-= OUBLIETTE =-

[knux400]

Hm, seems like the box is a form of extradimensional storage... That'll probably come in handy.

USE KEY ON LOCK

[SHIVERS]

You fit the key into the padlock, and it pops off, disappearing before it hits the floor.


With the lock off, you open it up.



You can't see anything through the trapdoor at all. 
It's pitch black; a void.

The ceiling is just low enough that you think you could climb through.

[seppawku]

i.. guess we should climb through! nothing better to do, escape tutowial

[knux400]

We should double check there isn't anything we need in the room before continuing. Have we looked at the grey chest yet?

[SHIVERS]

You briefly check the grey chest.

Opening it, you find it to be empty, though it does seem to have a lot of storage space inside.

With everything else examined, you
hesitantly hoist your hands up and grab onto the edges of the trapdoor before climbing through.








Moments later, you open your eyes to find yourself laying on pavement, staring up at the night sky.
It's impenetrably cloudy, no other celestial bodies in sight.

Standing up, you check your surroundings.

You are standing on what appears to be a highway, suspended in the air. Every hundred feet or so, a tall streetlight illuminates its vicinity in a dim yellow.

Around you, you see more suspended roads just like the one you're on. Countless highways, in fact, twisting and weaving about over and under the one you're standing on, as well as each other; creating a tangled web of roads. They stretch out as far as you can see.

You carefully peek over a nearby concrete guard railing.
You can see a depth where the highways stop appearing, finding that below them is an endless chasm.



Luckily, as you search around fully, you realize that the road you're on leads up and out of the chasm, up to a large tunnel cut into a concrete wall that stretches indefinitely wide and tall, making up the 'wall' of the pit. 

Though the presumed exit is a bit of a walk away, you can see a tiny building casting an orange light. 
A long, yellow 'arm' extends out from it, which lets you instantly recognize it as a parking gate.


The highway you're on only goes in two directions:  one heading to the parking gate and toll booth, and one heading outwards, deep into the mass of highways.

[seppawku]

walk along the edge to the parking gate in case s/t comes down the road..

[ಠ_ಠ]

walk into the mass of highways

[Orange Juice Goose]

Parking gate

[knux400]

Let's head to the parking gate. Are there any cars on the highway with us, or are we alone?

[SHIVERS]

Checking around, there are no vehicles of any kind on any of the highways. In fact, you can't find evidence of anyone else anywhere currently within your sight.


You are entirely alone.

You make your way towards the parking gate. It takes about ten minutes of walking with how far away you were, but you manage and soon reach it.
Past the parking gate arm is a pitch black tunnel you can't see the end of.

The tiny building - generally meant for someone to monitor and exchange for parking passes, though currently empty - is lit up with an orange light on its front. It has a single door on its front and two windows.

[ಠ_ಠ]

open a window and climb through

[seppawku]

go thru the door

[Orange Juice Goose]

go through door, exit, go through window

[AceOfNothing]

If the door is open go through, or get through a window. Break the window if you have to.

[SHIVERS]

You find the door unlocked, so you open it.


Inside you find a simple control panel to operate the gate arm and a miniature television - currently broadcasting only static - on a desk-like protrusion from the wall by the window.

In front of desk, there is a rolling chair that has been left facing the door. There is a small amount of dried blood on the seat, as well a much larger amount of dry blood on the concrete floor just in front of the chair.

Next to the blood on the floor, there is a utility knife with an orange and black grip. Its extendable blade is also stained with dried blood.

[seppawku]

a.. alarming..can we get a closer look at everything bloody

[knux400]

Take the utility knife- let's not tether it just yet, since we don't know how long it takes to retrieve tethered objects and we may need the knife in an emergency. Let's examine the blood and see if theres a pattern or shape to it that would indicate where the person went.

[SHIVERS]

You examine the blood.


Right away, you take into account that any living thing that lost this much blood would more than likely be dead, which makes the distinct lack of a body potentially concerning.

Inspecting the blood further, you find it has some odd properties. 
Its hue is a bit hard to pin down, as it almost seems to change as you look at it.
Additionally, you realize that you were only seeing the spots where it had previously pooled in significant amounts before, but there is more dried blood around in smaller quantities that is much more difficult to see:  It seems to have somewhat taken on the hue of its surroundings. 
The small amounts on the concrete are much more gray, while the drips on the chair turned black to match.

Following this, you are able to find a small trail of dried blood that leads out and away from the parking gate and into the nearby tunnel.

You check the utility knife, as well. You notice that the blood on its blade seems to be different from the rest you've found, and seems to be normal blood, as far as you are able to tell.

After examining it fully, you put the utility knife in the left pocket of your coat.

[knux400]

Hmm... A knife that has different blood on it than a larger pool, and evidence of a body being moved... Methinks there was a scuffle here, and the victim managed to get a hit in with the knife before the attacker did something and dragged the body away.

If the control panel is still operative, see if there are any other camera feeds to look at. If not, continue down the tunnel with one hand in the pocket holding the knife, hidden but at the ready.

[seppawku]

two bodies..? we should follow the trail