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Who's even left in the building? Tony, Kyle, Frank, Mags? Do Sidney and Claire count or is Lucky's closed down by now? When do Hugh Speck and Brian Bradley show up
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tomanton posted:Who's even left in the building? Tony, Kyle, Frank, Mags? Do Sidney and Claire count or is Lucky's closed down by now? When do Hugh Speck and Brian Bradley show up Seriously though, he has everything he needs for one hell of a confrontation with Hugh Speck, but it would be really loving weird for him to just show up.
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It's going to be a confrontation with Ed and we have to convince him his
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So the only entrance to the secret room is a thin crawl space? That had to get old, quick. wearing suits, even
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:So the only entrance to the secret room is a thin crawl space? That had to get old, quick. No windows in there either. 3 men cramped and getting sweaty, pretending they're having a good time playing poker. Also, does that mean the elevator is "out of order" for everyone anytime the room is used? The place used to be a popular hotel, you figure that would be a problem.
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  (There's only one place I now in this apartment that's got a lighthouse.) (The roof. This is it. Time to get myself up there.)I push the button for the roof.   Huh? Music: Deep Distrust  Lighthouse There's a majestic lighthouse monument on the roof. A light is shining from it.  Remember that in the secret room, the condor's beak points to the diamond?  Wall There's a shadow being cast on the brick wall thanks to the light from the lighthouse.  Brick 1 Some of the bricks have begun to deteriorate. Brick 2 Some of the brickwork looks pretty shabby due to wear and tear of the rain. Brick 3 There's nothing interesting about this part of the wall. Brick 4 The surface of the brickwork is in bad shape and partly coming away. Brick 5 The edges of the bricks are weathered and crumbling. Brick 6 There's a thin layer of filth covering the entire surface of the brickwork. Brick 7 Up close, I can see hundreds of tiny cracks in the brickwork. Shadow The condor shadow's beak is stretching across the bricks. Lighter brick The surface of the brickwork is slightly dirty.  Strange. This brick looks newer than the others...  I've got it! This is it, the Scarlet Star! The coldness of the beautifully shining jewel spreads through my hand. "Item: Locate the Scarlet Star, which disappeared at Hotel Cape West 25 years ago." So this is the thing you've been searching for, is it, Will McGrath? And with it comes the truth of what happened all those years ago.   I guess eye superpowers are hereditary. My dad made a promise with Frank to enable him to leave his shady past behind. He snuck into the manager's office, cracked open the safe and stole the Scarlet Star.   Then Michael McGrath arrived on the scene, and he shot and killed my dad.    Maybe...when he died...he was clutching this very thing in his hands. The jewel gradually starts to grow warmer in my hand. It feels as though the stone is transcending the 25 years since it was held by him, bringing us together again. As I dwell on this, I feel a warm, melting kind of sensation from it. Looks like I'll be fulfilling the requirements of that order after all. Time to give this to the one person left who bears the responsibility of Kathy's death.*Elevator noise*  The elevator opens and somebody emerges.      I assume I have you to blame for switching the lighthouse on, do I? Yeah, I did it alright. Then I must also assume... What?Music: Resolution Just how did you know that there was a switch inside the room in the first place? What happened to you not even knowing where that place was? I apologise.  Naturally, I was aware of what the room contains, too.Music: Sharpened Blade  Show 1950 hotel photo  I suspected as much. It was inevitable that you would discover the secret that this apartment building holds.Show Condor records I... I couldn't stop him...Show photo and police badge I shall leave it to you to deal with this matter.Show Scarlet Star  No, it couldn't be... Why did you need to lie?If you knew about the hidden chamber, why did you need to lie?Let's just say I had no intention of discussing my knowledge of that room with anybody. I breathed a sigh of relief when I decided to sell off the building,safe in the knowledge that the secret would disappear once the building is demolished. I suppose, looking back, I was hoping for a little too much....Then why didn't you just sell and demolish the building immediately? I never imagined you'd take to snooping around and looking into the building's past. Then, Mr Hyde, when you came round looking for information, I thought to myself:  So I had to decide...On the one hand, I could leave while everything was still shrouded in secrecy, or I could risk letting everything come to light. It was essentially a gamble.What do you mean a "gamble"?A gamble to see if you'd be able to find that room or not.So you gambled everything on me and whether I'd find it?Precisely. What were you trying to hide?What were you trying to hide?The crimes that he committed of course! His time as Condor's ringleader, the stolen jewellery and illegal sales... Not to mention keeping it all under the LAPD's radar, despite one of them being involved. And lastly, the unfortunate killing of Kathy.The crimes committed by George here in this very building... They needed to be kept hidden. All of them. And I intended to do just that. I was planning to take these truths with me to the grave....Why? For what reason?  But, as we can both see, that proved futile.How did you think it would end?How did you think it would end?I was fully aware that there was little hope I'd keep everything secret. So you appreciated what was at stake should you lose your gamble?Yes, but as soon as we started talking about the secret room, my mind was made up.If you found the room, I would lose my gamble, and then I'd need to let you in on everything I knew.If you failed, however, then I wouldn't need to talk to you on the subject any further.Then my gamble would have paid off.What made you think I'd find it?What made you think I'd find it?I knew it would take a focused individual, and you more than fitted that description. I could see it in your eyes. drat right I'm focused!You don't think I'd waste my time looking around this place without good reason, do you?No, of course not.I was truly surprised when you came to me and told me you knew about 25 years ago.The fact that the safecracker Michael shot turned out to be your father...I doubt anybody could've anticipated that one.Yeah, what're the odds, huh?Maybe I knew, Mr Hyde... Even as you arrived at my room today, I knew what was going to happen.Somewhere deep down I must have realised that you would uncover the whole thing.Music: Mulling It Over  Have you found everything you were looking for?Yeah, I think I have. Michael's 13-year-old diary, the proof the connects the LAPD and Condor,even the Scarlet Star. I've uncovered them all.You found the Scarlet Star?Certainly did. Michael McGrath left some helpful clues behind. They led me to the hidden chamber and helped me get it. I have it now.Is that so... Here, take a look. *gives the Scarlet Star* So this is the Scarlet Star. Sure is.Your husband didn't take the disappearance of it lightly and killed Kathy as a result.The Scarlet Star going missing was where this whole horrible ordeal began.Not quite. Condor's theft of the Scarlet Star in the first place is where it really started.If George Patrice were still alive, I'd be showing the thing to him, and we'd be having a very frank chat about his crimes....Assuming he wouldn't just kill you and take the Scarlet Star off your body. I'm sure you would, but as he's no longer with us, that will never happen.True. The same with Michael.  What?I was only concerned with keeping it hidden, not keeping it for myself. Since you found it, you've earned the right to keep it. In fact, everything you found is as good as yours. The room and all its contents.Which, by extension, means that disposing of it all also falls to you.Mags just doesn't want to bother moving all those stuff out of that small crawlspace  Are you sure about this?I am.I understand.Okay then, I suppose it's time for me to tell you everything. 
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I'm kinda surprised there's no last second game over here, where Kyle manages to figure out the answer to everything and acquire the Scarlet Star, but he says something stupid at the last second and goes to his room considering the whole thing a wash.
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Oct 3, 2019 06:23
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Shame Dylan is gone. Would be hilarious to have a game over where if you show him the star he steals it and books it back to niles good side.
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Oct 3, 2019 09:11
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Last minute game over: show the diamond to Claire and she decks you and steals it, she's been a deep cover Nile operative this whole time!
