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Ah, there you are. Say, how about we try something different this time?

The Codex's manifestation is... currently indisposed, so let's take in the sight, why don't we? The Chaotic Seal, shattered before our very eyes. The final remnant of the Seven Seals Project, gone just like that. It's really quite a shame, you know. I was very much hoping that you'd all play nice, that you'd adhere to the Bureau's Code of Conduct and place the sanctity of our secrets above your own lives in value.



...But I believe I haven't yet had the opportunity to introduce myself. You may call me Abyss Team Nyarlathotep.

I would say I am pleased to make your acquaintance, but that would be a lie. In truth, since the very start when that stupid girl broke the Somatic Seal, you've all been a thorn in the Bureau's collective sides.



After a while, of course, I realized it wasn't worth interfering. I'd allow you all the pleasure of breaking the seals. It serves as valuable test data for the Global Synchronization Project anyway, of course.

But now look where we are. The gateway to the Codex, wide open. No more seals, no more obstacles, right? Go ahead, reach right out and... take it. Of course, you won't. You can't. You're afraid - and rightfully so. Beyond that door lies the prototype for Project Azathoth, a machine of endless power, fueled by the Codex itself. Perhaps you'd like to see what happens when I turn it on and initiate its final security feature, hm?

...Well, there's plenty of time for that. I'm sure Director Sinclair will provide the grand tour of our great work once he responds to the word salad that you call "messages". For now... You. Cat.



Y-yes, [ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGNATION - ABYSS TEAM NYARLATHOTEP]?

I believe that one of the agents under your watch has unfortunately once again lost their life at the hands of another. As much as I hate the idea of continuing this inane "ritual", it should serve as a reasonable distraction for the time being.

A̸͇͈̻̠͔͂͆̏͘͝D̴͕̣̥̎̏̚M̸̡̧̼̞̳̟̙̔̓̌̏͋̔͂͘Ĭ̵̗͔͉̘͎̀N̷͓̝̦̟̠̳̥̗̊͂ ̴͎̺͚͙̾͌O̶͖̮̓̓̃́͂́̎V̶̱͒E̶̢̛̦̥̫̱͇̅R̶͎̗̣͓͝R̸̗͑̐̕I̶̞͕̰̯̿Ḓ̴̇͒̀̀̎͊Ȩ̴̥͈̱̭͍͔̎͜ . II̸̹̬̾͋N̷̞̖̍̂Í̸̡͇̉Ț̷̬͘I̸̼͒Ả̸̄ͅT̷̡̂ͅE̷̢̊͆ ̵͉̌͠ͅM̵͓̌Y̶̦̎͊S̴͉̯͛T̴͇̥̚É̶͖͌R̴̹̘̽̒Y̴̞̠̅ ̴̳̈̑P̸̪͑Ŗ̴̈̈Ò̷̥̈T̶̰̿Ó̴̠C̷͔͕̑͊Ǫ̵̤͐͛L̸͓͊.



[ADMIN OVERRIDE ACTIVATED - ACCEPTING NEW DIRECTIVE]

In accordance with the Code of Conduct (pg. 56), all deaths, whether accidental, self-defense, or anomalous, are required to be reported. This instance has not been reported, and an administrative member of Bureau Staff has voiced concern with the manner of death.

In other terms:



!MYSTERY PROTOCOL ENGAGED! - SUSPECT HAS A 99.9999% CHANCE OF BEING FACILITY STAFF MEMBER. EXIT ACCESS RESTRICTED UNTIL CULPRIT IS DETAINED.

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@Pea has been found dead on the streets of the Residential District, his body badly mangled and buried under a pile of mummified corpses.

