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

[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.]

[trustharder]

[This time you're zooming in on the second floor hallway!

...To speed this up a bit, most of the buttons will zoom in on some section of the screens above.]

[cherryblooded]

[Okay, awesome. Do any of the buttons on the center control panel do anything else?]

[trustharder]

[Nothing too interesting. Pressing the same button multiple times will cycle the camera through different angles of the same room and zoom in and out, but ultimately all you're looking at for the center panel here is observation.]

[cherryblooded]

Looks like it's only spying here.

[Time to go investigate the left panel! If nothing's labeled again, he'll just press a random button - if it is labeled, then he'll... read the label, I guess...]

[pokexplorer]

And he has even been able to see within our rooms... We were not safe from his gaze practically anywhere.

[Well, he probably has to be able to see every murder going on, doesn't he? Even the ones in their rooms... Ugh.

As Cherryblod heads to the left panel, Colress will be at the ready on the right side, observing the buttons there.]

[cherryblooded]

Suddenly very glad I changed in the bathrooms.

[Murders are one thing, but nobody needs to see him naked.]

[garudynamic]

Gross!

[cherryblooded]

I know.

[The Kingmaker is super gross, news at eleven.]

[pokexplorer]

I am suddenly wishing I had done that...

[HE FIGURED THESE ROOMS WOULD BE PRIVATE ENOUGH?? THEY'RE SOUNDPROOF AND EVERYTHING...]

[cherryblooded]

I am so sorry.

[Colress' virtue, despoiled.]

[pokexplorer]

Well, I suppose nothing can be done about it now.

[Hope you enjoyed the view or...something...Kingmaker.]

[trustharder]

[This one has another small screen above it, with a button on the side here as well. Beneath that are more buttons! Lots of good stuff here too!!]

[pokexplorer]

[Man, this kind of stuff really makes him feel at home. In the control room of his...airship of doom. It's fine.

Let's start with the main button. Colress goes ahead and presses it, assuming that must be the power button for this screen.]

[trustharder]

[Good guess! It turns on!

...Slightly more pressing is what it's showing, which appears to be a city. It's populated and you can see people walking by. The city itself is pretty standard as cities go; densely-populated and made of tall buildings. There seem to be a lot of people though! Look at them all, damn.]

[garudynamic]

Holy shit!

[Guessing it doesn't have any modern Earth recognizable features?]

[cherryblooded]

[Glancing over there and what the shit.]

...Well, that seems to answer where we are.

[pokexplorer]

[Huh.

Colress leans in to give it a better look. Indeed, is there anything recognizable about it?]

[trustharder]

[This one's a bit more complex! You've got buttons, sliders, and dials! Just look at all this tech!!

There's a small screen above this panel as well, complete with a button next to said screen.]

[cherryblooded]

[Ooh, technology. Unlabeled technology. Why doesn't anyone put words on these things? Or even just letters?

He's going to press the button next to the screen.]

[trustharder]

[It turns on! The following words appear on screen as well:

SETTING: MANUAL

It'll fade after a moment and you'll find yourself looking at... well, yourselves. It looks like there's a camera in this room too!]

[cherryblooded]

[Hi, us.

Let's shake things up a bit, let's mess with a dial!]

[trustharder]

[Looks like you're turning the volume of the console up! Wow, how useful!!]

[garudynamic]

...

[Makes a rude gesture at where he guesses the camera is based on the angle