Week Five

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, you had your very first minor body pileup! Granted, the Balladeer's death was entirely unrelated to anything, but at least he died as he lived - getting completely fucked up in some kind of carnival-themed hellscape. Only two days later, another terrible accident took Rina and Varian both from you. It's just been one of those weeks, huh? At least you got to add both of their corpses to your weird growing collection!

Again, you'll wake up this morning with another new snippet of memory. You'll also find that the stairs in the lobby are no longer blocked. You can only access one part of the second floor, but it seems like there's some neat stuff up there!

Outside, a few things seem to have changed. For one, the weather has turned - it'll be overcast this week, with periodic rain and even scattered thunderstorms. For another, the bushes around that rock out by the football field have bloomed. That's nice.

Get to it, friends! I'm sure everything will be fine this week!]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regain and your AC for this week! As always, Hester's office hours and the merch booth remain available. ))

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Investigation

[mcfife]

[When the blackout hits, Angus runs to the Ambassador Dorm to check in the lizards. He finds them vibing in their terrarium, all four of them, and their corner of their room remains illuminated by the battery-powered heat lamp]

You behave, Roosevelt. Stay safe, Tad Cooper. [He kneels over them, poking at a lizard climbing a glass wall.] don't try to eat the lamp again, Zargothrax. Look after the others, Abraham Lincoln.

[Afterwards, he heads over to the Cafeteria to pull out a few perishable foods from the fridge and, not knowing what else to make, prepares some sandwiches. He's getting good at this. They'll be resting on the cafeteria with a note "Please have one! Don't go hungry - Prince Angus."

With a quick stop to the concessions stand he receives a bunch of trinkets and food that he sets aside to munch on later. He's keeping the hair pin and roses for later, though he leaves the tap shows on Mumble's ofrenda.

Once he has a new candle and the Hammer of Glory strapped onto his back, he descends into the darkness of the photo dungeons with Elle. He walks the perimeter of the dark rooms, feeling the walls with his hands and shoulder height and by the floor, seeking any strange cracks or hidden objects from the light.]

Investigation

[stagemanagers]

[You feel the walls in the darkness.

There are carvings all over them.]

[mcfife]

[Ancient runes holding a cosmic secret! Angus halts his travels and holds the candle up to them, bearing witness to their terrible secret.]

[stagemanagers]

[That's funny. You don't see anything.]

[mcfife]

[He reaches out for the spot where he felt the runes. Surely, the grooves must remain.]

[stagemanagers]

[Looks and feels totally smooth! It's like you're touching shark skin!]

[mcfife]

[Rough yet smooth...he's going to drop what he has and head to the craft shop for pencil and paper.]

Perhaps if I get the impression in the dark....

[stagemanagers]

[Go for it!]

[mcfife]

[it may take some time, but he has plenty of it. Staring from the leftmost side of the ruins, he runs the pencil charcoal over the paper pressed over the etchingsn the dek. Hopefully, something will transfer.]

[stagemanagers]

[Good thinking! The area the carvings cover is far too large to cover with a single piece of paper, but you can select a likely-feeling area to take an etching of! When you turn the light back on, the message dominating your paper reads:]

PLEASE LET ME OUT

[From what you can see of the fragmented messages on the rest of the paper, the ones you didn't catch in their entirety, they're all in pretty similar veins.]

[mcfife]

[...

Do all the dungeon rooms have this message?]

[stagemanagers]

[If you go through these steps to check them out? Yes.]