Their role was…

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Case Files:

• Pea is lying in a pile of mummified corpses in the Residential District
  
• His body is horribly mangled and bloody
  
• He reeks heavily of alcohol
  
• The mummified bodies are missing from every single house in the area
  
• There are some bottles of vodka sitting in one of the nearby houses
  
• There is a trail of dripping blood leading from the Service Elevator to the Chaotic Seal
  
• The Chaotic Seal chamber is splattered with ectoplasm
  
• Two beds have been set up in the room to the left of the Chaotic Seal
  
• There are signs of a struggle everywhere in the Chaotic Seal chamber
  
• The inside of the Research Dorms are splattered with blood
  
• A rope is dangling down from the window at the top of the Lighthouse
  
• BPI-1000-B is dead inside the Survey Dorms, which are also splattered with ectoplasm
  

Other Info:

• The Chaotic Seal has been broken
  
• A giant meatball is sitting near the Auxiliary Building, and a trail of pasta sauce is leading down from the Observatory
  
• The Holding Cell currently contains a massive amount of gore and a lone, masked figure.
  

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There we go. Good riddance too, it appears that this one was nothing but a rat in the end. I should congratulate the killer, really - but I don't have the power I wish I did in this situation. Statistically, they will probably die like the others at the end of all this, should they be caught.

You see, I fully expect your "mastermind" to break free soon enough, but this should keep the rest of you occupied. And if you're looking for your friends... The Director's daughter, the Control duo, that irritating excuse for a scientist, or the idiot wannabe hero... Well, you'll have to find them, I'm afraid. Unlike the rest of you, they're hardly a problem, and are scattered all about. I'm not terribly concerned with gathering them for an audience.

Of course... you can have the cat for free. I doubt he'll be much help.



...And as for you, the traitor who broke this final seal. We'll have words soon enough.

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Interactive Map

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Main Elevator - An elevator that takes you downstairs to the Underground Facility. It is fairly spacious, likely to aid in the transport of anomalies.

Lobby - The Central Facility's check-in lobby. Flanked by two staircases, the check-in desk sits abandoned, though it contains office supplies and some files. There are a variety of places to sit down as well. There is a vault door open behind the front desk, housing an Anomaly Containment Room.

Meeting Room - A small boardroom, with a long table, a couple chairs, and a laptop connected to a projector.

Checkpoint - A security checkpoint with a metal scanner, requiring you to walk through if you enter or exit.

Liturgical Study - A laboratory dedicated to the study of religion and so-called miracles. Contains a variety of religious texts from around the world, as well as religious symbols such as crosses, prayer beads, and small statues.

Chapel - A non-denominational chapel for whatever you wish to pray to. An altar sits at the end of the room, and pews line the sides of a central aisle. A small bowl containing nonspecific holy water is planted firmly in the middle. It is currently bloody, and graffiti is on the wall.

Patio - A patio overlooking the Black Forest. You can climb down to explore from here, but the forest is easy to get lost in.

Black Forest - A forest infamous for stories of lost researchers and strange occurrences. A few landmarks inside have been identified and categorized, but it remains difficult to locate them again. Enter at your own risk.

Boiler Room - A room with an old boiler, as well as a supply of cleaning supplies and maintenance tools. While the boiler is out of use now that modern systems are in place, it can burn hot enough to start fires.

Sleep Lab - A room with three beds and some monitoring equipment. Seems like it is intended for monitoring dreams. Also seems like a comfy place to sleep.

Somatic Seal - A large, deactivated machine.

Anomaly Hall - A hallway containing three strange, yet harmless, anomalies. The Bottomless Beer Bottle and One-Way Cloak are missing.

Library - A library that appears to be fairly old, filled with several books about the supernatural, both fact and fiction. Some are older than others, and many are filled with blacked-out text.

Security Office - An office by the entrance of the building, where the security personnel usually spend their time in case something tries to break in. It has several lockers, a couple CCTV feeds on a monitor, and various other trinkets.

Whisper Valley Archives - A room housing a variety of files and leftover items from the Whisper Valley Historical Society. They are very well organized, and can be easily found with a reference number. You can look for a random file too, but don’t expect much.

Classified Files - A smaller offshoot of the Whisper Valley Archives, with a higher level required to access. Contains more files, somewhat stranger ones too.

Museum Hall - A hallway containing many old objects and displays. The most notable being an anomalous pipe, but other cases and pedestals contain everything from ancient texts to masks.

