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46 minutes ago, Tariq j said:"Could we use the Captain's key pass to access the room like we did last time - whoever has it."
You could, yes.
30 minutes ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur unlocks Ezra’s door.
“Galaxy-class service, remember?” Arthur smiles.
Your keycard does work, since you use it to housekeep. The door is now unlocked.
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13 hours ago, Trekkie99 said:I'd like to turn over Alfie's body to check if there's anything underneath him.
There's nothing underneath Alfie's body except for some bloody bedding.
6 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur follows Emily.
"Hopefully Mr. Parry is simply a sound sleeper."
Ezra's room is right next door. His door is similarly locked and there's no answer at the door. How would you like to proceed?
Mod Note: If for some reason you'd ever like to return to Alfie's room, you may vote to do so.
Second Mod Note: If I miss your action, please continue to ahem me and quote it.
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10 hours ago, Pandora said:Charlotte wonders to herself if she knew any of the names listed as financial backers. Charlotte is also still wondering about the timings of how long it would take to get from the bar to Alfie's room, and to engineering.
Charlotte is aware of the same one as Emily, a famous venture capitalist. Here's the map!
Room Key:
1a: Jack Mallory
1b: Sophie Young
1c: Charlie Seymour
1d: Oliver Hudson
1e: Alfie Peck
1f: Logan Frost
1g: Ezra Parry
1h: vacant
2a: Charlotte Sawyer
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9 hours ago, Hinckley said:This would be nice.
I agree. It’ll be up later on today.
Is there anything else in this room you’d like to check before you all head to Ezra’s room?
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1 hour ago, Hinckley said:I'm referring to the key cards. Is it possible to scan the card at one of the terminals to see which doors on the ship the key card has accessed and at what times, specifically I'd like to know what key card accessed Engineering right before the FTL drive shut down.
It's possible for the passenger cards, as those are individual. The crew cards, except for the captain's, are all uniform and not unique. You would have to use a security terminal on the bridge or in engineering in order to determine that information.
1 hour ago, Trekkie99 said:Do I know any of the people listed on the patent application along with their names?
@Fugazi "Doctor could you please take a look at Alfie's heart meds? I'm sure you'd love to geek out over them."
No, you don't.
Meanwhile...
"I've taken the liberty of calling the Space Police! I'm not sure when they'll get here, though."
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4 hours ago, Hinckley said:Gabriella would like to see if the terminal in the room will scan a key card to reveal what doors have been accessed and at what times.
Which doors are you refering to? All the doors on the ship?
44 minutes ago, jimmynick said:Do I know any of the people listed on the patent application?
You recognize one name as a prominent venture capitalist that you've met once or twice. You don't recognize the other two names.
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10 hours ago, Hinckley said:I would like to attempt to read the technical schematics and read the names involved in the patent review.
You let me worry about that.
It would appear the Alfie Peck was involved in the patent review as the sole author and inventor of a machine that has the possibility to synthesize food out of normal matter - for all intents and purposes, the first matter food replicator. It appears that Alfie had spent the last four years on this project and he was very close to having it officially patented. It also lists three financial backers, whose names you don’t recognize. It seems that Alfie was also about to create his own company with which he was planning to produce and sell these devices. It lists the end of the patent review as December 20th, 2120, which is only a few months from now.
8 hours ago, Shadows said:*thinks* I think it's safe to say we're all a little worried about that.
"Carry on."
I would like to examine the prescription medicines, specifically who they belong to, what they are for, who prescribed them. when and how many are missing/left..
They appear to be heart medications for a pulmonary disease of some sort. Since you’re not a doctor, you can’t be sure, but you can read they were prescribed by a cardiologist.
4 hours ago, Shadows said:"Speaking of which ... Computer! How many of these teapots are aboard the Excelsior? Counting the broken one in Gabby's pants."
The computer doesn’t respond, since it’s not a voice activated system.
3 hours ago, Tariq j said:Seymour goes to the bathroom and wanders to the medicine cabinet.
I'd like to read all the labels on his prescripted medicines. See which conditions he was treating at the time.
As a zoologist, you’re not aware of the exact specifications of the disease, but using some of your life sciences skills, you can recognize the disease on the bottle that it treats as a rare heart condition.
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3 hours ago, jimmynick said:Emily reads out the numbers on the lottery ticket, as well as the participants in the Martian race.
It seems they're losing lottery tickets and the race is also one that's been lost.
3 hours ago, Lind Whisperer said:I inspect the papers and folders for anything that stands out to me as a businessman.
"Dear, when I'm done, could you use your legal acumen to go over these and find anything I miss?"
