Final trial

[grimgrinningghosts]

[After everyone is done investigating/disabling an alien, they will hear a quiet click near the staircase. When they approach the staircase, they will find that there’s a whole new set of stairs, going even further down.

The stairs go deep down, and it takes while before there’s any end in sight, but eventually they reach door. Behind it is a large, completely gray room. If it weren’t for the massive table and strange podium sitting in the middle of the room, the guests would be instantly shocked by how empty it is otherwise. But the feeling of emptiness grows the longer they stay in the room.

The door closes behind them when they all enter the room. If they look, there is a similarly gray tv set sitting at the end of the table, right in front of the podium. Despite it’s age, there is a VHS player connected to it.

Well it sure is lucky you have a VHS tape on you, right?]

Comments

[nocasetoobig]

[...]

Wait- why do you want him dead?

[candlelightsflicker]

I want the Futurist to hear his screams, this time.

[hi mainstreet!! hatty is waving at you.]

[nocasetoobig]

And who is that!?

[keyofimagination]

[Whoever it is, judging by Rod's uncomfortable reaction to that, he seems to know who it is.]

[coulombslaw]

The Futurist seems to be the person who ruined everything. The second library we found said something about it being the Futurist's fault. [Or something like that. Virgil didn't take a good look at the writing]

I think the Futurist had something to do with EPCOT. From what I read in the pamphlets, EPCOT was a rather futuristic place.

[nocasetoobig]

...like a future city?

[coulombslaw]

The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. [Thanks, Sally!]

[darnsitall]

The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow I believe! Kind of a mouthful.

[hallotween]

It's where all the robots lived, right?

[beat. whispers to Sally:] Should we tell Rod all his friends are dead, or should we just let him die not knowing?

[darnsitall]

Not all of them! That alien monster is still alive!

[No thanks to you, Marnie]

[hallotween]

Oh, right, I'm sure he's gonna be super happy about that.

[coulombslaw]

Yeah, you remember it!

[Virgil smiles]

There was also something about a hotel in those pamphlets, Rod and Walt were standing there. So I think it's possible the Futurist is Walt.

[nocasetoobig]

So all of this is to hurt Walt?

[candlelightsflicker]

Would it anger you if I said yes?

[nocasetoobig]

You had a bunch of people come here just to kill each other, just to hurt some other guy?!

[UM, YEAH]

[candlelightsflicker]

Consider it gaslighting.

This is only part of what I have planned.

[keyofimagination]

... Gaslighting?

[candlelightsflicker]

You've heard his name already, haven't you?

[nocasetoobig]

...

[Gears turning...]

[tadaishi]

Walt?

[forgottenfounder]

Walt being the "Futurist" Would make sense, considering he would have at least had a hand in making this EPCOT place.

[keyofimagination]

[Rod finally speaks up, despite still reeling in shock a bit over everything that's going on.]

Walt did build almost the entirety of EPCOT.

[hallotween]

"Almost?"

[keyofimagination]

There might be some small things the other citizens took care of, and maybe Walt had some help from them. It's not like I followed every step Walt made and know exactly everything he's done.

[candlelightsflicker]

Liar.