FINAL INVESTIGATION

[killerwaves]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

No announcement, or gruesome discovery greets you today, but you probably don't need to be told that it's time to make a move given the ominous change in the atmosphere, and in the weather itself. Sometime in the night, the stormclouds have moved in, darkening the length and breadth of every island and blotting out both the sun and moon -- it seems your summer vacation has ended. What's worse, if you're looking carefully as the stormfront rolls in, you'll spot the telltale shimmer of the distortion; not just low down on the sea or landbound as it usually is, or even up in the heights as with the waterfall.

No, these seem intertwined with the clouds themselves, descending from the heavens like divine catastrophe. Louder than any thunder or lightning -- the telltale rumbling pitch of the dimensional warping is overlaid with the watery wailing you heard last week, but much closer. Multiple whirlpools have opened up around Sungem's Peak, while snaps and booming across the water belie the safety of the other islands.

Attempting to travel away from the main island will tell you the following: several of the railways have been beset and partially destroyed by both whirlpools and aerial distortions. If you manage to get far enough to see the other island destinations: the peak on Kingfisher's Retreat seems a lot lower than before. The planetarium has vanished from Dodo's Outlook. And there seems to be a small tornado cresting the back of Seagull's Playground. Is that a go-kart caught in the whorls???

Beneath the storm-driven sky, the haven of Sungem's Peak carries an audible din of future tidings as well: what whirlpools haven't set upon the ways off the island have shaved off at least some of the shoreline and, judging by how loud they are, the singing fish are not having a good time. The disturbances in the water are enough to have the tide itself receding from the shore, farther than it's ever gone: to the point where the continental shelf is exposed, baring parts of the sea floor and the island that haven't been accessible until now.

While the dead have provided you with a map, it's not a GPS; you'll still need to navigate your way into the inner workings on the island and confront whatever challenges you find, along with your two administrators.

Hopefully the encouragement of those beyond the grave will be enough to buoy you as you descend into the depths of the island, since it's just you, and the scream of the waves.

(( OOC: Welcome to your final investigation! While we will provide AREA CLEARS, the choices you make here will affect end game. Good luck!))

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[killerwaves]

[ The bot responds excitedly with oddly placed chirping sounds, but sometimes a fish can be a bird you know. ]

HELLO, PELICAN TEMENOS!

INDEED, I AM. HOW MAY I HELP YOU? :)

[chosenwang]

[ Oh fun. ]

Hello. [ He's hoping they don't have to worry about encouraging a bot uprising ]

Do you mind telling us what the contents of the files are?

[diabolizes]

[ wow, exactly what he was going to ask. good work ]

[chosenwang]

[ maybe they are starting to share the last braincell he has ]

[killerwaves]

OF COURSE, SEAGULL WEI WUXIAN!

THESE FILES CONTAIN IMPORTANT RECORDS OF YOUR STAY, ALONG WITH RECORDS FROM PAST STAYS, ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FILES.

[chosenwang]

[ Looks at Wei Wuxian. Then points to him. ] Think they just scan for dna and not you know..faces?

[ Anyways! ]

Mind showing me the administrative files?

[killerwaves]

[ The fishbot loses it's expressive emoji face and goes eerily blank. It's fine. ]

THE ADMINISTRATIVE FILES ARE CONTAINED LOCALLY WITHIN THIS UNIT.

...LOADING...

...ERROR....

99% OF ADMINISTRATIVE FILES ARE CORRUPTED. REPAIR WILL TAKE SOME TIME. ESTIMATED REPAIR TIME: >999 HOURS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEMPT REPAIR? OR VIEW THE UNCORRUPTED FILE?

[chosenwang]

I would like to view the uncorrupted file. Also do you happen to know where it's located in the physical folders here?

[ Or are the physical folders mcfucked up ]

[killerwaves]

ADMINISTRATIVE FILES ARE HOUSED ELECTRONICALLY ONLY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

...ACCESSING FILE...

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TO PROCEED:

[diabolizes]

[ WELL. They are sharing a braincell, so. ]

Could you show us or guide us to the most recently pulled files? I'm curious as to what they may be.

[killerwaves]

CERTAINLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE

> LOCAL OR IMPORTED?

[ ...that doesn't make sense, but the bot is waiting expectantly. ]

[diabolizes]

[ Just giving Wang Lu raise eyebrows because he knows some technology. The admin files are apparently corrupted, so— ]

Let's try imported first.

[killerwaves]

[ The very cheery bot whirs to live and takes him down one of the aisles, pulling out a piece of paper from one of the many boxes. There's exactly one sentence printed on this piece of paper (perhaps this explains the poor record keeping system here... ]

The resident who received the most items (7) from their multiuniverse was Kingfisher Magolor. Congratulations, Magolor!

[divector]

[ Oh good, so far not doing anything untoward that requires being launched into the air. ]

Who asked you to be caretaker of these files?

[killerwaves]

HELLO, TOUCAN IBUKI.

THE ORIGINAL ADMINSTRATOR, JOHN HAMMOND, ASSIGNED ME WITH THIS DUTY. HE EXPIRED << DATA CORRUPTED >> YEARS AGO :-(.

[ Mod note: you are not actually in Jurassic Park just let me live. ]

[divector]

Is that so? How unfortunate.

[ wow let us live our jurassic park dreams ]

On that subject, do you mind naming your last few administrators?

[ because asking for a full list would probably be too mean??? ]

[killerwaves]

MY CURRENT ADMINISTRATORS ARE:

TOMURA SHIGARAKI
OVER HAUL

[ This mod judges someones name choices.. ]

[divector]

[ mr. haul... thanks for the new ammo ]

What about you? Were you given a name?

[ the others are here, he can have fun with this for a bit — okay fine, he'll throw out something as well ]

And can you define LELANTOS for me? Or send me to any files regarding that name?

[ yeah he's just peppering this poor bot with questions ]

[killerwaves]

JOHN HAMMOND NAMED ME CHIRPY!

LELANTOS IS A TRANSPORTATION AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT LELANTOS IS ADMINISTRATOR ACCESS ONLY :-(.

[dupiety]

Ah! So you know me already. That saves us time on introductions, hm?

Would you start by letting me know if the archives are divided up into sections? This is an awful lot to sort through otherwise.

[killerwaves]

YES! BUT IT IS NICE TO TALK TO YOU :-).

THE ARCHIVES ARE DIVIDED INTO 58398 SECTIONS. THIS WOULD TAKE ME APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS TO LIST ORALLY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO LIST THEM?

[dupiety]

Likewise, dear caretaker.

[Temenos, internally: What kind of terrible organization system is this?]

That is very kind of you, but I don't think that'll be necessary. After you show Wang Lu and Wei Wuxian what they asked for, would you direct me to the stay just before ours?

[killerwaves]

CERTAINLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCESS THE FILE:

FUN THINGS TO SEE AND DO!

OR

THE FAUNA

[dupiety]

Why don't we start with [ahem] "fun things to see and do!" [/end dramatics] first?

[killerwaves]

[ Like WWX, the bot whirs and goes down a random stack, plucking out sheet of paper which it hands to Temenos: ]

The most popular area during the weekend has been the spa. The most interesting poll question 5 weeks ago "why are you like this" was asked by Dodo Xiao.