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Oct 3, 2019 09:18
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 All of it?Will you let me tell you about my foolishness in loving an evil man?Music: Razzle Dazzle  This is off to a GREAT start. I know there's different standards in 1980, but still.  I knew from the start that he was a bad person. He brought a different woman with him each time and used to keep dubious company. Despite all this, I feel for him. But, as soon as we began to live together, something became very apparent to me. I knew that I'd need to get used to dealing with the times I loved him...and times I detested him. The strangest thing was, the more I became accustomed to the jealousy I felt, the more my desire toward him grew. It was a very strange position to be in. When he started dipping his feet into the world of crime, I began thinking that I needed to know everything he was involved in. So, yes, before you say it, by keeping his wrongdoings secret, I became an accomplice. The feelings of guilt that arose from all the crimes was what chained us together. He became more and more distant from me as his feelings faded. Until, finally, I could see there was no hope for a future together.Not like he was that faithful to begin with... Music: Shadow Lost in the Darkness  Despite having full knowledge of their intimacy, there was no fuss made. I was perfectly content to just sit back and watch, now that my feelings had subsided.Doesn't seem like Michael had any idea about this, though.  as he told me that I was going to have to keep one more secret, I finally started to realise that I'd made a grave mistake. I was partly responsible for the man he'd become. It came to me in a flash. I was the only person who'd be able to put an end to his misdeeds once and for all.There's never been a more appropriate time to use the  emoticonAnd so, on that day, I... I planned to shoot him using his own gun. But as it turned out, I wasn't to become a murderer that night after all. Somebody else had crept in, pointed a gun and shot George instead. Music: Deep Distrust   I woke up after being out cold. The first thing I noticed was that the gun that shot George was grasped in my right hand, with the now lifeless body of my husband laid out before me. He had died with the most atrocious look of pain across his face. One thing went through my mind as I stared at his dead eyes: "Enough." He had gotten nothing short of what he deserved for the crimes he committed. I made one promise to his agonised face then... But why? I intended to take those secrets with me into the next life, but...Music: Razzle Dazzle  I drifted aimlessly in the darkness, tossed endlessly by the waves. You know what happened after that. I was arrested and held on suspicion of murder. Despite my predicament, I remained silent and told the police and lawyers nothing. Do you know why I chose not to reveal the truth, Mr Hyde? Well I'll tell you... That makes your decision to keep the secret even more confusing  I felt it was only fitting. After all, I was fully intent on extinguishing George's life myself that night. But it seems that greater powers than my own were at work then. Somehow, the court found me innocent of the crime, and the money I inherited from George enabled me to buy the hotel.Not surprising when your lawyer is  It's also possible that this lawyer is Jeff's father, I guess. He did work for Nile, after all. Part of the reason I snapped this place up was to maintain secrecy, but I also felt that if I lived here, the lighthouse would be my guide and help me traverse the waves and survive the darkness. Looking back, maybe I was just clinging on to my foolish ideals. But the fact remains, I failed in my attempt to keep what he did secret. And that brings us right back to here and now, where I'm telling you everything.New Music: Sunset Men (Last Window)  I expect you're overwhelmed with anger at this foolish woman's confession, am I right?I really wish I hadn't needed to tell anybody what I've told you.You're kidding, right?I beg your pardon?Surely you've been wanting to offload this entire thing onto somebody for years.I mean, keeping all this pent up for so long and all. You must've been dying to tell anybody who'd listen.Mr Hyde...I... I... I admit it, you're right.I've been languishing in my guilt for what seems like an eternity. I just couldn't see it through to the end...I know I made the decision by myself, but... I just wanted to put my love for another ahead of my own feelings.I never thought doing so could lead to this much turmoil....It's true. I've been feeling like this for quite some time now. I desperately wanted someone I could sit down and talk to. Uhh...  As I stare at Mags crying her eyes out, I think to myself... There msut be so many people around the world forced to keep burdens on their own. And one thing's for sure: I'm one of them. Knowing the truth behind my dad's death and uncovering the hidden deeds behind it... It still doesn't go far to erase the unbearable things I have going round my mind. I understand the pain she's feeling, I really do. Now she's in front of me in tears, after telling me everything, after spending all that time keeping an unbearable truth to herself. The more she cries, the easier the burden will become, though it'll never truly disappear. I suppose the least I can do is wait quietly here until she's done crying.   If you stay there much longer, you're gonna catch your death. Here, I'll help you up.Thank you, but I'm fine, Mr Hyde. I can stand on my own.I have never needed anybody's help, and I have no intention of changing that now. Her eyes are now fixed on the light bursting forth from the lighthouse. We just stand and stare.  Soon we'll be leaving this lighthouse behind forever. I wonder if I'll be okay without it to guide me through the darkness...Mags continues to mutter things to herself. I'm unable to respond. I just continue staring up at the lilghthouse without saying a word.      I don't feel like dragging myself back to my room. I decide to take one last trip to the fourth floor. Music: Mulling It Over  I brush aside the dust that's covering the window and peer outside.  It's the cold, damp view I'm so accustomed to seeing: the picturesque city at night. I never thought I'd see the last view my dad ever laid eyes on. But of course, what my dad saw must have been slightly different...  I'm now the age he was then, standing in the same room and looking out the same window. What did he see when he stared out through it? What was he expecting to see? I may have uncovered what happened then, but I'll never know what he was thinking. There is one thing I know for certain though...  A choice which was made with me and Mom in mind. I close the curtains and let the memory of my dad rest at last. 
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First Bradley, then his father. I wonder who Kyle would've let go in a hypothetical third game.
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Blueberry Pancakes posted:First Bradley, then his father. I wonder who Kyle would've let go in a hypothetical third game. Ed, maybe?
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 *Phone rings*   I reach out from beneath the covers of my bed and make a move to grab the receiver.  "Morning, Kyle."  Hey.Music: Ace of Diamonds   He told me everything. Seems you've been keeping things from me. He what?! It's not like that, I wasn't keeping anything from you. Then why didn't you just tell me yourself? I mean, Ed going to hospital is pretty serious and all!Oh, right, that...What else would it be? Is there something else you're not telling me? No, of course not. (I don't feel it's the right time to let Mom know about the truth behind Dad's death. I guess I can't put it off forever, though.) Ed told me something nice too, though... What's that supposed to mean?Relax. It's just his way of paying you a compliment. Besides, I was really happy to hear him say it.Listen, Mom...Yes?You remember the chat we had a couple of days ago? The one about why you and Dad were together?Yes, I remember.Well, I've been doing some thinking since then about Dad. If I can put his crimes into the past, I'd like to come and visit you. Maybe then you could tell me some more about him. I'd be happy to, Kyle. Music: Heating Up  splash some water on my face...   Time to give Rachel a call. Music: Serenity  It's me. Morning, handsome. I'm done with that order.You mean you found the item?Yeah, that and the truth from 25 years ago.Should I pass you over to Ed? No need, I'll probably come into the office later, anyway. Best give Ed a heads-up first, though.Will do! So, guess I'll see you then. I'll be waiting, Kyle.Music stops  (Before I do anything else, I'd better fill Frank in on what happened yesterday.)I head to room 302.    