BREAK-IN: Akira, Ash, Belph & Phoenix

[gatonina]

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[slobjection]

[ well, this is nice and creepy.... ]

Wonder if we could pop an arm under there to open it from the other side, if it is.

[gatonina]

[Haha.

Well.

Goodnight, Becks! It smells like motor oil.

The door is locked. The metatext will be kind and remind you nobody hit the bottom switch by the door they originally walked through.]

[voidbreaker]

[ sulkily types this tag from in bed ]

Cool. Smells like the same shit that’s coming out from under the door.

[ thanks he doesn’t like it. and now i am going to sneep so someone else please remember to push the other button thank you night night you’re all wonderful 😊 ]

[axilium]

Fantastic.

[actually, belph is going to remove his mask if he can, both to see properly as he moves back across the room and also as a reference point in case they weren't supposed to put on the masks.

which is to say, he'll go and hit that bottom switch by the door. THANKYUU, WE'RE STUPID]

[slobjection]

[ this is why phoenix said to push them both!! but thank you mod text, smooches ]

Let's watch our step, then.

[ he just puts the mask in his hoodie for now ]

[gatonina]

[They can, in fact, take off the masks! The masks do nothing except, uh, look creepy realistic in an uncanny valley sort of way.

After hitting the switch, they will hear a click! Wow. Wonder where that could have come from.]

[axilium]

[gasp]

Sounds like the door.

[IMAGINE

IF IT STILL ISN'T

anyway i assume someone opens the door as someone else like maybe helps akira through it while belph follows behind]

[slobjection]

[ zelda music............. anyway phoenix will open the door while i godmode ash into helping akira ]

Let's give it a try.

[ if the door doesn't open hes doing knock knock jokes again that's a threat ]

[gatonina]

[The door is still locked.









Okay, no. It's unlocked now! When they open it, more motor oil spills out — and they will immediately notice why.

The room beyond the door is covered in plastic wrap from top to bottom. The biggest difference, though? It's soaked in motor oil as well. The appearance is unnervingly like blood, even if the smell is a dead giveaway. The single LED light in the ceiling flickers. The low humming sound seems to be a little closer now, but they're not quite there. There is another panel next to the door, but this one only has one switch.

Inside the room, they will find five doors. Two on the right, and two on the left. There are glass windows besides these four doors, and there appears to be a room beyond them — but the lights are off on the other side so they can't quite make anything out from their current position. There is another door across the room, directly adjacent to the door they just walked through. On the corner of the room, there is............. a pile of naked bodies. Uh. Hm.

Just like the previous room, however, they will find a another table covered in plastic wrap in the center of the room. There's another silver platter with a lid on top of it.

Because I'm feeling nice, here is the room layout. P=Pile, D=Door, W=Window, T=Table, S=Switch.

-----------------------
P          D          

W                     W
D                     D  

           T

D                     D
W                     W

           D    S
-----------------------

Good luck.]

[survivaltricks]

[AKIRA WAS HERE THE WHOLE TIME I PROMISE, piecing himself together, wearing Akechi masks, feeling vaguely. . . uncomfortable. . . about wearing an Akechi mask. anyway he keeps the mask on but keeps it sitting on the top of his head. it's fine]

[he hobbles into the room and kind of]

[closes his eyes and takes a deep breath when he sees that pile]

[but then he reaches out to hit the switch near the door]

Why is this already so freakin' weird.

[axilium]

No kidding.

[belph will take one for the team and head over to examine the body pile. anyone he might recognize or are they faceless masses.]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is going to check out the platter!! ]

Guess it's another murder puzzle.

[ wow how exciting ]

[gatonina]

[Akira was here the entire time. I don't know what you're talking about.

Akira can try to hit the switch near the door, but it doesn't seem to budge? Upon further inspection, there's an itty bitty bulb on the panel with the word POWER written next to it. However, the bulb is currently off.

Meanwhile, Belph will recognize many of the faces on the body pile. Except, uh. Now that he's close enough, he will realize that they're not corpses at all. Rather, it seems like they're hyper-realistic dolls — to the point where it dips into uncanny valley. It's Barbie and Ken doll anatomy all the way, but... Still bizarre, man. The faces he will recognize belong to those from their previous games; those who are the ones currently sleeping. There are even some duplicates among the batch, but none of them share the faces of the masks they found in the previous room.

