foolishmortals | Final Investigation

[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.]

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[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!]

[Boo.

A thought, though.]

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

Edited 2017-11-18 01:07 (UTC)

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.͢

Edited 2017-11-18 01:20 (UTC)

Is it alright if we take the tape?

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

[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.͏.̨.͞

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.]

Edited 2017-11-18 01:48 (UTC)

[Like I mentioned with Chip, there's the conspiracy wall, typewriter, and trash can. ~~The last one seems the most fitting for Tadashi.]~~

[At least Virgil thinks he's a decent person.

What if he goes and examines that garbage can?]

Edited 2017-11-18 02:17 (UTC)

[The first thing he will find is a gun.]

[Oh boy. His knowledge of guns extends slightly past 'they shoot'. He knows not to point it at anyone, though.

Are there any bullets in it?]

[It appears to have been emptied out]

Well that's disappointing. That could have been useful to go with everything else we've pilfered so far.

[Josh...]

Edited 2017-11-18 02:29 (UTC)

[Emptied into the trashcan or elsewhere?]

[There doesn't seem to be any more bullets anywhere.

And... that's not all that's in the trashcan.]

[There's more!

Is it another weapon?]

[No.

It's crumpled up papers.]

[Paper is a perfectly good weapon in the right hands.

Gun goes in a pocket and let's check out those papers!]

[Huh, it's a letter.]

[Why are all the letters anyone receives in this place somewhat depressing?

There are more, right? Let's look at them, too.]

[Well frankly this is a worse betrayal than the whole murder thing.]

[So much relationship trouble.

So there's one more piece of paper, right? What's this letter about?]

[There's actually even more than that! A lot of them are generally similar, talking about life in EPCOT, answering various questions Rod presumably had, being an affectionate friend.

However, there is a standout letter.]

[Well now he has a pretty good idea of why Rod doesn't particularly like or trust Walt. He feels somewhat sorry for the guy.

But now he's not sure if he should pitch the letters back in the trash and respect Rod's privacy or keep them in case they turn out to be important and trash them when they're not anymore.

The latter seems like a good idea.]

[I mean do you want Sally to miss out on this? It would clearly be a disservice to leave them here, for her sake.]

[Fine, fine. Keeping them. They get to go in a pocket that the gun isn't in. He's not ditching it, it can still be used as a blunt force weapon.

Anything else of note in or around the garbage can ~~before he puts Rod into it~~?

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