Part 33: Gibson's House
So! Figured it out, huh?!YamataNoOrochi posted:
NOOOO! THE SNATCHERS HAVE GOTTEN SLOWBEEF! RUN!!!!
We snatched Slowbeef. We were unable to take him while he was still a member - you were all watching too closely, but when he got banned, the opportunity was ripe.
We'll show you the rest of the updates just so we can see the violent death that awaits Gillian Seed and Junkers like him. And betrayers like Metal Gear. Just so you know that we are in control.
And we will snatch all of you at some point. One by one. GBS. Games. BYOB. None of you are safe. The forums will be ours.
And you thought Lucifer-Alpha was bad.
Gillian: God, I hope she's safe...
Gillian: Katrina! Are you here?
Metal: There is no answer.
KNOCK
Gillian: Katrina! Katrina!
Metal: There is no answer. Let's check the door.
LOOK > DOOR
Metal: One can see that the lights are on from out here.
LOOK > LISTEN (huh?)
Metal: Huh? It's not locked!
KNOCK
Gillian: Katrina! Katrina!
Metal: There is no answer. Let's go in.
MOVE > GO INSIDE
Metal: i don't see her. This is rather troubling.
LOOK > AROUND ROOM
Metal: We are the only ones here. Where could she have gone?
LOOK > MONITOR
Metal: The television and data terminals are still on.
INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM
Metal: The lights have been left on. What could have happened to Katrina?
CALL > KATRINA
Gillian: I'm worried about Katrina. Let's see if she's in here.
Metal: Good idea.
Gillian: Katrina! Katrina! Are you in here? It's me, Gillian!
Metal: There is no answer. Something must have happened.
INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM
Gillian: Let's check out the study.
LOOK > AROUND ROOM
Metal: The room is a shambles. Things are scattered everywhere.
LOOK > PC86
Metal: The monitor is broken.
LOOK > SOFA
Metal: The hard leather has been torn to shreds.
INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM
Metal: Everything appears to have been smashed and broken.
Gillian: Based on the condition of this room, it looks like they were looking for something.
Metal: I wonder what?
Gillian: I don't know, but it could be the same thing we're looking for.
INVESTIGATE > PC86
Metal: The machine is a total loss. It's a good thing we had already read the file on the disk.
Gillian: Maybe they are trying to destroy some kind of data on themselves.
Metal: We can't read it off the disk anymore, but I have it stored in my memory. Don't worry.
INVESTIGATE > SOFA
Metal: It appears to be torn by a claw-like instrument of some kind.
Gillian: They were worried about the location of their hospital getting out!
Metal: Katrina must have discovered something related to that.
Gillian: I bet you're right.
CALL > KATRINA
MOVE > BACKYARD GARDEN
Metal: So Alice is missing, too.
LOOK > AREA
Metal: There is nobody in the area.
LOOK > THE SHADOWS
Metal: Look! There's a collar on the ground!
LOOK > COLLAR
Metal: It's Alice's magnetic collar. Special devices around their yard prevent the dog from going beyond their property if it is wearing this collar.
INVESTIGATE > AREA
Metal: There is nothing unusual. It seems almost too quiet out here...
Gillian: This garden doesn't lead anywhere. It was Alice's own private space.
Metal: There is no way that Alice could have gotten out wihtout going through the study.
INVESTIGATE > COLLAR
Metal: It appears to have been torn apart.
CALL > ALICE
Gillian: Alice may be in earshot.
Metal: Why don't you call her?
Gillian: C'mon Alice! C'mere girl!
Metal: There is no sign of her. She rather likes people, so she would no doubt come out if she was here.
LOOK > GROUND
Metal: It appears that something was dragged on the ground here.
MOVE > RETURN TO STUDY
MOVE > LIVING ROOM
INVESTIGATE > WINDOW
Metal: A model of a house in on the shelf.
LOOK > MODEL
Metal: It's a perfect miniature of Gibson's house. It's made from a cast, but the detail is excellent.
INVESTIGATE > MODEL
Gillian: We oughta check outside.
Now you learn why you do not fuck with Snatchers.
Next update:
A race against time...
Which we will undoubtedly win.
Bonus Post by Benson Cunningham
Chief of J.U.N.K.E.R. H.Q.
Seed, after you break this investigation open, I think your top priority should be to find this Slowbeef and dispatch him. He's a security threat, as he knows all about the J.U.N.K.E.R.S. We cannot tolerate a Snatcher having inside information about our agency!