The End of the Chase

[airlockedmods]

[After several enlightening mishaps and meeting several well-intentioned aliens, the clues from the scavenger hunt have led both teams to the pool on the west side of the building. There are several other aliens milling about, staring up at the windows to try and find the green one.

The last clue has been received. It's time to regroup, find where to go next, and confront the mastermind of this... network-sponsored scavenger hunt.]

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[airlockedmods]

[The sixth-floor hallway is pretty deserted. It doesn't seem as though anyone else has followed the survivors up here.

Remember, you're going to Room 6524. Will you knock, or try to get in yourselves?]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika looks at the rest of the group.]

Should we?

[cyan_maid]

...The worst we could do is disturb someone, right? And if they ask, we can always apologize.

[curdle]

[ She nods in silence, holding her poppy button in one hand and worrying it with her fingers. ]

[ratherdoweddings]

[She's gonna knock first.]

[airlockedmods]

[No answer.]

[stitch_in_time]

[Yeah, the Doctor's got his screwdriver at the ready and held low. Either to get through the door or in case this is some kind of trap.]

[....look, if there's trouble he can hang some cabinets.]

[airlockedmods]

[Are you trying to use the screwdriver to unlock it?]

[stitch_in_time]

[Not quite yet, he'll wait and see how just trying the handle goes.]

[airlockedmods]

[Yeah, it's not locked.]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Takes a deep breath.]

Let's go in.

[Gonna open the door carefully...]

[airlockedmods]

[The interior of the room is unlit, and no one is immediately visible. It looks very much like a smaller, but no less fancy, version of one of your suites.]

[kingshaming]

[Xander doesn't say anything, but flanks the doorway- if there's an attack he'll be ready to fucking running spear a dude

...watch them be all paranoid over nothing tho]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Carefully walks in, checking for traps... or just the light switch.]

[stitch_in_time]

Oh, now doesn't this look inviting...

[Yeah he is being super cautious as he follows Yurika in. He's not using it yet but the sonic's still out, just in case.]

[airlockedmods]

[The light switch is right there on the wall as you walk in, same as the other rooms!

As soon as it's flipped, there's a celebratory horn sound, and green confetti paper rains from somewhere above as a large alien leaps out from behind the corner of the wall.]

TOP O'THE MORNIN' TO YA, LADDIES! My name is SkepticJaycee, and - oh. [On second glance, he's not that large at all. He looks a bit like a bipedal frilled lizard, brown with bright neon green patterns on his flared frill, which is now fluttering back a bit as he peers at the group, the Doctor in particular.] Oh, it's you! Hullo!

[ratherdoweddings]

Whoa! [Yurika flails a little. She stands up and picks confetti out of her Lightning hairdo.] Hello! You're the one running this, right?

[airlockedmods]

Yeah! Well, me 'n the InterGal guys, they've been great - and hey! You guys won! C'mon in, all of you - sheesh, how many of you are there?

[His frill relaxes back against his neck and shoulders as he speaks, making him look rather smaller.

[cyan_maid]

[The sudden sound makes Jane squeak, and she presses up behind the closest ally in the room. PLEASE KEEP THE LIZARD AWAY OH GOD]

[refusedtoleave]

[Natsuhi jolts back at the horn. That's loud! And this guy is loud too.]

[kingshaming]

[OH HE'S LOUD AND A LIZARD AND SHIT Xander just kinda plasters himself against the wall in shock and makes a sound like a deflating squeaky toy]

[stitch_in_time]

[Yeah, the Doctor might have whipped his screwdriver into position to do... something, as the enthusiastic lizardman jumps from hiding.]

[Once it becomes clearer that they probably aren't about to be teleported to parts unknown for nefarious purposes, he quietly puts away the """prop""" in an inner pocket and straightens his jacket.]

Ah, guess we did get to meet up again. Pulling double-duty, I see.

[refusedtoleave]

Does anyone have a torch? ...I don't think we'll be able to reach the switch without going in.

[kingshaming]

...didn't think that far ahead. We may just have to grit our teeth and hope for the best.

[refusedtoleave]

Just try the door, we can say we got our room number wrong if this isn't the place.