Editing Quest:Ruby Quest/Summary (section)

== Part 5 ==

[[Image:Ruby_Map_part_3.PNG|thumb|The known map as of the end of part 5.]]

Consists of threads 18-21.

Tom and Ruby enter the room and immediately find that Red's insane scrawlings are not the only ones in the room, implying that there have been more people trapped there. A face appears briefly on the room's monitor before disappearing again. A bit of exploring is interrupted by a large bird emerging from the sealed door to the north. Ruby gets the distinct impression that this figure is not friendly. While this is happening, Tom opens an unlocked box that Red left (he painted an arrow and the words "From Red"). He is too busy reading a note inside the box to notice the newcomer. The note in question was addressed to "♠".

Tom discards the note; under it there is a makeshift bomb (built with the two coins Ruby gave Red). At this moment, Ruby remembers that the large figure was the one that shoved her into the locker before her journey began. Tom notices the bomb, grabs Ruby and bails out of the room immediately. We last see the large figure kneeling down beside Red's corpse.

One heroic escape from a creeping explosion later, Tom and Ruby end up back in the locker room. The access to the Systems Room has been blocked off by rubble.  The power then goes off.  There is a small, lighted crack behind the wall to the west that implies there is another room, but Ruby and Tom opt to explore the rest of the facility. They head to the Dummy Room and are disturbed by the dummy's glowing red eyes. Tom jabs the dummy in the eyes, and hears a squishy sound.

They leave to explore the secret room, which resembles a cafeteria. Tom pockets a bottle of champagne, and Ruby reads a note (see below) and hides it from Tom. Tom offers champagne, Ruby declines, saying that they can drink when they get out, and they head west through another door after pocketing some walkie talkies. Tom bypasses the lock on the next door with his famous physique and the crowbar.

They split up, Tom goes to pry off some debris in the brig, and Ruby heads through the door up some stairs. She finds a room with a fetus-like statue and a severed finger in a glass display. Meanwhile Tom breaks through the debris at the bottom of the lower Brig room and ends up...in the adjacent room two floors up (next to Ruby). Tom finds a coin and a note (see below). Ruby obtains a key and passes it through the wall to Tom, but it falls down to the Brig. As Tom leaves to retrieve the key, Ruby hears footsteps outside her own room.

The door opens to reveal Stitches, who Ruby realizes was also the Bear Zombie. He seems half crazed, and tries to hold his splitting head together. Meanwhile, Tom finds that the Brig is suffering an additional rift. Stitches suddenly realizes that he is a monster, and leaves saying that he would "only hurt" Ruby. When Tom returns, Ruby tells him about Stitches, Tom tells Ruby about the note he found, and they decide not to hide anything from each other. Ruby tells him everything she has been hiding from him, including about her third eye. Tom then lifts his shirt, and reveals he has two extra arms growing from his midsection.

After some more exploration, Ruby combines Red's cane and the shovel head into a BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL. Tom finds one of Red's hands behind the water cooler. They return to the Dummy Room to use the hand on the handscanner, discovering the process that dummy is now covered in blood. The video feed shows Red sneaking up on Ruby, bludgeoning her with his cane, and stuffing her into the "Do Not Open" box. It then shows Ace entering the room to discover Ruby in the box, weakly raising her hand. He looks around and the feed ends.

At this point, Ruby may or may not have felt like crying on Tom's shoulder. But there would be no time for tears, as Ace appears in the doorway of the room. 

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Image:Ruby's note.gif|Ruby found this note
Image:Accident report.gif|Tom found this one
Image:HEY_LISTEN.jpg|/tg/ - An Annoying, Repetitive Voice.
Image:READ_THE_NOTE_TOM.jpg|READ THE NOTE, TOM, READ THE NOTE, READ THE NOTE
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Image:A Gift from Red by FullmetalJoe.png
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