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]

[ Call for help or phone a friend because your mod just gave you a calculus problem :) ]

un: starfarer

[microtransactions]

hey this is a long shot but i don't suppose anyone found any admin credentials lying around? maybe our records crew? ✩

[chosenwang]

how good are you at math, mags?
it's been too long since i've seen anything like this
but the bot here gave me a math question before i can access the admin records

[microtransactions]

currently trying to dodge a fishbot while looking for anything useful but i can see what i can do??? i guess???

can't hurt for anyone else to take a look too maybe someone will be a secret math genius or something and get the answer while we're busy

[ while the mun cries and tries to remember calculus ]

[chosenwang]

why are you dodging a fishbot?
the one here has been nice

[ He will send a pic to the network tho ]

[chrysaline]

[ Um. After seeing Baizhu's message she'll just make sure this is at the top: ]

There's an empty cage with some of Athos' fur. I don't know where he went, but everyone should keep an eye out.

un: Tenkuuzakura

[dancing_flames]

Don't use your powers on the robots with the fishbowl heads. It looks like they can absorb them.

[chosenwang]

Why are you attacking the robots with fishbowl heads?

[dancing_flames]

They didn't like us poking around in the hangar. Xiao and I had to take care of them.

[chosenwang]

looks like i missed out on all the fun
ours was nice

[microtransactions]

they attacked us first as part of security, so like. just watch out for that.

though i will say that powers do work on them, i was able to hold them in place with a black hole spell for a while, though because of the siphoning they can do it didn't last as long as it should.

they've got invisible force fields for shields too on one arm-- probably something similar to the barriers that locked us into certain places on those nights? it's not omnidirectional though, so just treat it as a normal shield you can't see. it looks like another arm does the siphoning but don't quote me on that one!

oh yeah, there's some papers here that indicate that this place is definitely going down. it's all destabilizing pretty fast, it looks like? we're definitely on a time limit.

[ i don't think mags actually saw the tasers. ]

[dancing_flames]

So the shields are a standard feature. Great. And here I thought we just got lucky.

The other arm seems to be the offensive one. If you take that one out, all it can do is try to shield itself.

[chosenwang]

ah
i really hope we don't have to deal with a robot uprising here

yeah? we should regroup so we can share what we found
not sure if i trust posting it up on here
considering punishment will be handed out if it's read

[ so his way around it is... having people hear about it ]

[dupiety]

[After reading the above...]

Goodness. I think we found the only pleasant one in the entire facility, Wang Lu.

un: starfarer

[microtransactions]

I found the offensive arms! Left them perfectly intact too,

[ praise him, he worked so hard on this ]

well, two out of three of them, anyway. Anyway, we've got two tasers up for grabs now, anyone want them?

un: lapetitprince

[finalmix]

sure I'll take one if no one wants them?

[microtransactions]

one's spoken for so far but if no one wants the other then sure

[chosenwang]

Might be good to give Wei Wuxian one

[ So he isn't using any resentful energy ]

[diabolizes]

sure i’ll take it

un: jadefield

[necrotiem]

Found something fun in Psyche's arm: a metal chip.

Might have something to do with whatever they're pulling out of us, but there are no guarantees. While they may be used to control us they may just as easily be marks.

Regardless, I believe the good doctor shall be able to liberate two more of us.

[chosenwang]

We should assume marks until we know more.
Maybe we'll find more as we search?

Do you have any thoughts on who the other two should be?

[necrotiem]

Someone who could cause a great deal of trouble if they cannot be easily tracked. Magolor's method of transportation, for example, or perhaps Ibuki.

If there's any correlation between their presence and our limitations, then myself, of course. lmao.

My understanding is that Yoshiya may have been quite restricted.

un: starfarer

[microtransactions]

well

that's fun to know?

we know that they know we're here, yeah? or at least they'd be stupid to not. though i guess even if they know we found those they won't know who we took them out of

as long as we don't mention it anywhere obvious anyway

[necrotiem]

We did not make a quiet entrance, so I've heard. Yes, best give as little to go on as possible.

I would also consider Crea for his history and Menos's not negligible prowess.

[She is now throwing out far more names than they have removal kits, though each suggestion is backed. Wise words, Magolor.]

Un: doctorbaizhu

[solutionary]

I still have the implant. If it’s a position tracker and someone with a chip carries it, we can potentially have them confused on where the person without a chip is.