Final Investigation.

[trustfellows]

Friday morning dawns like the rest of the week before it, with the chiming of the clock and the doors to the kitchen unlocking; once again, there's no announcement from Jericho, and everything seems to be largely quiet. Noticeably quiet, really, given that there are only eight of you left. However, quiet tends to be a good thing around here, overall; it means you're free to go about your business like you usually would. There are a couple of things to note, however, as your morning proceeds onward and begins to creep into afternoon. The first is that Rin's unlockable box has started making a strange mechanical whirring sound. The second is that sometime slightly after noon, the power to the building suddenly and abruptly goes out, casting everything into darkness. Interesting.

Comments

[trustfellows]

[Well, you can certainly approach the door to your area, but trying it will show that it seems to be locked.

Huh.]

[bloodbiter]

[Why this!!

If she looks at the door itself, is there anything strange or notable about it?]

[trustfellows]

[It seems to open with a key! Not a card key, just another one of those Ye Olde Metal Keys What Go In A Door Handle.]

[heritrix]

[After a minute or two, Rin thinks she hears someone pulling on a door so she pops her head back out, surprised to see Adelina still at the door.]

Was yours locked?

[There's a chain dangling from Rin's hand. Looks like she found something.]

[bloodbiter]

[Her eyes widen as she sees the key, before a smile spreads out on her face.]

I was about to be incredibly frustrated. At least this key was easier to find.

[So she's walking over to take it from her.]

[heritrix]

It's pure luck, really. I think it was dropped on accident.

[Which makes Rin think that whatever's in that room is going to be very interesting... Well, she hands the key over to Adelina.]

[bloodbiter]

Well, I'm glad that you found it, at the very least. Thank you.

[Once she has it, she's going to go ahead and put the key in the lock. Does it fit?]

[heritrix]

No problem. Let me know if you need anything; I'm going to finish looking around in here.

[She'll duck back into the other section now.]

[trustfellows]

[It does! ...And there goes Rin.

You going in, Adelina?]

[bloodbiter]

[She sure is!]

[trustfellows]

[IN YOU GO -

This room appears to be incredibly dark, like several of the other sections of the building today; there are some of those dim emergency lights casting a weak yellow glow through the room, however, enough to make it clear that there's a table in the center of the room - just a very simple one, nothing heavy, no tricks to it. About as sturdy as your average card table. There's a chair in front of it, near you, and there appears to be another set up across from it, on the other side of the table.

There's someone sitting there; they don't seem to be doing anything, nor is there anything in front of them to occupy themselves with. Just someone sitting in the dark with their hands folded on the table and their head bowed slightly. It's hard to tell for sure in the dark exactly who it is, but from here? Well...

Let's say she looks like she might be familiar.]

[bloodbiter]

[Well, then.

She freezes in place for a moment, shocked, and she doesn't move forward quite yet. It's possible it's just her corpse, but with how they've been able to speak to people who have been killed here... She's tense and ready to move quickly should she need to.]

...Alena?

[trustfellows]

[It seems to take her a moment, but she'll look up when addressed; she doesn't seem injured in any way, though she does seem a little confused.]

...Oh. Hello, Securing.

[She sounds about the same as she usually did, back before the...everything. As though nothing is weird about this at all.]

Did you need something?

[bloodbiter]

...Hello.

[She tries to break through the surprise to appear somewhat normal, but even past how wrong all of this seems... The tone of her voice strikes her as strange, too.]

Alena... What happened to you?

[trustfellows]

A lot of things.

[She still seems pretty even about it, though. Not quite that weird blank thing that she did sometimes, but a little too calm for the circumstances, despite the mild confusion.]

You can sit down, if you want.

[bloodbiter]

Alright.

[She's still extremely cautious as she comes to sit, but she does regardless.]

Would you tell me about it?

[trustfellows]

[She tilts her head a little. Fidgeting with her fingers, as she tends to do.]

My sister did kill me, after all.

[bloodbiter]

Yes, I... All of us saw her do so.

[There's something like sympathy on her face as she continues on.]

Which is why I'm certain that you understand how confusing it must be to see you again.

[trustfellows]

I understand, yes.

[Fidgeting...]

It isn't as though I'm angry about it, though. It had to happen, so it did.

[bloodbiter]

On the contrary, I think most would agree that you have every right to be angry.

[But she gives a small pause.]

But, given what happened... How are we speaking right now?

[trustfellows]

Very easily, it looks like.

[...Alena, no.]

I'm always here, though. In one way or another.

[bloodbiter]

I don't think I understand. You're always here, even though you've been killed...?

[trustfellows]

Mhm.

[So much fidgeting.]

I can't really be killed, unless someone knows what they're doing.

[bloodbiter]

You're immortal? But, we saw you when she...

[She trails off, frowns, and then continues.]

Does it have to do with the group you're a part of?

[trustfellows]

[She tilts her head a little at that.]

I don't think "immortal" is the right word, but maybe? I don't know, I've never really thought about it.

[...]

I guess the group has something to do with that, maybe. I do what I was put here to do.