Gate #1 - A security gate by the front entrance, containing a few CCTV feeds and a locked cabinet. Not much else of use.

Gate #2 - A security gate by the tunnel leading underground. Contains what appears to be a variety of emergency equipment.

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Fountain - A fountain just outside the back of the building. Water is currently flowing, though the fountain appears pretty old.

River - A trench dug from Mirror Lake to the Mines, carrying a steady stream of water into the depths.

Arboretum - A large greenhouse, the interior wrapped in thorny vines. Housing a variety of plant-based experiments, low-risk anomalies, and regular plants, you can find most known botanical life here, though maybe it's possible to find some… unique specimens as well?

Climate Controls - A control panel used to manipulate the climate in the Arboretum, including heat, water level, and the dispensing of pesticides and herbicides.

Botany Lab - A laboratory dedicated to the study and breeding of plant life. Contains a variety of equipment, soil, fertilizers, and gardening tools. Maybe you can grow your own plants?

Black Forest - A forest infamous for stories of lost researchers and strange occurrences. A few landmarks inside have been identified and categorized, but it remains difficult to locate them again. Enter at your own risk.

Waiting Room - A relatively uninteresting room with a front desk and some seating. Probably contains office supplies and a couple magazines.

Decontamination - A room that releases a gas that instantly cleans your body and equipment. It logs its usage for the night however, to prevent any shenanigans.

Cafeteria - A completely unremarkable Cafeteria, the sort of thing that you probably could go without a detailed description of.

Chem Lab - A laboratory with a variety of chemicals and equipment with which to use them. A door sits off to the side, requiring Access Level 4. It is covered in radiation warning stickers.

Aux. Bathrooms - A set of unisex bathrooms for the Auxiliary Building. Sinks and toilets, what else do you need?

Archaeologist's Office - An laboratory belonging to the Archaeological Team. Its walls and desks are lined with a variety of strange artifacts you don't recognize, and shelves contain various historical books and research notes. The desk belonging to the team leader is locked.

Observatory - An observatory located a short distance up the mountain. Its oversized telescope points skyward, and several notes and charts regarding celestial bodies and phenomena sit scattered about.

Somatic Seal - A large, deactivated machine.

Geology Lab - A laboratory dedicated to the study of stone samples and the composition of the nearby earth. Contains drills, chisels, picks, and other means of examining stone. Lots of rocks too.

Boathouse - A quaint, old boathouse by the dock. It contains fuel, rafts, books, paper, and other boating and emergency supplies.

Mirror Lake - A lake to the northwest of the facility, accompanied by a boathouse and a small dock. The lake is known for its still, reflective waters, immense depth, and reports of something moving in the water, despite the fact that there are no fish in mirror lake.

Lighthouse - A lighthouse on the island in Mirror Lake. Inside is a variety of sailing and rain gear, as well as a lighthouse lamp capable of cutting through fog like a knife. There's also an Anomaly Containment Room in here, housing a diving suit. A nearby building housing an elevator leads to the Aquatic Lab.

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Main Elevator - An elevator that takes you upstairs to the Historical Society. It is fairly spacious, likely to aid in the transport of anomalies.

Facility Lobby - A spacious lobby containing a front desk and a large carpet depicting the Bureau’s logo. A door at one end, behind the desk, leads to the Director’s Office, though his receptionist appears to be out.

Shuttle Line - A tunnel for a shuttle that facilities quick transport from the Auxiliary Building to the rest of the facility. You can walk along the tracks, but you might get run over, for obvious reasons.

Station 2 - A rail station for the shuttle, this one on the side of the main facility. There are some benches to sit in while you wait. The Lab Zero entrance is here, firmly sealed up.

Station 1 - A rail station for the shuttle, this one on the side of the main facility. There are some benches to sit in while you wait. There is a facility map on the wall and some shit on the floor.

Lounge - A bar built into the facility for employees who live on-site. Food and drink are free, but abuse of this privilege is discouraged. It’s furnished with bar stools and booths alike.

