I haven't had much sleep this night because of that little piece of paper Robyn gave me, so I head straight to my computer. I need to find who that mysterious 'Curio Shop Keeper' is. You know, I still don't know this city, so Google Maps is my friend.
Apparently this 'Curio Shop' is very close to where I met Robyn yesterday, sooo... Basically I need to go back to that trailer park?
Apparently this 'Curio Shop' is very close to where I met Robyn yesterday, sooo... Basically I need to go back to that trailer park?
I step outside and immediately see these two locals. They were hypnotized yesterday, but it seems like there's nothing wrong with them today... What a relief! Oh, too bad I don't have time to talk to them today... I wanted to ask them so much.
Okay, off we go!
Okay, off we go!
Me: "Is this really where I need to be? This is not even a real shop... It's just a stand."
I walk towards the... Weird young man.
Me: "Hello? Are you the Curio Shop Keeper?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Well hello! You're the first costumer in like.... 5 years! Thank you for coming!"
Me: "Ehm... I'm not actually here to 'buy' something? What is this stuff anyway?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "What?! You're... Not going to buy something? But this stuff is going to save you from being PØŞŞ€ŞŞ€Đ!"
Me: "... Say that again?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Oh, it's just 'possessed', but in the language of the possessed ones!"
Me: "... The... Possessed ones?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Are you new here or something?! Oh, now that I take a better look at you, you don't look familiar indeed... OH NO. You're just a visitor?! I talked to much! I... I..."
Me: "Can you please calm down? I'm new here in town,"
Curio Shop Keeper: Ah... Ahahahahahah! Of course, you're no visitor, you're just new in the town! Hahahahahahah! WAIT. Are you the one who's going to save us???"
Me: "Eeeehhhmmmm.... Maybe I can be that person if you help me out here a little bit?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Oh yeah, of course! What do you want to know, new villager?"
Me: "Well.. What were you saying about 'the possessed ones'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "You must have seen these weird acting locals, right?"
Me: "Yeah, there were some of them in my front yard yesterday when I arrived..."
Curio Shop Keeper: "We call those weird people 'the possessed ones'. You can't talk to them, like they see right through you, and when you try to talk to them, they just answer nonsense. I made a possessed language dictionary. Wanna buy it?"
Me: "No... Thank you. So, these people are possessed, not hypnotized as I first thought... Who possessed them?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Mother."
Me: "... Your mother?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heh? NO NO NO. Not MY mother! Mother! You see. In this dictionary you see that all these possessed people are like "mother calls and I must respond!". They are ALL talking about 'Mother'. You still don't want to buy the book?"
Me: "NO! Where is this 'Mother'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Come closer. They say... That Mother is located in the secret lab.. But we don't know for sure."
Me: "The secret lab in the crater? I've been there yesterday. I didn't find any 'Mother'. Only a sealed do-... "
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heheh, did you put it all together now?"
Me: "Are you saying that this 'Mother' is behind the sealed door?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "I don't know for sure, but why else would there be a sealed door?"
Me: "There's one problem. I can't open the door."
Curio Shop Keeper: "You can't... Yet."
Me: "What?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "I'm already thinking about this for a while, but I think I saw you yesterday evening with that Military. Robyn, right? She's a good person. She comes here quite often to talk with me about solving the mystery. That's all a secret though, don't tell anyone."
Me: "... Wait. Now it's not a secret anymore. And I thought I 'was a stranger' and you've 'never seen me before'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Hehe, well..... I may be a LITTLE scattered. But! You were that woman, right?"
Me: "Yeah, I was talking to Robyn yesterday evening not far away from here... But... Why?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "She gave you something, right?"
Me: "Yeah... She gave me this."
Curio Shop Keeper: "Aha, I was right! She was the one who made you come here! Can I have that paper for a second?"
I give the strange man the little paper and.. He soaks it in some water?
Me: "What are you doing?!"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Relax, relax."
He takes another piece of paper and writes something down.
Curio Shop Keeper: "Here. She hid her number in this piece of paper. I think she actually took a like on you. She's smart to make you come here."
Me: "She... Does? Couldn't she just say: Hey, can we be friends? Here is my number?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "That would be way to easy. Try contacting this number when you get home. Maybe you should give her something back in return for her help."
Me: "Thanks! Wait... What are you talking about now?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heheheheh. Go back to the secret lab and find evidence about everything that's going on in this town. If you give that to her, she will maybe give you something in return... Well. I'm going to close for the day. It was nice talking to you! Once again, welcome in the city!"
Me: "Wait, no!"
The roller shuts down and I'm not able to communicate with the weird Curio Shop Keeper anymore. So... I need to go back to the secret lab and find 'evidence'?
I walk towards the... Weird young man.
Me: "Hello? Are you the Curio Shop Keeper?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Well hello! You're the first costumer in like.... 5 years! Thank you for coming!"
Me: "Ehm... I'm not actually here to 'buy' something? What is this stuff anyway?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "What?! You're... Not going to buy something? But this stuff is going to save you from being PØŞŞ€ŞŞ€Đ!"
