IDOLS

Chapter 6 - Powder Room

July 3rd, 2023
Greyville, New York
8:30 PM
People remaining: Sebastian, Lia, Mel

After having just killed one of her friends in a fit of rage (though she was required to kill one of them anyway), Mel froze up and soon began to cry.

Mel, sobbing: "I can't believe I just did that! What is wrong with me?!"
Lia: "Mel, it's okay—"
Mel: "It's NOT! Chloe's dead because I just got angry at her impatience! It shouldn't be like this. I should've just chosen myself."

Sebastian: "Mel, I know it doesn't feel like it right now, but you'll forgive yourself eventually."
Mel, wiping her tears: "That's easy for you to say. You aren't the one that just chopped Chloe's head off."
Sebastian: "Well, there's that. I think if we get out of this room, put the idol in the idol board, and move on."

Lia and Mel agreed and they all headed back up to the hangout to put the second idol into the board.

Before Lia could put the idol into a slot, she noticed that there was a note on the board.

Lia: "Oh geez, here we go."

Lia put the idol into a slot and read the note to Mel and Sebastian.

Congratulations! You now have 2 of the 3 idols. Before you uncover the third idol, you need to head back downstairs to the powder room. More information is waiting downstairs.

Mel, now relatively calm: "Powder room? What information can be hidden in a powder room?"
Sebastian, joking: "I don't know, maybe it'll tell us where the last task is?"
Mel: "Oh my god, shut up."
Lia: "Powder room. Downstairs. Let's go."

Once again, Sebastian, Lia, and Mel headed downstairs, but this time to the powder room.

Once they reached the room, Sebastian pulled a note off the door, and read it to Mel and Lia.

Unfortunately for Margaret, the grand spirit required all sentient life to be killed. That included the family's pet fish, Susan. In an effort to please the spirit, Margaret flushed Susan down the toilet in the powder room, leaving her two younger siblings the only others alive upstairs. Your job is to find something fish-related and bring them back to the door. Once an offering is placed in front of the door, it will open and let you inside.

Sebastian: "Okay, let's rack our brains. What stuff would the Watsons have for a fish?"
Mel: "Toys?"
Sebastian: "You're kidding."
Mel: "I've never had a pet fish! How should I know how to entertain them?"
Lia: "You don't really entertain fish. You kind of just feed them and let them swim around on their own."
Mel: "Oh... wait. You said 'feed,' right?"
Lia: "Yeah?"
Sebastian: "Fish food! We have to find a thing of fish food!"

Sebastian, Lia, and Mel scrambled to try and find a container of fish food, avoiding the office and the refrigerator, knowing that their friends' bodies were likely still there.
- Sebastian scavanged the foyer.
- Lia dug through the kitchen.
- Mel looked in the pantry.

Eventually, Lia found a tin of fish food and everyone reunited at the powder room door as Lia placed the tin on the floor in front of the door.

The door swung open, revealing a little room with a sink, a toilet, and a small shelving unit, and on one of the shelves was another note.

Mel picked up the note and read it out.

This is a smaller task. All you need to do is take the tin of fish food you gave as an offering and sprinkle some of it into the toilet and flush. Don't worry, all of the appliances in the house, including the toilet, work now, if you somehow didn't notice.

Sebastian, acting fancy: "Lia, if you may..."
Lia, playing along: "It's my pleasure."

Lia grabbed the tin and brought it back in, sprinking in some food as instructed, and flushed it down.

Suddenly, almost like magic, a message scratched itself into the lid of the tank.

Mel: "That's not something you see every day."
Sebastian: "You can say that again."
Mel: "That's not—"
Sebastian: "No."
Lia: "Return to the hangout. The third idol is waiting."