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]

[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?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[A large hairball composed entirely of red yarn and animatronic gears and cogs gets spit out from the darkness.]

[hallotween]

You really want to add human flesh to that. That's what you want.

[darnsitall]

[OH GOOD she needed that yarn back.]

You are! Good! Now, we're all trapped in this hotel together, but we think we may be able to find a way out! You want to leave too, don't you?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's going to stay in the shadows, with the heavy breathing and all that. It doesn't really understand English.]

[darnsitall]

[With some effort, Sally manages to get her body to pick her head up again. She shakes it gently in the alien's general direction.]

...Fetch?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It stands at attention, watching the head with...a hungry look.]

[darnsitall]

[AHA. She starts to walk backwards, still holding her head up.]

Come on, follow me! Good monster!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Wings flap as it steps out into the light.]

[darnsitall]

[It's working!! She's just gonna turn and start walking towards... well towards wherever they haven't gone yet.]

Now let's go find a way out!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

Just slowly following.]

[coulombslaw]

There better no more monsters along the way.

[One was enough for a lifetime]

[yourghosthost]

...Perhaps going with Tadashi would've been more peaceful.

[hallotween]

Could've stepped in at any time, you know!

[yourghosthost]

Oh, yes. Fight the giant monstrous demon, Ghostave. You'll be so excellent at disabling the six-armed beast, Ghostave.

[hallotween]

I am a thirteen year old barely-trained witch. Even I hit it a few times!