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VWHO AMONG US \u000a \u000aA modern noire murder mystery set in Eastern Europe \u000a \u000a//By Tia Orisney// \u000a \u000a[[START|1]]
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VThe last thing you'd expected to find when you walked up to the abandoned observatory was someone throwing a party.  Everything else was just like your dead partner had told you it would be, from the tiny Russian village at the bottom of the mountain, to the unpaved winding road, to the wire fence-line partially torn down.  The building itself was almost an exact replica of his sketch: a small and abandoned tribute to the plans of the former Soviet Union, long since forgotten by everyone except the local youths in the summertime. \u000aThe fact that it was early winter and that there was already  a few feet of snow on the ground with more starting to fall made it even stranger to see the fresh tire tracks and footprints littered around the grounds.  The place should have been completely abandoned. \u000a
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VYou step into the main room and glance at the four other people standing around, talking quietly.  No, make that five.  An older man just walked in from another room, wiping his hands off on his pants.  He glances at you and you instantly recognize him.  Warden Leon Abrusti, chief Corrections Officer of the  maximum security penitentiary you broke out of the better part of 8 months ago.  He stops in his tracks and looks at you, his expression odd.  Does he recognize you?  No, he couldn't possibly... You've changed everything about yourself. \u000a
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VThe other four people have stopped talking and are glancing at you, waiting expectantly.  A young woman, tall and blonde and not at all difficult on the eyes, steps away from their little group and walks up to you with a bounce to her step.  \u201cHi, I'm Nicola,\u201d she offers you her hand.  \u201cAnd you must be Mr. Jameson, our mysterious host for the evening, right?  We've all been waiting to meet you.\u201d \u000a \u000a[[continue|5]]
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VTwo men walk through the door at the back, surprising you slightly.  There must be an entrance to the garage that way. The first man is about your height and build, though it's hard to tell under his heavy coat.  He walks part way into the room and surveys the surprised looks on the guests faces.  The second man comes in moments behind him.  Tall and muscled and wearing a policeman's uniform.  You instinctively back away a few steps, only to realize the first man was watching your reaction.  Damnit. \u000a
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V\u201cWell?\u201d  the tall man demands, \u201cand just what are you all doing in here?\u201d  You've been asking yourself the same question, actually.  You wait for the perky blonde to ask which one's the host, but it's the  Warden who beats her to the greetings.  \u201cWe were all invited here to meet a Mr. Jameson,\u201d he starts ,\u201dand you are?\u201d.  The question was polite enough but it draws an angry glare from the policeman.  \u201cI'm Officer Damator,\u201d local name and accent ,\u201dmy associate and I have come up here to see what you are all doing in a condemned building.\u201d \u000aThe first man hasn't said a word. \u000a
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V\u201cWell, my wife and I were invited here to a party,\u201d the man of the celebrity couple joins in.  \u201cThough I have to say this isn't quite what we were expecting.\u201d  \u201cYes, we rather thought there'd be a different sort of person here,\u201d the wife smiles sweetly at the Psychologist she was talking to, who looks mildly offended. The cop gives them the look you give something unpleasant on the bottom of your shoe. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a#1 [[Wait and watch what happens|14a]] \u000a
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VYou shift to the side of the room and pour yourself a glass of red wine from the serving table.  No snacks anywhere.  What kind of cheap party is this? \u000aThe blonde is repeating the story of how they were invited here by a Mr. Jameson whom nobody seems to know much about.  He should have arrived here already, perhaps he was delayed by the snowstorm?  The policeman's associate speaks for the first time and says there's a blizzard scheduled overnight and everyone needs to return to town.  How did they even get here anyhow, there were no other vehicles in the garage?  Apparently the original five were dropped off by some driver who picked them up at the train station in town.   \u000a \u000aYou've heard enough.  No one's paying you any attention, so you start very casually moving over towards the back door. \u000a
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V\u201cAre you looking for something?\u201d the voice of the Warden stops you just as your hand's on the doorknob.  You turn slightly and give him a little smile which he doesn't return. \u201cYeah, the restroom.  It's back here isn't it?\u201d  You're confident in your American accent, but its just too much a coincidence, meeting your old prison warden here of all places. \u000a \u000a\u201cYou know...\u201d he starts, \u201cthere's something very familiar about you.  Have we met before?\u201d  You can't tell if he's genuinely asking or just fucking with you.  You tell him your David White, American Businessman story.  He shakes your hand with an iron grip, \u201cnice to meet you, Mr. White.\u201d  Shit, he knows exactly who you are... \u000a \u000aThen the lights go out. \u000a
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VIt's pitch black inside this windowless concrete structure.  Amidst the agitated grumbles you hear the wife of the couple theatrically wail \u201coh dear oh dear\u201d.  The repairman turns on a small flashlight he'd had on his belt and the Lawyer opens the front door to let a little bit of light in.   \u000a \u000aSomeone clicks at the light switch a few times.  \u201cNo, nothing,\u201d it's the Doctor, Dr. Tesler, voice.  The Mechanic suggests maybe they blew a fuse, it's such an old building after all.  You don't mention how the wiring was clearly new.  You can feel the Wardens eyes in the back of your head, like he's expecting you to run at any second.  Which was an idea that had crossed your mind. \u000a
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VThe Policeman sighs and says something to the repairman in Russian.  You can pick up enough words to figure out they're going to look for a fusebox.  He whispers some instructions to his associate as he leaves with the repairman through the back door.   \u000aGuess you're going to have to wait to find that basement... \u000a
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VThe associate tells everyone to remain calm, the lights will be back on shortly.  He's going to go out an get their emergency flashlight from their snowmobile.  Ah, a snowmobile, that explains the odd sounding motor you'd heard. \u000a
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VAs soon as his rather imposing presence leaves, the others stir into action.  The Lawyer says he's going to try to find cellphone reception somewhere.  The \u201ccelebrity\u201d couple, Resniks was their last name, go outside for a smoke.  The Doctor mutters something about wanting to make sure no one was in his luggage.  He shakily walks back into the pitch black hallway.  If you didn't know any better, you'd swear he's been shooting up.   \u000a
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VWith both exits blocked by people, you're stuck in this room until the lights come back on.  The Warden is hovering behind you, waiting for you to make a move, and the blonde is looking out the door at the storm.  It's odd that she hasn't gone outside to wait and instead is staying in a dark room with two strange men... \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a#1 [[Talk to the Warden, get it over with|19a]] \u000a \u000a#2 [[Talk to the Blonde|19b]]
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VYour conversation with the Warden doesn't go like you thought it would.  In fact, he spends most of his time talking about himself and how he's out here looking for an escaped criminal.  Is there a bounty out for him?  Yes, I believe so, but that's not what this is about.  This man publicly humiliated me, cost me my job.  I want to see him brought to justice. \u000a
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VYou casually approach the woman and ask her wouldn't she be more comfortable outside?  \u201cWhy, am I in danger around you?\u201d she answers flirting and you wish you could see her eyes in the dark room to gauge her real opinion.  No, no, of course not, you're just looking out for her.  You can feel the Warden hovering nearby, but you try to keep your voice casual.  She says she's staying in here, doesn't want to have to deal with the famous couple.  \u201cHave you heard of them?\u201d she asks.  No, I'm an American, here on business.  I don't watch much local TV.  \u201cMe neither,\u201d she says,\u201dthis is my first time to Russia, too.  I'm here looking for someone, actually-\u201d \u000a\u201cIs this a private chat, or can I dive in?\u201d the Warden interrupts, \u201cyou said you're an American, is that right?\u201d  The question's directed at you. \u000a
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VWhat's clear is that you both know who the other is.  You're not sure why he hasn't done anything yet and instead keeps up this strange \u201cgetting to know you\u201d charade, but you're damn sure not going to make the first move.  Play your cards right, maybe you can pin something on him and give him the slip. \u000aYou're also acutely aware that the Blonde is listening to both your every words, pretending to check her nails or some nonsense while leaning against the wall in the dim light. \u000aAfter a few more uncomfortable minutes of reciting fake history while listening to your real one, the lights finally come back on. \u000a
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VYou dive into your small town family-man story, throwing in little bits of real details just for authenticity.  The Blonde seems genuinely interested, a complete 180 from her boredom the first time you spoke to her. \u000a You're sure the Warden knows who you are, and you brace yourself to have to try and make a run for it, hide out in the woods and come back later.  But he hardly asks you anything, simply nodding as you describe how you're hoping for a raise after you return home.  In fact, the Warden spends most of his time talking about himself and how he's out here looking for an escaped criminal.   \u000a\u201cIs there a bounty out for him?\u201d you ask.   \u000a"Yes, I believe so," he says ,"but that's not what this is about.  This man publicly humiliated me, cost me my job.  I want to see him brought to justice.\u201d \u000a
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VWhat's clear is that you both know who the other is.  You're not sure why he hasn't tried something yet and instead keeps up this strange \u201cgetting to know you\u201d charade, but you're damn sure not going to make the first move.  Play your cards right, maybe you can pin something on him and give him the slip. \u000aYou're also acutely aware that the Blonde is listening to both your every words, pretending to check her nails or some nonsense while leaning against the wall in the dim light. \u000a \u000aAfter a few more uncomfortable minutes of reciting fake history while listening to your real one, the lights finally come back on. \u000a
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VThe Policeman comes back in, saying he found a fuse box and left the Repairman to fix it.  Where is his partner?  You tell him he went to get a flashlight from the snowmobile and the Policeman frowns.  He told him to keep everyone in here.  Where is everyone, anyhow? \u000aThe only people left in the room are you and the pretty Blonde.  The Warden skipped out to join the married couple for a smoke break as soon as the cop returned.  Guess he has a problem with the law also, no surprise there. \u000a
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VThe Doctor returns from the back door and mutters something about how he doesn't trust his luggage around \u201call these locals\u201d.  The Policeman gives him an icy look and the Blonde comments that the snow's really starting to fall.  Shouldn't they maybe call someone to pick them up?  It doesn't look like Mr. Jameson's going to be making it today. \u000a \u000aSuddenly Tesler, the Lawyer, rushes in, breathless and wild eyed.  He shouts that he was just downstairs and there's been a terrible accident!  Somebody, call a medic!  The Policeman says there's no reception up here on this mountain, what's going on? \u000a \u000a\u201cIt's that local guy, the repairman,\u201d Tesler says rapidly, \u201cI went down to see if he needed help with the lights and he'd fallen over.  There was blood! Please, we must help him!\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a[[#1 stay quiet|21a]] \u000a
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VThe Warden and the Couple rush in, alerted by all the ruckus.  The Policeman glances for his partner who's still not here, and tells everyone to stay in this room.  Then he and the Lawyer hurry downstairs. \u000aYou need to see what's going on for yourself, so you tell the others you're going to help.  The Warden and Blonde join you, talking something about \u201cknowing some first aid\u201d. \u000a
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VYou offer to help the Policeman, telling him you know a little first aid.  The Warden and the Couple rush in, alerted by all the ruckus. The Policeman hesitates than nods tersely, telling the others to stay in this room.  You hurry with him and the Lawyer downstairs, followed by the Warden and Blonde who've decided to have a look for themselves. \u000a
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VThe door from the main room opens to a narrow, windowless hallway with two doors and a staircase going up between them.  The first door is marked \u201cgarage\u201d in Russian, , the staircase goes spiraling up and you can't see what's at the top, but half way is a flat landing and a side door marked \u201cstorage\u201d.  The door at the end of your hallway is slightly opened, and you see a short flight of stairs going down into the basement. \u000a
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VThe Repairman is lying slumped on the ground, a spray of fresh blood against the crumbling wall next to an electrical panel.  The Blonde gasps and hangs back, and the Lawyer looks sick to his stomach and kicks at the floor.  The Policeman gently turns the Repairman over and mutters a curse in Russian.  \u201cHe's dead,\u201d he informs the room.   \u000a \u000aYou look over his shoulder and see the side of the man's face caved in.  The Warden approaches behind you,\u201dCould... Could he have tripped and fallen?  When the lights were out?\u201d  The Policeman  says he left him here and when the lights came back on, he said that there was nothing wrong with the fusebox and he wanted to look at it some more. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[look around the room|23a]] \u000a
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VThere's no way this man could have tripped and fell.  The wound's angled from the back and there's nothing for him to hit his head on.  Than you see it: a metal fire extinguisher, placed upright nearby, with blood shining on it.  Next to it is the Repairman's little flashlight, crushed like someone stepped on it. \u000a
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VThe Policeman and you exchange a look.  This wasn't an accident, was it?  He says nothing, and gently sets the body back down. \u000a\u201cWhat's that on his hand?\u201d the Blonde asks, getting over her shock quickly.  Someone's placed a large metal key in the dead man's hand.  She gingerly reaches out and takes it, turning it over in her palm \u201cThe tag on it says \u201cPlanetarium\u201d, she tells the Policeman who glances up at the ceiling.   \u000a\u201cWe're going to go back upstairs and tell the others,\u201d he orders. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[go upstairs|24a]] \u000a
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VThe Celebrity Couple is standing by the table in the main room, knocking back glasses of wine.  \u201cWhere is my partner?\u201d the Policeman barks at them sharply.  \u201cWhat?  We haven't seen him!\u201d The man says, clearly not used to being talked at in such a tone.  The woman asks what's wrong and the Blonde tells her the Repairman had an accident  \u201cIt was no accident,\u201d the policeman growls ,\u201dsomeone bashed his head in!\u201d \u000a \u000aThe woman, Petra, drops her glass in shock ,\u201dWHAT?!\u201d she shouts.  \u201cYou can't be serious!\u201d  You're a pretty good judge of character, and for once the reactions of these two seems genuine.  They had no idea what was going on.  Or are better actors than you thought. \u000a
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VYou linger behind, pretending to shake your head and study the grizzly scene.  The Blonde hangs back with you and is about to say something when the Policeman barks ,\u201dOut!  All of you!  This is a crime scene!\u201d  You both hurry up, the Blonde not meeting your eyes.  In the hallway the Warden is giving you an accusing look, as if he thinks you did this somehow despite not having gotten out of his sights once since arriving. \u000a \u000a[[continue|25]]
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VThe Policeman draws his partner aside, quietly explaining to him the situation while gesturing at you and the others with a sort of \u201cstay put\u201d wave of his hand.  You realize the Psychologist's missing from the group.  Was he here when you first came up? \u000a
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VThe Policeman wants to take another look at the key found on the body.  Highly doubtful the man died holding this in his hand, why would he when he was in the basement fixing electrical?  So the killer put it in his hand and intended for it to be found, just like how the murder weapon was left deliberately on the scene. \u000a
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VThe Policeman says that he and his partner are going to go up to the Planetarium and see what they find, everyone else is to STAY HERE and not leave the room.  The Lawyer says he found the body, he should see what's up there also, and the Blonde chimes in agreement.   \u000aA long pause as the Policeman glances over you all.  You almost think you see a little fear in his eyes.  Afraid of one of you, or afraid of being ambushed by the killer?  \u201cAlright,\u201d he finally says ,\u201dlet's all go up together.  At least this way I can keep an eye on you.\u201d \u000a
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VYour little procession files into the hallway and you meet Dr. Hayes coming out of the storage room half way up the staircase.  \u201cWhere the hell have you been?!\u201d the partner of the Policeman demands, and you see the cop's hand drift to clasp the gun at his hip holster. \u000aThe good doctor seems rather out of it, and he stumbles slightly as he navigates the steps.  He says he went to the storage lockers to check on his belongings and make a phone call.  Then he heard all this shouting.   So someone was just murdered?  The question is so blase he might as well have just asked if it was still snowing.  You see a small object in his hand. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 ask what he's holding|30a]] \u000a
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VYou point to his hand, \u201cwhat's that you got there?\u201d.  The Policemen tenses by your side, ready to pull his gun out at any moment.  Dr. Hayes calmly regards you and flips up his cellphone.  It's an old fashioned style, the kind with a little built in flashlight at the top.  Oh, so that's how he was able to see in the dark.  Handy thing, that.
