May 25th - Final Day

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Final Investigation

It's Friday. It's the last day marked in your calendar. Presumably, the few without medals will leave at some point today, and the rest...you're not sure what'll happen to you, but it'll be what the Sergeant wants.

How to defy him when you have so little time left?

Whatever plan you had today, it's guaranteed it won't go like expected. Early in the morning, the ground rumble slightly, and something pops in the sky. Fireworks! One after another, blasts from firework spread through the sky. Many of the residents of Cartesio come to the street, gathering and making all the noise they can.

It's a very radical change of behavior, compared to the once peaceful demeanor they had, and then the hostile behavior showed towards the visitors, but now they're making hubbub and causing disorder. Everyone does it spontaneously, and nobody's approaching the motel at all.

At least none of the townspeople.

Not long after that started, you may hear the noise of horns and whistles from vehicles, right outside the motel. Go take a look?

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GROUP A (Upstairs)

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[clearities]

[ guess we're splitting up and Sakura is going to be preparing herself by taking out her key and calling out: Release! in a whisper to turn it into a staff. just going to check in for any magical or supernatural/ghostly pings ofc as she stays close to the others ]

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[ Diligent as always. Sakura will find no magical or supernatural pings. ]

[clearities]

[ well that's good to know! anyway, is there anything that Sakura can find on the ground level up here, given that she's one of the smaller ones in the group? or direct her to a place that isn't being checked, that's cool, too. what do we got. ]

[robitussin]

[As Natalie heads in, she sticks close to Sakura, and she's glancing around the area as she does so. It's clear from her expression how wary she is.]

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[ As you climb the stairs, what you'll probably notice first is the monitors on the walls of the upstairs corridor. They look a little out of place, probably, but all they transmit is static.

The corridor itself, while a little dusty, fits with the outside decor. It just seems that you're walking through a vacation lodge, monitors aside. ]

[relieable]

[Osomatsu's Angels are go! he watches Sakura first then starts looking around for anything that stands out immediately]

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[ Those monitors definitely stand out. However, if Osomatsu wants to peak into one of the rooms they're approaching, he'll find something stranger still. ]

[relieable]

[yeah, that sounds like a terrific idea! as they get closer, he'll poke his head in the room. what are we looking at here?]

[pecker]

[Obviously, the things most worth checking out are the ones that are locked. Whilst Natalie has her crisis, Niwa's just going to put that key in the lock.

So, is there treasure in here or what.]

[cartesio]

[ Isn't treasure expected to be found, in ruined rooms? Like the ones the others found, walking down the corridor, this room looks like it's old and musty, cracks in the walls and floor.

Also like those rooms, the monitor mounted on the wall shows an identical room. Unlike those rooms, this one seems to have a purpose besides general sitting room: it's a bedroom/study. ]

[pecker]

[Well, then! Let's go to see what is there to study in the study]

GROUP B (Reception Area and Downstairs)

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[marmoron]

[Right, well Keith's taken a couple of steps in here before so he'll head on in, looking around with his bayard in hand just in case. Cosmo's sticking close to him. Anything change or look different?]

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[There seems to be no changes from last time. The reception area looks as dusty and wrecked as before -- well, more, because after the blast from last time, things are very messy.

Just like last time, on the reception desk there's a computer near the stairwells that lead to other floors]

[marmoron]

[Great. So Sarge still hasn't done anything about the decor. He'll head on over to check out what's on this computer then.]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino's close behind. She has the box in her left hand and her right hovering over Silver, her revolver. What have we got?]

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[Hold it high, Kino! You never know when Sarge's going to pop up like he's trying to surprise you.

There's the reception desk with a computer, but also, high on the wall above it, there's something on the wall. A logo.

From the entrance it's a bit hard to see despite its size, for some reason. A preventive measure in case someone tried to sneak in? Looks like you'll have to approach]

[protectandselfserve]

[Gant does not have a weapon and is following behind Keith and Kino with a vaguely judgmental look.

Like. Already, kids? Well, whatever, time to investigate!

[cartesio]

[Spread some of that judgmental looks around, Gant, because they're not the only ones who deserve to be judged.

Sarge seems to be a bit of a slob. Near the doors, there are plates. Dirty plates, from what he can see without grabbing one.

Still...there's something on a couple of them, it seems]

CLOSING INFORMATION

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[ This stranger who’s just morphed out of a doll stands in a perfect T-Pose and as if that wasn’t weird enough, he begins talking as well. ‘Reciting’ might be a more fitting word for it. Monotonously, words upon words come out of his mouth and… none of them make sense? Listening in for a bit, one might realize this to be a bit of computer code. The words align, clip and default appear a lot - along with something called r.schw for some reason. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Is there a pen or pencil and paper she can use to note this stuff?]

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[ Sure! ...You'll probably want to write it down, as it appears the person isn’t done talking yet! With no warning, he begins waving both of his arms wildly. ]

This side - or this version of Cartesio where we are sent after we die or whatever the hell - is the same as that Cartesio. Just missing all the people and all the doors were unlocked. We started to figure out what the hell was happening early on, but didn’t have any actual proof until now.

First, the houses all in town are all set up like out of some kind of magazine ad. Like they aren’t actually lived in. Then when we messed with the lodge, things seem to be less stable here. Things started to glitch out or there’s static in places. Words became unreadable for a second, and then was normal again. There was a guy at the oil refinery who had his whole foot through a pipe! And a jacket floated up through the ceiling, but it became solid after that.

There’s a machine in the junkyard that can control the weather here. Bakugou also found a code in the fire station on the screens, which is what you heard just before this message. It’s the town’s code. This whole place isn’t actually here. The town people are just interactive elements and aren’t real either.

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"r.schw" ー ah, could that mean Rean-san...?