The Final Trial

[parasomniacs]

The Final Trial ‹ Mastermind ›

The dream world that they enter is shrouded in darkness. What was always an everlasting night has now taken even the stars from them. The only light comes from small, floating torches that flicker. Through what little light they have to guide them, they can see a small familiar form waiting up ahead.  Coming closer, they can indeed tell that Sheepy is waiting.

Now more than ever it is important that they arm themselves with the evidence that they have collected regarding the mastermind behind all this. Because this is the only chance they'll ever get to present it. Though death has always been the risk, now it's all or nothing.

Sheepy waits for them all to join her before grinning.

"Well, well, well... here we all are. Not all that many of you left, are there? Ah-- but then... maybe there won't be any of you left after this. Keheheheheh!! So let's make the most out of this last little session, shall we? Think you have it all figured out? Well let's find out. Like you were told, you gotta name all the remaining gunmen as well as the mastermind. So. Let's begin."

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[scythegun]

[DON'T YOU DARE HAVE A FEELING IF YEAGER DIES THAT'D BE WEIRD]

[respring]

And this one hasn't complained the whole time I've been holding him...

[ She's basically been holding him since she took him out of the printer pod, um. He's like a breathing plush or something.

Pet, pet. It may be lobotocat but petting it is still soothing. ]

[simplism]

Hmm... well. He was rather docile... but I originally thought that was just because he wasn't used to the environment.

[GUESS HE WAS WRONG.]

[vigilantims]

[ WELL THEN WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. OR IS THIS STILL JUST 'SO HE CAN SAVE THE WORLD' ]

[scythegun]

[OF COURSE IT'S JUST SO YOU CAN SAVE THE WORLD SHUT UP AND DON'T YOU DARE DIE]

[vigilantims]

[ BOTH OF YOU ARE MORONS AND YURI DOESN'T APPRECIATE THIS RIGHT NOW HE'D KICK BOTH YOUR ASSES IF HE COULD ]

[inordertobelieve]

[ He breathes out slowly. ]

That's one point towards us not being clones.

[ ... good. Probably.

He'd let Top Dollar tape regain Murr as well for comparison but regain Murr isn't here, so no dice. ]

[simplism]

Yeah, if you're not good with animals, he'll typically make it difficult for you-- he doesn't like Vanitas very much.

[But these cats are chill. Like. Well. Good cats. Almost too good...]

[devilsnight]

The hostages act like people would, too - to an extent, anyway. You saw the tape of Yukino's hostage dying, yeah? They seem scared of the execution robots, but that's probably just, y'know, being a human. You see some big thing coming toward you like that, you're gonna move whether you have memories telling you what it is or not.

[simplism]

Yeah, I think that's more of a muscle reaction. I don't think you need anything more than that to be scared of something that can kill you.

[vigilantims]

[ LISTEN HE CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD IF EVERYONE DIES ANYWAYS WHICH MIGHT HAPPEN SO YOU SHUT UP ]

[unlikelyend]

... It is nothing.

[simplism]

[Seeing so many copies of Murr is really, really, really weird... but he's glad that the cat(s) are helping at least.]

[respring]

Ah! [ a nod ] That's it, thank you. Do we know the names of the other staff members? Ciel-san was the cook, Electra-san worked in the spa...?

[tibkins]

Lee has a brother called Darren.

[parasomniacs]

Mmm. Can't say.

[There has to be a line. Unfortunately you've reached it Yeager.]

[scythegun]

[He knew he'd hit it eventually...]

Oh well. You've been very helpful otherwise, so thank you for that!

[vigilantims]

Darren was the other bellhop. If the bartender or the trainers had names I never got them. Both Lee and Sandra are mentioned in this about experiments.

[ a sleeping drug, no less. ]

[parasomniacs]

[She's glad you understand.]

Well then-- get back to work. You still need to find the Mastermind.

[...she's rooting for you.]

[respring]

[ ....!

Sakura goes back to the papers in a flurry of motion, clearly remembering something important. Eventually, she holds out the one detailing what Sandra wrote in her journal. ]

She mentions initials, here...I thought "NL" stood for "Nepeta Lejion", at first--it would fit with the other initials standing in for the other culprits, KC, D, DP, et cetera. But do you think there's a possibility it stands for "N. Lee"? Or...could it just be a coincidence?

[simplism]

Alright... so we're looking for someone who could be responsible for everything taking place. That means that there should be evidence of that person somewhere in the hotel, right?

But since Sandra Chavez died... there hasn't been anyone like that. It's all been Sheepy and she's well-- something.

[He's the absolute worst person to be talking about programs and data, however... Even he knows something is up with this situation.]

So if there isn't anyone here who could be the Mastermind... where are they?

[respring]

Were there any locked doors we couldn't open? I know the control room was forcibly opened, but--maybe they're hiding.

[parasomniacs]

Oh please. If they meant nothing, we wouldn't be here, would we?

[devilsnight]

[Oh. Uh. He...thinks he's got this one.

...He's from 1994 and he absolutely does not have this one, but he's gonna try.]

Sheepy said she's a program, right? So something's gotta be running her, some sort of computer...thing.

What about Aloysius? There was a note Mikami accidentally faxed at me that said something about an operating system called Aloysius that Sandra was supposed to be providing support to.

Either way, Aloysius runs the sheep. If the sheep answers to the mastermind, the mastermind's Aloysius, yeah?

[simplism]

Hmm... not that I know of? Even this area looks like everyone has been out of here for a while.