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V\u201cGot any reception?\u201d you ask.  \u201cWe need to call for assistance.\u201d  The Doctor shakes his head and the Policeman glares at you, angry that you're stepping in on his territory.  His partner says he had no bars outside, and the Lawyer confirms it.  Inside the concrete's blocking the signal and outside it must be due to the storm. \u000a
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VThe Policeman scowls at the Doctor who seems entirely unphased.  He tells him there was a key placed on the body, everyone's going upstairs together so he can be sure no one thinks about running away.  This is a criminal investigation now, you're all suspects. \u000aThe partner shifts to the back of the group and you all proceed single file up the twisting staircase. \u000a
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VAt the top is another small landing and a large metal door with a placard of a telescope.  Draped around the handle of the door is a heavy metal chain and lock.  The Policeman takes the key from the Blonde, glances at his partner who's looming in the background, and opens the lock. \u000a
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VThe room is smaller than you'd expected, a dark and decaying half dome of white painted concrete.  There's a single large window to one side, a dust covered pile of bricks and other construction materials next to the door, and the only piece of furniture is a heavy wooden table with an old fashioned projector.  One of the black electrical lines runs from the ceiling down to it. \u000a
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VThe group gathers inside the room and looks to the Policeman for answers.  He seems as surprised as the rest of them.  Someone lost their life to bring you up here, but this room just looks like a regular planetarium in an abandoned observatory. \u000a
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VAn awkward silence falls over the scene.  The Policeman glances at his partner who shrugs.  The Lawyer kicks at the floor again.  And the married couple hold hands while the Doctor stares absentmindedly out the window. \u000a
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VGrowing impatient, you walk to the projector and try to figure out where the \u201con\u201d button is.  The Policeman joins you and flips a switch on the side.   \u000aNothing happens. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 check that its plugged in|35a]] \u000a \u000a[[#2 start hitting buttons|35b]] \u000a \u000a[[#3 give it a smack|35c]]
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VYou start pressing different buttons, play, rewind, unknown, can't read the symbol, and the Policeman shoves your hand away in annoyance.  He mutter under his breath something less than complimentary about Americans. \u000a
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VThe image displayed is fuzzy at first, but the Policeman gives the device a shake and it slowly clears into a portrait of Dr. Hayes, the Psychologist.  You stare at the image for a moment, should something be happening? \u000a\u201cIs the sound on?\u201d the Lawyer asks, coming up to join you and the Policeman next to the device.  You fiddle with a dial and a computerized sounding voice emanates from small speakers on the walls.   \u000a
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VThe wiring may be new, but the device itself looks pretty old.  You give it a firm smack on the casing to the side.  The machine makes a clicking sound twice than turns on.  A video begins to play, projected across the far wall. \u000a
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VEveryone turns to stare at the Psychologist, who's crossed his arms and is pouting in the shadows. \u201cWhat?!  What are you all-\u201d his eyes dart around the room, taking in the shocked and angry looks from the others.  \u201cThey're lies,  they're all damn LIES!\u201d  He shouts and storms out of the room. \u000a \u000a The Policeman starts to go after him when: \u000a\u201cOfficer Damator.\u201d  the machine voice continues, an official looking ID image of the Policeman projected against the wall.  The man in question stops and pauses, looking nervously at his reflection.  \u201cYou are found guilty of the crime of beating your young wife Masha Damator to death in a drunken rage, then of and abandoning your only child into the welfare system.\u201d \u000a \u000a
he disappears down the stairwell. \u000a \u000aThe Lawyer moves to turn off the projector, and the partner (Kanaks apparently is his name, you note, he'd never introduced himself) stops him.  \u201cLet's just see what all this is about.\u201d \u000a
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VKanaks himself is the next movie, as it turns out. \u000a\u201cBrock Kanaks, professional bounty hunter\u201d the voice continues, and you raise your eyebrows at his title.  \u201c You are found guilty of intentionally and unlawfully killing a suspect who was being uncooperative of arrest, and then using your police connections to cover up the crime.\u201d \u000aTo your surprise you see him nod slightly at his accusation.  That's not a good sign. \u000a
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VThe Lawyer's face is next, with an image that looks like it was taken out of a newspaper article. \u000a\u201cLukas Tesler, you are found guilty of defending in a court of law the innocence of a man you knew to be guilty.  He was freed of charges and upon his release killed an innocent woman and her two children.\u201d \u000aTesler backs away from the projector as if he was afraid it would bite him, his face pale and stricken. \u000a
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VYour own turn is next.  Your image, your mugshot from your arrest, is displayed across the wall and you know what's coming: \u000a\u201cWilliam D. Wilson, international bank robber and fugitive.\u201d  You can't stop the flinch at the use of your real name, and the knowledge that the Warden can confirm everything the voice is about to say.\u201dYou are found guilty of the crime of leaving your partner to die during a shootout with the police.  His death could have been avoided if you'd stayed to perform emergency care .\u201d
aughter, his only living relative.  Maybe if you'd stayed behind you could have performed CPR or done something for him, but that would have guaranteed you being caught and spending the rest of your life behind bars. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 refute the accusation|41a]]
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VYou press your lips tightly together.  Saying anything would be worse than saying nothing.  You can feel the presence of the Warden behind you. \u201cThey used the name William Wilson,\u201d he points out.  You're about to argue and then the next video comes on... \u000a
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VIt's the Wardens'.  Of course it is. \u000a\u201cWarden Leon Abrusti: you are guilty of overlooking repeated instances of guard brutality to inmates during your leadership of a maximum security prison.  When one of these instances lead to the death of a prisoner, you filed the papers as being a suicide.\u201d \u000aAbrusti says nothing.  You stare at him and he stares at you. \u000a
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V\u201cIva and Bogdhan Franc\u201d it's the two celebrities turn now, and you can't remember their names but it sure wasn't what the tape just called them.  \u201cYou are guilty of conning a Czech business owner out of his life saving and causing his companies bankruptcy.  When you left Prague, the man shot himself and his wife jumped off a bridge.\u201d \u000aAt this, the woman of the couple screams and rushes out of the room, her husband chasing after her. \u000a
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V\u201cNicola Larson, aspiring journalist and murderer.\u201d  It's the blonde turn and to her credit she remains stoic though you sense she's ready to bolt at any second.  \u201cYou greed and ambition lead your cameraman to his death when you recklessly pursued a dangerous mafia hitman in the hopes f a career making headline. When the situation turned bad you refused to call for backup in the fear of someone else stealing your story.\u201d \u000aNicola turns on her heels and stiffly walks out the door.   \u000a
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VNine down, one left to go. \u000a\u201cMikhail Czyks.\u201d The dead repairman.  \u201cYou are found guilty of drinking on the job and performing faulty electrical work that caused a fire in a housing complex, killing three people and injuring numerous others.  Though you were investigated, the police found insufficient evidence to press charges against you.\u201d \u000aOuch.  Maybe its for the best that Mikhail wasn't around to hear this.  The fact that he died while fixing an electrical panel is suspiciously ironic. \u000a \u000a
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VThe projector whirs to a stop. \u000aThe only people who remained to watch the whole show are you, the Lawyer, the Warden, and the Bounty Hunter.   No one wants to be the first persons to leave. \u000a\u201cWell, isn't that something...\u201d  you say finally, tapping your fingers against the wooden table. \u000a\u201cWe both know ours is the truth, don't we?\u201d  the Warden comments.  Just what the hell does he want from you? \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 tell him off|46a]]
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V\u201cGo fuck yourself,\u201d you spit at him.  The Warden glares and steps forward, but the Lawyer steps between you two before it can come to blows.  \u201cLet's just all go downstairs and get out of here, okay?  I've had enough of whoevers' sick joke this is.\u201d   \u000a\u201cNo shit,\u201d the Bounty Hunter agrees ,\u201dI've heard more than enough.\u201d He shoulders past you out the door. \u000a
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VThe four of you leave the room; the Bounty Hunter first, than you, than followed by the others.  You descend the stairs in silence and return to the main room. \u000a
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VDownstairs, the Policeman has gathered the remaining people around.  You notice the wine decanter is almost empty; looks like someone's been hitting the sauce pretty hard. \u000a\u201cThis is now a criminal investigation,\u201d he begins.  \u201cI'm going to go back into town and get backup.  You are all suspects who will be taken to the station for questioning.  We'll be sending up a vehicle to collect you shortly.\u201d  He turns to leave and the Bounty Hunter, his partner or associate or whatever he is, pulls him to the side for a quiet word.  You glance around and see that everyone else looks as displeased at the announcement of a police investigation as you are.  After seeing those videos, you're not surprised. \u000a
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VWhen the Policeman leaves to the garage the Bounty Hinter announces that he's been put in charge.  No one is allowed to leave the room without his permission.  You need to go to the toilet, you ask him first.   \u000a \u000aThe man of the couple, Josef or what his name really is, steps forward and demands to know what authority a Bounty Hunter has to keep people against their will. \u000a \u000a\u201cMy own, you got a problem with it?\u201d  The Bounty Hunter crosses his arms and stares down the other man who glances back at his wife for direction.  The Lawyer is less cowed, however, and demands to see the Hunter's credentials: if he's going to act like a police sidekick, he'd better have the paperwork to back it up.  The three of them begin arguing, with the wife chiming in with a sniping comment whenever she can. \u000a
longings\u201d again.  You turn to slip out the back door as well and you notice that the journalist has disappeared as well. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 check the planetarium again|49a]] \u000a \u000a[[#2 look in the storage room |49b]] \u000a
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VYou go back up the stairs to the planetarium.  The room's unchanged since you last saw it.  You glance out the window at the darkening evening sky and heavy snow falling.  If you can get to the money tonight it's going to be a real pain in the ass getting out of here with the weather like this. \u000aBut that's a problem for later.  You don't want to get too far ahead of yourself.  Find the money first, than worry about how to get it out of here. \u000aYou leave the planetarium;  you weren't sure what clue you were looking for, but you didn't find it in here... \u000a \u000a[[check the storage room|49a1]]
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VYou try the door to the storage room half way up the winding staircase.  It's locked.  The Doctor said he was going in there, but why would he lock the door after himself?  Because he was doing something he didn't want you to see, obviously.  You shake your head, better keep a close eye on that one.  You move on to the next area. \u000a
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VYou try the door to the storage room half way up the winding staircase.  It's locked.  The Doctor said he was going in there, but why would he lock the door after himself?  Because he was doing something he didn't want you to see, obviously.  You shake your head, better keep a close eye on that one.  You move on to the next area. \u000a \u000a[[check the planetarium|49b1]] \u000a
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VYou go back up the stairs to the planetarium.  The room's unchanged since you last saw it.  You glance out the window at the darkening evening sky and heavy snow falling.  If you can get to the money tonight it's going to be a real pain in the ass getting out of here with the weather like this. \u000aBut that's a problem for later.  You don't want to get too far ahead of yourself.  Find the money first, than worry about how to get it out of here. \u000aYou leave the planetarium;  you weren't sure what clue you were looking for, but you didn't find it in here... \u000a
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VYou open the door to the basement and almost knock down the Journalist who'd been standing at the top of the stairs.  She quickly tucks something into the pocket of her coat. \u000a\u201cPlaning on going out?\u201d you ask her nonchalantly as you walk down past her.  It takes her a minute to figure out what you mean.   \u000a\u201cEr, no,\u201d her voice is nervous, is she hiding something or afraid to be alone with you?  \u201cI was getting cold so I put my coat back on.  I don't think there's any heating in here.\u201d \u000aYou nod and glance at the body of the repairman, deliberately keeping your back to her in case she wants to try something.   \u000aInstead, Blondie comes down and joins you.  She looks the body of the Repairman over.  \u201cNot squeamish anymore?\u201d you ask, hoping to get rid of her. \u000a\u201cNo, not anymore,\u201d her face is still calm but there's a slight edge in her voice.  She gestures at the blood splatter on the wall.  \u201cIt's low down, from an angle.\u201d
comment hangs in the air.   \u000a\u201cIt means the Repairman was crouched here working on the panel when he was hit from behind,\u201d she explains with a slight roll of her eyes. \u000aIs that important?  \u201cWell, if he'd been standing up we might have been able to guess the height of the killer.  With him crouching though, anyone could have done it.\u201d \u000a\u201cAnyone of us?\u201d you ask, wondering where she's heading with this. \u000a\u201cDid you do it?\u201d  she can look you in the eyes when she asks that question, you have to give her that much.  \u201cWhat they said about you on the video, I mean.\u201d she clarifies ,\u201dI know you didn't kill this man.  We were together the whole time.\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[tell her the truth|50a]] \u000a
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VYou tell her that everything that the video said was true, but it wasn't the whole story.  There was more to it than they said.  She looks away from you and nods.  \u201cYeah, mine was too.\u201d \u000aJust then, before you can respond, the Bounty Hunter upstairs throws open the door.  \u201cThere you two are.  Didn't you hear me call for you?!\u201d  You shake your head \u201cno\u201d and the Journalist asks what's going on. \u000a\u201cOfficer Damator's snowmobile just crashed into the side of the mountain, that's what's going on!\u201d he shouts ,\u201dhurry up, we're mounting a rescue party!\u201d He grabs you by the arm and starts hauling you up to the main room. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[tell him you don't want to go|51a]] \u000a
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V You tell her everything on the video was a lie.  They even called you by the wrong name.  This is just a bad joke from someone with too much time on their hands. She looks away from you and nods.  \u201cYeah, mine was a lie too.\u201d \u000aJust then, before you can respond, the Bounty Hunter upstairs throws open the door.  \u201cThere you two are.  Didn't you hear me call for you?!\u201d  You shake your head \u201cno\u201d and the Journalist asks what's going on. \u000a\u201cOfficer Damator's snowmobile just crashed into the side of the mountain, that's what's going on!\u201d he shouts ,\u201dhurry up, we're mounting a rescue party!\u201d He grabs you by the arm and starts hauling you up to the main room. \u000a \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[tell him you don't want to go|51a]] \u000a
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V\u201cI couldn't give a shit if you want to help or not, you're coming!\u201d he growls at you. \u201cWe're going to need as many strong men as we've got if we have to dig him out!\u201d  He drags you to the main room where the Warden and Lawyer are putting on their coats and gloves.  \u201cI told him you'd be happy to help,\u201d  the Warden says with a smile.  \u201cThen I'm sure you're coming too, huh?\u201d you reply and he glares but nods. \u000aJust what is his problem with you? \u000a
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V\u201cThat's the fucking spirit.  Last thing we need is a dead cop on our hands after all the other shit that's been going down.\u201d  He drags you to the main room where the Warden and Lawyer are putting on their coats and gloves.  \u201cI told him you'd be happy to help,\u201d  the Warden says with a smile.   \u201cThen I'm sure you're coming too, huh?\u201d you reply and he glares but nods.  Just what is his problem with you? \u000a
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VAnd so you get shoe-horned into a 4 man search and rescue operation: you, the Bounty Hunter, Warden, and the Lawyer.  The two \u201ccelebrities\u201d were useless and the Doctor would have just been a liability. No surprise, the Journalist had made herself scarce when you were leaving. \u000a
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VIt's a miserable mile long walk to the crash site.  The weather's steadily getting worse and with the fading daylight you can barely see more than a few meters in any direction.  The outline from the snowmobile's treads is already hard to follow and your plans of getting the money and then just disappearing into the night are fading with every step. \u000aWhen you finally arrive, the snowmobile's entire front end is crunched down.  It looks like it hit the cliff wall of the mountain at incredible speeds, and the Policeman's body was thrown a good 30 feet away.   \u000aWhen you get to him, the image is... not pretty.  He's definitely dead, that's for sure.  At least it saves you the trouble of having to dig him out and carry him back. \u000aHowever, you notice that his gun is still in the holster of his belt.  If you can distract the others, you may be able to take it without them noticing. The way things have been going, it might just become a critical part of your escape plan. \u000a

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V The Bounty Hunter crouches next to the body, shaking his head.  \u201cHell of a way to go,\u201d he comments ,\u201ddidn't know him well but he seemed like a decent enough sort of guy.\u201d  You resist the urge to mention a certain video to the contrary.  It doesn't matter now, anyhow.   \u000aHe reaches into the Policeman's coat pocket and takes out his wallet, flipping through the contents.  You raise an eyebrow and he catches the look you're giving him.  \u201cIt's for his ID number,\u201d he explains, sounding vaguely embarrassed at how it must look ,\u201dwhen I can get a signal I need to call into the station and they'll want it.\u201d   \u000aRight then, he didn't really look like the petty thief type of person.
