỳ̨̧ ̡b̧̨ec̕͡a̡͏̶m̴͢͡e̶͡͡ ͏o̴b̀͞͏s̡o̵̶͝l̡̕̕et̕͞e̴̴ s̸o Ì̶͝'̷͠m ҉n̵͝ò̸͏t̷̀͜ ͜͠è̛nt̷ì͡re͡l̷y̷ ̵̸̧s͢ưr͘ȩ.̕

[...]

I̛͟͠t̡҉͘'s̀ ͝͡r͞e͜͢͏a̡l͢l̷͠y͞ à ҉͘sma͡͏l͏̴͠l̢ ̧͢m̶í͜r̵͘a̶̢͘c̷̡͝l̢̧͝e tḩ͡á͝t̴ ̴͞҉wh̶o̴̶e̵̴v̷͜e̡͡r ̴̡ ́a̛͘tt̡́ą̶ć̛͞k̵e̴͞͝d ̷me͞ ͢s̛͘ęe͟m̸̨e̕͝d̵͢ ͜͞t͞o͘͝ ̴ḩ͠a͢v͜͟e̵͝ ͡n͡o҉͏ i͠҉d̴͞e͜a̴ ̴̕h̡̢͢ơ̶w͘ t̶èc͟͠h̸͟n͘͢o҉l̵͢͝o̷ǵ̡y̴̶͠ wơ͢r͏k̀̕s͘͡.͢

[tadaishi]

Is it alright if we take the tape?

[It might protect him in case whoever attacked him comes back.]

[keyofimagination]

[There is a long pause.]

I͟ ̡wò̴ǹ̶'̀t͞ ͠b̧e̴̶ ҉̵͟a̷b͟l͠e҉̛͡ ̨͘t҉o ̨h̛͘̕e̕lp̨͢͞ ̷o҉̷ut͞҉ ̀̀͞until̀ ̢͢y̛o͝u͏ ͟f҉̡i͟͞͝n͠d͠ ̧̨á͠n̵o̵̕th̡́ȩ͘r V̀H͜S҉͠,͝ ͏b̛ut̴ ̧͝i̸͞f̨҉ ̕͝t̷h̡͠e҉r̵͞e'̸̧s̢͝ ̡a͝ny͟ ͟c̀͞h̕á͝ǹ̡c̨e҉ óf͞ ҉̢ý̨ǫ̸u͏͟͞ ̷b̷̛́ei͟n̶ǵ̕͠ a̷b̷̷l̨̕e̛ ̧͘t̴o ̀g̡͞e̡̕t̨ o͟ú̴t́͏.͏.̨.͞

[tadaishi]

Makes sense.

[He won't take the VHS yet, not until they're done interrogating talking to Rod.

Well, he doesn't have anything to interrogate him about, so he'll actually go check out the rest of the room.]

[forgottenfounder]

[Well, following the conversation with Rod, and seeing as everyone's gone to check out things, it's time for Oswald to do the same.

With the other bases being covered, it's time for Oswald to head over and check out that typewriter.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Near the typewriter, there are two stacks of papers.

One of the stacks might quickly catch Oswald's eye, though as he sees Amanda Lockheart's name on the first page]

[forgottenfounder]

[Honestly, anything that has to do with Amanda and her life sets off lights in Oswald's brain.

He quickly starts to check out that stack.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's an incredibly clinical description of Amanda's basic personality and backstory. There is also a hand written note written on the side that says: Really big fan of Walt. Calls him an "uncle" (gross)]

[forgottenfounder]

[....?

That sure is something. He keeps digging in the stack, looking for more information, or descriptions of the others here.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There seems to be very formal descriptions of all 24 guests here, and not all of them have messages written on it.

Besides Amanda, there's Ratigan, Preston, Ursula, Kylo Ren, Tadashi, and... you, Oswald.]

[forgottenfounder]

[well gee golly gosh. how about we take a look at the Oswald one?]