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

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Do you really want to try? It looks like they can come off pretty easily.]

[amadeusrockette]

Hey, boy. [Yes, she is going to try and take the keys.] Can I borrow these?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Success! The keys are successfully taken out of the dog's mouth.

...A machine gun slowly emerges from the robot dog's mouth, and Tarzan startles awake, groggily.

He gets out one "GUYS! before it opens fire into the cell.]

[outsidethecircle]

[What the living hell was that about?! Sorry, Julia, she's going to let go and jump back.]

Tarzan--!

[sixfingeredstan]

[Ford's eyes go wide, and he immediately reaches out to pull Julia and Anna away from the gun...dog.]

Tarzan, no! Oh, good God....

[This isn't pretty. Not one bit.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[....so in case it wasn't obvious after it stops firing after a solid 50 seconds, Tarzan is dead.

Given the bloody bullet-riddled body, that shouldn't be a surprise.]

[amadeusrockette]

[why does team b get nice things and we get this h o n e s t l y

julia just kinda sinks and sits on the floor. this is fine. it's totally fine.]

[sixfingeredstan]

[...Ford is just going to sort of step in front of the two younger girls to shield Tarzan from their view. His open palm smacks against the bars again and he tears his gaze away from the ape man's lifeless, bullet-riddled body to look down at Julia.]

It's not your fault. You didn't...you couldn't have known.

[amadeusrockette]

I . . . but . . . [Even if it was an accident, she wants to say, I still did it.] If there's a trial, don't - I don't want . . .

[She doesn't finish the sentence, but she was already willing to be a sacrifice once. She doesn't want everyone else to suffer just because she messed up, okay???]

[sixfingeredstan]

We're not letting anything happen to you.

[His voice is gentle, but firm. He loops an arm around her shoulders and gives her a little squeeze.]

I said I'd get us all out alive and I meant it.

[amadeusrockette]

. . . Okay. I. I believe you.

[She doesn't sound particularly convinced, but that might be because. Ya know. She sure just accidentally killed a man.]

[sixfingeredstan]

Good. I have twelve doctorates. [He gives her a wink.] Come on, kiddo, let's go see the rest of this place. We've got you.

[outsidethecircle]

[Hey, Julia. Anna is just going to crouch next to you and... try to take the keys.]

[amadeusrockette]

[She dropped them in all the commotion, man. Feel free.]

[outsidethecircle]

[Thank you, friend. Just... ignore her.

Do the keys fit into the lock?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[They do!]

[outsidethecircle]

[Going to open the door slowly and... does the dog move?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The gun is still clicking, but looks to be out of ammunition.]

[outsidethecircle]

[Sorry traumatized friends but... She's going to... undo his bonds out of respect because wow. Let the ape man have some peace.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Okay. Those are undone, there's a dead apedude on the ground now.]

[outsidethecircle]

[Anna has already jumped back but--]

Why would someone do that?!

[defyingfrigidity]

[HOLY WHAT

Elsa tries to reach out her hand, to put up some kind of barrier between that thing and Tarzan, but it's no use... it was too fast...]

No...!