Mr Hyde!Hi, Frank.Music: Blue Lady  What did you find out in the end? Did you manage to uncover anything significant?Yeah, you could say that.That's why I'm here, actually. Please, tell me what you know.I gained access to the hidden chamber Condor used for their secret sales.A hidden chamber?That's what I said. Seems there's been a secret room here ever since the place was a hotel.Wasn't easy to find though. The only way to get in was via a secret hatch in the elevator.I'm stunned!So you actually entered this chamber?drat right I did! And not just that. I found some pretty interesting things there.They should be just what you've been looking for... What?Here. *gives the Condor ledger*Mr Hyde, could this be...It's a ledger containing all the details of the jewel sales that Condor made.I believe this pretty much covers what you've been trying to find, am I right? *gives the photo and badge*And these?What you have there is a picture showing Hugh Speck together with Condor, and an LAPD police badge.Correct me if I'm wrong, but this should provide you with enough evidence to nail Speck. Mr Hyde...  I...What's wrong?I'm sorry, please understand how emotional this is for me. I've hoped for this day for such a long time now. It's been quite a wait.Mr Hyde... Thanks to your efforts, I now have all the proof I need to take that man down.Well, Frank will first have to prove George or Michael's connection to Condor first, so it's not going to be that easy. The rest, you can safely leave to me.Break a leg.Just one thing though, Frank.What is it?Once you've blown the whistle on Speck, what'll you do next?Where are you gonna go after this? What? Worried that this old man might have nowhere to go? Please, don't trouble yourself with such worries. I've got no wish to throw myself into the care of my children.In fact, after Hugh Speck's wrongdoing has been exposed to the world, Idaho? Yes.A colleague of mine from the force has a farm there. He's been telling me for years to come down and visit. It's about time I took him up on it.I was half expecting Frank to become a salesman. He's definitely going to be good at it. Sounds like you're all set. Let's make a deal then. I give you the proof you've been after, and you promise to send me some of the potatoes you're gonna grow down there.Deal! I'll be sure to send some your way.  Now, I must be going.Frank returns to his room. (That ties that one up. Now, I'd better think about visiting an estate agency before heading to the office.)New Music: Violet Sky (Last Window)  The best music makes a comeback! I prefer the original, but this remix is nice too. It does lost to Promise or Belief, though. Knock Frank's door again  What's wrong?When are you moving out, Frank?I plan to leave on the 30th.Care for a drink sometime before then? I'd like to pick your brains about some old stories. I think I could manage it.Let me know when you have the time.I'll do that.Frank goes back inside his room. It's now time to go visit everyone and see how they're doing. ...Which is less impactful than last game seeing how half of the characters are already gone.  Knock  When are you leaving this place, Charles? I'll be going on the 29th.I see.Do you have any plans to go back to France? Not yet!What? I want to stay here in LA and study some more. I'm going to try and convince my grandfather to let me stay for one more year.You think you can get him on board?Well, if I can... I intend to work and pay my own tuition fees. No more allowances from him!Sounds like a plan.Doesn't sound like it's gonna be easy, but knowing you, you'll find a way.I hope so. Anyway, see you later.Charles goes back inside his room. Knock Charles' door again  What's wrong?Hey, Charles, perhaps you could swing by my place before you leave.Sure, if that's okay.There's a record I'd like you to hear. That sounds great!I'll come round soon.See you then.Charles goes back inside his room. Will and Dylan are both gone, so that's all for the third floor residents.  Knock (There's no answer.)(It looks like Marie's kept her part of the bargain and headed to the station.) Knock "Who's there?" It's me, Kyle."Oh, Hyde... Sorry man, but I'm about to go out." I see.Betty is also gone, so that's all for the second floor residents. Much less fruitful than last time...     What's up? You seem chirpier than usual, if that's possible. Can you guess?Come on, tell me what's up. My mom's here! She's chatting with Dad right now.Is that so?Yes! And what's more, they seem to be getting along really well.I don't want to jinx it, but this could be their second chance.Well let's hope your luck's in. I've got you to thank for this, Mr Hyde. Me? What did I do?Well, you and Dad talked about it, didn't you? You told him, few families actually manage to get back together, and that there are lots that really want to, but simply can't. Yeah, that sounds like the kind of thing I'd say."Claire?"  Hmm? Dad!  Well hey there, Mr Hyde.Hi, Sidney. Dad, where's Mom? It's no use, Claire. I don't think I can handle it on my own. I run out of things to say when it's just the two of us. I think we can all relate. Dad...Mom's not expecting the world, you know. Just be yourself.But Claire...Just take it slowly and try not to get flustered! Don't try to rush through it. Enjoy the time you have together. Claire...Anyway, I've got to get back to the café.You'd better think about heading back too, unless you want to keep Mom waiting. Yeah, fair enough. See you later, Mr Hyde.Yeah, bye.Claire walks back into the café.  Sidney...I think you'd better do what Claire says. After all, these things take times.I suppose you're right. I'll give it my best shot."Dad!"  Guess that's my cue!Speak to you later, Mr Hyde.Sidney heads back to the café. Before we end this game (it'll end as soon as we walk near any of the doors here), let's take a final look at the descriptions. Music: Sobering Dream    The results of our hard work throughout the game.  Mags finally got her smiling sprite on her profile (that can only be seen for the last 10 minutes of the game).     These guys also finally got their profiles updated. We already knew all of these by Frank's confrontation, but  Music: Violet Sky (Last Window)     Word up, homeslice!What's up with you? Carrying your guitar round with you at this time in the morning?I love that you can see the guitar when Tony approaches   Got me a job.No kidding, a job? Heh, it's okay Hyde, you don't have to get so emotional. I've got a gig!The venue's a bit small, but they picked up my act after hearing my song on the radio. I've been signed up to play from today for a whole week, you know!That's great, man. Good for you. There's just one tiny little hitch... They want me to play them something totally new on the last day. Which is cool and all, but I don't have any new material! I've been going over it in my head, but I'm coming up with zilch.Cut the crap. Stop worrying about it and just do it!Shia LaBeouf!? When did you and Kyle switch places? What?I'm pretty sure that, if you put your mind to it, you can write something new.You know how tough life can get, you've got a nice girl, you've even been knocked out. Surely you've got no end of subject matter to work with. You know what, you're right! Guess I'd better give it a shot.How are you feeling after last night, anyway?A lot better now. No sleep spray's gonna keep me down! How about you? How'd the treasure hunt go?Treasure hunt?I'm finished with that now.Yeah? You're done? What do you mean?It was all devised by some shady types to get us to play their game. So we were taken out by those same shady characters?Right. And that's why I decided to get out while I still could. Better not to pry into it.drat, that's serious stuff.So I guess all our dreams about becoming stinking rich have gone up in smoke, huh?Guess they have.Oh yeah, Hyde.I'm gonna be recording my demo tape tomorrow.So you got yourself a studio?Sure did! That $1000 you gave me was plenty to set up a real sweet place.Glad to hear it.You and me both.And once I've got my sound recorded on a demo tape, the sky's the limit!One step closer to your dream, I suppose.Hyde, I just want you to know... As soon as I've got the cash, I'm gonna pay you back. Every last penny.Yeah, well, I'll believe it when I see it.Cut me some slack, man. I'm being serious here!The last part only plays if we gave the check to Tony. In fact, Tony is the only recipient who has an extra scene in the epilogue (as far as I know).   Whoa!Hello, Mr Wolf. Long time, no see.Nice ambush. I trust you are well? Yeah, I'm doing okay.Your timing's perfect, actually. I was hoping to ask you something.What is it?Regarding your rent...I was just curious to hear when you'll be settling the total amount you still owe me.Ah, yes, the age-old question. I'm sorry about that. But it's cool, 'cause I'm gonna pay it all off soon.I got some work that's gonna be bringing in the cash.So don't you worry, you'll get your rent soon enough.I see. You seem quite confident about it. I'm prepared to take you at your word.Please come and see me once you're in a position to settle your debt.Thanks, Mrs Patrice.Hey, Tony, aren't you supposed to be somewhere?drat, you're right, I've gotta split! Wish me luck!  