FINAL INVESTIGATION

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INVESTIGATION

The relative peace of this week has, in some ways, been a welcome reprieve from the past month and a half of terror. There's no escaping reality for that long, though. The swarm of dolls late on Tuesday night were a rude reawakening, serving as a reminder of the game that everyone is still playing, even if your host is quieter than normal.

By the time Friday rolls around, there's virtually nothing of Kakuya's presence remaining. Though Ira Academy has been alarmingly silent many mornings before, it's never been quite so...abandoned. The power in the building is struggling. Runner lights have come on to illuminate the flickering hallways in the event they're plunged into darkness (and every so often, they are). Looking out at the playground reveals it has fallen completely into an Autumn fog, the different play structures moving slightly on their own in the bitter wind. The Little Brother units have all been deactivated before they even had time to retreat to their normal closet hideaways. Their still figures linger around the school, unmoving, eyes dull.

With the loss of any other presence around, the students are completely alone, but there's no escaping the school itself just yet. On your morning wanderings, you'll find that a new area has opened up on the fifth floor. A wall, previously thought just to be a wall, opens up in the Little Fears room. A plaque on the newly opened door tells you clearly that you're not supposed to be here: Staff Only. If Nanami knew of this area she's long forgotten it.

This area has three smaller subsections - a large room with a heavy metal door, a fancy looking bedroom with adjoining office, and several spacious meeting rooms - just enough for a few of you to explore each. It's time to rely on one another and try to unravel the final questions of this school and this horrifying game.


What will you find?

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SECURITY AREA - Group A

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[A large room with a full screen of monitors showing various views of the academy. There's a side room with various filing cabinets.

Adorabat, Fret, and Anya this is your area. Why anyone let you here, I don't know, maybe you three sneaked in.]

[spychic]

[Anya stares up at the monitors, then glances to Fret and Adorabat.]

...Fret, go check filing cabinets.

[She herself is going to check the monitors!

She's not even going to try to direct Adorabat.]

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[You can see many areas of the school on the various monitors. From the dorm hallway (though, luckily, the dorm rooms themselves seem to be without cameras), to the cafeteria, to the art room and swimming pool. You can rewind the footage a bit but only about a day. There's also a TV on a stand near the screens with a VCR which might be useful later.]

[spychic]

[Hm. Nothing too useful?

Unless there's anything on that daily rewind...

She goes ahead and does that.]

[whimsicalism]

[Not much there but... there is something that could be useful. There seems to be a control panel.]

[spychic]

!!!!

[????

Where and what is on it? Anya stares intently.]

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[It's near several monitors displaying the containment room. There are several options for opening and closing containers, moving them around, etc. ]

[shinedsobright]

[Did she just give him the boring adult job?? Eh, he'll take it.]

You got it, girlboss!

[Pulling those file cabinets open!]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat will help with the filing cabinets, starting at the opposite side Fret starts at.]

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[This set of cabinets seem to contain various VCR tapes! Do you want to grab one at random?]

[violence_ensues]

[Yes. And she'll put it in the VCR.]

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[The TV flickers on and it starts to show the large meeting room. A few children you don't recognize are tied to chairs. Some are struggling while others are crying. There's some muted audio, even.

This goes on for a while before Ao enters the room. She's carrying a knife and a very nervous expression. She apologizes for this and starts cutting everyone loose. Continue watching?]

[spychic]

[YOU'RE THE OLDEST AND THE TALLEST, FRET MY MAN.]

Let Anya know if there are videotapes too please! We have a VCR....

[shinedsobright]

So we do! There's gotta be something worth watching then.

[He will keep a particular eye out for videotapes, that's more interesting than reading files!]

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[Fret, the first cabinet you open is labeled (helpfully?) as MONSTERS (A-C). There are several others labeled Monsters, alphabetically on this side of the wall.

When grabbed at random, a file you pick out is labeled BLOOD SLIME, THE.

It includes a picture of a large blood-like creature found in an abandoned looking basement, surrounded by boxes and spider webs. It details that the monster's origin was that 'some foolish child decided they wanted an imaginary friend based on a cartoon character they liked' and 'the Blood Slime' was left in their childhood home when they moved out to the city for college like 'a proper adult, leaving childish things behind'.

Other notes include that the Blood Slime can consume many things but is repulsed by asparagus and other green veggies. A small handwritten note in Father's writing says 'If you have to, find this 'Slimy's 'friend'. We can use them to push the Slime into our little group if force is necessary.']

[shinedsobright]

Oh hey Dora, it's your buddy.

[He hasn't really interacted much with Slimy so he'll hand this over to her and see if there are any other files of note]

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[Not in this cabinet but do you want to look for the files labeled 'K' in another one?]

[shinedsobright]

[K.]

[violence_ensues]

[Huh... So Slimy doesn't like certain foods...?]

...Wait 'till Slimy eats the food Mao Mao and Badgerclops cook.

Before entering

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat can't help but feel sorry for the sheep. They were good training buddies. When they reach the staff only door, Adorabat hovers outside of it.]

nnnnn... I don't think we have the jurisiction to go in...

[spychic]

We'll just tell them we have a warrant.

[it is unknown if she is joking]

[violence_ensues]

[-WAIT WAIT, HOLD ON.

Adorabat quickly takes out her notebook and writes down "WARINT MADE BY KAKOOYA", then tearing out the sheet.]

Got it.

[shinedsobright]

Lemme see that for a second!

[borrowing it to write "WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT" on the back]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat will let Fret do that and get it back once done.]

Yeah! Thanks, Fret! Now, we can't get in trouble.

[...Adorabat's not joking.]

AREA CLEAR

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