y sudden death. \u000aYou're going to have to get the gun from the body later.  Visibility's so poor they may not even see you over there if you're quick enough.   \u000aYou and the Bounty Hunter rejoin the others at the crash site. \u000a
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VThe Warden points out that the tracks are leading straight into the wall.  It's not a slide like you'd expect if he'd somehow just lost control.  The trunk of the snowmobile is also open, possibly having been damaged during the crash. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 investigate the bottom of the snowmobile|55a]]
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VYou dig your way down to the bottom but its too dark to make out much.  You ask the others for a flashlight, but no one has one.  Didn't the Bounty Hunter say he was getting one earlier, when the Repairman was killed? \u000aOkay, something to think about.  You light one of your matches and cautiously look at the undercarriage, there's a lot of spilled substances down here that might ignite if you're not careful.   \u000aAnd you think one of them might be brake fluid.  Which would explain why it crashed the way it did.  You're not a mechanic, you're not sure, but you think that's what it is. \u000aYou crawl out and tell the others your findings.   \u000aIt's just the Bounty Hunter and Lawyer.  The Wardens gone?  \u201cLooking at the body, apparently\u201d they tell you.  You think about that gun in the holster.  Something else to weigh on your mind. \u000a
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VYou open up the trunk but find it empty.  The Bounty Hunter says that they had survival equipment in there.  \u201cSurvival equipment?\u201d you ask.  \u201cLike cold weather gear, ropes and tire chains, I think some rations and similar.\u201d \u000a\u201cBut... aren't we going to need that stuff?\u201d the Lawyer says, looking more concerned about that than the crash itself.  \u201cIf we're stuck here now, and have to walk back, wont we need those things?\u201d \u000a The Bounty Hunter shrugs ,\u201dit's not that far away to town.  10, 15 kilometers at the most, is that about right?\u201d  You nod, it took you a while to walk up here, but you were counting on downhill being faster.  The Lawyer looks deeply alarmed at the prospect and you can't help but grin a little.  A city boy, clearly.   \u000a
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VYou open up the trunk but find it empty.  The Bounty Hunter says that they had survival equipment in there.  \u201cSurvival equipment?\u201d you ask.  \u201cLike cold weather gear, ropes and tire chains, I think some rations and similar.\u201d \u000a\u201cBut... aren't we going to need that stuff?\u201d the Lawyer says, looking more concerned about that than the crash itself.  \u201cIf we're stuck here now, and have to walk back, wont we need those things?\u201d \u000a The Bounty Hunter shrugs ,\u201dit's not that far away to town.  10, 15 kilometers at the most, is that about right?\u201d  You nod, it took you a while to walk up here, but you were counting on downhill being faster.  The Lawyer looks deeply alarmed at the prospect and you can't help but grin a little.  A city boy, clearly.   \u000a
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V\u201cIt's getting to dark to do anymore,\u201d the Bounty Hunter says. \u201cWe'd better head back to the observatory soon.\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a#1 [[ask about the flashlight|56a]] \u000a \u000a#2 [[ask about spending the night in the observatory|56b]] \u000a
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VYou dig your way down to the bottom but its too dark to make out much.  You ask the others for a flashlight, but no one has one.  Didn't the Bounty Hunter say he was getting one earlier, when the Repairman was killed? \u000aOkay, something to think about.  You light one of your matches and cautiously look at the undercarriage, there's a lot of spilled substances down here that might ignite if you're not careful.   \u000aAnd you think one of them might be brake fluid.  Which would explain why it crashed the way it did.  You're not a mechanic, you're not sure, but you think that's what it is. \u000aYou crawl out and tell the others your findings.   \u000aIt's just the Bounty Hunter and Lawyer.  The Wardens gone?  \u201cLooking at the body, apparently\u201d they tell you.  You think about that gun in the holster.  Something else to weigh on your mind. \u000a
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V\u201cIt's too bad no one thought to bring a flashlight,\u201d you comment, staring at the dark sky.  \u201cDid you say you were going out to get one from here earlier?\u201d  The Bounty Hunter's face is unreadable, but he pretends to check the pockets of his coat.  \u201cGuess it must've fallen out in the snow on the walk here.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cAre you sure spending the night there is a good idea?  Two people just died.  Everyone's going to be on edge.\u201d   \u000aThe Bounty Hunter shrugs again.  \u201cDon't have much choice.  We can't have some sort of nighttime exodus down a mountain in the middle of a blizzard.\u201d \u000a
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VThe Lawyer shuffles his feet and tucks his hands under his armpits.  \u201cIf we've seen all there's to see, then can we head back now?  Before all my fingers and toes drop off?\u201d  Sure thing.  The Bounty Hunter whistles for the Warden to join up again, and you begin the long walk back to the observatory. \u000a
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VYou've almost made it to the front door when the Warden grabs your shoulder and drags you back a little from the others.  \u201cI think it's time you and I had a chat, don't you think?\u201d  He speaks quiet enough to be only heard by you.  The kind of chat that we can't have inside?  \u201cExactly.  Before we go in and keep pretending we don't know each other, we need to get something settled.\u201d   \u000aYou think about how he was the by the Policemans body for so long.  It would have been impossible for him to not see the gun.  But it'd  also be too stupid of him to shoot you right here in front of everyone.  Not exactly a reassuring thought when faced with the prospect of spending the night here. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 hear what he has to say|58a]]
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VHe hasn't directly threatened you yet.  If he's going to shoot you, you might as well hear why.   \u000aYou wait until the other two have disappeared through the front door before turning to him. \u201cAlright, what's this about?\u201d \u000a
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VThe Warden crosses his arms over his chest, like he's trying to look imposing.  No gun, you notice.  But it doesn't mean its not in his pocket... \u000a\u201cThis is about the money, Mr. William D. Wilson.  I know you think it's about revenge for you two breaking out and costing me my job, but its not.  It's always about the money.\u201d  Right, the money I stole and you just want your cut of it?  Is that it? \u000a\u201cExaaactly,\u201d he says with a grin ,\u201dnow I think we understand each other.  I'm not even being greedy here!  I'll even let you keep a million.\u201d   \u000aNinety percent's not greedy? \u000a\u201cNo, greedy's if I told Mr. Vigilante Cop Buddy here who you really are, got my share of the bounty on your head, and then took all the money for myself.  That would be greedy.\u201d \u000aYeah, the Bounty Hunter.  You hadn't forgotten.  He's a big problem. \u000a\u201cWhy haven't you done exactly that, yet?\u201d you ask.
the money out of the well, and then we go our separate ways.  Come morning, of course.\u201d   \u000aThe well.  Of course.  Somehow the Warden must have gotten a hold of your partners old map, the one with the wrong location drawn in. \u000a\u201cGonna be stuck here all night together, huh?\u201d you deadpan.  \u201cWhat are we going to do, play poker all night to keep awake?\u201d \u000a\u201cGot a pack right here in my pocket,\u201d he tosses back, patting his coat from the outside. \u000a \u000aOkay, you've heard enough.  There's no way you're spending the night cooped up here with this asshole, just waiting for him to stick a knife in your back AND think you're his lapdog as he's doing it! \u000a
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VYou nod, pretending to think about what he's saying.  Then like lightning you draw back and punch him as hard in the jaw as you can.  He sees it coming and dodges just enough to get hit in the eye instead.  He tackles you and you both fall to the ground, kicking and punching and hitting each other everywhere you can find and kicking up a flurry of snow while doing it. \u000aYou get in some good hits and take a few yourself before you're suddenly pulled off him and shoved away.  The Lawyer's grabbed you by your arm, and the Bounty Hunter's holding back the enraged and bloody nosed Warden by the neck with one hand and the gun with the other.   \u000a
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VYou blink at it a few times.  How did he- When he took the Policeman's wallet, of course.  Son of a bitch, you sure didn't see that one coming... \u000aHe follows your gaze to the gun.  \u201cEarlier,\u201d he explains. \u201cFrom when he left the building.  Gave it to me on his way out for crowd control\u201d Now you two want to tell me what's going on?\u201d   \u000a
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VYou wrench your arm out of the Lawyers grasp and smooth down your clothes.  The look the Warden is giving you is murderous, but he keeps his mouth shut. \u000a\u201cListen, if you two have a problem with each other it's not my concern,\u201d the Lawyer interjects, trying to calm down the situation. \u201cBut next time you might want to think about beating the crap out of each other when you're not being watched?\u201d  He gestures over his shoulder with his chin to where the silhouette of a figure is watching you all from the window of the planetarium.  You can't make out who it is, but now they've seen you two fighting and the Bounty Hunter holding a gun. \u000aWith a heartfelt curse directed at your bad luck, you go back inside the Observatory. \u000a
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VWhen you enter the main room, the Celebrity Couple and the Doctor are in the midst of their own heated conversation.  It hasn't quite come to blows like yours just did, but it's clear that your presence is  breaking up something about to happen.  \u201cLittle surprised he's not \u201cchecking on his luggage\u201d, the Bounty Hunter mutters under his breath at you. \u000aSpoke too soon, the Doctor immediately turns stomps away, not even bothering to hear the whole story from the Lawyer past \u201cThe Policeman's dead.\u201d   \u000aThe Couple exchange a meaningful look, and quietly ask what happened.  \u201cIt doesn't look like an accident. We think the brake lines were cut.\u201d \u000a\u201cBut... that snowmobile was our only way out of here!\u201d the woman wails.   \u000a \u201cWe can't even call a taxi, there's no goddamn cellphone coverage anywhere!\u201d her husband joins in. \u000aAnd another man just died, you think about pointing out.  But nobody seems to care much about that.
re we going to do?  Spend the night here?!\u201d \u000a\u201cThat's the idea,\u201d says the Bounty Hunter.  \u201cI'm sure we've all slept in worse places.\u201d  Meaningful glance over the couple.  \u201cIn the morning the storm'll have passed and if we can't get a signal, one of us walks out and gets help.\u201d  The woman begins to whine at her husband to do something.  The Bounty Hunter starts to walk away when the Lawyer stops him. \u000a\u201cThere's something we're forgetting about here,\u201d he begins.   \u000aThe two dead bodies and the accusatory video?  Nope, haven't forgotten about those. \u000a\u201cI'm referring to how the local police might react to this scene.  In a small Russian village like this, they may not take too kindly to a dead local worker and a policeman, both murdered, and surrounded only by foreigners who shouldn't have been up here to begin with.\u201d \u000aWell it sounds really bad when it's laid out straight like that. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a
he local police will blame us for their deaths?|62a]]
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VThe Lawyer says he thinks the local police will take one look at the dead officer with the cut brake lines and they're not even going to ask questions.  We'll all be arrested and when they find that video up there?  It's going to get very bad for us. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter agrees.  They look after their own out here.  If they're angry enough they might not even take us into the station, if you know what I'm saying.  The couple gasp, horror written across their faces.  It seems everyone here has a reason to be afraid. \u000a
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V\u201cYeah, I am, I'll admit it.  And you should be too if you knew anything about what they're like out here. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter agrees.  They look after their own out here.  If they're angry enough they might not even take us into the station, if you know what I'm saying.  The couple gasp, horror written across their faces.  It seems everyone here has a reason to be afraid. \u000a
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V"So what are you suggesting we do next," you ask the Lawyer. \u000a\u201cI'm suggesting we say nothing,\u201d he says.  \u201cWe wait until morning, and walk out.  We get on a train, bus, whatever, and go our separate ways.  We try to get out of the country, and we never speak of this again.\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a[[1- Sounds like a plan.|63a]]
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VYou agree: we all go our own ways in the morning.  Someone will find the bodies soon enough, but it might be long enough for us to get a head start.  The Couple hesitates, than nods in agreement.  Nobody has to mention the video, guess we've all got skeletons in our past to hide.   \u000aAnd that just leaves the Bounty Hunter... \u000a
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V\u201cWhy would you possibly want to stay?\u201d the Lawyer snaps back.  \u201cIf it wasn't for this storm I'd be out the door already!\u201d   \u000a\u201cYeah, us too,\u201d the Couple agrees.  Nobody has to mention the video, guess we've all got skeletons in our past to hide.   \u000aAnd that just leaves the Bounty Hunter... \u000a
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VHe paces the floor, hand on his chin, thinking over all the possibilities.  You're waiting to test his response.  If he's against the plan, maybe he actually did have some connections with the Policeman and wants to see justice be brought.  If he goes for it, than probably his criminal accusation was true.  He's a very bad man and if he finds out who you are, you're in a lot of trouble. \u000aYou glance at the Warden who's been here the whole time but hasn't said a word.  He's holding a snowball against his blackening eye and the last of the wine's in a glass in his hand.  Whatever's on his mind he's not about to let you know. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter stops his pacing and turns to look at you,\u201cWhere's the blonde girl?  The Journalist?  She's not here.\u201d \u000a
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VYou blink twice.  You'd forgotten completely about her.  When was the last time you saw her? \u000a\u201cThe Doctor's gone too,\u201d the Warden finally speaks up.  \u201cBut he was here just a minute ago.\u201d \u000a\u201cI think its about time we look at that luggage of his,\u201d the Bounty Hunter scowls, and you couldn't agree more.  He asks the Couple when was the last time they saw her. \u000a\u201cUm, just after you four left to the crash site,\u201d the man begins ,\u201dshe was with us for a few minutes and then we turned around and she was gone.  We thought she'd left to freshen up, but she never came back.\u201d \u000aThe last time you'd seen her she was in the basement, acting strange.  You didn't think much of it at the time, but the money's down there and... \u000a
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V\u201cNo, we're not going to be splitting up.  Out of the question.\u201d  the Bounty Hunter stops you mid sentence.  \u201cNot when two people have just been killed.\u201d \u000a\u201cAgreed,\u201d the Lawyer adds ,\u201dfor all we know she may be the third victim.\u201d \u000a\u201cOr the killer,\u201d suggests the Warden, drawing looks from the others.  You doubt his idea, she doesn't seem the type.  Or maybe you're just being fooled by her pretty face? It's been known to happen before, and there's definitely something odd about her. \u000a
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VAnd so it's decided: the Bounty Hunter (acting as the new self appointed leader) divides the people into  two groups of three.  It's going to be you, the Lawyer, and himself searching the Planetarium first for bodies and clues, then the outside grounds. The Couple and the Warden are taking the garage first, then the basement.  If you spoke up now for basement duty it might seem suspicious, so you're just going to have to get down there later.  Unless they know exactly where to look, there's no way they could find the money under the floor. \u000a
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VOn the way up to the Planetarium, the Bounty Hunter stops at the storage room and tries the door.  \u201cIt's locked.\u201d  You tell him it was locked earlier also, before you left to the crash site.  This is where the Doctor kept going throughout the evening.   \u000a\u201cIf anyone's in there, open up!\u201d the Lawyer bangs on it with his fist. \u000aNo answer. \u000a\u201cFuck this,\u201d the Bounty Hunter mutters, pulling out a screwdriver from his pocket that you didn't know he had.  He starts working on the lock with it and tells you and the Lawyer to ,\u201dgo on up, I'll be with you in a minute.  I need to see what's been going on it here.\u201d   \u000aYou glance at the Lawyer who shrugs, than continues on up the stairs without you. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a[[#1 stay with the Bounty Hunter|69]] \u000a[[#2 go with the Lawyer|70]]
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VWith remarkable speed, the Bounty Hunter jimmies open the door lock. Inside is another small room, windowless of course, with a single light bulb illuminating a row of metal storage lockers along the left wall and an empty line of coat hooks along the right.  There's a small table in the corner with a box marked \u201cemergency\u201d. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 check the box on the table|69a]]
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VIt's empty.  There's little pieces of blackish soot on the inside.  The Bounty Hunter picks up a piece and sniffs it.  \u201cCharcoal.  Probably was a box of emergency flares,\u201d he surmises. \u201cShame, we could have really used those.\u201d \u000a
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VMost of the lockers are empty or have uninteresting items in them like an old flannel shirt, old notebook with various astronomical observations, and another flashlight which doesn't work.  The door of the last locker's slightly open and inside is the Doctor's suitcase. \u000a \u000aYou pull it out and set it on the table, studying it while the Bounty Hunter works at the locks on it.  The suitcase is a very old fashioned style, expensive leather, and looks barely used.  The Doctor had said it was heavy, but when you lifted it it could barely have weighted more than a pound or two. \u000aWhen it's opened, inside you find a small amount of personal effects (comb, read glasses, pens), an alarming number of unmarked bottles and needles, and an empty glass bottle.  You pick it up and the label reads \u201cChloroform\u201d. \u000a \u000a\u201cWell, that's an interesting find, isn't it?\u201d the Bounty Hunter comments before checking the suitcase of hidden panels.