He's somewhat different from before, wouldn't you say?He is?He managed to look me in the eye and tell me straight... Much more confident.I feel a lot more inclined to believe what he says when his attitude is like that.I wonder what brought on this sudden change?You're not so different yourself, you know.What?Well, like you, he's been weighed under by problems and couldn't get any help...Now he's overcome that, and you've seen the results.Like I said before, Kyle would make an amazing therapist. I see your point.Mrs Patrice...What're you gonna do with yourself after you leave this place? But now you mention it, maybe it's about time I did.Part of me just wants to get out of here. Maybe on a cruise...Somewhere with a lighthouse to guide us at night...What do you think, Mr Hyde? Maybe you'd care to join me.I think I'll give it a miss. I'm not really one for long, drawn-out cruises.I see. Well, that's probably for the best. Especially seeing as you have more pressing matters to attend to.Meaning?Well, like finding a new place to live for one.It's only you and Mr Wolf who are yet to decide on a place. Maybe it is time I got a move on.I'd really appreciate it if you did.There's still a lot on my plate to take care of, without having you to worry about!Though I'm sure you appreciate that more than the others would.Yeah.Anyway, I must be going, Mr Hyde.Mags returns to her room. (Okay then. Time for me to head out, too.)*Pager beeps* My pager... I'll be there as soon as I can, Rachel.Music stops  Well, here we are. Our final minigame.      New Music: Yellow Desert  And that's the end of the game!  Kyle is still an amazing protagonist and it's nice to see how he's moved on from Bradley.  Tony starts off absolutely garbage, but gets much better as the game moves on. It helps that this game lasts over several days instead of hours. He's not as good as Louie, but then again, who is?  I guess it's more realistic that not everyone ended up being connected to the mystery. One of the most mundane of the lot. She could've used more appearance in the final third of the game. Probably visiting Tony in the epilogue or something.  Another unrelated party, though this one actually engages in the mystery. He's kind of a reverse Betty in that he's pretty much absent from the first third of the game. Seriously, I'm pretty sure everyone forgot Charles exists until we tried to sell things to him.  Dylan is the reverse Tony in that he starts off extremely helpful but ended up being that guy who nobody likes. He should've learned when to fold. On another note, I'm pretty sure this sprite is never used in the game.  Marie definitely got the worst luck. What are the odds that her brother and husband work for the same evil company? Good thing she got her insurance money before she went on the run, though.  You know, if Rex could go in Marie's room and plant the bugging device, he could've found the hat and sunglasses there and end his whole investigation much earlier. Good thing he's too lazy to get a stool, huh?  Sidney is a cool guy around. Definitely someone you never want to punch. Isn't that right, Kyle?   Claire's most memorable action is her being a beast in billiards. Otherwise, she's even more mundane than Betty. She's the only one who knows Kyle's talent as a therapist and seeks help actively, so there's that.  What is Ed hiding? Is he hiding something about Hugh Speck? Or is it about Frank and Chris' relationship? Find out in the extended epilogue! ...Yes, there's an extended epilogue. But it's only available in the novel, so you have to actually read to know it. It's something about Frank being estranged from his family because of Hugh   Rachel isn't as flirty with Kyle this time, probably due to the localisation altering her character. There's no new game+ this time too.  Mila is a fanservice character that people who never played Hotel Dusk won't understand. People who do played that game will be left amazed at the rehabilitation centre that made her able to go to college right after elementary school.  Oh, Will. Such a wasted opportunity. He barely got more screentime than Mila, and he's the one who started this whole thing! Would've been nice to know more about him.  Frank starts as a grumpy old man and ends as a grumpy old man who is a smooth talker and huge gently caress-up. I'd play a game about him where the confrontations are replaced with persuasions.  Thinking about it, she's a great example of why you need to out of an abusive relationship. That explains why she wanted to keep George's secret even though she didn't mind getting arrested. And that's every...wait...  There we go! Jeanie doesn't really do much, but she's a great moral support. No idea why the game skipped her, though. New Music: Journey's End  Anyway, this game is amazing and I'm happy to be able to show it to you guys over the course of...1 year?! It's amazing how time files.  The pace of this story is slower, which makes it a bit of a slog at the beginning. It does allow for more character progression, though. Especially for Tony and Dylan.  The art for every character is top notch and it's a shame I can't just make every single portrait into a GIF to show off the animation. It's amazing how much work goes into it.  The music is also great, with Belief and Promise being the best ones. Promise's muxic box version is the one I remember the most (because I was stuck there for a long time  ) The story feels like it's a lot less contrived compared to last game. Everyone relevant (except Kyle) has an actual reason for being there. I'll have to say that Hotel Dusk has better finale, though. We pretty much learned nothing new on the rooftop, and some characters' story isn't given a resolution at the end. Some of them are resolved in the novel's epilogue, but not all are included like Will or Betty.  I'd like to see more games in this series, but I doubt it will happen, what with CING being bankrupt and all. It's nice that this game at least managed to hit Europe, though. Music stops   Born and bred in the locality, this man's steady campaign has won him the position. Have we seen this guy before? I don't think we have...  Speck, the runner-up of the campaign, had this to say: "Regardless of the outcome, I will continue to represent the good of the people." Do your job, Frank!   The Museum of Natural History has received an anonymous donation. The donation consists of a large, pristine diamond. The diamond itself is a well-known jewel, the famous Scarlet Star.  Experts examining the diamond recognised it as the Scarlet Star right away due to its distinctive apparance. It is an absolutely priceless stone. I repeat: The Museum of Natural History has received an anonymous donation..." *The TV is turned off*  Thanks for reading. 1234567890num fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Oct 12, 2019 |
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There will be two more updates to this LP: The novel's Chapter 10 and the sealed files (remember those?). The latter will also include the jukebox.
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Oct 9, 2019 02:52
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 Oh, it's not over.
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Oh, good. The game ends before we have to see Ed's heart get broken when he finds out about his buddy Hugh. It was very to end on Kyle having one last moment of bonding with all his old neighbors and donating the diamond. I got worried when he lied about finding it to Tony.
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And so we're just about at the end of our adventures with Kyle Hyde. Is this going to be the end of our adventures with you? Are you going to follow this up with the Another Code series, of which these games are kinda-sorta prequels? Or Chase Cold Case Investigations, made by the same dev team after they found another place to work?
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I have no way to record 3ds footage, so I can't LP that game. I haven't actually tried the Another Code series, but looking briefly at some videos it looks very...dated even by Hotel Dusk standards. If it's worth playing I guess I'll do that, but I won't LP it anytime soon. On another note, gently caress Martin for writing so many  into the novel.
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1234567890num posted:I have no way to record 3ds footage, so I can't LP that game. I haven't actually tried the Another Code series, but looking briefly at some videos it looks very...dated even by Hotel Dusk standards. If it's worth playing I guess I'll do that, but I won't LP it anytime soon. Yeah, it would require either a hacked 3DS (simple to do if you have one that isn't fully updated) or seeing if the game works in the rather janky 3DS emulator.
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The novel is finally fully transcribed. That was definitely a lot of If you're just interested in reading the extended epilogue, just skip to the picture of Page 254.
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Thanks for the lp and extended epilogue. It’s nice to get some resolution on the characters.
