[Fin] The Murder-Free Hotel

[Kennifer]

Amanda heads into the arcade. Today her hair is a blonde-to-green ombre with a red piece at the front.

"Let's see... Ooh, a new person! Hi there!"

[artsyGeek]

After a little berating from the sailor, the teen - Sylvester - walked into the arcade. "Oh, heya."

[KungFuCutbug]

ARCADE

[A familiar ninja rabbit is darting around the arcade, trying to see what games are available. He sees Google Translate enter the room and waves cheerfully.] Oh! A new person, bunyip! Hi!

[Meanwhile, a short young redheaded boy in a green shirt is going ham on a Dance Dance Revolution machine.]

[Caret]

Another new person, this time a strange bean-like person with spiral glasses and a perpetual grin, walks into the arcade.

Where are I... Never mind that! I, Fawful, shall conquer the high scores while eating a doom-mustard sandwich!

[Zanreo]

"Hi there! Who are you?" she greets the others."I am Google Translator!"

[Kennifer]

"Hey there. I'm Amanda."

She smiles, then looks at the available games to find something she wants to play.

[artsyGeek]

He quietly scoffs at Google Translator. "Hah! Is she the Google Translate?" He thought to himself.

"I'm Dr. Sylvester Ashling. Nice to meet you." He said, while gesturing for a handshake.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Um... Hey... Hello everyone...

Flandre enters the Arcade to explore the hotel some more...

[KungFuCutbug]

My name's Snake! Nice to meet you... Google Translator, did you say, bunyip? Like Google Translate? Interesting! [Snake extends his arm for a handshake from the translator.]

[Caret]

Greetings! Fawful is me! How do you do?

Fawful is meanwhile playing what appears to be Donkey Kong Jr., but with the titular ape replaced by Fawful.

[Kennifer]

"Great to meet everyone. Oooh, Space Invaders!"

Amanda grins and goes to play.

[Zanreo]

She shakes their hands. "Good meeting! I checked the game here..." (Nice to meet you too! I was checking out the games here...)



Then, a certain cyborg wearing a purple cloak also walks in. "Those shoot-ups weren't bad... gonna checking out more..."

[KungFuCutbug]

Oh, the games here are fun! Any you're particularly interested in, bunyip?

[The kid on the DDR machine stops and takes a breath in.] “Hah... hah... Hoooly fuck, that's a workout...”

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Flandre settles on an arcade cart containing the Conquer the World with your Many Horse-Riding Friends Game.

Ooh... That one looks fun...

[Zanreo]

"Hmm really! Maybe I'm trying this!" Google Translate says as she walks over to the DDR machine.

CATS, meanwhile, is looking over the different shmups. "Parodius... Not think been trying that before..." He starts playing.

[Kennifer]

Amanda kinda half-waves to CATS, still busy playing Space Invaders.

[Zanreo]

CATS waves back, trying to focus on the game.  "Huh, game sure... being strange..."

[SmilyCube112]

"What the bloody hell? A software's a bloody human? Dè fo Shealbh?"

[PointMaid]

Meanwhile in Ruby's Room/Lab

Ruby is making a whole lot of cat-virus for experimentation. At first she was doing a lot of pipetting substances into and out of small tubes, and using her centrifuge. Sometimes she'd take something out of a freezer or put things on ice. Now she has things in a warm shaker, and finally in an incubator. She's been working at a biohazard cabinet and brought in air filtration units.

At this rate I'll need more alcohol and bleach for decontamination. But I should have plenty of virus to work with soon. 

[madface7]

Engi hands Ruby some alcohol and bleach. "Take all the time ya need, miss."

[Kennifer]

Meanwhile in cat-virus-investigating, Holly is giving Ruby her space to work and ensuring she's got enough water, just in case anyone starts showing signs of infection.

[wingedcatgirl]

G'raha scratches his head awkwardly.

"Is my knowledge of magic likely to be relevant, or should I find somewhere else to be?"

[PointMaid]

Ruby thanks Engie and Holly. It should be ready once I separate the liquid from the cells I'm working with that are producing the virus... it should be in the liquid, since it seems it likes to be secreted, for example, into the saliva to infect others...

She gives a sample a spin down in the centrifuge. (How did things get so very quick?)

G'raha, you're welcome to stick around. I don't know whether knowing magic will help, since I don't know what we'll find! What should we look at first, do you think?, she said, looking around at everyone in the room.

[Kennifer]

"Well, I'm interested to see how the virus itself reacts in water, for one thing."

[PointMaid]

Ruby nods. So am I. I mean, this already has a lot of water in it already, but...

She adds some more water to a portion of the sample. And...