FINAL INVESTIGATION

[umbralant]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

Time continues to pass. And before long, it's the end of the week once again. Maybe it feels strange to call it that when there's such little sense of time besides the changing phases of the moon, and maybe the exact day doesn't even matter to you anymore. But regardless of the day, regardless of the month, regardless of the year, one thing is certain:

The time for preparations is over.

Because as the moon in the sky shines blood red, it becomes clear that all of the fog and the tremors were nothing but omens for what was to come.

And so, on Friday morning, Survivors will find themselves waking up to the sensation of energy practically buzzing through the air, prickling and tingling on skin like static electricity. Those who venture outside will also find that the fog that's creeped up in the recent days has been dispelled entirely, which includes the impassable kind that once hid a number of the buildings. Despite this, the tremors themselves do not lessen, and in fact, the earth itself seems to be vibrating with this energy as well.

The feeling will only get worse as the day progresses, and those who have been marked by the manifestations may feel more restless than normal.

The clock is ticking and there are some new areas to explore. No one's coming to save you, so there's nothing to do but to save yourselves, right?

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[bawcock]

[ The Lady was keeping notes on Rembrandt, eh? He has to wonder if she really thought he wouldn't find this drawer though. Erik would not at all be surprised to hear Rembrandt could see through walls!!

A thoughtful pause before he folds the paper and looks at the next one. ]

[umbralant]

[Nothing else, sadly! No secret passages here and this area is more or less done unless Seteth has something specific he wants to reexamine the sculptures or reliefs for!]

[umbralant]

[ Why indeed, if only manager bats cared about their customer service rating. But onto the device! The device looks like a giant gauge with with a screen on the front (currently turned off) and a space on the bottom where it looks like you could insert something.

Notably there's no wires of any sort, but there is a power button in the corner.]

[inordertobelieve]

[ Does the bottom space seem the right side for Skala?]

[baitless]

[nope! he'll head over to where Rideaux and Erik are, unless there are any other directions he can go.]

[pr159]

[ Hm! Okay. Taking a picture of that, I guess? Anything else of interest in this part of the room, or are we down to just the desk Erik is checking out? ]

[umbralant]

[The last note is shorter and more or less speaks for itself:]

Exorcising demons seems possible, but it’s too risky. Getting the right materials without the demon noticing will be difficult enough, but also needing to expose myself to him to conduct it? No, I will have to seek alternate ways.

Besides, there’s something about the way it was worded that bothers me. Bringing the demon into the world required the sacrifice of someone that held some value to me -- and the person I chose for that will be sorely missed, if only because of how useful she was. Wouldn’t it make sense if to send the demon away you’d require a similar fee? Consider it an equivalent exchange. That’s the only thing that makes sense.

AREA CLEAR

[umbralant]

[umbralant]

[ It's the same skala you're used to, just a whole bunch of it. But seeing as he's poking the skala, moving it aside reveals a crumpled up piece of paper all the way at the bottom of the pile. ]

[umbralant]

[Nope, this room has been cleared! You guys are all set unless you want to reexamine some areas!]

[psychophant]

[Oh boy, more paper!! What does it say? While we're at it, is the handwriting familiar? He's already found one of the Lady's notes before, he can definitely pick her handwriting out!! And of course, the most important question of all: what color is the ink!!!!!]

[umbralant]

[ With this party it's a possibility. The scuff marks look like things were dragged, yes! They're dirt scuff marks with sharp edges that vary in size, from big to small. Taken together, it seems like someone moved a pile of boxes from this room somewhat recently. ]

[umbralant]

[Nope, that's pretty much it! Rendezvous and then maybe visit the souvenir shop or something, you guys deserve it.]

[umbralant]

[ It can fit Skala, yes! It's a little larger than that, so you could jam other things into there as well. Going to try? ]

[umbralant]

[ Bingo, it's the Lady's handwriting, in black ink!: ]

Having to make a way of sustenance for someone like Ulquiorra is a challenge, but I believe I got the right combination of ingredients, these skala being the main component. This should have all the spiritual qualities he requires. That was interesting to work on -- he better be grateful.

[ Endgame spoilers: he was not grateful. ]

[pr159]

[ Just to check, if he looks at the blueprints in here, do they look like they go to anything in the room/can you tell what they're for? He's definitely no Dist, but he does design small machines for medical use, so might be able to figure out some basics. ]

[drydrown]

[He'd get away with it, but Mikami would judge.

But all right. If the boxes were heavy enough to warrant dragging and left marks, and then were presumably brought up the stairs, well...RIP to the Lady's back? That said, are there still any boxes in here, or were they all cleared out?]

[inordertobelieve]

[ Yep. He's going to grab a few Skala from the table and insert one, then press power. Let's see.]

[psychophant]

[DEADEYES INTENSIFIES..........]

Why.

[Why does skala have "spiritual qualities", why did Ulquiorra need to eat money, why did he give it to us to deal with, why any of this!!!

Ugh okay, fine. If there's nothing else to see on the note, he'll pocket it and check out the blender. Anything noteworthy here?]

[baitless]

[hey he's back in here!]

Rideaux, when you are finished with what you are doing, may I ask you to take some pictures? I do not know how relevant they will be, but, well, I am hopeless at art.

[pr159]

[ He will take pictures!! ]

[umbralant]

[There's something that seems like it could vaguely fit the antenna, but it's very much rough and scribbled up. However, it does look like the antenna was supposed to fit onto some kind of... box-y machine, although it's unclear what it's used for because it's more like one of those conceptual sketches rather than a blueprint.]

[bawcock]

[ It sure does! This... actually this seems extremely important and he immediately pockets it (after anyone who wants to look at it, looks at it).

Was that the only drawer of interest here? jk he's gonna stay here because Rideaux and Seteth are here!! ]

[umbralant]

[ The screen turns on to a numerical output with V as the unit of measurement. Inserting a small piece of skala causes the number to rise, and inserting a larger piece causes it to climb even higher. ]

[umbralant]

[ Maybe he's the monopoly man bat.

Moving onto the blender, the only thing of note is that it's clean and doesn't look like it's been used recently. ]