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]

[Theres a table in the corner, that has some of the aforementioned knickknacks on it. Investigate closer?]

[toogoodforhim]

[Hell ye what's on the table

Last time he went up to a table with knick knacks on it he pissed off a teapot]

[kindaruledatit]

[Hey lebro. It's Wendy! Coming over from over here.]

Found some creepy giant masks. How bout you?

[chainbroke]

[ hey dad what's going in here ]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[I'm so glad you guys are enjoying yourselves while the other team is going into despair.

The most prominent thing on the table is a strange model of some kind of home.]

[toogoodforhim]

Oh, look at this! What a cute little house!

[Someone tell him what a dollhouse is please.]

[kindaruledatit]

Huh. Cute little dollhouse.

[Peers into it. This is probably the nicest thing they're going to see all day.

Hope there's no tiny dead bodies in here.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[No tiny dead bodies, thank god. The model depicts a family in their house, featuring dated (for Wendy) technology.]

[chainbroke]

[ peering in... ]

Oh, it's a little family...

[ how dated are we talking? ]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[An American family around like...the 1920s.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Oh the horror, look at that old technology, not a smartphone in sight.

Still, she gives the little model a once over for the sake of not missing anything that might be important. Like Tinkerbell's corpse. Or a hidden machine gun.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There are blueprints on the wall behind the model.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Looks up.]

....oh.

[Let's check those out, shall we?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Schematics for a very large building, labeled "THE HOLLYWOOD TOWER HOTEL".]

[kindaruledatit]

[...Squints.]

What the... [She gets closer to look over the blueprints, eyes narrowing as she takes in that name. "Hollywood". California? Are they in California suddenly?

She makes a note to check for any other interesting words on these blueprints.]

[chainbroke]

[ ...? ]

What's a Hollywood?

[toogoodforhim]

Is this... Some kind of castle design?

[chainbroke]

I don't think so. It's a hotel, it says, which is a place where people pay to stay.

[aboyandhiscar]

It's a place. Or used to be, anyway. Where big stars used to go.

[kindaruledatit]

What Mike said. [She looks back up from the blueprints, and turns to the rest of the party.]

It's this place in my time where lots of rich people live. You can do just about anything there, party all day, make movies, do... whatever.

[She's never been to california.]

The fact that this is here... is super weird.

[chainbroke]

[ She looks from Mike to Wendy, then nods. ]

Do you think we could be in Hollywood, then?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope, it's fairly inconspicuous, in all honesty.

Maybe check to see if there's anywhere else you can look?]

[kindaruledatit]

[.....

Underneath it? She tries that.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...I meant elsewhere in the room, but no, there's nothing underneath it.

You can take it with you, if you want.]

[aboyandhiscar]

[Squints at all this]

Seems like a normal house so why would the blueprints be stuck behind it? Did they tear it down?

[can we pick up any of the tiny people? he gonna try]