1d he says, \u201cI'm guessing he got drugged out of his mind, got spooked with the killings, and took off on his own.\u201d \u000a\u201cDamned stupid thing to do in this weather,\u201d you say. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter nods ,\u201d We're probably better off witho-\u201d \u000a \u000aAnd then the lights go out again. \u000a \u000a[[continue|69b1]] \u000a
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VThere's a moment of silence as both of you freeze.  The Bounty Hunter tells you not to move a muscle, and you hear the familiar click of a gun. \u000a   \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 hold your ground|69b1a]]
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VYou ask him where that screwdriver he's been using came from.  He doesn't answer you.  You tell him that you have a match in your pocket and you're going to light it, just stay calm.  A pause, and then ,\u201dgo ahead.\u201d \u000aIn the dim light you see the Bounty Hunter right where he was before, gun in hand.  Does he think you're the killer now? \u000a\u201cLet's just be civilized about this,\u201d you tell him.  \u201cLet's head down and go get the others.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou first, he tells you, and gestures with the gun to the door. \u000aYou both start slowly walking downstairs; you're leading with a gun in your back.  Then there's the sound of a door opening and sudden gust of wind along the staircase that blows out your match.   \u000a
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VThe Bounty Hunter calls out to you to stay still, but you keep going, crouching low.  You creep out he door and start feeling your way down the sitars. \u000aThere's a sudden gust of wind and the quiet sound of a door closing, but you can't tell where its coming from.  Then suddenly someone bumps into you.   \u000a\u201cWhat the fuck!\u201d It's the Bounty Hunter, and he grabs you by the shoulder.   \u000a
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VYou turn and tackle the BH, trying to wrestle the gun from him in the dark.  A shot goes off, barely missing you by the sound of it, and you both end up falling down the stairs.  The Bounty Hunter pulls away part way down, and when you reach the bottom you're trying to dig out a match to light when someone jumps on you from behind and presses a foul smelling rag over your face.  You struggle valiantly, but with the wind already knocked out of you it's not long before you pass out... \u000a
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VYou both enter the Planetarium but find neither the Journalist or the Doctor there.  Something about the room looks a little different, though. You start looking over the table with the projector for clues. \u000a\u201cIs your video true?\u201d the Lawyer asks you, eyes following the electrical lines running from the device and out the door. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a[[#1 Say that it's true|70a]] \u000a
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VYou say that yeah, your video was true.  For the most part.  But you don't know how whoever did all this could have found out about it, though. \u000aThe Lawyer nods thoughtfully.  \u201cMine is true, yes, but it left out the part about how the man I'd set free had mafia connections who were threatening my family.  When he was released, he killed three people before being caught again.\u201d  He sighs deeply before turning his back to you and going to the window. \u000a
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V\u201cI'm asking because I just realized that I'm alone with you in this room,\u201d he says quietly, watching you from the corner of his eye. \u000aAnd you think I'm the killer? \u000aA long pause, then,\u201dNo.  No, I don't think you killed the  other two.  But...\u201d  He doesn't need to finish the sentence, and you point out he could as well be the killer and now you're  alone with him. \u000aThe Lawyer nods thoughtfully.  \u201cMy video is true,\u201d he confesses ,\u201d but it left out the part about how the man I'd set free had mafia connections who were threatening my family.  When he was released, he killed three people before being caught again.\u201d  He sighs deeply before turning his back to you and going to the window. \u000a
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V\u201cThere's someone outside!\u201d the Lawyer suddenly whispers, as if whoever it is might hear him.  You quickly move to his side and you can barely see it through the falling snow: the faint outline of a figure walking, illuminated by a flashlight.  You can't identify who it is, but the only one who could have a flashlight is the Bounty Hunter. \u000a \u000aThen the lights go out. \u000a
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VIt's pitch black in the room.  You tell the Lawyer to stay calm, you're going to get a light.  He doesnt say anything , but you hear him shuffling away from you.  You pull out your matchbox from your pocket and fumble in the dark a little to get one lighted.  It takes your eyes a second to adjust, and by then the lawyer has crossed the room to near the door, an unidentified object in his hand. \u000aHe whirls around at the light, a look of horror on his face. \u201cWhat... what are you doing?\u201d he stammers. \u000aI'm giving us some light, what the hell are you doing?   \u000aThe lawyer hides the object behind his back and hold up his free hand, \u201cyou... you're really him! You're the killer, aren't you?!\u201d  He looks terrified and is edging toward the door. \u000a
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VYou shake your head at him, just where is he getting this from? \u201cIf I was the killer, why would I-\u201d \u000aHe runs out he door and down the stairs, not waiting to hear you finish.  You sprint after him, your match blowing out in the dash.   \u000aThen part way down the stairs, someone tackles you.  You can't tell if it's the Lawyer or not, but the cry of pain as you strike out wildly almost sounds like the Bounty Hunter's.  You and your attacker begins to wrestle, and a shot goes off, barely missing you by the sound of it.  You loose your footing and you both end up falling down the stairs, your attacker pulling away part way down. When you reach the bottom you're trying to dig out another match to light when someone jumps on you from behind and presses a foul smelling rag over your face.   \u000a \u000aYou struggle valiantly, but with the wind already knocked out of you it's not long before you pass out... \u000a
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VYou quietly go back downstairs, listening for any noises from the others but hearing no one.  When you get to the bottom, you hear voices coming from the garage and the door at the end to the basement is open with a light on inside.  You're certain it was closed when you went up earlier with the others.  You can faintly hear the sounds of movement coming from inside. \u000aYou quietly move to it and peak in. \u000a
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VIt's the missing Journalist, very much still alive and tearing the room apart.  She's even moved the tool cabinet on top of where the money is, but she doesn't seem to have noticed the slightly different looking tiles yet. \u000aYou rush down to stop her before she can find it, and she whirls around with a yelp.  She stares at you, wild eyed, for a moment, then lunges for the fire-extinguisher murder weapon. \u000aAnd then the lights go out. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 stand your ground.|71aa]]
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VYou back up and try to pull out and light a match, but she smacks you HARD over the head with the fire extinguisher.  You fall to your knees in a daze and you hear her jump back and scramble to the doorway exit.  Suddenly she screams and there are sounds of a struggle than rapidly running away footsteps.  Seconds later you're on your feet, trying to follow, when someone tackles you.  You can't tell if its the Journalist or someone else, they don't make a sound as you lash out at them in the pitch blackness.   They press a foul smelling rag over your face and you struggle valiantly, but its not long before you pass out... \u000a
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VYou turn and run, stumbling in the pitch darkness.  You trip over some object on the ground and fall, and immediately someone tackles you.  You can't tell if it's the Journalist or someone else.  They don't make a sound as you lash out at them in the pitch blackness.   They press a foul smelling rag over your face and you struggle valiantly, but its not long before you pass out... \u000a
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VYou wake up an indefinite time later with a pounding headache and the lights back on.  Someone's dragged you back into the main room, where it looks like the remaining people have gathered.
ething.  She meets your eyes and scowls at you. \u000aNo sign of either the Husband or the Doctor. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[1- talk to the Lawyer.|72a]] \u000a \u000a[[2- talk to the Journalist.|72b]] \u000a \u000a[[3- talk to the Bounty hunter.|72c]] \u000a
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VYou approach the Lawyer and ask him what happened.  You note he's one of the few people here without any visible cuts and bruises. He claims that when the lights went out he was upstairs.  He'd just seen a figure with a flashlight walking outside on the grounds and he was heading down to investigate and see if it was the Doctor when the lights went out.  Suddenly he heard someone rushing up the stairs so he hid under a table.  He couldn't see anything but heard footsteps walking by.  Then the person left and he waited a minute.  He heard the sounds of a fight and someone falling down the stairs, than a woman screaming and a lot of commotion.  He stayed upstairs, afraid to use his lighter in case the killer came back.  A few minutes later the lights came back.  When he came downstairs he found the Bounty Hunter at the bottom of the stairs, a nasty bump on his head.  He says you were found unconscious in the hallway, a broom handle on the ground near you that you must have tripped over in the dark. \u000a
00a[[talk to the journalist|72a1]]
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VThe Journalist claims that she was downstairs in the basement looking for clues when the lights went out and someone attacked her.  She was able to get away at first, but they locked her in the basement with the body.  She spent several minutes screaming for help before the lights came back on.  The Bounty Hunter confirms that when they found her she was banging at the door and shouting.   \u000a \u000a[[72b1]] \u000a
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VYou approach the Bounty Hunter who claims that he was searching through the Doctor's locker when the lights went out.  He lit a match and went downstairs, but the match blew out when a door opened and there was a sudden breeze.  Then someone attacked him from behind, he didn't see who, and tried to suffocate him with a cloth soaked in chloroform.  The Bounty Hunter struggled with his attacker and ended up tumbling down the stairs and was knocked out.  Maybe the killer thought the fall had killed him?  When he woke up the lights were on and the Warden and the Celebrity Wife were having a screaming match in the main hall.  He and the Lawyer were trying to break it up, and then they heard shouting from downstairs.  It was the Journalist locked in the basement, and you were unconscious in the hallway. \u000a \u000a[[talk to the Journalist|72c1]]
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VThe Journalist claims that she was downstairs in the basement looking for clues when the lights went out and someone attacked her.  She was able to get away at first, but they locked her in the basement with the body.  She spent several minutes screaming for help before the lights came back on.  The Bounty Hunter confirms that when they found her she was banging at the door and shouting.   \u000a
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VYou approach the Bounty Hunter who claims that he was searching through the Doctor's locker when the lights went out.  He lit a match and went downstairs, but the match blew out when a door opened and there was a sudden breeze.  Then someone attacked him from behind, he didn't see who, and tried to suffocate him with a cloth soaked in chloroform.  The Bounty Hunter struggled with his attacker and ended up tumbling down the stairs and was knocked out.  Maybe the killer thought the fall had killed him?  When he woke up the lights were on and the Warden and the Celebrity Wife were having a screaming match in the main hall.  He and the Lawyer were trying to break it up, and then they heard shouting from downstairs.  It was the Journalist locked in the basement, and you were unconscious in the hallway. \u000a
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VYou approach the Bounty Hunter who claims that he was searching through the Doctor's locker when the lights went out.  He lit a match and went downstairs, but the match blew out when a door opened and there was a sudden breeze.  Then someone attacked him from behind, he didn't see who, and tried to suffocate him with a cloth soaked in chloroform.  The Bounty Hunter struggled with his attacker and ended up tumbling down the stairs and was knocked out.  Maybe the killer thought the fall had killed him?  When he woke up the lights were on and the Warden and the Celebrity Wife were having a screaming match in the main hall.  He and the Lawyer were trying to break it up, and then they heard shouting from downstairs.  It was the Journalist locked in the basement, and you were unconscious in the hallway. \u000a \u000a[[continue|73]]
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VYou approach the Lawyer and ask him what happened.  You note he's one of the few people here without any visible cuts and bruises. He claims that when the lights went out he was upstairs.  He'd just seen a figure with a flashlight walking outside on the grounds and he was heading down to investigate and see if it was the Doctor when the lights went out.  Suddenly he heard someone rushing up the stairs so he hid under a table.  He couldn't see anything but heard footsteps walking by.  Then the person left and he waited a minute.  He heard the sounds of a fight and someone falling down the stairs, than a woman screaming and a lot of commotion.  He stayed upstairs, afraid to use his lighter in case the killer came back.  A few minutes later the lights came back.  When he came downstairs he found the Bounty Hunter at the bottom of the stairs, a nasty bump on his head.  He says you were found unconscious in the hallway, a broom handle on the ground near you that you must have tripped over in the dark. \u000a
00a[[continue|73]] \u000a
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VNow it's your turn to explain how you ended up where you did. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 tell them the truth, what you know of it|73a]]
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VYou approach the Lawyer and ask him what happened.  You note he's one of the few people here without any visible cuts and bruises. He claims that when the lights went out he was upstairs.  He'd just seen a figure with a flashlight walking outside on the grounds and he was heading down to investigate and see if it was the Doctor when the lights went out.  Suddenly he heard someone rushing up the stairs so he hid under a table.  He couldn't see anything but heard footsteps walking by.  Then the person left and he waited a minute.  He heard the sounds of a fight and someone falling down the stairs, than a woman screaming and a lot of commotion.  He stayed upstairs, afraid to use his lighter in case the killer came back.  A few minutes later the lights came back.  When he came downstairs he found the Bounty Hunter at the bottom of the stairs, a nasty bump on his head.  He says you were found unconscious in the hallway, a broom handle on the ground near you that you must have tripped over in the dark. \u000a
00a[[talk to the BOunty Hunter|72b2]]
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VThe Journalist claims that she was downstairs in the basement looking for clues when the lights went out and someone attacked her.  She was able to get away at first, but they locked her in the basement with the body.  She spent several minutes screaming for help before the lights came back on.  The Bounty Hunter confirms that when they found her she was banging at the door and shouting.   \u000a
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VYou tell them your version of events, carefully leaving out any details that might seem too suspicious and reflect badly on you.  You tell them honestly that you were attacked in the dark, but you also have no idea by whom, and then they suffocated you with a cloth soaked in presumably chloroform.  And that's all you know.   \u000a
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VYou lie and tell them a carefully edited version of what happened, leaving out any details of the real events that might reflect badly on you.  You tell them that when the lights went that you were attacked in the dark, but you also have no idea by whom, and then they suffocated you with a cloth soaked in presumably chloroform.  And that's all you know.   \u000a
