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]

[...]

A̷̵̕c͢co̸͠rding̵͞ ́́to͡͠ t̨h̶̕ȩm̸̴͟,̷̡ gu̶͞n̡s ̧̧w͟͞o̡n̢͘'t̛͜͞ ̡͘͜b҉̡͏e ͟͟͠e҉́f҉͘͡f̴e̶c̨͟t̡͠i̵̢̕v́͠e̴͜.̵̢̕

[tadaishi]

So what is, if guns and blades are useless?

[keyofimagination]

If̶̕͝ I҉̵ ̕͞k͘͝n͞e̶͜͜w̸̵,̶͡ ̷d̴͟͠o͘͡ ̸̴̵y̧̛ou͡ ͠͝t͠hin̨̛͏k I͟͡ ͟͠w̷̴ơ̢u̧l̸͏d ̴͜͡b̢͝e ̀i̢͝n t͘h́҉i̛͜s҉̛ ̕͡͝s͏t̶á͞t̨̢́e ͟r҉i̸̛g̢͡h̷̴͝t ̴̧n̢̛o̕͢w̸̧͝?̶̨̨

[tadaishi]

[Don't make him remove your brain, Rod.]

I think it'd be more likely, if you knew. If someone didn't want you to warn us.

[keyofimagination]

[This is why Rod doesn't trust you, Tadashi.]

I͡ ̴͢͏do̶̷͢ǹ̢͘'͘͠ţ e͢ve̸̢͞n̸ ͢k͏̡noẁ͞ ̀͜w̴h͠҉̸o ҉̢a͝t͘t̨͝a̷̢c̨͠k͘e͟͟d ̶̛m҉e͞.̴̕ ̵ ͏I̷͜ ͡҉do̴͢n̛͟'̛ţ ̴k̀nơ̶w͝ ̸a ̢͏d̕͢am̡͢n̵e͢d͏ ̧t̷̀͠h̛͞i̸̛ǹ̀͟g̕͟ ͝҉͝a̢̛b̷̨o̷͜u̷͟t̡͝ ̡̧t͝h́͞e̕͡͞m̵҉͞.́҉̕

[lusito]

... Would it be possible to change that? Your current state, I mean.

[keyofimagination]

Pr̴̨͡o͝b̷͞a͏̢͢b͟҉̕l҉̡y̷͡͞ ̷͢͠i̕͢͢f̧͟ y̷̷ou̡ ̷͘co͝ų͏l̢ḑ ̸f̸i̵̛͟n҉̡d̛́ a͏͘n̶͟͜oth͏̷͟e͘͏r ҉p͝ĺ̵͢a͏̛y͜é͝r͜.̕̕ ̨̧͟ ̵T͠h́e ̨t̸̨a͜pe̕ ̢͘͝i̡s̴̛ ̷҉f͏i̴ne,̕͠ ̶҉͘I͢͠ ̵̀t҉̛h̡̧҉i̵ǹ̢k͢,̶̨͞ ͟s̵͡͡o͡ ̵͜͡i̷͘͘t̷̨ ͢s̨h̀ou͟l͘d̸͏ ̷͞b̡e̷ ͞a̶̛ p҉̷r̴͜҉e̢͟t̢t́̕y͢͟͡ e͜a҉s͘͜y̷͘͡ ̷f̶ì̵̡x͢.̀

[lusito]

Good. As for your attacker... well, I know some methods for dealing with particularly complicated individuals. It's just a matter of seeing which one works.

[which is easier said than done at this current juncture, but still, better than nothing]