ENDGAME GROUP 1: The Other Box (Log 2)

[yourghosthost]

[Off-screen, the groups manage to reunite themselves once more. More notable than anything else is the little black floating box, though if any of you have any information you wish to exchange, now would be an excellent time to do so.]

I know this isn’t exactly on the docket, but I intend on heading in there. You’re welcome to join if you’d like.

(ooc: this is the second and final log for group 1 - if you weren’t here for the previous log, feel free to use this as a jumping-in point!)

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[folkscallmewander]

[Chatting with the Souls of the Damned was pleasant, but there's important things to do. Like saving the souls of the bored. Wander drags in the floating box on a makeshift leash made from the only string he had on himself.

Funny thing, banjo wires are kind of stiff, so the loop is pretty loose and the box had threatened to slide out several time on the trip back, to which he re-lassoed the whole thing again.]

Found the box! Anyone got a key that can open it?

[For now, he's focusing on untying the string and returning it to its rightful place.]

[hallotween]

We got a key off a guy we almost killed! [shes somewhat mad nobody allowed her to murder so]

[kindaruledatit]

[Having finally escaped the Underdrome, and proving that Jiminy cricket was not someone you wanted to mess with, Wendy's feeling pretty good about today, so far.]

Oh hey! [She digs into her pocket, and produces... the skeleton key!] We got a pretty important key right here!

[used_realtears]

...maybe someone should stay outside with the key? [Noby, who was here all along, is looking worriedly at the box.]

[madeofpine]

Or a few people. If it's just one then somethin' could happen to 'em and nobody would know.

[y'know just. normal thoughts for kids to be having]

[toogoodforhim]

We found, ah, what looked to be Hades'... throne room? [He glances at His Highness for confirmation, since he is but a lowly peasant and any situation that would have involved him seeing a throne room in the past would probably have been difficult to survive.] It seems our fiery...friend is a fan of cigars.

[He forces a grin and soldiers ahead.]

He also had a war table with what looked like some kind of map. The various places were labeled, and he had these little figures it looked like set up in strategic locations. There was... Monsieur Serling, Monsieur Lincoln, our friend here- [He gestures to Ghostave] Hades himself, a figure that was melted to be unrecognizable, and Monsieur Walt.

And... I found this as well. It's a letter to Hades from a "Tcherno," thanking him for giving him some kind of chance. And moreover, he talks about making others go through the same thing he did.

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander looks up from this tuning.]

Randy got locked up with other folks, too?

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle nods, confirming all of this, and then figures she ought to add in her own findings.]

There was also a library— [God, she wishes she'd had more time!] with a whole lot of books on ethics and Greek myth taken down. The ethics books seemed...mostly useless, though. And there was another book on something else...ah, 'Disney Animation.' I thought it must have to do with that magic pen...

[not_over_yet]

Hades' conjuring room had a very large picture featuring what seemed to be more of the Faciliers' "friends"--the ones with the drums, who nearly killed off our round that time--but a corner of it had been deliberately removed. I don't suppose anyone managed to find it elsewhere...? I should have gone looking, but that would have left Miss Elsa alone with Hades, and... helpful though he may be at times, he's. shifty at best.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Shifty seems like it's not even steong enough for Hades...]

He also had a pedestal he was using for a summoning ritual; with a symbol that looks very much like the one we're supposed to be looking for. He told me that it's a very common symbol in summoning rituals, actually...

[Not sure if that's good or bad or worth mentioning at all, but... hey. Better to put it out there just in case, right?]

INSIDE THE BOX

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Once you come to, you’ll find that the box itself is remarkably similar to the first one. Darkness spread for miles and miles onwards. The only thing is that it lacks the amusement rides and the Tower.

...That does appear to be a familiar-looking manor up in the distance, however.]

[hallotween]

[cups hand around mouth]

COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!

Re: INSIDE THE BOX

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander stumbles on the invisible floor, clutching his hat. When he stands up, he takes a good look around.] Huh. That was pretty convenient. Could use work on the doorway, though.

[used_realtears]

[Just...lies on the ground for a while.] ...is it over?

[not_over_yet]

[ Oh a dark void. Wonderful. At least there's something to head towards. But familiar-looking to who? Basil never saw the exterior of either murder-house, so...? ]

[tangerinetrees]

[ Oof. She's just going to... switch on sparkle mode. ]

Well, uh... here we are, then.

[toogoodforhim]

[...Wonderful. LeFou groans and rubs his head.]

How are we gonna get out...?

THE SYMBOL

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Right about where Randall's room was is where you'll find what you've been looking for.

Inside the room itself is the symbol, glowing right on the wall. There is also a locked door next to it, right where the survivors from Phantom Manor would have entered Hell from.

It looks unguarded enough...]

[whistlenotchirp]

...Well that's a huge trap.

[folkscallmewander]

[Peeks in.]

So...do we all stand around in a circle and hold hands or what?

[Activate it with the power of friendship?]

[hallotween]

[GRINS SMUGLY look, a locked door. GOOD THING WE HAVE A KEY HUH]

[not_over_yet]

This one's already been activated.

[ If they don't need to sing to the sigil, then... ]

Hades may have been using us merely to find this box's key, if Miss Marnie's theory is correct...

[toogoodforhim]

...I say we break down the door first and make sure it's a way out of here before we hit anything that might blow this whole place up.

BEHIND DOOR NUMBER ONE

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...So, that happened! Good times, right?

Basil and Marnie have unlocked the door at the back of the room. There seems to be some faint sounds coming from within, and it's illuminated by another symbol. It glows faintly, the incantation having been started by Basil, but might require more people around it.

Thankfully, this situation seems a lot more safe than the last one.]

[yourghosthost]

...Well, did everyone have fun there?

LOG OBJECTIVES CLEARED

[grimgrinningghosts]