Final Investigation.

[trustharder]

You've all done very well to make it this far, but it's not over yet. The klaxons blare out today, as they always do – there's no reason they should do any differently, not least of which because it's a Thursday; strange things usually don't happen around here until Fridays, and there's no reason to think that today will be any different. But as soon as you awaken and get a glimpse of what's happening down that first-floor corridor, it becomes very apparent that that's far from the case. The usual rooms on the eastern wing of the first floor are gone entirely, replaced by more of that glossy black that coats the courtroom; it's a little vertigo-inspiring at first, but it's not dangerous. Of more interest, then, is probably those three rooms that seem to be waiting for you – one to the north, two to the south. Choose where you're going to go. Look around for a while. What else are you going to do, after all? >Explore?

[OOC: Welcome to the final investigation! The areas blocked off in rooms 2 and 3 will require card keys to open; otherwise, you are free to investigate at your leisure!

Remember, we need 15 comments total from each of you on this log somewhere!]

Comments

ROOM 1

[trustharder]

[cherryblooded]

[The north room is the biggest, and therefore potentially has the most to discover: Cherryblod is cautious about entering, but not nervous. This is the best lead they've had for weeks.

He has a sword in his right hand - his left shoulder is the one that's bruised, and it's healing anyway, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. In his pockets there's a set of brass knuckles.

Behind him are Yosuke and Colress, two people he'd trust his back to any day.

So. What's in here?]

[trustharder]

[The room is large and open, but you'll find yourselves looking at a dark screen as soon as you walk in. It's massive and seems to take up most of the wall. In front of it is a faintly glowing control panel. There are smaller sections of the control panel to the left and right as well.]

[cherryblooded]

[In the absence of anything that looks immediately dangerous, Cherryblod's going to move slowly and investigate that center control panel.

Calling Yosuke as button-pusher this round.]

[trustharder]

[It's a bit hard to see anything in this room. The lighting is pretty terrible. But that sure is a control panel. It's got a lot of buttons on it!]

[cherryblooded]

...Is there a light switch in here, that'd be nice.

[Are the buttons labeled?]

[trustharder]

[Nope. They're just buttons and they all look exactly the same.]

[cherryblooded]

...Nothing ventured, nothing gained, but.

I'm going to press a button, so if it shoots lasers I'm sorry in advance?

[That's to Colress and Yosuke. Sorry guys.

He presses a button near the top!]

[garudynamic]

Oh god Dad, don't kill us please.

[cherryblooded]

Said I was sorry.

[pokexplorer]

The warning is appreciated, at least...

[He'll keep Klinklang close to them in case it needs to attempt to deflect anything though.

What could this big screen be for, though? He has a hunch, but...]

[trustharder]

[AND THEN LASERS KILLED YOU ALL

Kidding! The screen lights up, so hopefully you guys were prepared to be momentarily blinded. Sorry.

The screen is sectioned off into a good amount of individual, smaller screens showing all the areas of the Vault... except the missing part of the first floor, of course.]

[garudynamic]

[...even the saunas and bathrooms?]

[trustharder]

[OF COURSE NOT, THAT'S GROSS.]

[garudynamic]

[Thank you Lord and also Jesus]

[cherryblooded]

[Yipes - okay no, his eyes are adjusting and this could have gone worse.]

So we're an observation area. Probably like the ghosts saw before. But the first floor's not here...

[Incidentally, does it also have the inside of their rooms?]

[trustharder]

[It does!]

[cherryblooded]

[Well, at least the bathrooms are safe.]

Second button warning, everyone.

[He presses a different button!]

[trustharder]

[Thankfully you won't be blinded again, but you'll find that the screen covering the first floor hallway between your dorms is now zoomed in.]

[cherryblooded]

[Well, that's nice to know. He has a decent camera.]

Third button.

[Third button pressed! We're going to be here until he presses every damn button on this thing.]

[pokexplorer]

...And here we have the infamous surveillance room.

[Colress taps his chin thoughtfully.]

If we needed more of a confirmation that the Kingmaker can move things around, then this is certainly it.

[cherryblooded]

Right. It was supposedly on the second floor, but now it's here.

[pokexplorer]

When we investigated the second floor last week, I noticed that the beams in-between the walls had shifted slightly. It very well may have been there before, but changed positions to...wherever we happen to be now.

[garudynamic]

[While Cherry is pushing buttons, Yosuke gives the rest of the room a quick look over for anything else that sticks out]

AREA CLEAR

[trustharder]