final investigation

[arsholes]

[It's been almost a week since Orthrus' lucky escape. Almost a week, of all calls to Heisenberg going (metaphorically) to voicemail. Almost a week, to rest and recover from the harrowing losses of the previous Friday.

It's been almost a week. And the storms are getting worse.

You know the locked door on the first floor? The one that goes into the center of the tower, right across from the great entry hall doors?

Today, there's a heavy iron key sticking out of the lock. With a familiar crest on the head.

The key is sticky with wet yellow paint, and wetter blood.]

Comments

[thealchemist]

...There was a trial run before this all started. I made some rookie mistakes. Scrapped it before it got out of hand. They only had one trial.

[He seems. Kind of reluctant to be admitting this.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Mei shudders as this hits her. The theory Felix had brought up. The one she'd tried to bring up to Heisenberg before, but he'd always shut down the conversation.]

Mistakes... and she's been down here ever since?

[thealchemist]

I had no idea. I've never even seen this room before.

[There's a faint tone of disgust to his words that would be hard to fake. After all, for all he knows, he was about to become just like her.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Heisenberg-san...

[She shakes her head sadly. Looks at him, and then down at Susan in Baldr's arms before quickly turning away.]

So it really did happen. No wonder you never wanted to tell us. What happened to everyone else? Did you just send them home...?

[twibeast]

[ Orthrus' other head is uh. Listening very intently to this. ]

[thealchemist]

[You said you sent them all back! Why in the hell are some of them still here?

The Corridor is a mysterious place, with billions of worlds and trillions of branching realities. They're not the same, I assure you. Perhaps they're a version who had eggs instead of toast for breakfast, or something. Maybe they're from five minutes ago, or twenty minutes from now. Does it matter?

...If they're not the same, then they won't remember, right?]

...Yeah. Probably think it was a bad dream.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

...Heisenberg-san? Are you okay?

[says the person who is very not okay]