Kitchen - A professional bar kitchen with a variety of implements, attached to the Employee Lounge. You can prepare food here if you want, but accidents are known to occur, so stay safe.

Service Elevator - A larger elevator that seems to go deeper below ground. It is functional and leads to the Facility Depths. There appears to be some kind of power/maintenance room within the empty shaft.

Receiving Bay - The room where new Anomalies are delivered to the facility. Connects to the upper levels via a road tunnel, but it's a bit of a walk

Lab Passage - A small passage between rooms, with some seating and tables. There’s not much going on here and you get the sense that it's just a transitory room.

Morgue - A morgue containing several cadavers in various states and an autopsy table, along with several tools for medical analysis and dissection.

Killing Game Lab - A laboratory dedicated to researching the link between Killing Games and anomalous phenomena. All the files are gone.

Anomaly Lab - A laboratory dedicated to studying anomalies. Contains some monitoring equipment, computers, and several containment cells. Covered in black liquid. Liz's corpse is missing.

Dispatch - A room where dispatchers use a variety of equipment to communicate with other agents. You can use the intercom here to remotely make an announcement to other rooms.

Counter-Terrorism - A department dedicated to combating the Crimson Eye, an evil criminal organization opposing the Bureau. You can find materials and information regarding the Crimson Eye here, as well as some recovered technology. It is currently in disarray, with Ruby's body in here.

Bathrooms - It’s a bathroom. Feel free to use the toilet. No notes.

Armory - A room filled with lethal weaponry, such as guns, energy weapons, and explosives. Access is largely restricted to higher ranking agents.

Holding Cell - A relatively low-security containment room to hold troublemakers or the occasionally possessed until they calm down. Anyone who assisted in a murder or caused too much damage will end up here temporarily.

Facility Jail - A room for the guard assigned to the Holding Cell to spend their time in. There’s a desk and an evidence locker, though the latter is locked.

Anomaly Records - A room where the Bureau keeps its physical copies of records in case of problems with the facility database. Requires high access and the BPI-XXXX number of the anomaly to properly search.

Control Department - The workplace of the team assigned to contain and control Anomalies. Contains a couple weapons, and many notes on Anomaly strengths and weaknesses.

Break Room - A room with some tables and chairs for staff on break. Also contains a small kitchen with cutlery, a toaster oven, a microwave, a coffee machine, a kettle, and a sink.

Leisure Center - A gymnasium meant for keeping agents both in shape and entertained. Contains a variety of workout equipment, sporting goods, and even a pool. Gus' body is sitting on the workout bench, bloody and burned.

Locker Room - A room for employees to store their belongings. All the lockers are unlocked besides 3, which are locked with combination locks.

Crusher - A large crushing device capable of pulverizing rock. It pounds up and down rhythmically, though too quickly to safely get through. It is currently not functional due to water damage, and the Telluric Seal lies behind it.

Explosive Storage - A large cavern housing a variety of old explosives. A rope dangles through a hole in the ceiling, leading to an area near the Observatory.The room is full of knee-deep water, thanks to a certain someone and their river. The explosives are largely waterlogged.

Crystal Cave - A large cavern containing a large number of luminescent crystals and some far more modern research and excavation gear. The crystals are said to contain Esotera. The room is full of knee-deep water, thanks to a certain someone and their river.

Aquatic Lab - An underwater laboratory with several windows looking out onto the lakebed. Much of this room has been utterly destroyed in the fire.

Station 3 - A Shuttle station nearly identical to Stations 1 and 2. The Shuttle is currently operational, and can be taken to any other shuttle station.

Esotera Lab - A strange laboratory full of unknown equipment, various masks, and plenty of obscure files. Appears to be related to the study of Esotera, whatever that entails.

Lab Zero - A room filled with surgical tables and strange equipment, as well as a variety of masks. A strange creature lurks within, chanting religiously.

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Observation Room - A room deep underground, filled with various high-tech monitoring equipment and a window overlooking a strange, ancient underground city.

