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CAR WASH

AT THE CAR WASH, WOAH

The door leading into the car wash is locked. You all know that, of course. You've likely tried it yourself, or watched someone make a fool out of themselves trying to break in. (Man, this is going to age poorly if you've all decided to surprise us and just leave the locked door alone.)

But today... well, call it a feeling. A gut instinct, maybe, that leads you to the doorway. This time, you put your hand on the doorknob - and it turns fully, the door swinging open so that you can enter. As you draw your hand back, you'll spot a bloody handprint on the knob - but then you blink, and it's gone.

The inside of the car wash is rather industrial looking, albeit mostly powered down. The lights are dim to begin with, and flicker ominously from time to time; occasionally, they even go out entirely, and it may be several minutes or several hours before they come back on. None of the machinery seems to be working, though there's a faint electronic hum coming from a shelf built into the wall, upon which a radio sits. Strangely, no matter how tall you are or how you conspire to stack things up and climb up to get it, it always seems to be just out of reach - there won't be any changing the channel for you.

It's hard to tell what you're meant to do here, now that you've gotten in. But since you couldn't get in until now, there must be some reason... right?

...only time will tell.

NAVIGATION

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[...counts the people who are here.]

If we're all here because...of that--[murder, of which he still is blank on]--then what about Kama? Why isn't she on the list?

[she technically murdered shi wudu?]

I'm not sure it's meant to be everybody, just - telling us who is doing the right thing and who isn't.

And the right thing is a certain way of murdering people?

Do we know what all of us have in common in terms of how people died?

Not all of us even killed people at all. But everybody who did the right thing is someone who made it in here.

Then I'm even more confused than I was before...wait, okay, who didn't kill someone that's here?

[ raises a hand! ]

[just...squinting a little.]

Why do I get the feeling I shouldn't believe that...?

I could not begin to answer! Thy feelings are thine own.

Okay, well "thy feelings" tell me that we all should maybe be as honest as we can here and help each other out, because if that's the message we got it could be the thing we need to understand so we can all leave.

Unless you'd rather stay dead...? [look, he doesn't know his life. also that's not how you use "thy" but he cares not.]

"My."

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I kind of believe him. He wasn't here before he came back to life. It's the same as you, Sora.

So...is it possible I didn't murder someone?

[maybe it's just a zombie thing??]

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That's true, it also doesn't distinguish, um, manslaughter from murder or anything ...

Right. Because you killed Shamspeare on accident, right? But some people killed other people on purpose.

Right! And Riku hit you with that car!

[Is that even what fucking happened. Who knows.]

Maybe it has to be not forced like Kama was ... I wasn't exactly forced, I just didn't mean to.

I what…?

[no one told him it’s funny ]

[Well it should be fine now because they're all alive, right? RIGHT? She does cover her mouth like she shouldn't have said that though.]

Did no one say anything ... ?