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.

Comments

[bolderfell]

[...HhmmmmMMMMmm. Therion makes a mental note to remember page fourteen and gathers up everything he's found.]

Hey, Rin. There's something I want to try. [He grins.] Think we can get into that hidden room from down here?

[mouflon]

Hey, there has to be some way to access it, right? Angel even left her keycard in here, so I guess we'll find out whether or not it still works after all.

[bolderfell]

Great. From here, it should be...

[Therion thinks for a moment, then nods.]

This way.

[And he tries to lead the way to the hidden closet off the vending machine room through the Wings. You know, the one that's supposed to be a janitorial closet.]

[bathymetric]

[ Ooh, interesting!

So if you head to the rough location of the secret room, you'll find that there isn't a trapdoor, but uh.

What there is, instead, is a regular door in the wall of the tunnel. ]

[bolderfell]

Huh.

[Well! Is it unlocked?]

[bathymetric]

[ partially? ]

[mouflon]

[ ... so

does it open with a keycard? ]

[bathymetric]

[ The keycard is part of it.

Then the alphabet keyboard lights up. ]

INSERT CHOSEN PASSWORD, FAILSAFE

[ ... looks like it wants something Cass might have used as a password. ]

[mouflon]

[ oh boy ]

Did you find any scraps of paper or anything in that desk, Therion?

[bolderfell]

Some messages from the Professor and a journal. Nothing that looked like a password, but...

[He rubs his chin.]

"Angel"?

[mouflon]

[ gay if true

Rin tries Angel. ]

[bathymetric]

[ The door opens, and you can almost feel Cassandra's last shred of dignity pass through with the rush of air... ]

[bolderfell]

[What's in here what's in here what's in here what's in here]

[bathymetric]

[ It's uh... a completely blank white room. ]

[bolderfell]

...Huh.

[He'll step inside, because he broke the toilets today and thus can die a fulfilled man. About how big is the room? What are the walls and floor made of?]

[bathymetric]

[ Some kind of... plastic, maybe? Metal? There's no echo in here, which is weird.

But there is a strong electronic hum. ]

[mouflon]

[ Rin understands everything now.

So, anyway, behind the door is... ]

[bathymetric]

[ Hm. ]

[mouflon]

[ Golly, that sure is weird! Rin's just... going to knock on a wall, to test how weird the acoustics in here are. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Ah, that seems to do something! A floating holographic screen shows up in front of her: ]

SELECT EXECUTIONER?

[mouflon]

[ !

Is there a... list of names under that? Can she scroll through? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Yup! There's a listing for everyone - including Angel and Cassandra, weirdly enough? Seems like you pick for the person. ]

[mouflon]

[ Are there any unfamiliar names, or is it just their group plus those two? ]

...Hey, Therion. Remember when I talked to you about VR?

[bathymetric]

[ Just this group and them, yep! ]

[bolderfell]

Of course I do.

[He stoops to try to scratch at the floor with a combat knife, to see if it'll do a thing.]

Technology to create a made-up space for just your mind. Right?