FINAL INVESTIGATION

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It’s Wednesday morning, and when the 8 remaining guest wake up, they’re greeted to a soft song playing in the distance. Even with the stress of the past few months, the song helps puts the living guests at east, a beam of hope in the dark times.

As the guests go to investigate the noise, they will find themselves heading to the casino. On a nearby card table, there is a pigeon with a key in their mouth, they’re docile enough to let you pet them if you want, but don’t expect them to stay around for long. As soon as all either guests enter the room, they drop the key and fly away.

A small note is attached to it, reading:]

I wish I could help more, but this key should help aid you on the journey that lies ahead of you. I believe in you all.

-Walt

[When they look for the door the key works on, they’ll quickly realize that there’s a locked door near the back of the casino, the key is a perfect match for it. When they open the door, they are greeted by a stream of moving carriages, Doombuggies, as it were, heading towards an inky black tunnel. It’s not exactly the most… normal way to investigate the mansion, but according to Walt this is the best bet you guys have.

As the remaining guests get inside the Doombuggies, they’ll find that the dark tunnel seems to stretch on forever, and you can feel them slowly go down, down, down. You might start to wonder how this tunnel even fits into this mansion, but this mansion never fit into normal reality, has it?

Eventually, as the Doombuggies take you further and further down, the guests will start to notice a branching path in front of them, either through sheer coincidence or some presence guiding the guests, they will find that no matter what they do, they’ll find themselves evenly split, going through the separate forks in the track.

It keeps going until soon, the ride comes to a sudden stop. A voice is heard through the halls.]

Playful spooks have interrupted our tour, please stay seated in your... Doombuggy. We will proceed in just a moment.

[But no matter how long they wait, the “ride” doesn’t start back up again. While it’s still dark down here, there’s enough light to make out a passageway besides the buggies, no matter which path the guest ended up taking.

Investigate?]

Comments

[amadeusrockette]

[Heck. Does she gotta??? Can't she just sit here with Chauncey and the cats?????

. . . Ok, no. She sorta. Promised everyone, so like. She's just gonna get out and go through the panic tunnel passageway. Hopefully Anna (and the cats) follow her!!!! What does this passageway look like?]

[outsidethecircle]

[She definitely is following her. Anna doesn't want to get left behind!]

[amadeusrockette]

Do you think it's safe to go through here? [She seems skeptical, but also . . . what choice do they have?] Maybe we should hold hands so we don't get separated.

[outsidethecircle]

We have to go, either way. [Without answering the second part Anna reaches out and grabs a hold of Julia's hand. Don't leave her, too.]

[amadeusrockette]

It'll be fine as long as we're together. [Julia squeezes Anna's hand.] Promise.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's a very long passageway, almost catacomb-esque in appearance. There is an a large open door at the side of the passsageway and what appear to be some stairs going up at the end of the hallway.]

[amadeusrockette]

[Um, well!!! She's just gonna peek into the doorway first. Make sure no monsters are hiding in there. She kind of doesn't want to go up the stairs until Science Grandpa says it's safe.

What is this room anyway?]

[sixfingeredstan]

See anything in there?

[Ford looks over Julia's shoulder, frowning.]

I wish I had thought to bring a damned flashlight.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well, given the massive amount of concrete bars in here...it kind of looks like a prison. It's a lot more up to date than you'd expect from the mansion.]

[amadeusrockette]

............ Um. It looks like a prison.

[This was a fucking mistake. Is there a light switch or something on the wall or are the lights already on?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's dimly-lit by some candles on the wall.]

[sixfingeredstan]

That's...ominous.

[He frowns, and slips past Julia to look inside, looking for any sign of life (or death) anytime recently.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There are approximately four cells, each labeled differently by gold ornate playing.

“DEMIGOD”, “ENTREPRENEUR”, "APE MAN", GHOST HOST”

Any you want to start with?]

[sixfingeredstan]

[OH....BOY.

Okay. This is fine. There's nobody in there, right, it's just...cells. They have to get to the bottom of this.

Ford steps cautiously toward the one labeled 'DEMIGOD' to get a better look.]

I'm glad Lefou isn't here.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's a bed, and a surprisingly-modern-looking toilet. It's currently unoccupied.]

[sixfingeredstan]

[Anything else of note in here? Because...well, Tarzan.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well you haven't checked GHOST HOST's cell yet.]

[defyingfrigidity]

Oh no...

[Oh no. Ohhhh no. This doesn't look good. If things didn't look ominous before, this just... made everything worse.

While Ford approaches the Demigod cell, Elsa approaches the one labelled ENTREPRENEUR.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's a bed, and a surprisingly-modern-looking toilet. It's currently unoccupied.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[... Huh. There's nobody inside currently, but is there any sort of hint that it was occupied at some point?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope. It looks to have been saved for someone.]

[amadeusrockette]

[Welp the adults went in so Julia follows them, still holding Anna's hand, and peers into the APE MAN cell. Because this isn't gonna go badly.]

Anna, do you see anything in the other cell?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's a bed, and a surprisingly-modern-looking toilet. It's currently unocc-

No, Tarzan is in here. He is slumped up against the wall, unwashed and unkept, defeated. He's seemingly sleeping at the moment.

This one is an oddity because, outside of the cell, there is what appears an animatronic dog holding a set of keys in it's mouth, looking directly at Tarzan. It's immobile and unresponsive.]

[outsidethecircle]

Tarzan!

[The actual Tarzan and not the fat old guy.]

[amadeusrockette]

Mr. Pines! [Julia's voice raises in alarm once she's realized what the fuck is in the cell she's looking into.] Tarzan's in here!

[What happens . . . if she tries to take the keys from the dog?]