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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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Edited 2023-06-23 19:49 (UTC)

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[Once everyone has finished exploring their ends of this little piece of Sungem's Peak, now known as Singularity Project... they'll probably need to pick a place to reconvene! There appears to be something worth checking out in the open lab area on the first level.

It's... a huge pile of loot! Somehow. Some way. It seems to have been here all along.

There's a note that comes with it:

Hi guys!

How are you doing?

This is your ~✧･ﾟ:Magical*:･ﾟ✧~, ~✧･ﾟ:MAJESTIC*:･ﾟ✧~, ~✧･ﾟ:Marvelous*:･ﾟ✧~, *Magus*, Merlin the Magnificent!

Did you see what's gathered here? Of course, of course. How could you not have? It's incredible, isn't it? The level of generosity displayed by someone as talented and powerful as me. I know, I'm amazing, so you can pile on as much compliments as you like. After all, who will you have to thank for lending such a big hand towards the end of this? Me, that's who.

Have you ever heard of the legend of King Arthur? Naturally, I have, because guess what? I'm the great wizard who was able to get him to such prestige in the first place!

I know, practically amazing, right? Just thinking about it makes me nostalgic, even if those days are far behind me.

So, when you all get out of this safely, search for stories concerning the Once and Future King. You'll get more information about me than you'd have ever had the chance of gleaning from a single conversation with yours truly. But, just by saying this I have made you curious, right? I wouldn't blame you at all in the slightest.

That being said, I have something else important to pass along to you all:

From this point onward, you're all on your own.

I will be far too focused on the revival spell to do anything else for you.

Your struggles will not be easy, and your hurdles aren't as simple to be solved by just wishing for the best.

But you all knew that already, didn't you?

Go forward, seize victory, and we will all reunite at journey's end. ♡

- Merlin

Congratulations! ☆

It looks like there are items here addressed to some amongst the living.

Feel free to do as you please with them, whether it's to keep them, use them, or even lend them to someone else.]

Edited 2023-06-24 06:18 (UTC)

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