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]

[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]

At the end of the trail, I guess.

[It's impossible the trail ends here, isn't it? Better continue, then!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[I dunno. You can hear some pitter patters on the ceiling, though.]

[coulombslaw]

Get back!

[He yells that to Marnie and jumps back, expecting something to drop from the ceiling. His hands crackle, he's ready]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...thunk.

The top half of Benny’s body, gears and oil and all, drops from the ceiling. It’s covered in a green slime, and was definitely dealt with unevenly.

Virgil will feel a hot breath on his back.]

[hallotween]

[screaming]

[darnsitall]

Look out!

[Sally raises her head up.]

Hey! Over here, you big oaf!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Okay, the alien lurches out of the shadows towards Sally again. It already smells like she’s been marked, after all.]

[hallotween]

[... okay fire sounds like a bad idea now

SHOOTING MAGIC]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Direct hit! It roars out in pain, then seems to grab on to the ceiling once more, trying to drop down onto Marnie.]

[hallotween]

[OH GOD RUN]

Help!

[darnsitall]

[JUST

THROWS HER HEAD AT IT]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...is this a ball.

the alien stops. it looks really excited at the possibility that this might be a ball.]

[darnsitall]

[Hoo boy it's awfully close.]

Er... hello, there, horrifying beast from outer space!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[it just. chews on the head.]

[hallotween]

... Huh.

[well this will make HITTING IT MORE WITH MAGIC a lot easier]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Oh man, it was distracted too so that's gonna...hurt a lot.

It lets out another roar in pain, having a very clear and visible wound from where she strikes it. It slinks back into the shadows, dropping Sally's head - now covered in green drool.]

[darnsitall]

Wait! I think we may be able to get through to it without hurting it!

[She says as it was literally just chewing on her.]

[hallotween]

Sally. It literally just destroyed something before our eyes. It decapitated you.

We're killing it.

[darnsitall]

But what if we could reason with it? It could help us escape!

[She's trying to roll her head over to where it retreated.]

Hello, Mister Monster! Are you in there?

[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]