Final Investigation

[bathymetric]

Good morning, New Rapture. You may yet see the sun today.

But before that, there's work to be done. The Mayor has sent you some sort of ultimatum, though as usual was reluctant to explain herself. You're going to meet her, to some end? It's unclear. But one way or another, you're aware that things are ending today. Spirits may be low, but at least there's that. After a night of bowling, you're probably ready for this.

As you wake in the morning, though, each suite will find something unexpected in the common area, something that absolutely wasn't there last night: an envelope, addressed to the surviving members. An attached note on the outside reads as follows:

Good morning, citizens of New Rapture. In accordance with new directives from Designations: Misfire, Space Dandy, et al. I have been asked to deliver this. Please use the included to lift your spirits, and feel free to use your new bathysphere access to gain what information you can before you face the Mayor. You know what the key does, I gather, and the card will grant you access to Fontaine Futuristics Headquarters, where the Mayor currently resides. If you do not gather information properly, you will be unable to do what she is about to ask of you. Your friends will be watching.

Included in each envelope is a silver key, a limited Hall of the Founders bathysphere access card, and a copy of this letter. Your friends are counting on you. Go rally in the Hall of the Founders and get ready.

It's time for one last investigation.

Comments

[capreelcious]

[ Ohhhh snap. Let's take a look at that sea slug, shall we?

...Actually he'll put on some lab goggles and gloves at least before getting too close to it. He's a Disney so he knows safety first! ]

[bathymetric]

[ Good boy!

It looks like the particular interest here was some sort of sac of glowing liquid that is currently inert but bears no small resemblance to the material in the plasmids from a few weeks back. ]

[capreelcious]

Oh, grooooss.

[ You ever find out you gave yourself telekinesis with the power of slug juice? Wild. Does it look like the slugs were used for anything else? Any nearby notes on them? ]

[bathymetric]

[ There are some notes, yes! There's even a folder out labelled Applications of ADAM. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Oh heck yeah. Let's take a look at those notes first! ]

[bathymetric]

[ It opens to some basic info about plasmids first - apparently, this substance called ADAM can be used to recreate and rewrite DNA temporarily or permanently, but until recent developments, there were adverse effects. ]

[capreelcious]

Huh...

[ Oh yeah, he's committing all this to memory. Is there anything about how they managed to prevent the adverse effects? Or is that not entirely relevant?

He'll definitely keep flipping through the notes and the file, though! ]

[bathymetric]

[ It looks like the adverse effect removal was headed by one A. Wesker, who used some sort of technology from home usually applied to viral research that allowed, theoretically, for an increase or decrease in the adverse effects. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Oh snap... so hypothetically it could be made at will, if you wanted to actually cause adverse effects to happen to someone. Does it state the tech used?

But also, let's check out that Applications of ADAM folder! ]

[bathymetric]

[ It's just some proprietary tech, but it does list it as coming from the Umbrella Corporation! So that's neat.

A. Wesker did a lot of research with ADAM. However, one day, out of the blue, she chose to refocus entirely on curing terminal and genetic illnesses. ]

[capreelcious]

Curing illnesses, huh...

[ WELL... that's surprisingly benevolent. And how did that go for her? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks like she made advances but never quite managed it. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Iiiinteresting. Did something stop her, or did the ADAM just reach its limits? ]

[bathymetric]

[ It looks a little like something interrupted her from doing research in general. It just stops. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Well, that sure is suspicious. Wonder what happened in between that time. Anything else in the folder that seems particularly noteworthy, or anything else around that seems out of place? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks like one more file is in the back of the folder - it's titled Big Daddies and Big Sisters. It discusses a process by which subjects were heavily altered via ADAM and encased in specialized diving suits, though it doesn't detail why. At the end it lists out the subjects used in the study - all of the Big Daddy subjects are labelled (Deceased) afterwards, but Lamb, Eleanor, the single Big Sister cited, certainly isn't. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Huh... VERY interesting. Floyd will definitely make a note of that, but also he'll just take the whole folder with him because who's gonna stop him?

The theory gears in his mind are certainly turning, though. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Cool! Just one more thing to look at over here - one of the cabinet doors is ajar. ]

[capreelcious]

[ EYEZOOMS. Alrighty, let's take a look at this cabinet! Floyd swings it open! ]

[bathymetric]

[ It is full, front to back, with immaculately labelled audio logs! You don't need to listen to them all, but one of the cases has been taken out and the tape removed. ]

[capreelcious]

[ LOGS... so many of them! What was this specific taken log in between? I'm assuming they're alphabetical! ]

[bathymetric]

[ I can do you one better - I can tell you the label on the case! Turns out Alex Wesker was the single bitch in this whole city who reliably and helpfully labelled all of her audio logs.

4/27 LUTECE MACHINE EXPERIMENT W/ C ]

[capreelcious]

[ OHHH, interesting! Thank you Wesker, you're the real MVP!! Even if it's empty, Floyd will take the case with him. ]