Laser Hall - A hallway “locked” by an array of high-powered scorching lasers. Probably best not to fuck around in here.

Submerged District - A vast underground lake, glowing faintly with vestiges of Esotera. The ruins of several buildings stick out from beneath the surface.

Water Filtration - A sizeable mechanical room that appears to pump water from the nearby lake for an unknown purpose.

Arcana Lab - ???

Mining Equipment - A room stocked with a variety of modern excavation equipment of a much heavier-duty variety than the Geology Lab, as well as modern explosive devices.

Drafting Office - An offshoot of the Mining Equipment seemingly converted into an office for engineering and drafting blueprints. Contains a CNC Machine, which can be used to create metal objects from raw materials.

Residential District - A strange sector of the underground city, seemingly a residential district of some sorts. Contains several ancient dwellings and many mummified bodies. A few Bureau research stations have been set up down here for

Lost City Outpost - A large hall between the two segments of the city. There are a few places to sit in here, and an elevator at the southern end of the hall. It looks to be a bit of a rest stop for researchers working in the city.

Occultic Seal - A tower containing an ominous, broken seal chamber.

Chaotic Seal - A large room ending with a huge, sealed stone door. It is unresponsive to all forms of contact and will not open. The mechanism in the center appears to be missing at least one Seal input.

Communications - A room with a sizeable communications terminal. Appears to require an uplink with the "forest relay station" to function.

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History Team

@Indiana Jones (Old)
@Tinkaton


Survey Team

@Riki

Research Team

@Morgan
@Izumi Konata
@Nashu Mhakaracca
@Giffany
@Columbo


NPCs

• Astrid
  
• Dexter Hexley
  
• Dr. Lyra Orpheus
  
• Nancy Partridge & BPI-2300
  
• Spooks, The Magical Cat™
  

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Please post all investigation questions in this thread, and try to post major theories here, for ease.

Day 10 begins now.

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Who or what is in the Holding Cell?

Oh, and I better look over the body. Wounds and such.

Poor Pea, I had high hopes for the guy.

I'm not stupid, Nyarly!

Let's get it over with. I'm checking the chaotic seal chamber in detail.

Investigate the trail of blood

Also investigate the bottles of vodka

Check the roof of the facility for 23. We found him up there last time, maybe he'll be back?

Who or what is in the Holding Cell?

You walk up to the Holding Cell, looking inside. Within is... a staggering amount of gore and black fluid, with a masked figure standing in the middle of it all.

Ahahaha, hello there! How kind of you to check up on me, my loyal sacrifices. Indeed, you've caught me in a rather awkward spot. I must admit, even with the power of the Codex closer than ever, even I can be caught off guard it appears. Alas, the consequences of attempting to assist my pupil in their mission. Agent Morgan, is it? Aha! You've got quite the throwing arm on you!



Aha, do forgive the mess. My cellmate was rather large and unruly, I'm afraid he had to be dealt with before he continued to ruin my temporary living situation. Fear not, I shall be rejoining you all before long. This lock is just... particularly resistant to the old magics. I'll be out before long, and one of you WILL deliver my precious Codex. No more roadblocks, no more obstacles... You do desire freedom, do you not?

Oh, and I better look over the body. Wounds and such.

Poor Pea, I had high hopes for the guy.

You look over Pea's body, hauling it out of the corpse pile. He is completely brutalized, and appears to have been chewed on by something large in size. He has many broken bones and he... reeks of vodka for some reason. Kind of nasty to be honest. Outside of that... he has heavy bruising on his head that doesn't look to be consistent with the other wounds.

And before I forget, good morning Nyarlathotep! I was wondering when you were going to join us for one of these.
Hope the lights aren't too bright for ya. Maybe Spooks can dim them a bit.

Let's get it over with. I'm checking the chaotic seal chamber in detail.