If Phoenix lifts the lid on the silver platter, he will find a mini-chalkboard inside. There's something written on it.]

[survivaltricks]

[hmmmm. . .]

There's a power switch on the wall, but it's currently off and won't budge. I bet we have to turn on the power somehow.

[he is steering clear of that body pile thanks!! while Phoenix and Belph are busy, Akira is going to investigate the door to the room on the lower right since it's the closest to the switch]

[axilium]

[i'm godmodding ash and making him look at the door/window on the lower left so that he isn't standing around awkwardly]

The bodies aren't real, at least. These look like... dolls? Creepy.

[just to make sure, he'll rummage through the bodies and check that there's nothing hidden among them. or on them. or whatever.]

[slobjection]

Another callback, properly.

[ phoenix: wait, i can't read....... ]

[ but no, he's going to read the chalkboard in the hopes that it will be a vital important clue and not just kyuu being ominous ]

[gatonina]

[Akira can investigate the door on the lower right, but. Uh. Considering he has to walk past the window to reach the door? There is likely something that will catch his attention. The room beyond the window is dark, but that creates the perfect conditions for Akira's reflection to be all the more visible on the glass. A simple glance is all it takes for him to realize that he doesn't look quite human anymore. His features are too perfect. Too airbrushed. There's something distinctly uncanny about him. Doll-like, even. Ash will notice the same thing as Jan gently shoves him at the lower left room. And should the gang look at each other, they will abruptly notice the same thing. Almost like there was something keeping them from realizing it. It seems like the ridges where they body parts connect to each other isn't the only change they've experienced.

Rummaging through the bodies will reveal nothing. Except, maybe the fact that they are all slick and oily. Considering the condition of the room, that's likely not a surprise.

Since Phoenix knows how to read, he will discover the chalkboard says:]

Energy can never be created or destroyed.
It can only be transferred or transformed.
All must contribute if you wish to leave.

[survivaltricks]

[does Phoenix know how to read?? anyway Akira definitely stops when he sees his reflection, his expression shifting into something neutral as he blinks at the bit-too-perfect, bit-too-unreal features staring back at him]

. . .

Uuuuuh. Bit of advice: avoid looking at your reflection if you can.

[it's a bit too. . . uncanny, even if it isn't dangerous, so he moves past the window quickly!! TO THE DOOR]

[axilium]

[hm. bad!

belph heads to the window nearest the pile, aka the top-left.]

... Well then.

[that's... nice... can he open the door while he's here.]

[slobjection]

There's a little message for us. [ and he repeats the words on the chalkboard bc by kyuu decree he can read, allegedly ]

Aside from being generally ominous, I'm pretty sure it's the basics of this murder puzzle.

[ phoenix will try one of the other doors, too ]

[gatonina]

[The doors do, in fact, open. The lights come to life as they push the door open, and inside they will find an assembly room of sorts. Everything can be seen through the window, meaning that those in opposite rooms can see whatever is happening in the assembly room right in front of them. There is a panel attached to a podium close to the center of the room, where the machines are.

But as they head inside, the doors will swing shut and lock. Wow. This must be getting old.]

[survivaltricks]

[makes a face at what Phoenix reads aloud and, as he hobbles into the lower right room]

The more you call it a murder puzzle, the more I hate being here, you know. . .

[and then]

[the door slams shut]

[and Akira kind of freezes and then bangs his crutches against the closed door because CERTAINLY THAT WILL HELP???]

[axilium]

[well, shit. this entire room is ominous enough without being locked inside??

while akira bangs things, belph will check out the panel in his own room.]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix will check out the machines themselves and anything else bc kyuu is nice to me ]

Sorry. That's what Taako and Magnus called it, the last time we got stuck in something.

[ can akira even hear him now? oh well ]

[gatonina]

[Banging his crutches against the door does nothing. Sorry, Akira.

The machines are very... army. But since Phoenix is taking a look at them, he will they're each equipped with tools to solder, screw, mount, saw and grab. The arm that's hanging from the ceiling has a needle attached to it. That's probably fine.

Since Belph is the only one checking out the panel in his room, he will see that it's a touch screen. It reads:]

START?