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VThe Bounty Hunter and Lawyer stare at you incredulously.  You can tell they don't think much of your story.  Before they can interrogate you further, however, you hear a sharp bang in the distance outside. Like a gunshot, but louder and further away.  Moments later there's a faint roaring sound, and then the whole building begins to shake.  Everyone scrambles against a wall as the shaking intensifies.  This goes on for about half a minute, and then it stops. \u000a\u201cWhat the hell was that?\u201d the Journalist asks, cautiously stepping away from the wall. \u000a\u201cAn avalanche, probably,\u201d the Bounty Hunter guesses ,\u201dwe're lucky it didn't hit us here, we could've been buried here for days.\u201d \u000a \u000aBefore the others can turn the questioning back to you, you decide to find out what the Celebrity Couple and the Warden's stories are. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 talk to the Wife|74a]]
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VAccording to her, she and her husband and the Warden were in the garage, looking for clues about where the Journalist or Doctor might have gone.  Suddenly the lights went out and the Warden jumped on her and tried to strangle her!  (You notice an absence of bruising on her neck, but keep quiet and let her continue.)  She says her husband started bravely fighting him off in the dark and she ran back inside, calling for help.  She tripped over someone's body in the dark and she thought the was dead so she started screaming.  Then the lights came back on and she'd tripped over the Bounty Hunter who was laying at the bottom of the stairs. \u000a
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VAccording to the Warden: the three of them were searching for clues in the garage when the lights went out and the Couple attacked him.  He fought back, and the wife jumped on his back and was tearing at his coat, trying to mug him or strangle him or something.  (You notice the torn pockets of his coat, that much of his story is true at least...) The Warden says he elbowed her to her face, probably giving her that black eye, and she ran inside screaming like a banshee.  Then her husband hit him hard and he was briefly knocked out.  He woke up when the lights came on again and the Bounty Hunter dragged him back inside, with the Wife howling threats at him.  He didn't do anything to her husband, and he has no idea where he is now.   \u000a
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VYou ask if anyone's seen the Doctor?  No, no one has since before you all went to the Policeman's crash site.   \u000a  \u201cHe'd left a few of his personal items in a suitcase, but his passport was gone,\u201d the Bounty Hunter tells the others.  \u201cHe's probably run off into the night, if he's lucky he'll freeze to death instead of falling and breaking his neck.\u201d \u000a\u201cBut what if he's still here?\u201d the Lawyer asks. \u000a\u201cYou mean... that you think he's been the next victim...\u201d the Journalist says, reading between the lines. \u000a\u201cOr he's the killer, and he's just pretending to be dead.  It's a long shot, but possible\u201d  the Lawyer answers.  The Bounty Hunter looks at you and you shrug.  Yeah, it's possible.  He was acting strange all evening, and now to just disappear without a trace?  It's definitely suspect. \u000a
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VYou've gathered all the information that you can right now.  Where do you want to search next? \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[Downstairs in the basement|76b]]
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VDownstairs:  There's a broom fallen in the hallway that wasn't there before, and the basement itself has been torn apart.  Luckily, you can see that the slightly off color floor tile in the corner where the money is hasn't been tampered with.  You can't make a move for it now with everyone watching, however. \u000a
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VThe Celebrity Wife demands that you search for her husband, he could be out there injured with a killer on the loose!  The Bounty Hunter asks everyone to pool together every piece of lighting equipment they have.  It's a rather disappointing list: your pack of matches, one candle the Journalist found downstairs, and the Lawyer has a flashlight app on his cellphone.  That's it. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 take the candle and matches|79]] \u000a \u000a[[#2 take the cellphone|79]]
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VThe Bounty Hunter splits the 6 of you up into two groups: the Wife, Journalist, and Lawyer in the first, and you, the Bounty Hunter, and Warden in the second. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 follow the single footprints to the left|79a]] \u000a
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VThere definitely was a fight in here alright, judging by the debris scattered around and the occasional spot of blood from someone's punched nose.  The gate is closed but the exit door to the outside is slightly open.   \u000aYou push it open fully and see three sets of footprints in the snow heading away from the building.  The first set seems older, with the outlines mostly lost in the fallen snow, and they take off to the left down the mountain road.  The other set has two  sets of prints, slightly fresher but still too vague to make out any details of the owner.  These prints go to the right, away from the first, and along the side of the building. \u000aIt occurs to you now that the storm largely  passed by.  A little snow is still falling, but for the most part it's just a dark and moonless night.  You ask for how long you were out, and apparently it was a while and it's now the middle of the night. \u000a
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VThese footprints are definitely older than the other two, they're hard to follow in many places as they wind their way down the steep mountain road.  After maybe half a mile they end in deep snow, where the avalanche you heard earlier must have fallen.  Whoever went this way either made it out and is having a cold night, or they're trapped under there.  There's nothing you can do for them now, not until you have more light. \u000a
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VThese two sets of footprints are definitely more recent, but its hard to make out many more details.  They form a clear path, however, and the three of you follow it along a wide open field at the side of the observatory. \u000aWhen you get out of possible earshot from the others, the Warden finally breaks the tense silence that had fallen over your group.  He insists on his innocence in anything that may have happened to the husband: \u201cThey attacked me in the garage!  I swear it!  They're a bunch of fucking con artists and maybe the killers for all I know.  I didn't do anything to them!\u201d \u000aYou have your doubts that he's telling the full truth, but the Bounty Hunter agrees that their whole \u201cwe're famous but you've never heard of us\u201d alibi is incredibly thin.  You agree to talk to the Wife in private when you get back. \u000aThe path you were following comes to an end at a small hill with a well. \u000a
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VAlong the way back to the observatory, the Warden finally breaks the tense silence that had fallen over your group.  He insists on his innocence in anything that may have happened to the husband: \u201cThey attacked me in the garage!  I swear it!  They're a bunch of fucking con artists and maybe the killers for all I know.  I didn't do anything to them!\u201d \u000aYou have your doubts that he's telling the full truth, but the Bounty Hunter agrees that their whole \u201cwe're famous but you've never heard of us\u201d alibi is incredibly thin. When you get back inside you're going to need to talk to her in private. \u000a
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VSuddenly, just as you're nearing the building, you hear someone screaming inside.  You rush in and find the Wife of the Couple wailing on the floor in tears.  The Journalist is hovering over her, trying to comfort her and calm her down.  The Lawyer's face is very grave and he tells you ,\u201dthere's something you all need to see.\u201d  He leads you outside and follows the tracks to the right. \u000a
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VA dim light emerges from inside the well.  When you look in, you can faintly make out the outline of the Husband. The pool of blood surrounding him is illuminated by a flashlight.  He must have been the figure the Lawyer saw wandering outside before the lights went out. \u000a
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VYou ask the Bounty Hunter again where did the rope come from? He confirms that it was part of the survival equipment in the snowmobile.  Either the Husband stole it earlier, before the Policeman drove off, or somehow he stole it after the snowmobile crashed (the trunk was open).  But the Husband wasn't even there at the crash site.  The Lawyer agrees, it just doesn't make sense.   \u000aThe Bounty Hunter looks shiftily to the side, there's something he's not telling you... \u000a
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V The Bounty Hunter thinks the avalanche could be an accident, or it could be deliberate. The Lawyer points out there was a boom sound right before the shaking, but perhaps it was the fresh snow collapsing and starting the avalanche?  You agree that the timing is very suspicious, but it was snowing heavily and here on a mountain an avalanche is certainly a possibility.  This is something else that has to wait until the morning light. \u000a
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VThe Lawyer offers to be the next one to talk to the Wife, she's in a delicate emotional state right now but we need to find out what her husband was doing in a well in the middle of the night in a snowstorm.  The Bounty Hunter offers to talk to the Warden about it and then they'll compare stories. \u000a \u000a
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V The Bounty Hunter thinks the avalanche could be an accident, or it could be deliberate. The Lawyer points out there was a boom sound right before the shaking, but perhaps it was the fresh snow collapsing and starting the avalanche?  You agree that the timing is very suspicious, but it was snowing heavily and here on a mountain an avalanche is certainly a possibility.  This is something else that has to wait until the morning light. \u000a
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VYou ask the Bounty Hunter again where did the rope come from? He confirms that it was part of the survival equipment in the snowmobile.  Either the Husband stole it earlier, before the Policeman drove off, or somehow he stole it after the snowmobile crashed (the trunk was open).  But the Husband wasn't even there at the crash site.  The Lawyer agrees, it just doesn't make sense.   \u000aThe Bounty Hunter looks shiftily to the side, there's something he's not telling you... \u000a
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VYou ask the Bounty Hunter again where did the rope come from? He confirms that it was part of the survival equipment in the snowmobile.  Either the Husband stole it earlier, before the Policeman drove off, or somehow he stole it after the snowmobile crashed (the trunk was open).  But the Husband wasn't even there at the crash site.  The Lawyer agrees, it just doesn't make sense.   \u000aThe Bounty Hunter looks shiftily to the side, there's something he's not telling you... \u000a
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VThe Lawyer offers to be the next one to talk to the Wife, she's in a delicate emotional state right now but we need to find out what her husband was doing in a well in the middle of the night in a snowstorm.  The Bounty Hunter offers to talk to the Warden about it and then they'll compare stories. \u000a
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VThe Lawyer offers to be the next one to talk to the Wife, she's in a delicate emotional state right now but we need to find out what her husband was doing in a well in the middle of the night in a snowstorm.  The Bounty Hunter offers to talk to the Warden about it and then they'll compare stories. \u000a \u000a
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V The Bounty Hunter thinks the avalanche could be an accident, or it could be deliberate. The Lawyer points out there was a boom sound right before the shaking, but perhaps it was the fresh snow collapsing and starting the avalanche?  You agree that the timing is very suspicious, but it was snowing heavily and here on a mountain an avalanche is certainly a possibility.  This is something else that has to wait until the morning light. \u000a
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VYou still have a few more questions to ask. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a[[#1 How could the husband have gotten the Policeman's flashlight?|83a]]
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VLater: \u000aIt took a while, but you finally got the Wife of the couple to calm down and stop wailing.  You're now positive that she's been lying about a lot of things, but her grief for her husband is genuine.  She had no hand in whatever happened to him at the well, though you're not ready to write her off the other murders just yet. \u000aNow the Journalist is with her, trying to comfort her and gently ask her what really happened.  If she doesn't succeed, the Bounty Hunter's going to question her next and you can guarantee he won't be so considerate.  You approach him and the Lawyer to talk the situation over. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[Ask about the rope again.|82a]] \u000a#2 [[Ask about the avalanche|82b]] \u000a#3 [[Ask about the husband|82c]]
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VYou ask the Bounty Hunter how could he not  notice the missing survival equipment when he went to get the flashlight during the first power outage?  When the Repairman was killed? \u000aRather than answer your question, the Bounty Hunter gets angry. \u201cAre you accusing me of something here or just talking out your ass?\u201d \u000a\u201cHe's got a point,\u201d the Lawyer says, agreeing with you.  \u201cThe lights have been out twice, we've been walking in the woods, and you've never once pulled out the flashlight.  You never got it, did you?\u201d \u000a\u201cJust what are you implying?\u201d  the Bounty Hunter growls.  \u201cEveryone here's been acting suspicious as hell, you two included.\u201d  He gestures at the other three people in the room.  \u201cThat woman and the Warden are clearly lying to our faces, we haven't seen the Doctor in hours, and the Journalist disappears the second anyone's back is turned!\u201d \u000aAnd then the lights go out again for the third time. \u000a

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VYou ask them what do they think about the Doctor disappearing?  Do they believe that he just took off like that? \u000a\u201cWell,\u201d the Lawyer begins, \u201cthe last time any of us saw him was...right after we got back from the Policeman's crash site.  He was talking to the Couple, it didn't look too friendly, then the lights went out, and he disappeared.\u201d \u000a\u201cSomething else we need to talk to the Wife about,\u201d the Bounty Hunter says. \u000aAnd then the lights go out again for the third time. \u000a
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VChaos suddenly erupts in the room.  You can't see a thing, but someone runs into you.  It's the Lawyer who starts screaming for you to stay the hell away from him.  You hear the Bounty Hunter trip and stumble in the dark.  Something is knocked over and one of the women starts screaming.  It sounds like the Wife.   \u000a
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VYou fumble in your pockets for your light but can't find it.  The screaming continues, as well as sounds of a scuffle.   \u000aSuddenly there are three gunshots in rapid succession.  The room goes quiet and you drop to the floor and crouch.  It's impossible to make out any shapes in the pitch blackness. \u000aYou hear the sounds of footsteps running right toward you. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 avoid the person, they could have a gun|85a]]
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VYou crouch lower and shift to the side as the footsteps run by you.  In the last moment you stick your leg out and trip them.  They fall to the ground and you grab them by the ankle.  It's the Journalist.  She starts screaming, kicking, and clawing at you. \u000aThen the lights come back on. \u000a
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VWhen the Journalist sees that its you who grabbed her she starts clawing at your face and shouting \u201cit's him! He was trying to kill me!\u201d.  You try to restrain her and she knees you between the legs.  You slap her hard and she elbows you in the face only to get pulled off you by the Bounty Hunter who roars at you two to STOP!  LOOK! He points to the other side of the room. \u000aThe Wife is standing over the body of the Warden.  She's disheveled and crazy eyed and holding the gun in her hand.  The Warden's dead, three shots squarely in his chest. \u000a
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VYou wait until the footsteps have almost ran by you and then you lunge out at them, dragging them to the ground.  It's the Journalist.  She starts screaming, kicking, and clawing at you. \u000aThen the lights come back on. \u000a