George is able to read application papers to the United Earth Patent Office. He's not able to understand the technical schematics that are also included in those documents, however he is able to see that the patent is pending a review.
3 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur searches for Mr. Peck's room keys to see if he still has them on his person.
Alfie's room keycard is on his person in his pocket.
2 hours ago, Kristel said:Noah approaches the lawyer and asks "Why did you do this?"
Noah thinks out loud, "We should check if we have fingerprint scanning technology on board this magnificent ship".
She turns to the Captain @Shadows and asks, "You seem content to stand back and let the others do the work. As Captain, I would have thought you'd be more interested in getting to the bottom of this."
Noah opens the medicine cabinet to see what is inside.
Noah looks around and asks "Has anyone seen Charlotte?".
Inside the medicine cabinet are some various toiletries like a toothbrush and some Blue Star Soaps, as well as some prescription medications.
59 minutes ago, Hinckley said:Gabriella thinks out loud, "Perhaps Noah @Kristel missed it when I said we don't currently have that, which is why the terminal where the culprit shut the FTL drive down from has been quarantined until we do gain such capabilities."
I'd like to hide all the evidence, the machine parts...and the frog...in my underwear so that I know they will be secure.
Gabriella hides the machine parts...and the frog...in her underwear. I think if she tried putting anything else in there, it would be quite uncomfortable.
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7 hours ago, Darkdragon said:"Does that broken shard...um I mean the one we found before Emily created a bunch of shards...look like it made the stab wound?"
Looking toward Gabriella.
"Do you have the separate broken shard or is it all mixed together in your bag now?"
Taking this to be an action, it does appear that the shard that Gabriella picked up that was in the drawer does fit the stab wound. You can probably tell that it's the shard because it's very bloody.
6 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur tries to remember whether the doors automatically lock or unlock during a power outage.
"Considering the stab wound, Mr. Peck must not have seen his assailant, which means they either entered during the black-out or had access to a key."
The doors automatically unlock during a power outage, as the security system goes offline.
5 hours ago, Hinckley said:"I haven't touched the original missing shard yet. I just picked up the pieces stupid Emily smashed on the ground."
I would like to examine the mechanical objects in Alfie's briefcase.
You examine some of the mechanical objects in the briefcase. Some of them appear to be out of your field of comprehension, but there's other pieces that seem to function as starting mechanisms and some that appear to be used in creating a stable power supply. There doesn't seem to be any logical way to put them together. They seem to be pieces taken out of a larger device that doesn't appear to be present anywhere else.
43 minutes ago, jimmynick said:"Oliver, being an artiste most formidable, may have no mechanical intuition but perhaps Gabriella @Hinckley does? Would you kindly inspect these items and help us out?"
Emily considers the room again. Lacking a pencil wound, her theory that Sophie lectured Alfie to death seems to be a non-starter. She wonders if the party has yet inspected everything in the room, though.
I would like to peek under the desk.
This is what Emily gets for drinking too many martinis: she fails to listen properly to the conversation.
I retract my previous action and choose instead to inspect the scraps and tissues inside the bin.
The tissues are used, so I'm not sure if Emily wishes to inspect those, but the scraps of paper are space-lottery tickets and a bet on a race on the Martian colony.
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9 hours ago, Trekkie99 said:I'd like to bring the locked suitcase to Alfie and use his cold dead finger on the fingerprint scanner to unlock the suitcase.
Oliver unlocks the suitcase. Inside it are some papers and folders, as well as a few small mechanical devices that you don’t seem to recognize. Oliver can’t tell how they work or if they go together.
9 hours ago, Kristel said:Thinks out aloud "Teapot explains the blunt force trauma, but w appear to be missing a knife."
I'd like to see what is under the bed.
*we
The bed is bolted to the ground and there doesn’t appear to be anyway for it to get underneath. This is probably why it was able to stay in it’s position during the turbulence earlier.
9 hours ago, Hinckley said:"Oh fine, make me look like the asshole.
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"Don't make me like you. Nobody's my friend when my ship has been sabotaged."
I'd like to further inspect this stupid frog as I only got a generic description the first freakin' time.
The frog is a dark bley little statuette that appears to have been bought wholesale for the express purpose of keeping in guest rooms. It doesn’t seem to have any purpose. It seems to weigh a lot, which would explain not only it’s purpose as a paperweight of sorts but also explains why it didn’t move. There doesn’t seem to be any blood or hair on the frog and it looks like it was recently cleaned, perhaps during the turnover between this lot of passengers and the last one. You can’t tell if it’s been used by anyone.
7 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:"Perhaps it might make sense at some point to transport the body to the kitchen, the cold storage should keep it from smelling too bad."
