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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[vividsins]

...I'm fine. Just... Just go ahead.

[ He needs to understand it all. There'll be four more tapes. ]

[losergod]

All right. I'm going to do the rest of them in order and not stop until they're all done.

[ Going to insert the next tape, make sure to give it a small amount of time to have taken hold, and continue, until all the tapes are done. ]

[vividsins]

[ Well that's a whole lot. His own history, laid bare in his mind. He wasn't always a demon. He was a human servant--her servant. His name is Lucian Grey. And he was preserving her by stealing the dreams of young maidens. He sold his soul and became a demon to save her and destroy those who did this to her. And he's been killing girls for six hundred years. Oh, there's no remorse or guilt, but this changes a lot about who he is. Who he perceived himself as. He wasn't always a demon. He had human parents. He grew up alongside a princess he loves. And he'd kill hundreds of people for her.

Silently, he gets up off the table and leaves the room to be by himself. Anyone want to follow? ]

[losergod]

[ You bet he's following, you're his garbage and he never lets his garbage just BE. ]

... Wait. Did you remember something worse? ... You're not alone, you know.

[vividsins]

I'm not talking about it, C.

[ He's just pacing. ]

It's not that it's worse, it's just... A lot to process. She took most of my history from me.

[losergod]

[ ... Yikes. ]

... All right.

[ He's not exactly the most forceful person. He wouldn't make him talk if he didn't want to. ]

If you need time by yourself, that's okay. I think everyone is going to need some degree of something like that.

[vividsins]

I'll be fine.

[ He just. Needs to process everything. But he is angry that all of this was taken from him. ]

[losergod]

... Unfortunately, we still need to also get out of here. Can I still rely on your cooperation?

[ Please tell him you want to get out of here still. ]

[vividsins]

Don't worry. I intend to get out of here.

[ Nothing said about you guys but. ]