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VNobody moves for a second, then the Lawyer slowly approaches her from the corner he was hiding in. He tells her to put the gun down and she points it at him, stopping him in his tracks.  She's clearly in shock and the Lawyer raises his hands, telling her to keep calm and realize what she's doing.  He's distracting her from the Bounty Hunter who's carefully sneaking up behind her.  She lowers the gun slightly and the Bounty Hunter makes his move, lunging up grabbing her from behind.  She screams and fires off one shot, missing wildly before dropping the gun.  The Lawyer kicks it away and pins her arms behind her back as she struggles to get free. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter shouts for someone to give him something to tie her up with.  You've got nothing but the Journalist tosses him some telephone wires. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a[[#1 ask the Journalist where did she get those from|87a]] \u000a
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VYou ask what are we going to do with her now?  She's clearly unstable.  The Journalist suggests locking her up somewhere until she calms down. \u000a
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VShe glares at you and says she just pulled it out of the wall, it wasn't connected to anything. \u000a
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VThe woman's sobbing against the floor as the Bounty Hunter ties her arms behind her back.  You're not going to get anything out of her now. \u000a
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VYou put her into the storage room and \u201clock\u201d the door shut from the outside with some more of the phone line wiring.  The Bounty Hunter says that he tied her securely, she wont be going anywhere until we can figure out whats going on.   She's shouting from the room to be untied, so you all go down to the bottom of the stairs to get away from her noise. \u000a\u201cSo that's it then?\u201d the Lawyer asks.  \u201cSHE was the killer all this time?\u201d \u000aIf you have any questions you want to ask, now's the time. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a[[#1 Why wouldn't she have shot the WARD earlier if she had the gun?|89a]] \u000a[[#2 How could she have even gotten the gun?|89b]]
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VThe Journalist says she'll go in and talk to her, see if she can get any information out of her.  If she says anything at all, she'll let you all know. \u000aYou don't like the idea, but you agree that her talking to the Wife alone is your best chance at getting answers.   \u000aThe Lawyer unties the door and lets her in. \u000a
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V\u201cMaybe she was waiting for the right moment, and when the lights went out she just snapped?\u201d the Bounty Hunter guesses. \u000a\u201cOr maybe the Warden attacked her and it was self-defense?\u201d the Journalist counters. \u000a\u201cYou women always stick together, don't you?\u201d  The Journalist glares at him and the Lawyer rubs his temples.  It's been a long night. \u000a
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V\u201cI had the gun with me up until the lights went out the second time,\u201d the Bounty Hunter admits. \u201cWhen I woke up it was gone.  Anyone could have taken it.\u201d \u000a\u201cWhy didn't you mention this to any of us before now?\u201d you ask, getting angry. \u000a\u201cBecause I didn't want to get shot in the back by whoever took it.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cHer husband was just horribly murdered,\u201d the Lawyer answers.  \u201cIf she believed the Warden was responsible, that's motive enough to shoot him.\u201d \u000a\u201cWhat about the other two deaths, the Policeman and Repairman?\u201d you ask.  \u201cShe had no reason to want them dead.\u201d \u000aThe Bounty Hunter nods in agreement.  \u201cWe need to calm her down and find out what she knows.\u201d \u000a
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VOutside the door, the Bounty Hunter quietly tells you and the Lawyer that it's time the three of you talk the situation over in private. \u000a\u201cI think I know what's going on here,\u201d he begins, \u201cI'm placing my bets on the killer being Blondie in there.\u201d He gestures to the door behind him. \u201cEvery time someone's died, she's disappeared.  When the Warden got shot, she was running away and you caught her.  I bet she gave the other woman my gun and put her up to it, let Wifey do the dirty work for her.\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 agree with him that it's possible|91a]]
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VYou think back to the times she disappeared or was caught searching in the basement. Most people would go out of their way to avoid being around a dead body, but other than her initial appalled reaction she seemed pretty unmoved by it.  If she knows about the 10million hidden in there, it would be a motive enough to kill the Repairman if he was getting in her way.  But what about the others?  Maybe she was afraid of the Policeman getting backup and the Warden might have been... blackmailing her? With what?  You're grasping at straws here.  You just don't have enough information yet. \u000a
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VThe fact that she was running away during the last blackout isn't enough to peg these crimes on her. Maybe she was just scared for her own safety?  And there's always the question of motive. If she knew about the 10million hidden in the basement, it would explain why she kept going down there, and it would be a reason enough to kill the Repairman if he was getting in her way.  But what about the others? You think back, trying to remember where she was during each of the murders... \u000a \u000a
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VThe Lawyer seems more skeptical about this theory than the Bounty Hunter.  He argues that it might well be the Doctor who's never been accounted for. Men in his line of work have a history of going crazy themselves.  Maybe he's been hiding out here all the time? We need to search the place for him. \u000a \u000a[[-and leave the Wife alone with a woman we suspect is a serial killer?|93]] \u000a
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V\u201cIf the Doctor's here, we need to find out,\u201d the Lawyer insists.  \u201cThere's only one door into that storage room, it's the safest place for them to stay while we search the building.\u201d \u000a\u201cExcept there's no we in this,\u201d the Bounty Hunter says, backing away from you two.  \u201cI'm not going anywhere with either of you, just waiting for the lights to go off and I find out I'm wrong about the Blonde.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cI'm saying I'm OUT.  I'm leaving.  Alone.\u201d  The Bounty Hunter starts backing down the stairs, watching you both intently.   \u000a\u201cSo what?  You're just going to try your luck not freezing to death in the snow?\u201d the Lawyer asks, sounding irritated and worried at the same time. \u000a\u201cNot exactly.  I'm going to wait outside, let the real killer pick the rest of you off and reveal himself. And for that, I know I'm better off alone.\u201d \u000a\u201cSo you think it's one of us then?\u201d the Lawyer asks, gesturing between you and him. \u000a\u201cWell, I know its not me, I prefer my odds by myself.\u201d   \u000aAnd with that he turns and walks down the stairs. \u000a
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VNow it's just you and the Lawyer. He eyes you carefully, clearly sizing you up as he backs a little away from you. \u000a\u201cDid you lock the door to the Planetarium?\u201d he asks, and you look up to the top of the staircase. The heavy lock and chain's been put back on. \u000a\u201cNo, that's new...\u201d you mutter.  Why would anyone... \u000a\u201cSo what happens now?\u201d he asks you. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 search the building alone|95a]]
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VYou tell him that the two of you should split up and look for any clues about the Doctor.  If you don't find anything, maybe the Wife will be ready to talk. \u000a\u201cSo you think I might be it, don't you?\u201d he asks, glancing over his shoulder down the staircase as if he expects the Bounty Hunter to jump out on him at any second. \u000a\u201cIt's crossed my mind,\u201d you tell him. \u201cThe list's getting shorter by the hour.\u201d \u000aHis expression is odd, but he nods in agreement.  \u201cOkay, I'll check the basement and downstairs. You go find a way into that planetarium. That would be a likely spot for the killer to be hiding; maybe it even has  a secret exit outside?  These old Soviet buildings had a lot of little spaces.\u201d \u000a
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VYou tell him that the two of you need to stick together and search the building for any clues about the Doctor.  If something happens or the lights go out again, we'll need to watch each others' backs. \u000aHe hesitates for a second, you can tell he doesn't like this idea. \u201cThe thing is-\u201d he begins. \u000a\u201cYou think I'm in, don't you?\u201d you ask, studying him to gauge his current emotional state. \u000a\u201cIt's crossed my mind,\u201d he admits. \u201cThe list\u2019s getting shorter by the hour.\u201d \u000aHis expression is odd.  You know he's got something else on his mind, but doesn\u2019t want to say.  Maybe teaming up wasn't the best idea.  If he's not the killer he may still do something reckless and get you both dead. \u201cOkay, you'll check the basement and downstairs. I'll go find a way into that planetarium.\u201d
d a lot of little spaces.\u201d \u000a
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VThe Lawyer turns to go down, but you stop him.  There's a few questions you need to ask him first. \u000a \u000aCHOICE x2 \u000a \u000a[[#1 What do you think is going on?|96a]] \u000a[[#2 How do you think the Wife got the gun?|96b]] \u000a[[#3 What about the Bounty Hunter?|96c]]
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V\u201cSo you just expect me go into a suspected killers hideout unarmed?\u201d you ask, making your voice angrier than you really are to try and scare something out of him.  \u201cYou're trying to get me killed, aren't you?!\u201d \u000aThe Lawyer raises his hands in a conciliatory gesture.  \u201cListen, I just want to live through the night, okay? I  know I'm not the killer.  And we both know its not one of the women. It's got to be either the Bounty Hunter or the Doctor.\u201d \u000aYou cross your arms, unconvinced. \u000a\u201cOkay, okay,\u201d he says quickly ,\u201dif you still don't believe me, here, take this:\u201d  He reaches into his coat and hands you the gun, holding it to you by the barrel.  Where the hell did he get that from?
to threaten him and then lock him in the room.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cI still think it may be the Doctor.  Maybe he's gone crazy or took too many drugs and just lost it.  We haven't seen him in several hours, but it just doesn't make sense that he'd take off alone into the night. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[How do you think the Wife got the gun?|96a1]] \u000a#2 [[What about the Bounty Hunter?|96a2]] \u000a
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V\u201cMaybe when the lights went out the second time she took it off the Bounty Hunter when he was out. She said she'd tripped over him in the dark.  Or maybe the Warden stole it during your fight with him outside, and they took it off him when the jumped him in the garage.\u201d \u000a\u201cIs that what you think happened back there?\u201d you ask. \u000aHe shakes his head,\u201d I don't know.  I really don't.\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[hat do you think is going on?|96b1]] \u000a#2 [[What about the Bounty Hunter?|96b2]] \u000a
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VYou ask him if he thinks the Bounty Hunter could be the killer. \u000a\u201cMaybe...\u201d he answers carefully.  He's acting a little strange, but maybe he's just scared and you're reading into things too much? \u201cMaybe he is.  The Policeman's break lines were cut; he's been up in everyone\u2019s business; he'd be in a position to know these details of peoples personal lives.\u201d   \u000a\u201cA lot of people here might have had access to private records,\u201d you point out. \u201cThe Warden and Policeman easily, maybe the Doctor.  Maybe the Journalist, too.  She could have found out who all of us are and is still going for that breakthrough story.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou left me off the list,\u201d he points out.  \u201cAs a lawyer, I could've heard things too.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou're absolutely right\u201d \u000a \u000a#1 [[What do you think is going on?|96c1]] \u000a#2 [[How do you think the Wife got the gun?|96c2]] \u000a
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V\u201cMaybe when the lights went out the second time she took it off the Bounty Hunter when he was out. She said she'd tripped over him in the dark.  Or maybe the Warden stole it during your fight with him outside, and they took it off him when the jumped him in the garage.\u201d \u000a\u201cIs that what you think happened back there?\u201d you ask. \u000aHe shakes his head,\u201d I don't know.  I really don't.\u201d \u000a
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VYou ask him if he thinks the Bounty Hunter could be the killer. \u000a\u201cMaybe...\u201d he answers carefully.  He's acting a little strange, but maybe he's just scared and you're reading into things too much? \u201cMaybe he is.  The Policeman's break lines were cut; he's been up in everyone\u2019s business; he'd be in a position to know these details of peoples personal lives.\u201d   \u000a\u201cA lot of people here might have had access to private records,\u201d you point out. \u201cThe Warden and Policeman easily, maybe the Doctor.  Maybe the Journalist, too.  She could have found out who all of us are and is still going for that breakthrough story.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou left me off the list,\u201d he points out.  \u201cAs a lawyer, I could've heard things too.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou're absolutely right.\u201d \u000a
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VYou ask him if he thinks the Bounty Hunter could be the killer. \u000a\u201cMaybe...\u201d he answers carefully.  He's acting a little strange, but maybe he's just scared and you're reading into things too much? \u201cMaybe he is.  The Policeman's break lines were cut; he's been up in everyone\u2019s business; he'd be in a position to know these details of peoples personal lives.\u201d   \u000a\u201cA lot of people here might have had access to private records,\u201d you point out. \u201cThe Warden and Policeman easily, maybe the Doctor.  Maybe the Journalist, too.  She could have found out who all of us are and is still going for that breakthrough story.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou left me off the list,\u201d he points out.  \u201cAs a lawyer, I could've heard things too.\u201d \u000a\u201cYou're absolutely right.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cI still think it may be the Doctor.  Maybe he's gone crazy or took too many drugs and just lost it.  We haven't seen him in several hours, but it just doesn't make sense that he'd take off alone into the night. \u000a
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V\u201cI still think it may be the Doctor.  Maybe he's gone crazy or took too many drugs and just lost it.  We haven't seen him in several hours, but it just doesn't make sense that he'd take off alone into the night. \u000a
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V\u201cMaybe when the lights went out the second time she took it off the Bounty Hunter when he was out. She said she'd tripped over him in the dark.  Or maybe the Warden stole it during your fight with him outside, and they took it off him when the jumped him in the garage.\u201d \u000a\u201cIs that what you think happened back there?\u201d you ask. \u000aHe shakes his head,\u201d I don't know.  I really don't.\u201d \u000a
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VThe Lawyer backs down the stairs, nervously watching you hold the gun.  \u201cI trust you, just... not a lot.\u201d he says, then scurries away.   \u000aYeah, the feeling's mutual at very best.  But you check the gun and it does indeed have two bullets left. \u000aThen you remember that way back, right after the Repairman was killed, it was the Journalist who had the key that unlocked the door.  Before you go up there, you need to talk to her. \u000aYou knock on the door to the storage room softly, then open it and step inside the small room. \u000a
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VThe Journalist is talking to the other woman who's calmed down by now enough to talk.  She looks up at you with real fear in her eyes, but the Journalist holds her hand.  \u201cIt's okay, Iva,\u201d she reassures her. \u201che's not going to hurt us.\u201d  And she knows that for sure, does she? \u000aSteeling her resolve, Iva ,the Wife, looks up at you, and starts to tell you their real story... \u000a
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V\u201cBoghdan and I aren't... aren't who we've said we were.  We're not famous.  We're not even on TV.\u201d \u000aYou snort and fight back a grin.  Yeah, no shit. \u000a\u201cWe're... we're con artists, just like the video said.\u201d Her voice wavers but she continues. \u201cWe'd gotten a big score with this family in central Europe, but then it was getting too hot for us so we fled out east.  We found our way here to this village.  That's where we met Abrusti, the Warden.\u201d \u000aYou raise an eyebrow, but let her continue. \u000a\u201cWe were staying at the hotel in town, low on money and waiting for our next mark.  Last night this rich Frenchman comes in, throwing Rubles around on cheap women and making a spectacle of himself.\u201d \u000aAh Warden Abrusti, he sounds just like you remember  him.