Arthur inspects the body as to whether the stab was to the corpse's front or back.
The stab wound appears to be on the back of the body. The stab wound appears to be very jagged.
5 hours ago, Tariq j said:I'd like to check under the desk for any clues.
Seymour pulls out some pairs of disposable lab gloves.
"I think it's important we wear these, wouldn't want any fingerprints getting on the evidence."
The desk is similarly bolted to the ground. There’s a waste paper basket underneath the desk that has a few scraps and tissues in it.
4 hours ago, jimmynick said:Emily looks guiltily around the room, privately admitting that the EMILY SMASH strategy is not destined to work well.
”Sorry everyone. I’ll be more responsible in future.”
The mysterious letter to Alfie piques Emily’s interest. What “product” could the author be referring to?
Emily cranes her neck around Alfie’s body and regards the stab wound. Is it a pencil hole, she wonders?
“Also, what’s the deal with these doors? Do they lock automatically when the power is on? Did someone lock Alfie’s door deliberately? Who has a pass for all the doors besides the Captain and the Steward?”
It doesn’t appear to be a pencil stab wound, it seems to be something larger and less even. There’s also no graphite or anything around the wound.
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2 minutes ago, Kristel said:I'd like to have a closer look at the body to confirm cause of death.
It would appear that the cause of death was a mixture of blunt-force trauma and a stabbing.
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13 minutes ago, Hinckley said:@Bob "Odd, because I checked with the sensor logs (AKA Bob) and they show that I was alone in Engineering until the systems were restored, which was I told I did on my own, and that Captain Bennett joined me after that. Weird, really weird."
Modnote: I doublechecked what you'd said and what I'd said in response. I had replied that you were the only one in engineering initially before being joined by Bennett and the bridge crew. Bennett and the bridge crew joined you as you were finishing restoring main power, which is why they were able to help you with the FTL drive and with ensuring main power was properly restored. Or something. It might've been an oversight.
10 minutes ago, Hinckley said:I'd like to put the remaining pieces of the teapot into a bag (which I always carry, in case I need to transport a greasy part from Engineering and don't dare risk getting oil on the guest's clothes, and of course I'm still wearing my gloves) and keep them on my person so that nobody will take them, because I will kick their ass if they try.
I'd like to search Alfie's suitcases, please.
Gabriella keeps the teapot pieces nice and safe.
Alfie has several suitcases in his closet. They contain normal vacation objects such as clothes, toiletries, leisure equipment, and various unimportant items. There's also a briefcase that appears to be locked with a combination or a fingerprint unlock feature.
8 minutes ago, Trekkie99 said:I'd like to inspect the pockets of the clothes on hangars and in the shelves for any contents inside them, and the contents of the suitcase.
There's nothing too much inside the pockets of the clothes on the hangers except for some loose scrap papers with nothing on them, a few tissues, and some old fashioned coins.
6 minutes ago, Shadows said:Why do we even have grease now? There are only like 12 moving parts on the whole ship that aren't based on electromagnetism and energy fields. Oh well, I'm glad I thought that and didn't say it.
"Good job, Gabby."
Shush, you.
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3 minutes ago, Trekkie99 said:I'd like to read the letter, as well as anything that may be written on the envelope.
2 minutes ago, Darkdragon said:I will carefully pull the letter out and open it and read it.
"Hey everyone, I found a letter here. It's written on paper and a paper envelope and everything. How romantic, the past is never really gone if we keep it going."
The envelope is unmarked, with nothing discernable written on it. The letter, however, was written using a computer and not by hand. It reads as follows:
"Alfie -
We urge you not to ignore us anymore and to reconsider our very generous offer. We could combine our research together and create an even better product. Please reconsider before you make any rash decisions.
- Your Friends"
Just now, Waterbrick Down said:"Either Mr. Peck was up late, or preferred to sleep in his day clothes, which means he passed early in the night..."
"Perhaps out of courtesy for the dead, you should read it Ms. Young before elaborating."
Suspecting the same, Arthur looks into the bathroom expecting it to be similar to the state of the closet.
The bathroom also appears to be barren. The bathroom itself is the standard one in all rooms. There's a toilet, a large bath/shower, a sink with a medicine cabinet, and a mirror. There's also space to keep towels and other toiletries. It appears that Alfie was in the process of unpacking for this room as well.
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52 minutes ago, Trekkie99 said:"Holy F*CK!!!"
"This guy's gotta major strawberry jelly fetish."
I'd like to inspect the contents of the two nightstand drawers.
The two nightstand drawers seem to have been ripped out of their holders, as though whoever was going through them was doing so in a hurry. There's a large chipped off piece of the pot inside one of the drawers with some blood on it and some blood near it. The other one is overtuirned against the wall.