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I watched a playthrough of Chase Cold Case while transcribing the sealed files and it really looks unfinished. It's like a first case in Ace Attorney except without any followup or character development. Also, the dialog boxes being on the bottom screen while the sprites being on the top screen really annoys me. 1234567890num fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Oct 12, 2019 |
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 After we finish the game, the novel is the only thing we have access to. Finishing the game without opening any sealed files, we get the epilogue, which is the brown pages at the end of Chapter 10.  Beside that, we can now play this minigame from the novel screen. It's available even if we didn't trade our winning bottle cap in the main game. ...Now I'm curious if we can trade it during Mags' confrontation. Here's the gameplay in action.  We also unlocked a brand new minigame. We'll be playing against Tony, but there's rumor that other people will be available to play, such as Betty. I can't confirm its validity, though, because I'm not going to be playing this. The control is too wonky for me.   Anyway, now we're going to be reading the sealed files. Pick your song from the jukebox here.  After each chapter, each sealed file is available. So there's nine in total (plus one from Chapter 10 that doesn't really count). We've seen this one in Chapter 2, but now it's finally time to open it.  Whoops. Let's try that again.  Good thing I haven't saved. Otherwise I'll be forced to bear the shame of not being an impatient rear end for the rest of the game    to drug trafficking. Using the attention to detail instilled in him by his superiors, Kyle began his investigation of the crime scene. I conducted an interview with Kyle's superior at the time, Willy Taylor. He remarked that he had never seen anyone be so meticulous until he met Kyle Hyde. According to Willy, it was perfectly normal for officers to miss small clues and details on their first case. But Kyle was different. "Despite being a rookie, Hyde never had the decency to keep his desk clean. He was a mess. But as soon as he hit a crime scene, he did a complete 180. Calm, commanding and meticulous, that was our Officer Hyde. "The man was unflappable, even when confronted with that secret door mechanism. There were two buttons on it, and the combination of presses required to open the door changed every day. Kyle just walked up to the door, cool and collected, and pushed both buttons at the same time. The door opened. "Then, when he was searching the scene, he found the murder weapon before any of the other cops -- hidden inside a sofa. Genius. "But I didn't congratulate him, didn't commend him, didn't give him nothing. Hyde was the kind of guy who didn't need no ego boost. So I took him aside, showed him the gun he'd found at the scene and gave him a solid grilling for wasting hours searching for the thing when it was in such an obvious place. "The guy couldn't believe what he was hearing. I told him, always search the crime scene with a fine-tooth comb. There is always a clue there, always. And once you have that clue, you're sailing. Don't do it half-assed, don't give it to the rookies. Do it yourself, hands-on." If Kyle's experiences at the 89th precinct taught him anything, it was that. Even after taking his leave of the police force and starting to find things for Ed, he lived by that principle. When I contacted his colleague, Rachel, to ask about his work ethic, she had the following to say: "Kyle would never leave a  any good at tracking down a woman's heart." While I was conducting this research, I happened upon another worthwhile piece of information. It concerns a tragic event in Ed's past that might well have set him on the path towards setting up his side business. Ed Vincent left the LAPD in 1972. The same year, his girlfriend Catherine was killed. The murderer was a man whom Ed had sent to jail for theft. Upon finishing his sentence, the man discovered where Ed lived and bluffed his way in. Ed returned home later to find Catherine dead. The murderer was later caught and is still in jail today. According to a colleague of Ed's, Tony Caraway, Ed later found a letter among her belongings. It said this: "You always say your life is too dangerous and I'd never be happy if we were together. I'm sick of that excuse, Ed, so if you can't propose to me then I'll do it to you. "I love you, Ed. I know that we can live life to the fullest together. No matter where our  This file hints at the fire alarm double switch (aka emulator headache) and searching for Marie's ring. I got a Game Over because this file implies the ring was in the sofa  for Kyle after he'd had a long day on the job. "I specialise in serving what isn't on the menu," Sidney said, "although my daughter likes giving them strange names. The California burger is the 'Tired Hyde', for example." Sidney also told me that Kyle would always tip generously, then put the rest of the change in his pocket and leave. "I once asked him what he did with all the change he collected. He said that he put it all in an empty bottle as savings. He said that when he filled up the bottle, he'd buy a 20-year vintage bourbon and share it with me." Sidney kept chattering away, continuing his story. "But he never did get that bourbon. The idiot had forgotten his rent one month so he had to raid the bottle fund to pay up!" Sidney said that he had consoled Kyle with a glass of his own secret vintage whiskey. "That's what it's like as a single man. You set rules for yourself, but damned if you ever follow them." I also asked his old neighbour Betty Meyer about him. She told me about a side to Kyle that might not have been obvious at first glance. "Kyle was a really strange person. Actually, strange doesn't even begin to cover it. It wasn't uncommon to find letters and stuff on the floor by the mailboxes. Now, Kyle never, ever checked his own mailbox. But whenever he found something on the floor, he would pick it up and bring it straight to the person!" She related the tale of him bringing her a mail-order catalogue that had been left on the ground. "It was the same when people dropped stuff in the corridor. Nobody else would notice it, but his eagle eyes would home in on them." "Same if it was in the corner or just plain hard to see. I remember him finding something for Marie once too. I do wonder if that had something to do with his old job." Betty said that she had heard from someone in the building that he used to be a detective. She noted that his general manner made a lot more sense   This refers to us getting the rent money from the bottle and finding Marie's insurance letter. And also Martin being a dick. Also, the burger might refer to the one Kyle ate in Chapter 3.[/url]  His preferred attire is a sharp single-breasted suit, always in black. This is invariably accompanied by a white shirt with a collar that's slightly on the small side and a black skinny tie, loosely fastened with a small knot. His drink of choice is a straight bourbon on the rocks. He's not picky about the type of glass it's served in, but he'd prefer the ice cubes to be round if possible. He tends to eat out and in fact rarely cooks for himself -- and while he doesn't demand a high-class restaurant, he does it when a chef pays close attention to the flavours of the sauces and the temperature of the food. As a rule of thumb he does not accept presents from women, and if he were to receive one, it's likely that he wouldn't keep it for an especially long time. However, there is one notable exception: a ceramic piggy bank in the shape of the Pinkie Rabbit cartoon character, which he hides away in his closet. Kyle received this curiosity as a gift from a young lady called Mile, and while he continues to put coins onto it, he refuses to ever break it and instead makes sure to keep it safe, no matter how unbefitting such a piggy bank seems of a grown man. The reasons for this are not entirely clear. I happen to be familiar with a method of retrieving the coins in such a situation. Instead of breaking it, you can insert something long and thin into the coin slot and the coins will just slide out. I am not sure if Kyle has ever used such a technique himself, however. I spoke to one person who knows the story behind the Pinkie Rabbit piggy bank: Rosa Fox, a maid who has owrked at Hotel Dusk for many years. "Mr Hyde? As if I could forget him! December 28th, 1979... That's when he stayed here. I remember the exact date. "It's that Mila girl who gave him the piggy bank. That day is when they first met each other, right here at this hotel. He really helped her out. That'll be why she gave him that piggy bank for his birthday -- she wanted to give him something that showed how grateful she was.  "She told me all about it. She searched high and low for that darn piggy bank! Every store in town. It had to be the exact right present for her to give to Mr Hyde." Listening to Rosa's story, I learnt that Kyle Hyde isn't quite as set in his ways as you might expect. He can be very considerate of other people's feelings, and sometimes his tastes change to reflect this. When she realised that I was researching Kyle's tastes, Rosa adopted a boastful expression and said, "Well then, Mr Smart Guy, did you know that Kyle Hyde likes doing his laundry? I hear he won't let anyone else do it for him. You wouldn't get that from looking at him! "You might think it's just that he's all particular about detergent because he sells household goods, but that's not it. Apparently he likes to put his clothes in the machine and then just sit in the laundry room and zone out while he waits for it to finish. Can't see what's so great about that, not for the life of me! It just smells of detergent. But you know, that's Kyle Hyde for you. To each their own, I say." Subsequently, another of my interviewees brought up laundry in relation to Kyle. It was one of the residents of his apartment building, a young man named Charles Jeunet. "I didn't see Mr Hyde a lot, but I sometimes bumped into him in the laundry room. There were a few times I said hello to him and we ended up having an unusually long conversation. "Let me think, what did we talk about? That's it -- movies. Yes, we mostly talked about movies. I remember being surprised he knew so much about French cinema. Oh, and once we realised we both liked mysteries, we started playing detective a bit ourselves. Peopole always used to leave things in the laundry room by mistake, so we'd try to figure out who they belonged to." If I were to pinpoint Kyle Hyde's dislikes, I would say they include sweet alcoholic beverages, women who whine too much and sorting out all the letters and junk mail that