ROUND 5 WATCHING POST

[foundationmods]

Everyone who was there in some shape or form for the meeting on March 1st gets a notice that soon, the location where they'll have to go to watch what happened in the Winchester Incident will be made available for them. Frisk requests a list of those going to see what happened, but doesn't seem to discourage high numbers.

And shortly before the 30th, those that signed up will finally get a name and place - The Hayes Mansion, only a little bit away by drive from the Winchester House. As they drive, the more magically inclined might be able to sense a powerful barrier emanating from the direction the Winchester House is located, though they'll be unable to see anything.

Arriving there, they'll find that any and all other guests have been removed from the Hotel resort, and there's a sign on the door saying that it is Closed for major renovation and fumigation, which would explain the outfits you were given to be 'seen' walking into the place with, as well as all the vans and 'containers' you were told to put your belongings into.

Once inside, a helpful staff member directs you to put the costumes into a specific bin for collection- unless, of course, you would like to keep wearing them - and then another directs you to the front desk, where a pleasant, yet authoritative man is waiting.

Comments

[foundationmods]

Yes....There actually truly used to be nothing there, but it's been slowly coming back into existence lately.

This must also be why that barrier can actually be seen now.

[odasaku]

So someone tried to write everything about this out of existence, but it didn’t stick.

[ this seems ridiculously sketchy for oda tbh. ]

Has anyone tried to approach it?

[foundationmods]

No, I don't think so.

[A pause.]

Actually, I...don't think anyone realized the House was gone. None of my guests mentioned the Winchester House until after 15 years had passed since the barrier went up.

...Even I forgot it existed.

[justonezero]

-Eh?!

[improbablenotimpossible]

That... is highly unusual.

[To put it very mildly]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

It what?!

[EXCUSE?!!]

But- the Foundation must have remembered what happened, right? There was an O5 lost there, after all.

[improbablenotimpossible]

It... might explain why it took so long for them to actually start looking for the O5.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

But-

[Ohhhhh wow she hates all of this, suddenly. Which might be why she can't seem to come up with any further words.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Had you heard anything about a missing O5 before a month ago?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Sorry, mom's dealing with memloss issues again.]

[odasaku]

It’s not an easy house to miss.

[ he’s really confused, but at least he keeps it behind a stoic face. ]

Could it be that it was “removed”? Like... the text?

[foundationmods]

...Yes, I think so...but I'm not very well versed on things like that. I'm very sorry.

[odasaku]

That’s alright. This is already a big help. And by guests do you mean locals and tourists or other Foundation agents?

[duskhound]

Hm? That's strange...

[This incident reshaped Foundation politics for 6350's, didn't it? Yet people forgot it even happened until five years ago? Something doesn't add up here...]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Troit-san?

[do you have something to say]

[duskhound]

If the Foundation had forgotten about the incident for 15 years, then why is it that the Foundation instituted the change in treatment of 6350's in response to the incident? An incident they couldn't even remember?

[Guess who still believes that the Foundation has reasonable people in it?]

[dereban]

Oh, great, the more I learn the more I feel this is just like home.

[ dry laughter ]

[iblistriggered]

Wait, I have another question! The Winchester House... is it a House like you and Hotel Cali...?

[iblistriggered]

Huh... I wonder what changed?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Something's changed recently, then. There was some kind of common cause to the two, maybe an information anomaly of some kind, and it's suddenly weakening. Like...

[...oh fuck.]

Like whatever was creating it suddenly stopped, and the effects are fading away.

[odasaku]

Frisk said that it had Tages’ magic or something didn’t it?

[ haha he’s not liking this ]

[iblistriggered]

... You guys don't think... we're already too late...?

[odasaku]

Maybe.

[ he has to be honest here, the chances don’t seem very good for them. ]

But maybe not. We can’t jump to conclusions yet. If they’re dead then wouldn’t the barrier disappeared completely?

[oceanicbutterfly]

...the way I originally found out about Precure was because the monsters we fought had a property the Foundation calls a failure to transfer ontological inertia. They would heavily damage the surroundings, but once the monster was destroyed, everything would go back to normal.

If something like that is happening here, it could really be a bad sign.

[failsaw]

Or that asshole finally decided it's time to come back into the light.