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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[fivestagegod]

[well, yes, because if you kill the mind you kill the person, this isn't terribly difficult

...

is...this why we don't let people who are into hard sciences argue with psychology people because like

......

anyway,

is that the primary takeaway from the modern blueprints, or is there more over here? if that's all, let's see what the older ones are looking like]

[bathymetric]

[ That seems to be the primary takeaway!

These blueprints are... well, they're dated somewhere in the early 1900s. They appear to be designs for what is termed a cross-dimensional quantum engine, devised by someone with the initials R.L. ]

[fivestagegod]

[...So we're talking stuff that dates around like...Planck, in terms of understanding of quantum mechanics. Maybe Schrodinger at the latest. He's not a physicist, but how...sound, I guess, does this all look, to someone with at least a basic understanding of physics 100 years later? Does this actually look plausible, is my question.]

[bathymetric]

[ Honestly? Despite the date, this looks maybe even a little beyond where this stuff is at in your time, Birkin.

There's a note attached from the inventor responsible that might help explain:

“The true key to inter-dimensional travel is simple and yet a seemingly impossible hurdle: a person or object of sufficient size from another world to provide a focal point for the necessary quantum energies.” ]

[fivestagegod]

[That's not how- ...okay. okay, whatever, he can deal with this.

Are there any other notes attached to this? ...Can he just steal the blueprints wholesale later.]

[bathymetric]

[ No other notes, and he absolutely can! Nonsense-looking science included.

Looks like there's a couple other notes in here, as well as some kind of device. ]

[fivestagegod]

[...Let's go check out the device first. Just because he is less likely to have any damn idea what he's looking at there, and he wants to get it out of the way. So! What's over here.]

[bathymetric]

[ It's, uh.

Your thread partner might have something to say about it, but.

Looks like a weird flashlight, kind of? ]

[fivestagegod]

[...So he's going to pointedly not aim that thing at:
a. anything in this room that might be damaged if something unexpected happens
b. jasper
or
c. his own face

But as he's here to dutifully push buttons if they are presented to him, what...happens...if he tries to turn it on as per the button on the side...]

[bathymetric]

[ It extends! Congrats, Birkin, you've got a sick laser scythe. ]

[fivestagegod]

[...Awesome. Okay. Giant weapon is now his. This is a terrible idea.

I assume you shut it off the same way?]

[bathymetric]

[ Yup! You can put it in your weapons inventory with your other friends.

Just some notes left in here! ]

[fivestagegod]

[All right, awesome, back to reading. Let's go look those notes over.]

[bathymetric]

[ So we have a loose note, and a folder with a note paper-clipped to the front. Where do you wanna start? ]

[fivestagegod]

[Let's go loose note first.]

[bathymetric]

[ This one is a little bloated and Professional, but it definitely has some pertinent information: ]

"... There’s a function in the system that creates and encrypts backup copies of everything in it, which we believe somehow includes the people within it. Something to do with the interplay between Subject Delta’s abilities and the construction of the test facility itself. If someone were able to access this data, they would theoretically be able to “save” versions of those who perish in here even after they’ve been disconnected. Or, more "disturbingly (read: interestingly), those who are still alive. Would that we were only working with normal unethical technology and not whatever space magic nonsense this is! Ugh, there would be potential applications of this if I could figure out all of what is going on."

[ Okay, professional’s a strong word for some of it, but it is mostly very dense and involved. ]

[fivestagegod]

[...This sounds like how he writes his notes, honestly, so like. Mood.

Anything else with this one?]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks like the rest of this one is just more of the same tone going into slightly more detail about the issue, but there's nothing that stands out more than that bit. ]

[fivestagegod]

[Awesome. Maybe if we just infinitely save + reset, we can create a fucking iteration of him that won't completely fuck himself over if given the opportunity.

Anyway.

Let's go check out the folder, then, with the note clipped to it. What's going on here?]

[bathymetric]

[ The folder is full of everyone's worst nightmare: printed raw computer code.

... The note on the front, thank god, seems to have an actual explanation so that you don't have to read it and I don't have to write it. ]

[fivestagegod]

[.............................

what like is there fucking binary in here or is it just like raw functions and shit]

[bathymetric]

[ Like javascript, thankfully, so you can at least somewhat confirm what the note says if you're really curious. ]

Main Extraction Parameters (In case you have to change these values later)

1. Criminal Potential - Our primary quality, simply the potential to carry out crimes. Informs several aspects of experiment success.
2. “Rock and Roll Attitude” - I have no idea what this means, no one has any idea what this means, but Coach asked for it and now this function is tied into making literally everything else work. That’s why it’s here, that’s why we keep getting rock people and people who sing, DO NOT TOUCH, WE’RE JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH IT.
3. Potential Loyalty - Look, it’s not as important, but in case we have to Melt them. Or whatever we’re calling brainwashing now.
4. Wealth - What are we going to do, say no?

[fivestagegod]

[...yeah he's just going to assume everyone responsible for literally everything happening here is someone he would have gotten along great with, because they would have fit in with the Umbrella Corporation to an astoundingly stupid degree.

Is there anything else to find on this side of things?]

[bathymetric]

[ Not much, but there is something small to note about where the two parts of the room meet! ]

[fivestagegod]

[Oh? Hit me.]