Final Investigation.

[trustwellness]

The Wordsmith's message earlier this week was an ominous one; try as one might, it's difficult to ignore completely, especially with such few details provided to the group. "The end" is such a vague description; however, it does mean one thing, and that's the promise that all of this will come to a close, one way or another. He's promised you one other thing, however – that being that the only way to leave the building is by way of Rule Seven. The chimes ring out, as they always do, on Friday morning; a thorough check of the building will bring with it the realization that no one has died as of last night. There are no bodies to be found in any of the rooms; Kageshirou remains in the foyer, but in general it doesn't seem that anything has changed. However, it's plain that you're all getting restless, and perhaps understandably so; there's only one thing to do in that sort of circumstance, isn't there? After all, you've gotten good at this game; you know what happens on Fridays around here. There are a lot of places to check; just as a bit of advice, you might want to start on the lowest floor first. Other than that, however? You're on your own. Best of luck to you. >Explore?

Comments

[trustwellness]

[You are a true gentleman, Sportacus, thank you.

...At the very least it doesn't look like Jasper? So it's got that going for it, which is nice. ...It doesn't have much else going for it but you know what, at least Jasper probably isn't going to have the world's worst family reunion today.

Probably.

Um.

...Anyway, if you don't want to dwell on that, there's also something that looks like paper on the table, a bit further back.]

[feistytrader]

...What did you find?

[He's wandering over to Lusamine to see what's up.]

[trustwellness]

[It's just sort of unholy, actually.]

[sportadork]

[oh papers are nice. he'll go pick that up too. did someone write a full confession? please?]

[elepe]

[She'll pass the note right over to Silver, looking highly perturbed.]

A note. It looks like they're using some kind of energy source, but for what...I do not know.

[trustwellness]

[It doesn't look like there are any more notes to be found (and if you're really determined and you look through all the books, you'll find there aren't any more notes at all) but the book you're looking through is kind of important. It's about the philosophical nature of the soul, which is exactly as dense as you'd expect.

And with that you guys have found everything in here! Well done!]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

[iaspis]

[Well that's creepy.

Is there anything else, or can she quickly get away from the weird metal?]

[trustwellness]

[It looks like a note! Maybe you're lucky and it's a signed confession, wouldn't that be-

Fueling it should take no more than one or two further groups. Depending on the rate at which they kill each other, the finale may yet be even sooner than I hoped.

...THEN AGAIN, MAYBE NOT.]

[feistytrader]

[...That's kind of ominous and creepy. He'll pass the note back.]

And what kind of energy source are they using in the first place?

[trustwellness]

[You can get away from the weird unsettling metal, Jasper, no worries.]

[sportadork]

[fueling what what are you fueling

is that it]

[elepe]

...It doesn't say. But...the books have been of rather interesting genres, so that may help explain it? There was one about cross universe travel, one about philosophy, and one about the nature of souls, and also seems of the philosophical nature...

[...concerns are rising like hell, not even gonna lie.]

[feistytrader]

...Let's meet up with the others.

[Because the conclusions he's jumping to here are unpleasant as hell.]

[trustwellness]

[It seems so, yes!

...Go ping some other people, you are at 13, almost there!]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

[sportadork]

I also brought oranges, if anyone wants some! [and he has actually filled his entire bag full of oranges and literally maybe three other things. but mostly oranges.]

[iaspis]

[Don't mind Jasper coming over here and taking a look at the note Sportacus is reading.]

What... what the hell?

[sportadork]

[lightly] Is fueling things with death something that ever came up, with him?

... Also, is this anyone you know? [SHOWS THE GEM SHARD...]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Okay, she can make a joke: ]

Maybe if they were blood oranges.

[iaspis]

[SPORTACUS]

Not at all!

[TO BOTH QUESTIONS]

[sportadork]

[cheerfully] They're not for eating! They're for throwing!

[AT KAGESHIROU

IF HE TRIES TO EAT US]

[sportadork]

Just wanted to know!

[iaspis]

We... we discussed battles, not...

I don't think this could be referring to the alchemy Kimbley and I discussed.

[sportadork]

Maybe it's the sort of alchemy other people do. [evil-er people.]