FINAL INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Morning comes on Friday, just like any other.

Or not. You're all still alive. The walls have held. You all have held.

One way or another, this is the last day you're going to be in here. You've spent so long at the whims of the man who owns this place, so long playing along with this game...

Wouldn't it be nice to beat him?

Time to investigate.

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[nothingcanstop]

[ The smiley faces.....

That, uh. That stuff about Subject Delta, cannnn we look a bit at that? Anything more concrete or detailed? Because it could mean a lot of things, like Red Text not being who they said they were or, like. Just Angel's speculation being incorrect. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Angel's writing on it is pretty sparse - she doesn't remember anything for sure, it's mostly just a guess at this point, like she says. After all, the only time The Professor talked to Subject Delta, Cassandra was standing between her and him. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...Okay. Okay, that's...almost reassuring. Almost.

Let's see what's more...in-depth. That's probably a good place to start. What's Angel written more about?

Alternatively, if there isn't much more to be gleaned from the notebook, she can look through the desk more! ]

[bathymetric]

[ That's about what there is to glean from the notebook, unfortunately.

In the bottom drawer of the desk there's a stash of snacks! With some crumpled-up papers in the back. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Ohhhh, what kind of snacks does she like?

...And, okay, what's on the papers. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Chips and a lot of chocolate bars, it looks like. You have to understand, this is the drawer of the desk with room for folder filing.

The papers don't have a lot of writing on them, but they seem to be attempts at letters! None of them have much writing on them, though - they appear to mostly be attempts at the ol' "letters in case of my untimely death" thing. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...Oh, yaaaay, her favorite thing...........

Well, this sucks! Let the record show, this sucks!!! But she's going to look at them, because fuck! ]

[bathymetric]

[ Well there won't be much to read, actually - looks like Angel wasn't a fan of the idea either, since none of them really get more than a sentence or two in. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Honestly thank goodness. ...Is there anything to glean from these, though? She'll look over them, before trying to look around the rest of the office. Ya know, just in case there's anything else here. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Not really, no. There's also the bookshelves, that might be something for the two of you to go investigate together! Mother-daughter bonding. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Yeah, okay!!! Let's read some books! ]

...I think that's all we've got on the desk. Mira, give me a hand over here? [ ...Since Della's short. Like, really short. ]

[philoxenia]

Oh, of course.

[ To the bookshelf!! What exciting things will we find here? Anything noteworthy about the books? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Taller shelves, ho!

You've got a lot of travel guides and fiction, mostly... and a really out of place atlas. ]

[philoxenia]

[ Hmmm. Alright, she's definitely gonna get to the atlas, but what've we got for fiction? A bookshelf can say a lot about someone, after all. ]

[bathymetric]

[ A lot of fantasy novels, actually! And some comics. True executive power is being able to have comics. ]

[philoxenia]

Fantasy... Good taste.

[ Her best friend's a fantasy author, after all. And comics!! Anything noteworthy? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Nah, not really. Maybe like one trashy fantasy romance novel? Who can say. ]

[bathymetric]

[ You can take the low shelves, Della!

First off, there's no indication any of this has been touched in a while. Not since Cass took over for sure. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ No one wants to take from the low shelves... What kinds of books are on here? ]

[bathymetric]

[ The low shelves are mostly books of maps or reference materials - there's no thesaurus app on the tablet, I guess. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Maps, huh... Well, looking in an atlas got her something good before. Della's going to check all of them!

...And probably not put them back where they were, because she's just like that. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Stuffed into one of them is a memo! ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ This always pays off. Snooping? Definitely good. Always snoop, kids.

Gimme that sweet lore. ]

[philoxenia]

[ Hey Della, what's going on in--

.... oh.... ]

... Are these....?

[nothingcanstop]

...It's okay. She didn't like the idea of them either.