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]

[It appears to have been emptied out]

[lusito]

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

[Josh...]

[tadaishi]

[Emptied into the trashcan or elsewhere?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

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

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

[tadaishi]

[There's more!

Is it another weapon?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[No.

It's crumpled up papers.]

[tadaishi]

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

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

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Huh, it's a letter.]

[tadaishi]

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

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

[grimgrinningghosts]

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

[tadaishi]

[So much relationship trouble.

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

[grimgrinningghosts]

[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.]

[tadaishi]

[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.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

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

[tadaishi]

[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?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[wow rude.

But nope, that's it in terms of garbage stuff!]