runk.  The plan's for me to catch his eye, get him to take me back to his room.  Than I let my husband in, he knocks him out, and we rob him and take anything he has.\u201d \u000aHer honesty is almost refreshing after the night you've been having.  Almost.   \u000a
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V\u201cWe'd been threatening and blackmailing the Warden the whole evening, trying to get him to give us the map or cut us in on the deal.  If he didn't, we told him we'd tell everyone about it.  He still refused, saying he already had another patsy in line who would be doing it for free.  My husband flew into a rage and attacked him in the garage.  I tore the map from his pocket and then the lights went out.  My husband struck him again and knocked him out.  Then I gave him the map and ran back inside, tripping over the Bounty Hunter just like I said before.  When my husband didn\u2019t come back in a few minutes, I knew something had gone terribly wrong...\u201d  At this, her voice breaks and she begins to sob against the Journalist's shoulder. \u000a
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V\u201cYes, I know it's not a nice way to make a living, but we were getting desperate.\u201d  she continues, occasionally looking to the Journalist for a comforting squeeze of the hand.  \u201cRobbing Abrusti was the original plan, but then he just gets hammered and starts going on and on about this 10million US dollars that's hidden nearby somewhere and that's why he's here.  He claims he found a map with the personal effects of a convict who'd escaped his penitentiary.  Of course we didn't think too much of this story at first, but he went into so many details about the convicts and the location, we started to believe him.\u201d \u000aSo of course they figured out who you were after they heard your tape... \u000a\u201cWe decided to leave him alone that night, to follow him up here and see what he does.  We had a taxi drop us off a few miles down the mountain, he wouldn't come closer in the storm, and we walked up here ourselves.  That's why we arrived so late.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cEarlier, when the lights were out the first time, we had sneaked into the garage and stole the equipment out of the snowmobile,\u201d she admits.  \u201cThen the Doctor walked in and caught us.  He was clearly strung out and paranoid and he said he just wanted to leave, so we struck a deal with him:  we keep the climbing gear and flashlight, and he takes the rest of the equipment and walks out.  We didn't think for a minute he could have been dangerous, we just wanted to keep him quiet.\u201d \u000aNever trust a junkie. \u000a1 cont. Didn't it strike you as odd the Doctor was so eager to leave after the 1st death?   \u000a\u201cWell, no, it didn't.  It struck us as more odd that nobody else wanted to leave." \u000a
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V\u201cSo you think the Warden found your husband and pushed him into the well? But wasn't he knocked out?\u201d you ask her. \u000a\u201cHe must have woken up!\u201d she insists. \u000a\u201cBut why would he cut the rope then, wouldn't he need it for himself to get the money?\u201d \u000aHer jaw goes slack, eyes glassy.  \u201cI... I don't know...\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cWhat happened when the Warden died?\u201d you ask.  \u201cDid you shoot him?\u201d \u000a\u201cNO!  I was arguing with him, the lights went out, and someone tried to strangle me!  I thought it was the Warden so I was trying to get away and scream his name, but he was choking me so I couldn't say it.  Then I heard the gunfire right next to my ear and then the lights came back on.  There was the gun in my hand, but the killer  must've put it there!  I didn't do it! I didn't do it!\u201d \u000a \u000aThen her face crumples.  The questioning is becoming too much for her and she begins crying uncontrollably. \u000a\u201cOkay, that's enough,\u201d says the Journalist.  She gently unwraps the Wife's arms from her neck and stands up.  \u201cLet's talk,\u201d she says to you.  You move to the edge of the room for a whispered conversation. \u000a
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VCont. \u000aYou tell her what the Lawyer said, about how he still suspects it's the Doctor.  She shakes her head but keeps listening.  Then you tell her about what the Bounty Hunter said as he was leaving, about how he's waiting for the rest of us to get killed and then will pick off whoever is left because they must be the murderer. \u000aHer eyes widen,\u201dSo he just left us like this?  He's waiting outside?!\u201d \u000aYou tell her that's what he said, but there's always the chance he's really the killer and is still in the building. \u000a\u201cAnd what do you think?\u201d she asks you. \u201cDo you think the Doctor could be behind all this?\u201d \u000a \u000aCHOICE x1 \u000a \u000a#1 [[Tell her he could be.|106a]] \u000a \u000a#2 [[Tell her you suspect the Bounty Hunter.|106b]] \u000a \u000a#3 [[Tell her you suspect the Lawyer|106c]] \u000a \u000a#4 [[Tell her you suspect she's the killer|106d]]
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V \u000aShe shakes her head. \u201cI don't believe it.  It just doesn't make sense.\u201d \u000aNot a hell of a lots making sense tonight, sweetheart. \u000a
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VShe pauses then nods.  \u201cHe... he's definitely a possibility.\u201d \u000aThere's something she's not telling you, but you'll be damned if you know what that is. \u000a
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VShe pauses, eyes searching yours.  \u201cI do too,\u201d she agrees carefully.  \u201cHe's the only one who makes any sense.\u201d \u000aThere's something she's not telling you, but you'll be damned if you know what that is. \u000a
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VShe glares at you for that.  \u201cNow you know that's a lie.\u201d \u000a\u201cDo I?\u201d you ask with a raised eyebrow. \u000a\u201cI was with you the whole time the Repairman died.  You didn't leave my sight once, which means I didn't leave yours.\u201d   \u000aShe's pretty when she's angry, you think.  She takes a deep breath and rubs her temples. \u000a
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VYou tell her about how you're going into the Planetarium and the Lawyer gave you the gun with two bullets but you think she still has the key.  She nods, she'd almost forgotten about that.  And no, she stops you before you ask, she wasn\u2019t the one who locked the door.  She has no idea why anyone here would, unless they were trying to hide something. \u000aShe gives you the Planetarium key and tells you to \u201csave all the bullets.  If the killer's not in there, we're going to need all of them to get out of here alive.\u201d \u000a\u201cWhat about you two?\u201d you ask. \u000a\u201cI'm going to stay down here with Iva.  I'll lock the door from the inside and we'll be safe.\u201d \u000aYou nod and turn to leave, but she stops you with a hand on your shoulder. \u201c I'm trusting you to let us out, okay?\u201d she pleads, her eyes big and soulful and you can't help but notice how she's trying to manipulate you into doing her dirty work.
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VYou unlock the Planetarium and slide the chain out as quietly as you can; you don't know who's listening in but you're betting someone is.  The door opens mercifully without a squeak and you step inside and turn the lights on, gun in hand in case someone jumps you.   \u000aNo one's here.  Something about the room looks a little different from the last time you saw it, but there's definitely no killer hiding out here right now. \u000aFirst things first, though.  You pop out the two bullets from your gun, hold it by the barrel, and with all your might swing the handle down against the metal door.  It makes a terrific, echoing \u201cbang\u201d and you hope that it's convincing enough to fool the Lawyer or whoever else that you just wasted a bullet on the lock.   \u000aThe lights flicker on and off twice but then stay on.  Odd... \u000aYou put the bullets back in, cock one into the chamber, and start searching the room for clues. \u000a
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VThere was a pile of old building materials by the door that you didn't have a chance to look at earlier. You push the bricks and dried up paint cans to the side and, lo and behold, there's a smaller second circuit breaker on the wall behind them.  You jimmy it open with the edge of a painters spatula.  It looks recently installed, much newer than the one in the basement which probably came with the original building. \u000aYou don't know much about electricals, but there's this black and green side piece attached to the main breaker that looks out of place.  You force it off and examine it.  The writing on it's in Russian, but you make out enough to guess this is some sort of short range remote device. \u000aSo someone could have had a radio switch in their pocket this whole time and been turning the lights on and off from anywhere in the house?  If you find that person with the switch, you may have just found the killer. \u000aYou smash the device under your heel and keep looking. \u000a
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VYou decide to check the projector itself but don't find anything.  You pop out the tape of the incriminating videos and pocket it in case the police sweep this building later. \u000aIn the desk itself you find a hidden drawer at the underside of the tabletop.  You probably wouldn't have found it otherwise, but it was sticking out just slightly.  As if someone was in a hurry when they last used it. \u000aYou pull out the drawer, and inside are three items: \u000aThe first is a detailed blueprint of the building.  Perhaps this explains how the killer was able to move so quickly around; he simply had the layout memorized. \u000a
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VAnd the last item is the most intriguing of all: a folder with a full dossier of details on ALL ten of the people here.  It contains numerous newspaper clipping, online articles, and photographic evidence supporting all the crimes the ten of you were accused of.   \u000aYou don't have time to read them all, so you skim over the rest and focus on the remaining living suspects: the Bounty Hunter, Wife of the Couple, Journalist, Lawyer, and the Doctor.
o appears to have a real death fixation, having written numerous books on the subject and even volunteered at a funeral home.  Lastly, the convict that the Lawyer got released on a technicality killed the Lawyer's own family, not just some random woman and kids.  Funny, he'd left that part out of his story.  You wouldn't blame him if it was just something he didn't want to talk about... \u000a \u000a
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VSecondly there's a small cloth bag.  The fabric feels brand new.  You open it and find... an instruction sheet?    Yes, it's an instruction sheet for night vision goggles.  The text is in English, so whoever brought it here didn't buy it locally.   If you find who has those goggles, it's another piece of pretty damning evidence. \u000a
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VIt's not a big room and it doesn't take you long to conclude there's certainly none of those \u201clittle Soviet spaces\u201d the Lawyer mentioned.  The only way out is the window, but it doesn't have hinges.   \u000aYou dump the contents of the metal drawer from the projector onto the table top and go to the window. Carefully wrapping your hands in your sleeves to protect from shards of glass, you swing the drawer against it.  The window cracks promisingly.  Three more blows and some help from your booted foot and you've got it open enough to crawl out.  It was noisy work, unfortunately, and anyone listening probably figured out what you just did. \u000a
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VSuddenly the door behind you slams shut!  You dash to it but it's too late; you hear the lock and chain click into place second before you slam into it.  Stupid, stupid move on you part, you berate yourself. You were so engrossed in the files and what they could mean that you didn't notice that someone was watching you.   \u000aAs you scan the small planetarium, it occurs to you that anyone of the others could have locked you in.  The Doctor definitely is not here now, but that doesn't mean he wasn't using this room as a hideout.  The Journalist and Lawyer both new you were in here and the Wife could have overheard.  And of course the Bounty Hunter only said he was going outside, you didn't actually see him go. \u000aAnyone of them could be the killer and was just locking you in here to finish you off later. Or... or maybe they assume you're the killer, and just trapped you...
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VYou crawl out onto a narrow landing.  The ground is a vague dark shape 30 feet plus below you, but dawn's just starting to brighten the horizon so you can at least see what's in front of your feet.  The snow's finally stopped but dumped a thick layer on the roof, so you have to climb down with extreme care. \u000aYou slowly crawl your way along the edge, trying to find the safest way down.  At the far side of the roof you see an emergency fire escape ladder, so you head there.  You slip and slide across the icy roofing tiles, but always manage to catch yourself.  You're not usually very acrobatic, but apparently when the situation demands it you can still surprise yourself. \u000a
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VWhen you reach the ladder you breathe a sigh of relief.  Almost down now.  The ice-cold metal is painful and sticks to your hands as you carefully climb down. \u000aThen, just as you reach the bottom wrung, someone grabs you from behind and pulls you down!  You struggle and lash out, then freeze up when you feel the cold steel of a knife pressed on your throat. \u000a\u201cThat sure was fast, I'm impressed...\u201d  It's the Bounty Hunter.  Of course he must have heard the window smash and was waiting for you here. \u000a
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V\u201cBefore I kill you,\u201d he continues, \u201cjust tell me one thing: why did you do it?\u201d  He loosens his grip on you slightly to let you breathe, but keeps the knife where it is.   \u000aYou realize then that the Bounty Hunter must think you're the killer and you've just finished the job with the remaining people and are trying to leave. \u000aYou tell him the truth: that someone locked you in the Planetarium and you had to break the window to get out.   \u000aThe Bounty Hunter pauses and you wait, wondering if this is the end or if you have a chance of fighting him off... \u000a\u201cYou know what?\u201d he says ,\u201dI actually believe you.  The killer's got to be a really smart guy to be able to pull off all this.  Getting locked up in your own hidey hole by one of these other fools?  Too sloppy and stupid, doesn't match the MO.\u201d
down from the roof, you were afraid of dropping it so you'd shoved it down your pants.  Guess he wasn't too eager to check //there...// \u000a
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VHe slowly pulls the knife away and steps off you.  You straighten yourself up and glare at him.  Looks like it's finally your chance for a little one-on-one conversation with the Bounty Hunter. \u000a
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VThe Bounty Hunter begins to tell you his story.  He admits that he's been following you for weeks now, or at least he was following an escaped bank robber.  He didn't know you were the mark until the tape played, you don't look anything like your mug shot anymore.  \u201cAnyhow,\u201d he continues,  \u201cyou've got a high bounty on your head for breaking out of prison, so I followed you to this town to capture you and cash in on it. Along the way I met a vigilante cop who was looking to improve his standing in the world.  Like every government official in the former Soviet states, the Policeman had a major chip on his shoulder and minimum wage at best.\u201d \u000aYou nod but keep silent, debating whether to just pull out your gun and shoot him now or not.
ur bounty and offered to split it 50-50 if he gets me up here and helps me arrest you.  It didn't take a lot of convincing.\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cWell, the thing is, I got a little paranoid.\u201d he says.  \u201cI started wondering how I was going to look for the money without the Policeman noticing me and demanding his share.  And I sure as hell wasn't walking away with just half.  So I was waiting for a chance to slip away, and when the lights went out it was the perfect opportunity.\u201d \u000a \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cTo kill him.\u201d he admits, looking entirely without remorse. \u201cI went into the garage and cut the break lines of the snowmobile.  I heard someone coming in after me so I ran outside and hid until they left.\u201d That must have been when the Con Artists and the Doctor struck the deal, you think. \u000a\u201cThe plan was that I'd pick a fight with one of you lot and say you attacked me, and then the Policeman would have to go back into town for backup and get killed on the icy mountain road.  Which is exactly what happened, as it turned out. \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cNo, his death was as much a surprise to me as it was to the others.  But it did the job just fine to get the cop out of the picture.\u201d \u000a
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VThe Bounty Hunter laughs and shakes his head at you. \u201cIn case you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly Mr. Rogers here.  This sure 'aint the first time a dead body's crossed my path.\u201d  Yeah, you'd gathered that much yourself. \u000a\u201cBut no,\u201d he continues, \u201cI didn't kill the Repairman.  Or any of the others, for that matter.\u201d \u000a \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cSo, you just killed the Policeman?  How... honest of you.\u201d you say, ready to move into action. \u000a\u201cWhatever,\u201d he shrugs you off.  \u201cHere's the thing:  You're too sloppy to be the killer, and now you know I'm not it either.  So you and I, we team up now.  We go back in there, get that money, and get out of here.\u201d \u000a \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cWhen I killed him, I didn't know how the night was going to go down.  It's going to take two of us: one to get the money, and one to watch the other's back. It's almost dawn, we can make the walk into town in the daylight.  If someone tries to jump us in the house, we'll be looking out for each other and be ready for him.\u201d \u000a \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cWhen we get to town we split the money 60-40, the extra ten's to cover your bounty loss, and then we go our separate ways.\u201d \u000a\u201cIs there any particular reason I should trust you?\u201d you ask, unimpressed. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter grins again ,\u201dBecause I could have just killed you when I had the knife on your neck and I didn't...\u201d \u000a
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V\u201cWhere DID that knife come from, anyhow?\u201d you ask him.  Why didn't you use it when you were attacked on the stairway?\u201d \u000a\u201cI didn't have it then,\u201d he explains.  \u201cI found it when we went to the well.  It was just lying on the ground. Another \u201cclue\u201d left for us on purpose by the killer.\u201d   \u000aThey must have used it to cut the climbing ropes, knewing one of us would pick it up... \u000a\u201cNow come on,\u201d he says, \u201clet's get back in there before whoever else ISN'T the killer becomes his next victim...\u201d \u000aThe Bounty Hunter starts walking to the front door, so confident in himself that he just turns his back to you. \u000a \u000aCHOICE \u000a \u000a#1 [[Shoot him and run away|127a]] \u000a \u000a#2 [[Follow him inside|128]] \u000a
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VYou and the Bounty Hunter go back inside quietly.  He has his knife drawn and ready, but you don't want him to know you've got the gun just yet. \u000aInside the main room the lights are on but it's totally silent.  You cautiously open the door to the hallway. \u000a
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VNo one's there either, but the door to the storage room is open and it's dark inside.  You and the Bounty Hunter exchange a look, and he motions silently for you to go and have a look.  You peek inside and click on the light. \u000aIt's empty except for a small pool of blood on the table at the far side.  You glance back to the Bounty Hunter, but he hasn't moved from the bottom of the stairs. You shake your head at him and go back down. \u000a
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VThe door to the basement is open and the lights are also off.  The Bounty Hunter kicks the door open fully with his foot and flicks the light switch.   \u000aYou're greeted with a shocking sight: the Wife is down there, dead.  She's been strangled with the very telephone wiring she was tied up with and a deep gash is on her forehead like she was struck with something first. \u000a Worse still is how her body's been draped over the safe which someone's pulled out from under the floor tile where it was hidden. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter nudges the door of the safe and it swings open.  Empty. \u000aYou and he are exchanging a silent, mutual moment of \u201cgodfuckingdamnit!\u201d when suddenly you hear a loud crash upstairs followed by sounds of fighting. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter rushes up the stairs and out, and you follow him but hanging back slightly, pulling your gun out of your pants and slipping it back into your coat pocket. \u000a \u000a
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VWhen you first came here, you told yourself you weren't leaving empty handed.  But now the story's changed and you realize that empty handed is better than dead.  You pull out the gun and shoot the Bounty hunter twice in the back before turning and running down the mountain road. \u000aIt's partially light by the time you get to the avalanche blocking the trail, and there you make a grizzly discovery: the body of the Doctor.  He's wearing the survival equipment he got off the Con Artists and you realize that he's been dead for a long time, probably most of the night.  There's no way he could have been the killer. \u000aIt's too late to turn back now, though.  You pull off the heavy snow clothing from him and leave, continuing on the long walk into the town.
