WEEK 3

[bathymetric]

Well, the tail end of Week 2 could have gone better. That's the first thing to note.

The second thing is... hang on, should it be Week 3 yet? You've all gone to sleep (or... not, in the case of anyone who doesn't), but when you wake up (and you do all wake up), the calendar and clock on your device informs you that it's Sunday. In-character, all characters explicitly have absolutely no memory of Saturday.

Your sense of time isn't the only thing that's changed - a new branch of the facility has opened and become active overnight, giving you new resources and places to investigate, should you so choose. There's also a new channel on the television, though whether it's an improvement over the last one is questionable.

Otherwise, though, things have mostly settled into normalcy again, or at close to normal as you can find in this place. How long that peace will last, though... that's becoming increasingly uncertain, moving forward.



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to Week 3! Turn in last week's AC over here, and regains remain over this way! And for the sake of consistency, Angel's office hours remain over yonder! ]

Comments

[ladygeryon]

[What's the general shape of those particularly unique ones? She can also go get some paper from the art room to sketch out all the ones she doesn't recognize.]

[bathymetric]

[ The exact shape of them isn't important right now, but a drawing of them probably isn't too bad of an idea!

And in all this looking at them, Nira might notice one of them looks a little off... ]

[ladygeryon]

[Off, huh? What happens if she reaches out to touch that symbol/knock on it?]

[bathymetric]

[ Knocking on it doesn't seem to do any good, but there's this weird circle around it? Maybe you can turn it. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Oh? She'll try and turn it, then, doing her best to be careful.]

[bathymetric]

[ It turns, until... well, this position probably means nothing more to you than any other positioning, but this might as well be how this thing is positioned??

Anyway, there's a click! You might have to look around to figure out what changed, though. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Hm. She backs up to look around the chapel, also taking time to look up at the ceiling because no one ever does that.]

[bathymetric]

[ You actually won't have to look too far! One of the floorboards has slid out of place. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Hm. It takes a bit of finagling, but she manages to kneel down so she can get a better look. Can she see anything without sticking her hand right in there?]

[bathymetric]

[ Yep! It looks like you've got two things in here: A small black metal box and a piece of paper. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Oooh boy. She'll grab the paper first, then the box.]

[bathymetric]

[ Alright! The box is pretty simple, no ornate designs - just a simple yellow keyhole.

The paper is... a little different.

AUTOMATIC TRANSCRIPTION OF VOICE MEMO, DATE AND TIME [REDACTED]

Subject β has officially passed away, [REDACTED] had no effect on her anyway, we're moving on. I'd send flowers to the family or something, but they'll just have to forgive me for not reaching out between realities! It's regrettable we could not put her abilities to use, but I find myself loathe to forgive [REDACTED] in my lab.

In a more promising turn, it looks like we will NOT be burying Subject Γ any time soon, subject is recovering adequately and has been more than receptive to treatment. Proceed as planned, sending subject off for further processing tomorrow.

Two of our operatives brought in the final energy sources we should need to put the device on for extended periods of time, so that we won't have to continue individually labeling the people and corpses that happen to fall out of it during testing. I'll have to process them, of course, but I always relish a chance to use a machine that works without complaining to me. Now we just have to get that damn facility finished.

Note to self: tell [REDACTED] he's going to need to do SOMETHING about the windows in there.

There's also something written on the back. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Okay, she'll put that box to the side for now, and flip over the piece of paper to see what's on the back.]

[bathymetric]

[ Written in the same slightly messy red handwriting a couple of you all have seen before here:

WATCH FOR THaT SYMBoL

And that's all there is to find in this room! ]

[ladygeryon]

[Oh, definitely useful. If she turns the symbol in the opposite direction, does the floorboard slide back into place? Might as well leave as little evidence as possible, after all...]