WEEK 7

[bathymetric]

Another Saturday gone and just like that you wake on Sunday, down five of your number. The largest dent taken out of you at once so far - it's surely noticeable, the head count being cut by a third. Almost enough to make you wonder how many of you will even be left by the next motive or two. Surely this isn't a sustainable rate for body counts to increase... right?

There's a new and, it looks like, final wing of the building to explore, bringing everything full circle. Maybe you'll get some more answers to some of the questions and mysteries of this place there - or at least, you can certainly hope for them. Time to turn your investigative eyes towards one last batch of rooms, who knows what you might find?

Angel remains around at night, her appearances much more common now that... well, she's certainly seen a downtick in necessary surveillance work, hasn't she? The app giving you a line to The Professor remains open, and well... whatever's going on with that ouija in the library continues to happen! You're not suffering from a shortage of leads, at least, even as things get more bizarre.

Something's going to have to give here, eventually. Right?



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[ ooc: Welcome to your last player case week! AC is over here, regains as always are over here, and... well, enjoy! After this we get to take our big turn towards the Serious. ]

Comments

IM A GHOST AMA

[bathymetric]

[ whenever you do collectively decide to Do The Luigi, it starts moving with force. It seems excited! Or maybe angry. ]

B-E-F-O-R-E-I-E-X-P-L-A-I-N-P-L-A-N
Y-O-U-M-I-G-H-T-H-A-V-E-Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-S-?

[ladygeryon]

...who are you with, then?

[bathymetric]

Y-O-U

[ladygeryon]

So you're...tied to this facility? For how long?

[bathymetric]

S-I-N-C-E-L-A-S-T-G-R-O-U-P

[ladygeryon]

The last group...did it include Angel? As a participant, not an "assistant"?

[bolderfell]

Are you Subject Alpha or Beta?

[bathymetric]

NO

[bolderfell]

[Phooey.]

Do you know what happened to them?

[bathymetric]

N-O-T-R-E-A-L-L-Y
W-E-R-E-N-E-V-E-R-H-E-R-E

[bolderfell]

Huh.

[Well, there goes that theory.]

So were you part of the last group, or just with them?

[fivestagegod]

[So, this is fine.]

Why are you trying to help us, exactly? I know better than to assume it's for no reason.

[bathymetric]

W-A-N-T-T-O-B-E-A-T-P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R
L-O-S-T-M-Y-C-H-A-N-C-E
C-A-N-G-I-V-E-Y-O-U-A-S-H-O-T

[fivestagegod]

...You're going to have to understand that if you're actually dead right now, I'm a little skeptical of your ability to do that. To say nothing of the fact that for some reason you're not with ours.

[bathymetric]

Y-O-U-R-E-R-I-G-H-T
B-U-T-I-K-N-O-W-T-H-I-S-P-L-A-C-E

[ a beat ]

S-O-R-R-Y-A-B-O-U-T-T-H-E-B-L-O-O-D-R-I-D-D-L-E

[fivestagegod]

Sorry about whatever the Professor did to unfuck the machine.

[Machine's no longer haunted.

Birkin is also no longer giving a single damn about politeness with language in front of people, but that is surely also fine.]

So why do you know this place better than most? If you were with the last group. Did you get further than this?

[philoxenia]

[ ... actually, she's thought of something. ]

Those symbols--the black hexagon on some of the food in the kitchen, and the circle with the arch inside it.... Do you know what those mean?

[bathymetric]

I-T-W-A-S-O-N-A-L-O-T-O-F-T-H-I-N-G-S-B-E-F-O-R-E
W-E-A-S-S-U-M-E-D-P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R-L-I-K-E-D-B-R-A-N-D-I-N-G

[philoxenia]

[ ... That's fair. ]

Do you know how many weeks the last group lasted here?

[bathymetric]

F-O-U-R-? A-B-O-U-T

P-R-O-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N

[bathymetric]

[ Once the other questions die down a little, the ghost friend makes a general statement. ]

S-O
G-H-O-S-T-W-O-R-T-H-C-A-N-H-E-L-P-Y-O-U-G-E-T-O-U-T
W-O-U-L-D-Y-O-U-L-I-K-E-T-O-F-I-G-H-T-T-O-O-?

[valentinus]

[ He's been always ready to fight the Professor. That said... ]

How would you plan for this to work, exactly?

[bathymetric]

T-H-R-O-W-E-N-O-U-G-H-W-R-E-N-C-H-E-S
T-H-E-M-A-C-H-I-N-E-B-R-E-A-K-S
I-C-A-N-T-E-L-L-Y-O-U-W-H-A-T-N-E-E-D-S-T-O-H-A-P-P-E-N
Y-O-U-L-L-H-A-V-E-O-P-T-I-O-N-S-F-R-O-M-T-H-E-R-E

[mouflon]

...No offense, but do you really think we're not up for that at this point?

[ Rin has been ready to throw wrenches in all directions since Day 1! ]

[nothingcanstop]

Oh, absolutely.

[ bangs pots and pans TIME TO MAKE THINGS HARD FOR THE PROFESSOR ]