The police showed up that afternoon to check on the avalanche, and when they got to the Observatory they found a total of  nine bodies.  When you left the killer must have finished his task and killed himself.  Or herself.  You'll never find out what really happened, but you know your guilty conscious will haunt you for the rest of your life... \u000a \u000aEND
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VWhen you get to the main room the Lawyer and Journalist are scrabbling along the floor, fighting each other violently.  They're both trying to grab at the leg of a broken chair to use as a weapon.  The Bounty Hunter charges in and pulls the Lawyer off, and you grab the Journalist and  pin her arms behind her back as she screams and kicks. \u000a\u201cHe tried to kill me!  He's killed all the others!\u201d the Journalist howls at you, struggling to break free.  \u201cI SAW him shoot the Warden!  It has to be him!\u201d \u000a\u201cNo!\u201d the Lawyer shouts \u201cThis crazy bitch killed the other woman and then she jumped on me!  SHE'S THE REAL KILLER!\u201d \u000a\u201cWhat the hell do you mean \u201cyou saw him shoot the Warden\u201d?!\u201d you ask. \u000a\u201cWhen the lights were out.   Saw him with the gun in his hand when the trigger flashed!  That's why I ran out of the room!\u201d \u000a\u201cShe's lying!  I didn't do anything!  I found the gun on the floor later!\u201d the Lawyer insists.
long pause as you  the Bounty Hunter look at each other.  Evaluating. \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cSearch her pockets,\u201d he growls at last. \u000aYou frisk her and find a little plastic box, about the size of a credit card.  It's the remote control clicker for the lights.  \u201cCare to explain this?\u201d you ask her, watching out of the corner of your eye as the Bounty Hunter searches the Lawyer. \u000aHer face goes pale.  \u201cI found it.  In this room, after the Warden was shot.  I figured out what it did, but I didn't tell you about it because-\u201d   \u000a\u201cJust what the fuck is this?\u201d the Bounty Hunter demands, pulling out a dark object from the inside pocket of the Lawyers coat.  It's the night vision goggles. \u000a\u201cWhat the hell?!\u201d the Lawyer shouts, staring at them. \u201cThose aren't mine!  She must have put them in my coat!\u201d \u000a\u201cYou've been wearing your coat all goddamn night!\u201d the Journalist hisses, still trying to wriggle out of your grasp.
during their fight.  The money! \u000aThe Bounty Hunter sees it too and shoves the Lawyer away from him as he dashes for it.  The Lawyer lunges at you and the Journalist, so you toss her at him and back away. \u000a \u000a
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V\u201cAll of you STOP!!!\u201d you shout and to your surprise they do.  The Lawyer and Journalist slowly raise their hands and even the Bounty Hunter stops moving and stares at you. \u000aYou point your gun at him. \u201cNow slowly toss me the money,\u201d you order. \u000a\u201cHe only has one bullet,\u201d the Lawyer says.  \u201cI heard him use the other.\u201d \u000a\u201cOne bullet,\u201d the Bounty Hunter repeats.  \u201cThan let's fucking get him!\u201d  And with that, he and the Lawyer lunge at you as the Journalist ducks and runs for the money bag! \u000a \u000a
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VYou only have seconds to pick which one's the killer and defend yourself.  There's no time for more questions, you know what you know and now you have to think over everything you've learned and make your final decision: \u000a \u000aFINAL CHOICE \u000a \u000a[[#1 shoot to kill the Lawyer, shoot to injure the Bounty Hunter, ally with the Journalist|135]] \u000a \u000a[[#2 shoot to kill the Lawyer, shoot to injure the Journalist, ally with the Bounty Hunter|136]] \u000a \u000a[[#3 shoot to kill the Bounty Hunter, shoot to injure the Lawyer, ally with the Journalist|137]] \u000a \u000a[[#4 shoot to kill the Bounty Hunter, shoot to injure the Journalist, ally with the Lawyer|138]] \u000a \u000a[[#5 shoot to kill the Journalist, shoot to injure the Bounty Hunter, ally with the Lawyer|139]] \u000a \u000a[[#6 shoot to kill the Journalist, shoot to injure the Lawyer , ally with the Bounty Hunter|140]] \u000a
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V1- (shoot to kill the Lawyer, shoot to injure the Bounty Hunter, ally with the Journalist) \u000a \u000aYou shoot the Lawyer once straight through the heart and he collapses.  Then you shoot the Bounty Hunter through the leg with the other bullet and he falls to the ground screaming.  The Journalist snatches up the money and you grab her by the shoulder and haul her outside. \u000a\u201cI'm not the killer!\u201d she shouts, clawing at your eyes.  You shove her away and she falls on her butt into the snow. \u000a\u201cI know,\u201d you answer ,\u201dand neither am I.\u201d \u000aYou look back the the observatory.  From the outside it looks almost peaceful in the growing morning light. Then you turn back to the Blonde. \u201c Now are you going to behave yourself so we can get the hell out of here?\u201d you snap.
avalanche blocking the trail, and there you make a grizzly discovery: the body of the Doctor.  He's wearing the survival equipment he got off the Con Artists and you realize that he's been dead for a long time, probably most of the night.  There's no way he could have been the killer. \u000aThe Journalists eyes widen.  \u201cSo one of them was...\u201d her voice trails off again. \u000a\u201cEither the Bounty Hunter or the Lawyer was the killer all along,\u201d you agree.  \u201cLet's just hope we made the right choice...\u201d \u000a
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VIt's a long and miserably cold walk back into the village, but you both arrive in time to catch the last trains of the day.   You offer to just split the money 50/50 now and go your separate ways, but to your surprise the Journalist says she wants to stay with you.  She says that you make a pretty damn nice team, and why have $5 million when you both can share the 10? \u000aYou eye her suspiciously, but you've always been a sucker for a pretty face.  You two both get on the last train heading west, first class of course.
at first you've got to track down your partner's daughter and give her half the money like you'd promised you would. \u000aTo your surprise, the Journalist is still with you when you wake up the next morning.  You don't know if the Bounty Hunter was the real killer or not, but we've got to stick together, she says. \u000aOkay, so maybe she's not staying with you for your charming personality, but you've got $5 million, you've got the girl, and pretty soon you're going to start a new life together on some tropical island as a very rich man. \u000aNot too bad for one night's work... \u000a
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V2- (#2 shoot to kill the Lawyer, shoot to injure the Journalist, ally with the Bounty Hunter) \u000aYou shoot the Lawyer once straight through the chest and he collapses. Then you shoot the Journalist in the leg and she falls to the ground screaming, dropping the bag of money.  You rush to get it when the Bounty Hunter trips you and wrestles you to the ground.  You struggle to get out from under him but he grabs the empty gun from your hand and pistol whips you hard across the head.  He then kicks you in the stomach and you lay there, stunned and breathless. \u000aYou hear him click a bullet back into the gun. \u000a\u201cLawyer was lying when he said there was only one bullet.  He had another one in his pocket.\u201d He explains. \u000aHe stands over you and points the gun at your head, stepping on your neck to hold you down. \u000a\u201cWhy?\u201d you manage to ask him.
ow.\u201d  He presses down on your throat harder and the room starts to go dark.   \u201cDid you really think I was going to let you live and just walk away with half the money?  Than you're a fucking idiot.\u201d \u000aYou shake your head slightly, trying to speak but he just presses down harder.  \u201cNow I'm going to kill you, kill the pretty Blonde because I can't have her running her mouth, and I'm going to walk out of here a very rich man...\u201d \u000aAnd with those last words, he pulls the trigger. \u000a
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V3- (#3 shoot to kill the Bounty Hunter, shoot to injure the Lawyer, ally with the Journalist) \u000a \u000aYou shoot the Bounty Hunter once straight through the heart and he collapses.  Then you shoot the Lawyer through the leg with the other bullet and he falls to the ground screaming.  The Journalist snatches up the money and you grab her by the shoulder and haul her outside. \u000a\u201cI'm not the killer!\u201d she shouts, clawing at your eyes.  You shove her away and she falls on her butt into the snow. \u000a\u201cI know,\u201d you answer ,\u201dand neither am I.\u201d \u000aYou look back the the observatory.  From the outside it looks almost peaceful in the growing morning light. Then you turn back to the Blonde. \u201c Now are you going to behave yourself so we can get the hell out of here?\u201d you snap.
he avalanche blocking the trail, and there you make a grizzly discovery: the body of the Doctor.  He's wearing the survival equipment he got off the Con Artists and you realize that he's been dead for a long time, probably most of the night.  There's no way he could have been the killer. \u000aThe Journalists eyes widen.  \u201cSo one of them was...\u201d her voice trails off again. \u000a\u201cEither the Bounty Hunter or the Lawyer was the killer all along,\u201d you agree.  \u201cLet's just hope we made the right choice...\u201d \u000a
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VIt's a long and miserably cold walk back into the village, but you both arrive in time to catch the last trains of the day.  To your surprise, the Journalist is amicable to just splitting up the money and going your separate ways.  You watch her carefully as she board the train going east, waiting to see if she's going to make some last minute play for the cash. \u000aShe doesn't.  You get on a train heading west, ready to find your partner's daughter and give her all of your share of the money.  Or almost all, you're going to keep a few hundred thousand to start your new life on some tropical island somewhere. \u000aThe following morning you pick up a local paper that's headlined \u201cMurder At the Old Observatory!\u201d. The police had showed up late that afternoon to check on the avalanche, and when they got to the Observatory they found a total of eight bodies.  Did the Lawyer die from his injuries, or was he the real killer and committed suicide before the police could find him?
ow the full truth about what happened up there, but you made it out with $5 million and your life.  Not too bad for one night's work... \u000a
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V4-(shoot to kill the Bounty Hunter, shoot to injure the Journalist, ally with the Lawyer) \u000a \u000aYou shoot the Bounty Hunter once straight through the heart and he collapses.  Then you shoot the Journalist in the leg and she falls to the ground screaming, dropping the bag of money.  You rush to get it when the Lawyer trips you and wrestles you to the ground.  You struggle to get out from under him but he grabs the empty gun from your hand and pistol whips you hard across the head.  He then kicks you in the stomach and you lay there, stunned and breathless. \u000aYou hear him click a bullet back into the gun.  \u201cI lied,\u201d he explains.  \u201cThere were three bullets left after I shot the Warden.  I'd decided to keep one just in case.  I was planning on using it on myself, but I guess I'll just have to do that some other way...\u201d \u000aYou realize then that you'd made the wrong choice: the Lawyer was the killer all along...
n your neck to hold you down. \u000a\u201cWhy?\u201d you manage to ask him. \u000a\u201cWhy?\u201d He repeats.  \u201cThe \u201cwhy\u201d is because when I let that criminal get out of his sentence, he killed my family and I swore I would avenge them.\u201d  He presses down on your throat harder and the room starts to go dark.  \u201cI swore I would avenge them by bringing to justice everyone who'd ever escaped from what they deserved.  So I tracked the nine of you down and brought you hear for your trial.  Don't worry, though, once I've killed you and the Journalist I'm going to hang myself.  I'll let the local police find the tape and make their own conclusions.\u201d \u000aAnd with those last words, he pulls the trigger. \u000a
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V5- ( shoot to kill the Journalist, shoot to injure the Bounty Hunter, ally with the Lawyer) \u000aYou shoot the Journalist once straight through the heart and she collapses, dropping the money.  When the Bounty Hunter turns to grab it, you shoot him with the other bullet in his shoulder and he falls to the ground, howling in pain. \u000a\u201cLet's get the hell out of here!\u201d the Lawyer shouts and runs for the door.  You grab the money and follow him, struggling to keep up with his fast pace through the deep snow.  Eventually he pauses to catch his breath at the start of a steep cliff face you're going to have to climb down. \u000a\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d you ask him, finally catching up.  You look down at the steep and icy mountain hike that awaits you.
ld starts to get darker. \u000aSuddenly he's dragged off you by the very angry and bloody Bounty Hunter.  You start to pick yourself up and he kicks you hard in the head, stunning you.  Then you hear the click of the gun.  The Lawyer must have taken it from you. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter turns to face him, temporarily forgetting about you.  \u201cI thought that thing was empty...\u201d \u000a\u201cI lied,\u201d the Lawyer explains.  \u201cThere were three bullets left after I shot the Warden.  I'd decided to keep one just in case.  I was planning on using it on myself, but I guess I'll just have to do that some other way...\u201d He points the gun at the Bounty Hunter. \u000aYou realize then that you'd made the wrong choice: the Lawyer was the killer all along... \u000a\u201cWhy?\u201d you ask him, coughing as you slowly get to your feet.
\u201d  He turns gun from the Bounty Hunter to somewhere up and to the side of the three of you.  There's an icicle covered overhang, holding back a massive wall of snow.  If he shoots it, he's going to kill you all... \u000a  \u201cI swore I would avenge them by bringing to justice everyone who'd ever escaped from what they deserved.\u201d he continues.  \u201cSo I tracked the nine of you down and brought you hear for your trial.  And now I'm going to finish the job and let the local police find the tape and make their own conclusions...\u201d \u000aAnd with those final words he fires the gun, burying the three of you under another avalanche of ice and rock.  It's going to be many days before the police find and dig out the three of your bodies. \u000a
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V6- (shoot to kill the Journalist, shoot to injure the Lawyer , ally with the Bounty Hunter) \u000a \u000a \u000aYou shoot the Journalist once straight through the chest and she collapses. Then you shoot the Lawyer in the leg and he falls to the ground screaming, dropping the bag of money of he was moving for.  You rush to get it when the Bounty Hunter trips you and wrestles you to the ground.  You struggle to get out from under him but he grabs the empty gun from your hand and pistol whips you hard across the head.  He then kicks you in the stomach and you lay there, stunned and breathless. \u000aYou hear him click a bullet back into the gun. \u000a\u201cLawyer was lying when he said there was only one bullet.  He had another one in his pocket.\u201d He explains. \u000aHe stands over you and points the gun at your head, stepping on your neck to hold you down. \u000a\u201cWhy?\u201d you manage to ask him.
ut I am going to be your killer now.\u201d  He presses down on your throat harder and the room starts to go dark.   \u201cDid you really think I was going to let you live and just walk about with half the money?  Than you're a fucking idiot.\u201d \u000aYou shake your head slightly, trying to speak but he just presses down harder.  \u201cNow I'm going to kill you, then kill the Lawyer because I can't have him running his mouth, and I'm going to walk out of here a very rich man...\u201d \u000aAnd with those last words, he pulls the trigger. \u000a
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VThere's nothing more you can do here until it's morning and you can see better.  You and the others walk back inside the observatory. \u000a
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VIt's hard to tell whose footprints were here before you came, but some of the ones further back look to be older.  In one stretch they're very far apart and show sliding, like the person was running to the wall and slipping  in the snow. \u000aThe Bounty Hunter points out that the imprint is from a relatively large shoe, not one of the womens'. So a man was running out here earlier?  The killer?  Or could it have been the Husband himself? \u000a \u000aNexy to examine the well. A piece of severed rope is tied to a strut on the outside of the well.  You examine it and it's heavy duty climbing robe, the kind that a professional mountaineer might use.   \u000a\u201cThat was part of the survival equipment that went missing from the snowmobile's trunk,\u201d the Bounty Hunter says. \u201cFor some reason this man must have been using it to climb into the well and then someone cut the line and killed him.\u201d
ap which he took off the Warden.  So maybe the Warden was telling the truth that the couple attacked him in the garage instead of the other way around... \u000a
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