FINAL INVESTIGATION

[whimsicalism]

No one is dead today. Why would they when the end is so close? You can practically taste it (or is that your stomach?) as the final Friday dawns. It's time to get some answers.

The Storyteller isn't talking to anyone but it's a good guess to see where she went. There's one final door that hasn't been checked, after all.

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[ballooncaged]

What is this, that movie with the Clown? I'm not coming back in 27 years.

[Okay let's sit at the computer.]

[whimsicalism]

[It looks like the Apple Court kids have made a digital version of their book! It looks familiar but there's a new entry.]

[ballooncaged]

[Certainly avoiding handwriting discourse which might be handy for tricking monsters. Can we has new entry then]

[whimsicalism]

[Nursery Rhyme is a shapeshifting book. She's really scary when she mimics someone you know.

She wants to live with her Master happily ever after.

She can look like anyone. She knows what makes you jealous. She can trick you. She can't leave Closetland anymore.]

[ballooncaged]

[...dang. Surely accurate.

So does this convey her book shape in more detail somewhere? Or, can has more entries?]

[whimsicalism]

[It doesn't convey that but Oriko did as her last act of defiance.

It does have some entries about new strange monsters called the 'kings' that the kids didn't particularly know much about besides that somehow that Nursery Rhyme recently joined their ranks. The Apple Court kids seemed sad at that, saying they tried to help her once before but their belief wasn't strong enough.

There's a last message, though:

Closetland is expanding, new monsters are being born every day from other worlds. We might never meet you but know that we believe in you, future kids. Even defeating a single king will help all kids.

We are the Apple Court kids and we wish you luck.

With this, this area is clear.]