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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[didntgetdadslooks]

[ From all your devices there's a quick "Meeting room, now" from Angel, and then...

Angel herself runs in, standing at the other end of the tunnel behind the Failsafe. There's a sword at her side, but she's not using it just yet. ]

Cass!

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Cass stops cold. Halfway through the tunnel, she whips back around, eyes wide, mouth open. The name is right there.]

Angel!

[The floor is Angel's. Cassandra seems at a loss for words.]

[didntgetdadslooks]

I...

[ Well, she swallows back the normal words. Breathes. Focuses. She remembers how to do this, the weird Thing she was able to tap into around Cass and some of the other people in the last experiment.

Uh... hm. Is that background music? This somehow feels way more normal to yall than it should. ]

This has to stop, now!
Whatever it is we're going through,
We'll fix it together, me and you
Just like we used to do...

[ Some part of all of you is aware this is weird. Your conscious minds, however, are also aware that it's working.

Should be able to buy you at least a couple minutes. More, if it gets really dramatic in here. ]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Some people may be alarmed or confused by the sudden intrusion of background music. But not Cass. The beat comes to her perfectly.

Because where else would Angel have learned to do this?]

THIS has to stop, now!
This thing where you think that you can depend-
on all the people who don't understand-
the way this has to be!

[It's definitely working. Cass is sufficiently distracted.

She's also drawn her sword and gotten into a stance.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ hey what the frickity frackity fuck

ALRIGHT LET'S NOT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANTED I GUESS!!! ]