You investigate the Chaotic Seal chamber... The entire chamber is positively splattered with ectoplasm, and you spot three unconscious forms lying on the ground by the seal door. Lyra, Nancy, and 23 - all unconscious. Beyond that, there is a stone chair lying on the ground, and a strange carving etched into the floor outside the seal's doorway. There's also several firearms lying around, as well as a zweihander. Plenty of blood too!

Investigate the trail of blood

You follow the trail of blood... It appears to lead all the way from the Seal Chamber, through the Residential District, into the Outpost, then up the Service Elevator and into the Research Dorms.

Also investigate the bottles of vodka

You investigate the bottles of vodka... Well, they used to be bottles of vodka. They look smashed to shit and are missing several pieces, with only parts of the label really identifying them as vodka bottles. They dont look remarkable at all.

- I wake up in my house and go out into the streets of the Residential District. I bring a stone chair with me.
- The Mound of Bodies spots me and starts running towards me. I synchronize it with the ghosts and it stops. It then starts to pull corpses out of the houses and eat them. Glad I deflected that one.
- I enter the Chaotic Seal room and see two CCTV cameras. They shoot me but I'm able to deflect it.
- I try to etch a sigil into the floor but Da Boss stops me and tells me to go back to bed. I have time to kill so I leave and go back to my house. I leave my stone chair behind.
- I wake up later inside my house. I make my way back and see the Mound of Bodies chasing Morgan around. It is spitting corpses at him like projectiles.
- As I cross the bridge somebody in a ghost sheet tries to push me off. I shove them back and they stop. We enter the Chaotic Seal room together.
- Inside the Chaotic Seal I find Nancy and 23 with tactical gear. Riki is there too with a rifle. I tell them I'm not here to open the seal and then go to the Communications Room.
- I watch through the door.
- Nashu enters, wearing broken shackles. She has a great sword. Riki shoots the rifle at her but she parries it and then KOs him. A smoke bomb goes off.
- When the smoke clears Riki is gone. Morgan enters and tries to fight Nashu but gets sliced by the great sword. Nancy and 23 run over and do some sort of magic to try and revive him.
- Nashu touches the seal.
- I draw the Sigil of Darkness and plunge the room into blackness. I then run out, grab my stone chair, and bash Nashu over the head. Revenge for last night.
- I then draw the Sigil of Stasis under Nashu to lock her in place.
- I notice that the seal is still intact. I try to touch it to figure out what's up and notice that it's actually a hologram.
- Somebody throws another smoke grenade into the room. They are holding somebody at gunpoint, but I can't tell who either are. They shoot me in the leg. I fall to the floor bleeding and pass out.

Check the Observatory for Astrid, hopefully she's okay

This post was last modified: Aug 24, 2024 at 5:20 AM by Columbo.

Any vodka missing from the Kitchen tonight?
Pea got any glass stuck in him?

Don't suppose we can pacify the Mound of Bodies long enough to check it for glass, inside and out.

Wait, so there is no book? What the hell am I doing here?

@Nyarlathotep do you actually know who broke the seal or are you just guessing?

This is going to be a doozy of a report, lets see here...


First thing's first, I got immediately ambushed by Nashu and Lyra in the Facility Lobby. Gotta admit, Thalassic power ain't no joke. I shouldn't really be standing here right now, but I was lucky Lyra wouldn't say no to a chat with a nice Rubber Duck. Nashu, however, had run off after siccing Lyra on me like an attack dog. Unfortunately for her, her heavy armor must've slowed her down. I tackled her in the Lab Zero hallway, placed her under arrest, and performed a little civil forfeiture.

Trust me. I went easy on her.

Job done, I left her cuffed on the ground. Took the Service Elevator down. Wouldn't believe my eyes, but there was two persons of interest from the Nadare case when I got in there! A Dr. Hawke and a Dr. Pierce, I believe. They went off towards the Anomaly Lab, for whatever reason, and I went towards the Chaotic Seal to enact my plan. Of course, I had to run around the Mound of Bodies, and Indy was there doing... whatever he does. I asked him politely to leave, and thankfully he did.

And then I blocked the seal with one of Jack's creatures, creating a barrier that no one can pass, delaying the seal's opening another day longer.