inevitably piles up in his   This is the first file that's actually useful. It shows the solution of how to get the coins from Pinkie Bank, where Frank's tape is and how to play it. Also, there's plenty of Hotel Dusk references, like Kyle liking Bourbon on the rocks (the first drink he ordered in the bar), Mile still keeping in touch with Rosa , and him not liking Iris (even willing to threaten physical harm just to avoid drinking with her). life. He watched all kinds of people, from violent criminals to witnesses. He staked out all kinds of places for all kinds of reasons. The methods of communication available to a police officer during a stakeout where limited. They were generally able to use the radio in the car, but in cases where that wasn't possible, the officers couldn't rely on contacting HQ and receiving timely assistance. It was common for the men on the stakeout to have only their own abilities and judgments to draw on. Dennis Sachs, a colleague of Kyle's at the time in the NYPD, told me about one such situation. "Yeah, we were often put on stakeouts together. Normally Hyde always had this sense about him like his mind was somewhere else, but the second we went into action, the real Kyle Hyde appeared -- and believe me, he had some balls! It was kinda weird, actually. And whenever we had to make a decision about when to step in, he just made it. No hesitation whatsoever. Not to mention all those times he ran after someone. It was like, whoosh! All of a sudden he was off, and nothing was gonna stop him. "He did large-scale stakeouts a lot too. We'd be split up into teams set up in different places around a building's perimeter, and we'd have a signal the teams would use when communicating to each other. This one time, it was Hyde's turn to decide what the signals should be. "Normally we used our cars for the signal. We'd flash the headlights in a particular way. But not this time! No, this time the signal involved those thin electric flashlights we used in our investigations. Hyde decided we'd use Morse code, transmitted using those tiny little lights. "Right away all the guys complained that it was gonna be too annoying to use, but in the end it helped us catch someone. From then on, that system he'd thought of using those flashlights was what the 89th precinct used on all their stakeouts." At the time, Kyle told Dennis Sachs that he had learnt Morse code in the boy  stunts like that once in a while." That was the most important detail I gleaned from Dennis's story. Kyle Hyde is the type of man who pulls stupid stunts from time to time. During my research I learnt from various further incidents where Kyle did just that. I shall now recount two such incidents. The first took place 13 years ago, when Kyle was still just a 21-year-old universtiy student. It was summer, and although I am not aware of the circumstances that led this particular event, Kyle had bet his friends that he could swim all the way around Manhattan Island. And sure enough, though it was a distance of approximately 29 miles and it took him ten hours to do it, Kyle won that bet. No one had seriously believed he could do it, so naturally they were all very impressed. He became on overnight campus sensation, the university's very own celebrity for that entire summer. And yet, Kyle never did any long-distance swimming ever again. The second incident took place when Kyle had been working for Red Crown for just over half a year. He was getting used to his new life: receiving stock from Ed and going door-to-door to try and sell it. One day, the product he had to sell was a grabber. It was a device that started off folded up quite small, but if you squeezed the handle, it extended so that you could use the tongs on the end to pick up items a short distance away. It was a useful tool and actually rather popular at the time. So Kyle set out that day with a dozen of those grabbers to try and sell as many as he could. However, by the time evening came, his inventory had not depleted at all. It wasn't that he had been slacking off. In fact, he had knocked on one hundred doors over the course of that day. It was just that he couldn't sell a grabber to any of the people who lived in those particular houses. He didn't know precisely why this product wasn't  This refers to flicking the light switch so Dylan could free us from Room 405 and our task from Ed to sell stuff. Also, swimming around Manhattan is a real thing, at least starting from 2000s (no idea about the 60s). It's around 30 miles. I have a feeling that Martin left out the part where Kyle got dysentery after swimming in New York waters.  to deduce. By the time we are adults, we have internalised the technique of looking at something we don't understand and either pretending we didn't see it or pretending we knew all about it already. One might argue that everything that exists in our world is a product of our inquisitive nature: our curiosity to know why, to understand things that are new to us. But the truth is, everyone becomes gradually less likely to ask, "Why?" as each year passes. It's particularly a problem for those such as myself who engage in the production of creative works. In December 1979, I had fallen into a slump. Instead of looking at the world and asking why, I just sat with my head in my hands. That's the worst possible state for an author to find himself in. I was supposed to be working on the plot for my new work, but instead I just sat holding my pen and staring at my writing paper for hours as not a single idea sprang to mind. The one who pulled me out of that abyss was Kyle Hyde. It wasn't that he did anything for me in particular. He just happened to turn up at the same hotel i was staying at in an attempt to make myself write. The moment I met him, I knew there was something truly unique about him. Kyle Hyde was most definitely something new to me, something I didn't understand. If he was supposed to be a salesman, why was he constantly shirking his duty? If he always went out presenting a facade of indifference, how did he come to know so much about everybody? If he disliked children so much, why were children so fond of him? And if he never made any effort to flirt with women, why did they universally find him so appealing? Just a few short hours after meeting Kyle, my mind was overwrought with questions such as these. That set the gears in motion, and soon enough my missing sense of curiosity had returned in full force, and my enthusiasm for writing along with it. There's no doubt that if I hadn't met him back then, I would be a very different person today -- that's how  brief insight into Kyle's sense of curiosity. "That totally reminds me of the day after he moved in. I got home real late at night and there were these weird noises coming from his room. Kinda like this painful grunting sound. I kept hearing it over and over again, so naturally I got a little worried. I knocked on the door and asked if everything was al right. "Turns out he was just unpacking, and that was the noise he made when he lifted up any of his stuff. I thought it was pretty funny -- the dude had never even realised he did it! he made that noise whenever he put a whole lot of physical effort into something. I had to laugh, you know? "Then when I saw him the next day, he came over and told me he'd figured out exactly when he made that noise. It only happened when he lifted something heavier than ten kilos or unscrewed a lid that was really stuck." Apparently after Tony went back to his own room, Kyle investigated how much effort was required on his part before he would make this sound of exertion. "He's a pretty weird guy, now that I think about it. He looked so pleased with himself when he said all that to me. But man, I knew from that moment. He loved finding out crazy stuff like that. It's like his passion. "And you know, he gets into some pretty surprising things sometimes. This one time, he drank bottle after bottle of the juice from the vending machine in the lobby just so he could win the video game they had as this competition prize. I kinda laughed then too." Incidentally, what Kyle won by finding the right bottle cap was, more specifically, a handheld gaming device from Japan released in 1980. The game involved repeatedly hitting the enemies as they reappeared, and he found it so entertaining that he even showed it to Rachel, his colleague at Red Crown. "And man, that's not all. One time the prize changed to a Pinkie Rabbit game, and he had to get that one too. He  This refers to Pinkie Rabbit Land and the part where we have to grunt into the microphone to open a jar for Claire. Also, doesn't seem like Martin Summer actually bothered to look for Alan, despite what he said   course of my research I learnt that during each of these periods there was a key figure in his life who had a great impact on his personal development. The first was a teacher he had as a young boy, Sarah Hartman. The second is Billy J Coolidge, whom Kyle befriended as a young man. Finally, during his days on the police force he was greatly influenced by his partner, Brian Bradley. My research inevitably took me to Manhattan at one point, and during my time there I was lucky enough to be able to interview one of those key figures regarding the younger Kyle Hyde. "Yeah, I still see Kyle twice, maybe three times a year. The last time was about half a year ago I think. I had a recording session in a studio in LA, and after work I called him up late at night and dragged him to a nearby bar. We ended up drinking right through till the morning. It's like that whenever I go drinking with the guy; we end up chatting for hours." This was the first recollection I heard from Billy J Coolidge, Kyle's friend of many years, when we met at an open-air café in the East Village. Billy is a session musician with his own studio not far from said café, and his drumming can be heard on albums by numerous well-known artists. He was also closer to Kyle than anyone else in their younger years. "When I first met the guy, he was 16 and I was 18. But for a while he lied to me and pretended we were the same age. He was a dirty little sneak back then!" They got to know each other when they were both working part-time for a Cool Pop delivery company. It paid well, but the minimum age for the job was 18, so for that summer Kyle pretended he was old enough and worked there with Billy. The two of them soon became best friends, and they subsequently went to the same university. Even now, with Kyle living in Los Angeles, their friendship is continues uninterrupted. "He's never changed, you know. He's never been great at weighing up the pros and considerate  For Kyle's 17th birthday, Billy gave him a record that he was into at the time. It was a famous free jazz recording that many consider