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15strangers2023-07-20 09:54 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2023-07-20 09:54 am
FINAL INVESTIGATION
[Fifteen X-Passes. Six weeks. Freedom at last.
But it's not the end. Of course it's not. There are questions to answer, and souls to save. And now that the group is outside, they can see where they are.
They are inside a massive cavern, illuminated in an eerie green light, standing on a stone path. On one side is the ship-or rather, a massive, ship-shaped tangle of bloody branches, the trunk-like roots snaking out and into the river its buoyed on, as well as into the ceiling of stalactites. Said river is wine dark, but it's clearly not water. No-it is blood.
And on the other side of their little pathway? A root-encrusted palace. It sits over a labyrinthine city, bathed in emerald, and all is eerily silent save for some sounds coming from within the castle. It's clear the infestation somehow started here. And it is here that answers are likely to be found.
The doors are right in front of the group-and they are already open, covered in branches. From the outside, it seems little more than a ruin. Once everyone goes in, though?
It's even worse. The tree has taken over. Whatever lives here is no longer in charge. There's no easy way to disentangle the Qilphoth from this place. But there is life here, somehow. You can see figures entangled within the roots as you explore. And-they are still, somehow, alive. More than alive. They are beings that bleed ichor instead of blood-beings of incredible divinity and power. They are gods. And they are hostage to the tree, forever and ever, trapped in induced ennui, unless something is done.
[Once you enter, the investigation shall begin.
Good luck.]
((OoC: And here are team assignments!))
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EVIDENCE
>>Play]
-THE FUCK IS THIS!?
[the angry sound of someone struggling against some kind of binding. The person shouting sounds very familiar. Actually, they sound like someone who died during your game.]
You better let me go, or I swear I will...I will...
[A gasp of disbelief.]
You seem shocked to see this costume, Aoi Kurashiki. But I suppose that makes sense, doesn't it? You weren’t expecting to see it. Still. This isn't your first time dealing with such a matter of life or death, is it?
...Zero.
[An angry snarl.]
I should have known! You had-you have no right! It's you again, isn't it, Delta!? I knew it, I knew you were behind what happened! If you don't give her back this instant, I'll tear a new hole in your-
[The sound of shuffling, then the clacking of heels on tile. Santa's voice goes from angry to confused.]
Huh?! But-wait, Delta? You're not-
[An older man's voice starts speaking. He sounds...oddly subdued.]
...I'm afraid you won't remember any of this conversation once this Zero is finished dealing with you, Mr. Kurashiki.
But before then…let's talk anyways.
[With that, the recording ends.]
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Now she will look for tapes (or other stuff) under the bed, perhaps even sandwiched between the mattress and the wall. And also check these first two tapes for any label.]
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First, the old man in tape #2 is, indeed, the same man in tape #1 who asked if he had a point.
Second-the unknown voice in the second tape sounds...distorted. It's not the growling voice changer, but something else. Pitch shifted, essentially.
Also, neither tape have a labeled date. Phooey. Otherwise Makima will find some wall scrolls stuffed behind the bed, but nothing else.]
cw dysmorphia
The pitch shift on Tape #2 "This Zero" leaves her with questions. Is it possible that Tape #2 "This Zero" and Tape #1 "I can save those twins" are the same person? As Tape #1 "I can save those twins" is an unaltered voice?
But for now she's just gonna start taking polaroids. Yet another thing that is a pain with one hand. Maybe she shouldn't be quite so blase. No, she can do it.]
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