Final Investigation

[petoskeymods]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

Friday starts as usual, with everyone waking up and starting to move about. The morning is cool, with the last bits of the night's dew starting to evaporate in the early sunlight. But as the living campers start to move about, they will notice two important details:

One: the zombie campers are nowhere to be found.

Two: there is a note pinned to the front door of the lodge that reads "It's time. Investigate the camp, find out the truth. Why are you here, and what do you need to do to leave? We will be at the campfire tomorrow at noon."

Well then. It's time to get to work.

BASE EVIDENCE: ???
CAMPERS REMAINING: 7


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[linearcrash]

[ Locked door locked door. Nine is just inspecting it with his glasses on. There here to be some kind of trick or something, right?

He'll look over when someone pops up. ]

Hey, we found some stuff in Mr. Archie's room, yo.

[ At we he waves over at where ever Marisa is chilling at. ]

[killtheanimals]

We found Amamiya's phone. That weird app you all signed up for - it gave us some information.

[Which can probably be passed around or something eventually because it was A Lot.]

[linearcrash]

Huh? Did it do something?

[ He wants to see. Looking around for the boyfriend. ]

Oh wait! You have to hear about this, yo. Not even Archer knows what the hell is the moose even about. The hunters don't see it.

[killtheanimals]

[He's about to answer the first part when Nine continues, and he just looks baffled.]

--None of them?

[What the fuck is the moose.]

[linearcrash]

Yeah, they all think it's Archer giving them kids to shoot. They don't remember one at all.

[ So it's weird. WTF MOOSE ]

[killtheanimals]

[...

......]

What... is the purpose of it, then?

[linearcrash]

He doesn't seem to know. He said he was pretty sure it was a SCP, but it sounds like it would be a pain in the ass they tried to contain it.

[ MOOSTERy. ]

There was a whole hell lot more information. Like he went to the clown fucker to get more of those... gigai? Get some ready for the survivors here. And we need to work on convincing Mr. Archie that the souls are still here.

[killtheanimals]

[Wait what. Laser focus now.]

Bodies. They were going to get us more bodies.

[linearcrash]

Yeah, Red asked him to. Which means she has something up her sleeve, yo.

[ And Archie had to sell his body to clown fucker. ]

Also, his boss seems to have him on a tight leash.

[killtheanimals]

[Good. It's honestly a relief to hear that, because that means the plan is in motion.]

His boss?

[lovecolored]

[ what if Marisa just

does the knock pattern on the door

She'll do that and then press her ear against the door to listen, just in case. ]

CONTINUING HERE

[petoskeymods]

[Good job Marisa, you got it! Knocking in that pattern gets a panel to slide open!

It reveals a blank space where a nonogram can be done, but you don't have the numbers yet. Hmm. Guess you have to wait a bit.]

[lovecolored]

[ laughing a little too wildly ]

Hah!

[ and then it shows the nonogram panel ]

...what is this? Nine!

[linearcrash]

Huh. Oh it's like one of those puzzles we had to do before, yo. We need the numbers for it, though.

[lovecolored]

Damn. There weren't any in Archie's diary, were there?

[linearcrash]

Nothing that I noticed, hey. Maybe the others will find it?

[ The others who might be raiding Red's closet like pervs ]

[fallbymyhands]

[hi hi, Mitsuru has the numbers! she'll meander over to the door and peer at the blank space, before inputting them properly]

[because Aave is a GENIUS, we have a solution! it's here]

[petoskeymods]

[The door unlocks with a click, opening forward effortlessly.

...

There's a lit staircase going down.]

[le_mat]

[Thankfully Nine is still hugging Ren, because as soon as the door opens he kinda... starts trying to walk forward]

[homeecspacecop]

[Chuuta's got his space cop uniform and his coke and his pocket full of drugs and his alien chestburster. He's READY for this, and he'll head down those stairs.]

[killtheanimals]

[...Interesting. Mitsuru will actually head towards it too, though less in a hypnotized way and more just out of pure curiosity.]

I guess it's finally time for us to see what's inside.

[...He's letting Chuuta go first though.]

[fallbymyhands]

[. . . . . . . okay well. LET'S START A CONGA-LINE OF PEOPLE GOING DOWN THE STAIRS]

[linearcrash]

[ Okay so let's get the raccoon free first and then he'll keep a hold of Ren while heading down the stairs. doot doot doot ]

[lovecolored]

[ She's coming, too.

...although to de-clog the stairs, she just floats above everyone. ]

[petoskeymods]

[EVERYONE GOES DOWN, Spice block frantically clawing at Ren to be let go and Saunter specifically staying in the lodge. Neither of the animals want to go down the staircase, but as they begin to descend....they feel a pull. For most, it's gentle - like a soft tug on their sleeve, though Ren's definitely attempting to go at a faster rate down.

Finally, they hit the ground floor. Everything is quiet, but it feels like the space around them is breathing - it's soothing, like being next to a slumbering creature at peace. There's almost the urge to walk forward, to keep going into the gloom -

And then the lights turn on with the motion of the group as they hit the final step, and the horror is revealed.

The entire foundation is Petoskey stone. Every single bit, throbbing and pulsing, clearly alive. There's a small bit that's plastic tarp, which is where they're all standing - but around them are...bodies.

The zombies, half out in the rock, being slowly absorbed into the rest of the rock, peaceful smiles on their faces as they turn to look at everyone.

And ah, staring at them like this...

Wouldn't it be nice to join them? It'd be so easy. Just....

Walk off the plastic.

(But you can leave. You can resist.

Leave, before the urge becomes too great.)]