...Don't I have egg on my face? Giffany was one of the few people who knew about that plan.
Heh heh.
I hope it was worth it.

Regardless, I was pretty happy in the moment. Took my leave to go to the Arcana Lab. Passed by Nancy and 23, seems like they were geared up to guard the seal. Good for them. Oh, and I had to slip past the Mound of Bodies again, gave me quite a fright when it started spitting corpses at me...

And while I'm writing down the exact nonsense that happened to me, some fat guy came out of the Arcana Lab and handed me his skin, before wandering off to the Lakefront. I, er, threw it away. Had another lovely chat with Nyarlathotep in there. Ain't such a bad guy once ya get talking with him.

After that, I went off to the Observation Room again. Managed to notice Pea leaving the Service Elevator and going off to the Outpost. Better bold that for later. Unfortunately, I had wait for the Elevator, because that nice Rubber Duck came down shortly after. Once I took it to the top, I found... Mr. Blobby.

I might've overreacted a bit when I saw him, but he hit me with a smoke bomb and left before I could do anything drastic. Not really my problem, so I just took the Main Elevator up and headed through the Archives. Hiked up to the Observatory, and wouldn't you know it? The door was blocked by a giant meatball of all things! Good thing I decided to take the hike tonight, because Astrid was completely trapped in there.

We had our usual kind of talk. Always a pleasure. Gave her a few nice gifts, hopefully she won't need them.

After that, I went back down the mountain. Somebody's out cold by the dorms, and there's a gorilla meditating by the Archives. Very strange night, it was. Through the Archives, down the Main Elevator, and...

I got assaulted by Looob. One thing lead to another, and I ended up in the Survey Dorms saving Riki from Hustler. Think I saw the gorilla in the Anomaly Hall on the way there.
You folks fine if I call this my "attempt"? Got a little... blind with rage for a second there.

Lastly, I took another trip down to check on the seal again. Probably a good thing, because I found Dexter out cold in the Lost City Outpost. And popcorn all over the place, for some reason. I managed to rouse him, but he was pretty shaken up over something.
Probably Pea. Since I found him out in the Residential District, pretty much how we found him this morning.

Well, suppose it goes without saying, but the seal was broken when I checked in on it. And I could feel something wrong in the air, Esotera being blocked or something. After that, I called it quits and went to bed.


Phew, hope I got everything important written down. The chief's a real stickler for details, you know?

You scoop up Lyra's unconscious body, giving her a hug. She is wet and slimy to the touch, its... a little nasty. She begins to stir, her eyes opening.



Kyeh... Where... am I?

Check the Observatory for Astrid, hopefully she's okay

You check the Observatory... the door is covered in pasta sauce, and a large trail of sauce leads down the mountain. No sign of Astrid inside though, although some of her stuff is missing.

Any vodka missing from the Kitchen tonight?
Pea got any glass stuck in him?

Don't suppose we can pacify the Mound of Bodies long enough to check it for glass, inside and out.

You inspect the Kitchen... it doesn't appear as though any vodka is missing since the last time it was checked.

Upon heading back down to the Residential District, Pea does notably have glass stuck inside of him, mostly crunched-up shards. There's none particularly close to the wounds on his head, but there's plenty stuck in the rest of his body. Curiously, you are completely unable to find the Mound of Bodies at all, either in the Residential District or its containment room.

Wait, so there is no book? What the hell am I doing here?

@Nyarlathotep do you actually know who broke the seal or are you just guessing?

Oh, there very much IS a book - but you won't be getting your hands on it, I'm afraid. Even if your intention is to deliver it to be a museum, such things are... beyond the public's need. The Codex is the cornerstone of much of our research, and I assure you it's in better hands than yours.



As for your seal breaker, well... I'm sure you've already figured it out.

For the record, Abyss Team or not - I fully denounce Giffany and all her actions, as does our legal department. You're welcome to execute her in lieu of the real killer, even. I certainly won't complain either way. It would save me the effort.