46 minutes ago, Hinckley said:I'd like to inspect the dark bley frog.
It's a little statue of a frog that's likely used as a paper weight, or a decorative feature.
45 minutes ago, jimmynick said:Emily smashes the teapot she noticed was missing from the lounge.
Emily smashes the teapot into several different pieces, see below.
34 minutes ago, Shadows said:"You'd have to ask the narrator that, I didn't actually touch anything."
"We have your financial information on file, you'll pay."
Captain Bennett's hands are greasy because she helped you with the FTL drive and with restoring main power.
23 minutes ago, Darkdragon said:I will head over to inspect the overturned drawer near the foot of the bed.
"There seems to be a lot of blood over here, maybe we should clear a path back before trampling all over any evidence."
"Why would you do such a thing!?"
The overturned drawer is covering up an opened envelope. The letter is still inside it. It's very old-fashioned, perhaps someone didn't want what's on it to be electronically recorded?
2 minutes ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur nudges open the closet door to inspect inside and intending to see if Mr. Peck was still in the same clothes as last night or had changed.
It seems that Alfie had barely been on the ship long enough to fully unpack. There's some clothes on the hangers and in the shelves, but his suitcases are still largely unpacked. He is indeed still in the clothes he was wearing that night.
1 minute ago, Hinckley said:Worth a shot.
I'd like to don gloves and grab the teapot from the crazed Emily before she smashes it.
Unfortunately, you're unable to stop the crazed Emily before she smashes the teapot, however you are able to stop her before she can completely destroy it. The teapot is now in about a dozen or more different pieces on the floor.
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3 minutes ago, Hinckley said:I'd like to use the Captain's key pass to open Alfie's cabin door.
This is the scene you're greeted with. The room is a standard passenger cabin. There is a king sized bed with a nightstand on one side. There's a desk and a chair on one end of the room. There's also a television on the wall that is currently turned off. There's a standard bathroom towards one corner of the room and a small walk-in closet on the other corner. Both of those doors are closed.
Please keep in mind that you can only select one thing to search at a time until I respond to it, as per rule 5.
"Someone call the Space Police!"
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Just now, Trekkie99 said:"Are we still standing here?! Oughta da way!
Oliver charges at the door and bashes thru it like the armored titan sending wood splinters flying everywhere.
Oliver bashes right into the solid metal door, but falls to the ground and injures his shoulder, since he's not strong enough to break through a metal door. The door remains closed.
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1 hour ago, jimmynick said:Emily knocks on the door.
There's no answer. Arthur had tried earlier.
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59 minutes ago, Hinckley said:"Does anybody have access to the rooms? Captain Bennett @Shadows ? Jason? Pierce?
"I'm just the pilot. Ask the steward."
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Is the general consensus for Alfie's room? If so, the party arrives outside of Alfie's room. The door is locked.
2 hours ago, Tariq j said:"Oh dear that doesn't sound good".
I'd like to examine both Sophie's hand and leg to megablocks the wound any any potential ones that we might have missed. I'd also like to dress the wound so it doesn't get infected.
My words are getting mixed up!
I'd like to examine both Sophie's hand and leg to address the wound and any potential ones.
Aren't you a zoologist? I suppose you're able to address the wound and verify that it is indeed a pencil wound. You put a plaster over it.
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10 hours ago, jimmynick said:Can I frisk the Captain? If not, I would like to install the news app instead.
You can try, but I don't think it'll go well. Instead, you download the news app.
10 hours ago, Hinckley said:Is that the only cubby over there? If not, I'd like to search the others. I'd also like to shake the newspaper to see if there are any notes or other papers mixed in with it.
Gabriella addresses the entire room.
"So, should we vote to check out the kitchen or the cabins of the missing passengers? Personally, I think we should check on the missing passengers first."
Underneath the bar there'sd some more bottles and glasses. Some of the bottles have smashed open due to not being stowed properly. There's also olives, cherries, and other alcohol-related preparation equipment like shakers and a space-blender. You can't tell if there's anything too suspect beneath there.
You shake open the newspaper, but nothing else comes out except for an advertisement for a popular furniture store on Earth. It seems that Oliver and Emily had already thoroughly seached the newspaper before you.
10 hours ago, Lind Whisperer said:I secure a pair of bottles for the two of us.
"The Kitchen, I need orange peel."
George steals from the bar.
The group has mostly decided to search the cabins of the absent passengers. Which one will you search first?
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1 hour ago, Hinckley said:
There's some alcoholic bottles that were kept in place in bottle holsters in the event of sudden turbulence. A few glasses hang from the top as well.
