FINAL INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

[Well, your time, your anger, your losses have led up to this.

It's time to go, and that blue card will give access to the floors above. In particular, there is the floor Barbara mentioned before the throne room, which seems to be a good idea to check out beforehand.

Indeed, it's much like the previous floors the Strangers had lived in, only smaller.]



[There is another elevator in the area, but that is inaccessible. Even using Marie's card doesn't seem to work on it. Hm. No matter. Marie's card works on all of these rooms, so it's fine, right?

In any case, if there's answers to be found about just whose in charge - and what in the world is going on - this is the last chance of finding them. You've all gotten this far, and as your teams descend on the rooms, you can feel the end is near. Hopefully, that end is not that of the universe - or of Ivy.

Good hunting, Titled.]

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[losergod]

[ He feels, worryingly so, he is playing with something he barely understands, but sure why not. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Thankfully, it doesn't instantly activate anything - indeed, it says on top CAUTION: NO LIVING SUBJECT DETECTED. PLEASE INSERT SUBJECT ONTO TABLE.

Otherwise, options seem to include delete, insert, or copy to tape.]

[losergod]

[ Okay, so there's a tape option... gonna check the room real quick, are there any tapes in the room? ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a pile of them stacked haphazardly in a corner.]

[losergod]

[ Okay, are any of them labeled? ]

[strangerpeople]

[They all are.]

[losergod]

[ All right! If this is what he suspects it is, let us read a random selection of tape labels, shall we? He's hoping to find something specific. ]

[strangerpeople]

[What exactly do you wish to find, C?]

[losergod]

[ Just if there are any tapes labeled with their names on them. Any of them, really. ]

[strangerpeople]

[All of them have their names. NAGISA #1, BAKU #3, ANGELA #2...some have 5, some have 10, many have an in between number.

Except Yurick. He has the least amount of tapes, with two.]

[losergod]

[ This confirms exactly what he was thinking, then. The next question: would it be feasible to test this on himself or does he need someone to power the machine? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There's no way to test it on himself alone - he'd need help.

In the meantime, it may be best to look around to see what else might have been missed.]

[losergod]

[ Which he is absolutely gonna do. Time to eyeball this room from top to bottom. What's next? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There's a trashcan near the computer.

Investigate?]

[losergod]

[ Ew gross. Good thing he has gloves on. Yes, he will investigate, but gingerly. ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There's not much in there. Candy wrappings and a crumpled piece of paper.]

[losergod]

[ Let's look at that crumpled up paper, what's it say? ]

[strangerpeople]

TO ALL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING MARIE

PLEASE DO NOT USE THE MNEMIC MAGNETIC LASER WITHOUT MY PERMISSION OR SUPERVISION. THIS EQUIPMENT IS DELICATE AND USING IT INCORRECTLY CAN CAUSE IT TO MALFUNCTION.

ALSO, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE COMPUTER TERMINAL FOR THE SAME REASONS. IF I CATCH YOU THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

[losergod]

[ All he can think is "who the heck would eat a computer", but moving on. Anything else in this room? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope! You're clear, C!]