representative of the 1960s as a whole. Kyle became so completely fascinated by the sound of the saxophone on that record that he took all the money he'd saved up and bought a used alto sax, then started teaching himself how to play it. "The guy was a natural. After we started college, he sometimes got all the jazzmen my pop knew to teach him stuff as well. But after the accident he could never quite play as well as he used to..." When Kyle was in his third year of university, he suffered an event that forced him to give up on his dream. It all started when the elevator broke down one day in the old apartment building where he lived at the time. Kyle got in the elevator at the same time as a young boy called Daniel. They both lived on the sixth floor, and just as they were about to reach it, the elevator suddenly stopped with a clunk. The moment he realised they were trapped inside, Daniel panicked. He started wailing loudly and had difficulty breathing. "There was no emergency call button in that elevator, so he started banging on the wall with his fists and shouting for help. He knew he had to get that kid rescued as quickly as possible." The apartment manager finally heard Kyle's knocking and called the fire department, who managed to get them out of the elevator. Daniel was perfectly safe. It wasn't long before Kyle and Daniel developed something of a bond. But whether it was fate or coincidence, that was not the only calamity to befall the two of them; Kyle had to rescue DAniel one more time. One day, Daniel was playing on his bicycle in front of the apartment building when he noticed Kyel arriving home. He pushed down too hard on the pedal and sent himself flying towards the road. The brakes wouldn't work, so he was unable to stop himself. In the space of a second, Kyel threw himself into the bike and saved Daniel, but in the  had it on his mind already though, if I had to guess. You know what happened with his pop and all." I was eager to find out all I could from Billy while I had the opportunity to speak to him. He was kind enough to tell me numerous stories about Kyle's love life, as well as anecdotes about Kyle that no one else would know. The last story he told me before we ran out of time was something I hadn't quite expected. It was about a musician. "Hmm, when was it? I forget exactly, but Kyle sent me something in the mail that was a real one of a kind. I mean, it was just a tape, but I couldn't believe what was on it. He just said it was a good track and I should listen to it, but when I did I was shocked. It was a new song by Tony Wolf!" The tape, which Billy still owned, had a label on it with the song title "Belief". "Have you ever heard Tony Wolf's debut album? If not, you should really give it a spin. It'll give you goose bumps." Tony wolf is a musician who garnered attention when he won a contest sponsored by the radio programme Rock 'n' Soul, which thrives on promoting new artists. His debut album, "No Rock No Life", was a huge hit that propelled him to stardom. "Tony's musical stylings were something no one had ever heard before, and his talent was 100 percent genuine. But it's the same old story. He started believing he could no wrong and ended up in all kinds of trouble. Plus there was that corrupt producer, the one who's infamous in the music business. "Tony disappeared from the limelight, and I was pretty excited when years later I suddenly found out from Kyle where he was now. Turns out they lived in the same apartment building and they were drinking budies now. I couldn't believe it! "Even after he gave up on playing the sax, Kyle still had jazz in every fibre on his body. It's just a part of who he is. In fact, I reckon he found Tony using his sixth sense for talent. "Me and Kyle? I guess the best way of putting it is, we  This one refers to us getting trapped in the elevator with Mila (which explains why Kyle bangs at the door instead of using the alarm) and our friendship with Tony (where he ditch us soon after )Also, it has the first mention of Bradley in these files.  "When Kyle first moved to Manhattan, he was very quiet and kept to himself a lot. Even three months after he transferred in, he hadn't really opened up to me or any of the other students. His mother was very concerned about him at the time as well. I remember her coming here to talk to me about him in her breaks." Ms Hartman, who was still a teacher at the time of my research, remembered Kyle well. "I don't suppose it's too strange that he acted like that. He lost his father out of the blue and then had to move to an unfamiliar city. Of course he'd find it hard to come out of his shell. But I knew I had to be patient, that it was just a matter of time." Whatever Ms Hartman said to him, his responses only amounted to a word or two. She decided to try a slightly different tactic. Every Friday, she would choose a book for him from the school library and give it to him to read. Then, on Monday, she would ask him to tell her what he thought of it. At first, he just gave the books back to her without a single word about his opinion. One day, however, she tried giving him a science book to read. The following Monday, Kyle told her that he'd found it interesting. "After that I searched the library for every science book I could find to lend to Kyle on Fridays. Little by little he started using more words to tell me what he thought of them. After that, he started opening up a bit more to me and his classmates." According to Ms Hartman, Christmas that year was when he finally became comfortable around her and the other students. "That Christmas, I got my students to put on a bit of an event. I separated them into groups and told each grouop to come up with something they could present in front of the class that the others would enjoy watching. Some groups sang songs, some performed skits, and so on. Every group thought up their own little show. But you'll never guess what Kyle's group did! They conducted a simple scientific experiment, posing the question, what happens  blue. "The one who came up with the experiment was Kyle, of course. It was the first time he'd ever voluntarily raised his hand and presented an idea to the others." The result of the experiment was that the light disappeared entirely. Light is essentially a mixture of various colours, each at a different wavelength. When the light was shined on the red mirror, only the red light was reflected, and when it was shined on the blue mirror, only the blue light was reflected. All the other colours' wavelengths were absorbed and thus disappeared. Thus, when the light reflected off the red mirror was reflected again off the blue mirror, all the light had been absorbed, and it disappeared. It was a curious development, said Ms Hartman. "No one had managed to guess the right answer, but the children were absolutely fascinated by this experiment. They'd really enjoyed it. That made Kyle so happy. He smiled and laughed with such enthusiasm. It was the first time I'd seen him with a real childlike smile. I still vividly remember how he looked at that moment." As a side note, the red wrapping that Kyle had used in the experiment was originally the gift wrap from a bottle of wine that Ms Hartman had received from her boyfriend. "I was so sure that boy would grow up to be a science teacher or a researcher of some kind. You say he became a police officer and now works as a salesman in Los Angeles? That seems so strange to me. I just can't quite imagine someone as quiet as Kyle doing well in those lines of work." From her expression, Ms Hartman seemed slightly concerned about her former student's wellbeing as we finished our conversation. I heard about another of Kyle Hyde's Christmas experiences from Billy J Coolidge, a friend of Kyle's whom you may recall me mentioning earlier. "Christmas '67, Kyle was 21 years old. By that winter he was getting to be quite the gentleman by his standards! All her doing, of course.  mirror in his room had the words 'How dare you forget about our date! I hate your guts!' scrawled on it in lipstick. Well, the buddy was me actually. I was kind of worried for a moment, then I noticed that after all those scary red letters was a kiss mark. I figured it was just a little in-joke between the two of them. And thank goodness for that!" But as Kyle was to discover, sometimes fate stands in the way of true love. "It was Christmas Eve, and Kyle had arranged to meet Christine that night in front of Rockefeller Center. He even arrived exactly on time. But by then, she was on her way to the hospital in an ambulance, and she was in critical condition." Christine was killed by a stray bullet from a gun that had been tossed aside by a criminal during a police chase. When Kyle got to the hospital, she looked at him one last time and then passed away. "He says that Christine has lived on in his heart ever since that day. I asked him about it again the last time we met, actually. If he still loves her. He thought about it for a moment and then said: 'It's not so easy to say whether I love her or don't love her, but she's definitely still a real special lady to me. Anytime I think about her I get all emotional. It still hurts to think about what happened. But whether that's love? Hard for me to really know anymore.' "Kyle must have a special someone again by now, though. That same day, he told me something else interesting. He said that Christine was the one  This reference Rachel's wine gift wrapper being used to make a red light, the message on the mirror in Will's room, and the confrontation with Sidney. Also, sheesh, Kyle and Ed both got dead girlfriends. What next? Will it Bradley have one too?  colleague at Red Crown. "Kyle's a fan of rooftops? You know, I'd never really thought about it." She giggled slightly upon hearing my question. But when you put it like that, I guess you're right. Whenever he went out on a business trip, he asked me if I could find him a hotel with a bar and a rooftop. "This one time I went out for dinner with him, and he told me what he does at night when he's away from home. Always the same, he said. He goes to the bar and drinks three glasses of bourbon, then if the weather's good, he stumbles up to the roof. Then he just stands there and looks up at the stars. "And you know what he told me? He said it's like you're just that little bit closer to the stars. And that I should try it sometime. You know, now that you've reminded me, maybe I will! Might have to give the bourbon a miss though." Kyle told Rachel another story that evening, and she was kind enough to relate it to me. "When Kyle was a kid, he used to stand on his apartment balcony every evening and wait for his mom to come home from work. From up there he had a good view of the buss stop where she got off. "But one day she