Me: "... Say that again?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Oh, it's just 'possessed', but in the language of the possessed ones!"
Me: "... The... Possessed ones?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Are you new here or something?! Oh, now that I take a better look at you, you don't look familiar indeed... OH NO. You're just a visitor?! I talked to much! I... I..."
Me: "Can you please calm down? I'm new here in town,"
Curio Shop Keeper: Ah... Ahahahahahah! Of course, you're no visitor, you're just new in the town! Hahahahahahah! WAIT. Are you the one who's going to save us???"
Me: "Eeeehhhmmmm.... Maybe I can be that person if you help me out here a little bit?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Oh yeah, of course! What do you want to know, new villager?"
Me: "Well.. What were you saying about 'the possessed ones'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "You must have seen these weird acting locals, right?"
Me: "Yeah, there were some of them in my front yard yesterday when I arrived..."
Curio Shop Keeper: "We call those weird people 'the possessed ones'. You can't talk to them, like they see right through you, and when you try to talk to them, they just answer nonsense. I made a possessed language dictionary. Wanna buy it?"
Me: "No... Thank you. So, these people are possessed, not hypnotized as I first thought... Who possessed them?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Mother."
Me: "... Your mother?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heh? NO NO NO. Not MY mother! Mother! You see. In this dictionary you see that all these possessed people are like "mother calls and I must respond!". They are ALL talking about 'Mother'. You still don't want to buy the book?"
Me: "NO! Where is this 'Mother'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Come closer. They say... That Mother is located in the secret lab.. But we don't know for sure."
Me: "The secret lab in the crater? I've been there yesterday. I didn't find any 'Mother'. Only a sealed do-... "
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heheh, did you put it all together now?"
Me: "Are you saying that this 'Mother' is behind the sealed door?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "I don't know for sure, but why else would there be a sealed door?"
Me: "There's one problem. I can't open the door."
Curio Shop Keeper: "You can't... Yet."
Me: "What?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "I'm already thinking about this for a while, but I think I saw you yesterday evening with that Military. Robyn, right? She's a good person. She comes here quite often to talk with me about solving the mystery. That's all a secret though, don't tell anyone."
Me: "... Wait. Now it's not a secret anymore. And I thought I 'was a stranger' and you've 'never seen me before'?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Hehe, well..... I may be a LITTLE scattered. But! You were that woman, right?"
Me: "Yeah, I was talking to Robyn yesterday evening not far away from here... But... Why?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "She gave you something, right?"
Me: "Yeah... She gave me this."
Curio Shop Keeper: "Aha, I was right! She was the one who made you come here! Can I have that paper for a second?"
I give the strange man the little paper and.. He soaks it in some water?
Me: "What are you doing?!"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Relax, relax."
He takes another piece of paper and writes something down.
Curio Shop Keeper: "Here. She hid her number in this piece of paper. I think she actually took a like on you. She's smart to make you come here."
Me: "She... Does? Couldn't she just say: Hey, can we be friends? Here is my number?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "That would be way to easy. Try contacting this number when you get home. Maybe you should give her something back in return for her help."
Me: "Thanks! Wait... What are you talking about now?"
Curio Shop Keeper: "Heheheheh. Go back to the secret lab and find evidence about everything that's going on in this town. If you give that to her, she will maybe give you something in return... Well. I'm going to close for the day. It was nice talking to you! Once again, welcome in the city!"
Me: "Wait, no!"
The roller shuts down and I'm not able to communicate with the weird Curio Shop Keeper anymore. So... I need to go back to the secret lab and find 'evidence'?
Me: "I looked into every pile of documents and hacked every computer in this building... Would this be enough to convince Robyn...?"
In my hand is a self made dossier full of papers I think are important. I hide the dossier under my clothes and make my way home. It's already getting dark.
In my hand is a self made dossier full of papers I think are important. I hide the dossier under my clothes and make my way home. It's already getting dark.
That same evening, I'm reading a book in my pajama's, but I keep thinking about what the Curio Shop Keeper told me.
Me: "Ah well... Now or never, right?"
I put my book away and take my phone... To call Robyn.
Robyn: "You're even faster than I thought, Skeilah. I didn't think you would find me again this soon."
Me: "I want to meet with you."
Robyn: "We can meet tomorrow. I'll come to your house."
Me: "You know where I live?"
Robyn: "You're the subject of this city. Of course I know where you live. Well, see you tomorrow then. Goodnight."
So... I already got this far. I can't go back anymore now, can I?
Me: "Ah well... Now or never, right?"
I put my book away and take my phone... To call Robyn.
Robyn: "You're even faster than I thought, Skeilah. I didn't think you would find me again this soon."
Me: "I want to meet with you."
Robyn: "We can meet tomorrow. I'll come to your house."
Me: "You know where I live?"
Robyn: "You're the subject of this city. Of course I know where you live. Well, see you tomorrow then. Goodnight."
So... I already got this far. I can't go back anymore now, can I?