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

[captainobnoxious]

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I've never felt good after I cry. It doesn't change anything. [Crying wouldn't make anyone come back. Wouldn't change the fact they were one way or another.

She'll think about her plan though, then sigh.] If we survive, everything's fine, and we can all go home... I'll give my offer to everyone again to come with me, thank them for everything, and then take Cherry home with me. We're supposed to pick up his daughter and wife first though, so I hope it's not just a one way trip.

[Sigrun's gonna be making invisible drawings on the table. She just wishes there was one more person coming home with her.]

[penduli]

[ "It's just cathartic," he wants to say, but he's quiet while she talks instead and stays quiet a moment after that, staring at the screen Glory'd been typing from. ]

I hope it's not either. [ ...but it probably is. It'd be nice to be able to visit other worlds though—other times. For all that Hellsalem's Lot City and the rest of his Earth has, the people he's met here? There's no one close to any of them.

He's certain of that. Not his world, not the Alterworld, not anything else that might still be running parallel to either. ] ...I should've asked about that. I should've asked about our powers. Then we'd know for certain.

[ ...he can't help but think about the Kingmaker's words, how it was smart of him not to trust someone who appeared this late in the game, and adds almost as an afterthought: ] Or something like it. We'd have an idea.

[captainobnoxious]

You might be right not to trust Glory fully.

[That's all she'll say at first, before glancing over at him.]

... I actually think I trust the Kingmaker more than I do them. To my knowledge, he... hasn't been anything but honest with me. Secretive, an ass, evasive of questions... but I don't think he's lied, which is kind of weird.

Doesn't make me want to kill him any less, of course. And I'll keep his words with a grain of salt. But it's a weird thought.