was late, and he waited there so long that it got pitch black. But when he looked up from the balcony, he could see the stars in the sky. He forgot all about the bus stop and just stared up at them, completely distracted. "He told me that when he came to his senses, his mom was home already, and she was next to him on the balcony with her arms around him. She told him that one of those stars up there was his father, and that he was always watching him from up there in the sky." That was the only time Kyle ever talked to Rachel about his childhood. "Kyle has never really talked to me about his past all that much. Honestly, I don't feel like it's that big a deal. If and when he wants to talk about it, that's up to him." As she told me this, there was something about Rachel's voice that had an intangible kindness and calming quality to it.  notice he was there straight away, you know? Then he kind of tapped me on the shoulder and said hi. "I totally wasn't expecting it, and I somehow ended up losing my balance and falling backwards a bit. Was pretty scared there for a moment! Thought I was gonna go overboard for sure. But Hyde grabbed my arm tight and pulled me back up. I mean, he saved my life, but it was still pretty dangerous! "That night, Hyde told me a story about when he was a cop. He'd chased this criminal onto a rooftop, and the guy ran right to the edge and was about to jump. But Hyde persuaded him not to and managed to arrest the guy instead. He made a connection to him, right there on the roof. "As stories go, it was kinda gritty, like you'd see on a cop show. The guy he was chasing was a three-time killer, and he had a gun. If Hyde made a single wrong move, got him too excited, it could have all gone downhill, and fast. When Hyde told me all that, I thought, man, this guy really is a detective. Before that I was always thinking, as if a guy like that could be a real cop! "You know what else he said? Whenever he goes up onto the roof, he always remembers the day he arrested that criminal, and what he was like back then. He said that when he thought back to his days as this reckless daredevil cop, he kinda liked the memory of it. Sounds like he was pretty cool back then." As I listened to Rachel and Tony's stories, I felt reassured that Kyle is fond of rooftops. They  This refers to Marie's stunt on the roof. And also both games having a roof and a bar.  gation, I have come into the knowledge of certain details regarding Brian Bradley, another former detective whose name has appeared repeatedly in my notes, where I have typically described him as Kyle's partner. Bradley and Kyle were both on the police force when the organised crime syndicate known as Nile was being investigated in 1976. Bradley went undercover as part of the investigation, but he was secretly feeding information to Nile, and when the NYPD ultimately realised that he had betrayed them, they went after him. The lst police officer to see him was his close friend, Kyle, who had apprehended him on a pier. Bradley was shot by Kyle, and he fell into the water. He remains missing to this day. I spoke to Willy Taylor, who was supervisor to both of them at the time, about Kyle and Bradley's relationship and the aforementioned incident with Bradley. "All these years later, I still believe Hyde never had a better partner than Bradley. They were eternal rivals and unbeatable allies, and that's what you really need in a partner. When Bradley was gonna go undercover, no one was more against it than Hyde. And when the investigation started, no one provided more logistical support than Hyde either. That's why, when it turned out Bradley was ratting us out, everyone could see the bitterness and rage in his eyes. "When I heard that Hyde had shot Bradley, I wasn't surprised in the least. I know exactly what he was thinking -- that no one could take Bradley down but him. "That's why nobody stopped him. When we didn't find Bradley's body after he fell off the pier, and the higher-ups told us to shut down the investigation anyway for whatever reason, Hyde handed in his badge straight away and said he was gonna find his partner by himself. And nobody tried to get in his way. "I knew there must be something more behind what Bradley did. And I knew Hyde was the only one who'd be able to find out the real story." In the end, Hyde learnt the  "Osterzone was this genius artist who died pretty young. I remember hearing at the time, that painting was worth an absolute fortune!" According to Detective Taylor, Kyle and Bradley tried to ascertain the means by which the criminals had been able to sneak into the art museum late at night, but they were unable to find any trace. It was then that they conceived of a different method of investigation. They went to the museum one night at the same time they conjectured that the thieves had broken in, and investigated the surroundings thoroughly while the lights were off. In doing so, they discovered a secret code drawn in ink on the floor. It was hard to make out in the darkness, but the symbol almost looked like a hummingbird. Bradley had been trained in code-breaking, and he managed to determine what this symbol meant and thus reveal the criminals' method of intrusion. Although the code seemed complicated at first, in the end it was as simple as following the direction the hummingbird's beak was pointing. Soon the mystery was solved. It turned out that the thieves had been breaking in via the service elevator, which was used to move the works of art into the museum. But that wasn't all. They came to realise that if one pressed the button to stop the elevator while it was between the fourth floor and the fifth, a secret door would open that was embedded in the wall. It was an incredibly complicated method of breaking in, and the two police officers couldn't help admiring the unexpected attention to detail and organisational skills of the criminal group. "The perpetrators still got away, though. They didn't get the Osterzone painting back either, of course. But that was the only one. Hyde and Bradley solved every other case they worked on together. Every single one." After he told me this story, Taylor handed me a photograph. It was the only photo he had of Kkyle Hyde and Brian Bradley together. "I'll let you have it. If you're really gonna be writing a book about Hyde, you better write  Nice try, bud, but Martin's writing a different story, one that doesn't heavily feature Bradley. This file obviously refers to the whole elevator code and secret passage. And we know why Kyle and Bradley didn't catch the thieves and how that whole debacle ended. Anyway, that's the end of the sealed files. I honestly doubt Martin got permission from Kyle himself (even if this novel was written at least 10 years after the main story). Out of universe, though, it's great how many references the writers can fit into these files while not being too contrived (mostly).  With this final file comes the end of this LP. I'll leave you guys to read the timeline of events.  December 1955. The plan to take down Condor is thwarted: After receiving some vital information about Condor, LAPD officer Frank Raver makes a deal with a safecracker known to him as Gregory (real name: Chris Hyde) whereby the latter will sneak into Hotel Cape West and confirm the presence of stolen jewellery. The plan goes awry and the safecracker is shot and killed by Michael McGrath. Chris's body is found: Three days after the plan to take down Condor fails, Chris Hyde's body is found by LAPD officer Ed Vincent. There are no clues as to the perpetrator and the case is left unsolved. The diamond disappears: Michael McGrath tells Condor ringleader George Patrice that when he killed the safecracker, the Scarlet STar was already missing from the safe. Frank Raver is denounced: After Chris's death, a ploy by Frank's colleague, Hugh Speck, leads to Frank being pulled off the Condor investigation. October 1967 The link between Condor and Nile: Los Angeles Beat columnist Jack Green writes a piece entitled "The Truth Behind Condor", intended to be the first ina series of articles revealing the link between Condor and the organised crime syndicate Nile. The death of Jack Green: Jack Green is killed in a car accident. His colleague Rex Foster feels the death is suspicious and begins investigating. November 1967 Rex's exposé: Rex writes an article asserting that Jack's death was caused by a crime syndicate. However, it is dismissed as fiction and he is forced out of the industry. Closure of Hotel Cape West: Michael decides that he will be closing Hotel Cape West. He  ver Kathy's body is hotel employee Mike Porter, older brother of Marie. Before informing anyone about Kathy's death, he steals her ring. The investigation into Kathy's death: Kathy's death is initially considered to have been a suicide. George's murder: After George tells her about murdering Kathy, his wife, Margaret, feels great animosity towards him and resolves to kill him herself. However, that same day, Michael breaks into their house and shoots George instead. Michael knocks Margaret out, places the gun that killed George in her hand and then leaves. The death of Mike Porter: Mike Porter dies in a car accident. His sister, Marie, is the recipient of a sizeable life insurance payout. 1968 Marie gets married: Marie marries her brother's friend, Peter, who has become a great source of comfort to her. The George Patrice murder trial: Margaret becomes the number one suspect in George's murder case, but there is insufficient evidence to convict her and she is found innocent. The day of the verdict, she uses the money left to her by George to buy Hotel Cape West. December 1968 The renovation: Margaret has the hotel renovated into an apartment building. Cape West Apartments opens for business. 1977 Michael's death: Michael McGrath passes away after a battle wtih illness. 1980 Peter's death: Marie's husband, Peter, loses his life in a car accident. Speck runs for mayor: Hugh Speck announces that he will be running as a candidate  
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I forgot to say this earlier, but thanks for a great LP of an underrated game.
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Yes, thank you very much!
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That was a fun ride. Thanks for the Lp
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Thanks for the LP!quote:Kyle Hyde is the type of man who pulls stupid stunts from time to time.
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Thank you
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1234567890num posted:The novel is finally fully transcribed. That was definitely a lot of How did he know about the parts Kyle wasn't there for?
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