1 hour ago, jimmynick said:I would like to approach, inspect, and pick up the mysterious dark object between the newspaper and the chef to see what it is and whether it has anything interesting.
That's the menu stand. It's just fallen over.
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6 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur inspects the door trying to determine whether or not the electronic key system would work or if they'd have to return with a tool.
You should be able to access it, but only with the rest of the party.
4 hours ago, Hinckley said:Gabriella tries to call the missing passengers through the lounge's terminal.
Gabriella would like to unplug the modem and plug it back in to see if she can get the network running again. She would also like to download the news app.
There's no answer. It would seem that unplugging and re-plugging the modem is successful. She's able to download the app.
1 hour ago, Hinckley said:@Bob "Ahem..."
What cubbies are you referring to?
1 hour ago, jimmynick said:"@Gabriella"
I would like to examine the newspaper for a sudoku. I like doing sudoku.
All you find is a crossword puzzle and a Peanuts cartoon strip.
1 hour ago, Pandora said:Charlotte finds her political smile and turns away to surreptitiously examine the other guests and crew for signs of greasy or injured hands, or other evident injuries.
Captain Bennett and Engineer Palmer both have greasy hands. As for injuries, you can't really tell if anyone else is injured, besides Sophie who seems to have injured herself with a pencil.
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Just now, Waterbrick Down said:Arthur wonders what questions he missed and shrugs, "As long as the passengers are kept from panicking, I don't mind the company." The steward waits until they are mostly out of hearing, "What happened with the FTL? Are we stranded?"
Arthur intends to simply ring the door and check for communication from the occupants first.
There’s no response from either door.
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2 hours ago, Pandora said:"Good, glad that's ok. Let's carry on tidying!"
Charlotte checks the flowers/ pot plant on the bar to make sure they're ok and nothing untoward has happened to them.
The flowers seem to have unfortunately come out of the vase and appear to be crushed beneath the mass of furniture.
2 hours ago, Trekkie99 said:Yes, I'd like to read all of them,
Reading every article in the paper would take hours, so you choose to read what you think are the most important:
“Paris, Earth
SHOCK DEFEAT FOR GOVERNMENT
The government faced a shocking defeat today in the United Earth Parliament on a bill that effected representation in the Parliament for Earth’s colonies. The government argued that representation for the Lunar and Mars colonies should stay the same for the next ten years and not be based on population in order to accommodate the new representatives that would be coming from the Alpha Centauri colony in the next few years. The government would likely see itself lose seats on Earth that would be redistributed to the colonies in order to keep the fixed number of representatives at seven hundred and fifty. The Prime Minister’s spokesperson said that the government would respect the outcome and not try to push for a second vote on the bill. The result saw several government ministers voting against the bill, mostly those from colonial seats themselves. The opposition party said in a statement that this was a victory for representation abroad and showed Earth’s commitment to representation outside of Earth. For more information on how your representative voted, please visit our app with a full interactive listing.”
“New York City, Earth
COLONIZATION RUMORS CONFIRMED
A senior United Earth spokesperson reported today that the rumors of a second Earth colony in the Alpha Centauri system are true, and that they have been working with the government on preparing a colony ship. The first colony on Alpha Centauri II was described as a “complete success” considering its great distance from Earth and being the first and only out of solar system colony. The Earth Colonization Office in Paris confirmed the reports as well, signaling that Alpha Centauri III could see colonization start in the next ten to fifteen years.”
“Paris, Earth
GOVERNMENT MINISTER TRAVELS TO ALPHA CENTAURI
The Earth Colonization Office today confirmed that Charlotte Sawyer, member of the United Earth Parliament for Greater London, would be dispatched today to the Alpha Centauri colony in order to prepare its regional government and help it district seats for its first United Earth Parliamentary elections which are scheduled to take place at the next general election. Sawyer, a rising star in the government, is widely favored to take over the Colonization Office during the next cabinet reshuffle. However there has been controversy about her travel arrangements to the colony. The Blue Star Line has given her free passage aboard its only FTL-capable vessel, the Excelsior. This comes as there’s a bill in the Parliament to give Blue Star Company government funds in order to build more ships to increase immigration to the colony. An Opposition spokesperson released a statement alleging favoritism and the ethics of the free trip, but government officials insisted that the trip would not influence the way that they intend to vote when the bill comes before the Parliament.”
After reading all that, you find yourself in dire need of water.
Mystery on the Excelsior - Chapter Two
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This is what you see. Like the last room, there's a bathroom and a closet on either side of the room. Both of those doors are shut. You do not see Ezra anywhere.