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Chapter 16 - Prison Break

Last time, we found ourselves in the past version of room 302, where we met up with Joseph, who was sticking out of the ceiling for some weird reason. After grabbing a pickaxe, we go through the hole in the bathroom, and then we're back in our own room.

First things first, let's read the daily mail.

No. 1...Ten heart...
No. 2...Ten...
No. 3...Ten hearts...
No. 4...Ten hearts Steve Garl...
No. 5...Ten...
No. 6...Ten heart...
No. 7...Ten hearts Billy Locane
No. 8...Ten hearts Miriam Locane
No. 9...Ten hearts...
No. 10...Ten...
No. 11...Assumption Walter Sullivan
No. 12...Void...
No. 13...Darkness...
No. 14...Gloom...
No. 15...Despair Joseph Schreiber
No. 16...Temptation Cynthia Velasquez
No. 17...Source Jasper Gein
No. 18...Watchfulness Andrew DeSalvo
No. 19...Chaos Richard Braintree
No. 20...Mother Eileen Galvin
No. 21...Wisdom Henry Townshend

August 7

This is a list of Walter's victims and their motif. The first ten victims are the 'Ten Hearts' victims of Walter's initial ten-day killing spree, including Steve Garland and the Locanes, who were mentioned in an article about Walter in Silent Hill 2. Number eleven is Walt himself. Numbers twelve through fifteen are the victims of the 'Walter Sullivan Case, Round 2', as the police chief calls it, ending with the death of Joseph, around three years ago. The game started with victim number 16, Cynthia, and right now Henry and Eileen are the only ones left.

More wise words from our deceased friend, The Man Without Textures.

He used this place as the locus for the creation of his world. I'm certain he must have performed the "Ritual of the Holy Assumption" near here. But I'm not strong enough to stop him anymore...He locked me up in this room and played with me just like a toy...My eyes are starting to go blind...The pain...I can feel my body starting to die...

But...things are taken care of...Whoever lives here after me...You'll be the 21st, the last of the sacrifices...I leave it up to you...

When the bell tolls, the ritual begins. Eileen = mother's body, blood. Part of the mother's flesh = super's room. This is all I've been able to figure out.

I hope this letter gets to you in time...

Joseph Schreiber

When he was younger, Joe used to write walkthroughs for GameFAQs.

Now it's time to try out this Pickaxe of Hope on this unsuspecting wall.

Turns out there's a whole room behind this wall. You'd think that people would notice the four meters of seemingly empty space between Henry's apartment and Mike's bedroom.

: "A whole storeroom in the back of my apartment? That can only mean one thing...I've been paying way too much rent this entire time.

And over here we see a late entry by Walter Sullivan, titled I'm Going To Nail My Corpse To This Cross (So I Can See My Mom Again). Note the varied use of materials, ranging from the wood used for building the cross, through the ornamental feathers, to his own corpse. In this auto-necroistic piece of art, we can clearly see the artist's desire to nail himself to a cross in order to increase his chances of seeing his mother again, a desire that is, in fact, quite common in our post-modernistic society. When asked for comments on the work, the artist started screaming like a madman and killed our reporter. This piece is for sale for just one thousand Simolians.

: "Don't mean to alarm you buddy, but you're sort of decaying."

Also, note the windows behind Walter. How does a room with windows manage to stay hidden for God knows how long?

: "I guess Joseph wasn't kidding about the horse part.

And of course, as soon as I pick up the keys, Walter comes to life and attacks me.

No, just kidding, he doesn't do anything.

Scared you, didn't I?

Sticks and stones may break my bones and keys can also hurt me.

Wait, that's it? No final boss fight, no sudden scares, we just pop these locks open and walk away into the sunset (even though it's already night)?

: "So, umm, you're just going to let me walk away?"

: "..."

: "Just like that?"

: "..."

: "No killing, no backstabbing, just sweet delicious freedom?"

: "..."

: "Okay, cool. See you later. Or not."

: "My grand re-entry into the world of the living, my final escape from this nightmare...I've got to make this one count. Cool heroic pose, go!"

Swing and miss.

: "This wall looks just like that time I threw up after eating too much lasagna. What are the odds."

So yeah, we're not quite done yet. We still have the second visit to the Apartment World to cover, and after that there's a final boss fight and of course the endings.

: "In this moment, you mean everything to me!"

: "I wish people would stop making jokes about that God-awful song."

: "Yeah well, tough luck, sister. By the way, how did you get here? I thought I abandoned you in Joseph's room?"

: "Same way you travel between locations."

: "Which is?"

: "I crawled through a plot hole."

Alright, let's start exploring. The corridor is blocked off by a gate, so the only room we can reach is Mike's room.

In addition to being a porn-loving stalker, Mike also has stairs in his shitty four room apartment. Definitely a goon.

Remember Rachel, the sexy nurse that Mike was stalking? You can see a portait of her on the right of this screenshot. We're in the apartment of Rachel's boyfriend, who happens to be a painter. Rachel and her man are able to live in relative comfort and luxury by selling such masterpieces as 'Man Sitting On Chair With Hands Behind Head" and "MY GIRLFRIEND Is Sitting On A Bed".

That's the fifth and final Sword, too bad there's little to no use for it at this point in the game.

Looks like Henry wasn't the only one who did some...interior restructuring recently.

: "So, uh, about this Walter..."

: "Yeah, what about him? Isn't he dreamy?"

: "I heard he's gay."

: "What?"

: "Yes, I heard that Walter is a most avid fan of cocks and other long objects to stick up his muscled behind."

: "Shut up, Henry, or I'll kill you."

: "Did you hear something? It sounded like someone trying to gurgle a weak threat with his mouth full of manjuice."

: "I swear, if it wasn't for this strange bottomless pit between us I'd..."

: "You'd do what? Slap me? Hit on me? Take me shopping?"

: "...murder you."

: "Oh. Well, look at the time gotta go, enjoy your bottomless pit."

Onwards to the stairs, where we defeat a large number of Burping Nurses.

: "So, now that Walter is out of the picture...are you going to invite me in?"

: "No, but I've got the feeling that this won't stop you."

: "Right you are."

: "Oh, this place brings back some memories. Remember when you were bleeding to death on that floor and I was standing here doing absolutely nothing? Good times, good times."

There's little of interest in Eileen's room, so we run back to the second floor and enter room 206, where we run into Walter.

: "Hello Henry (and helloooooo Eileen

). Are you ready to die?"

: "No. Are you?"

: "Meh, been there, done that."

Walter is such a lousy villain, he can't even defeat one apathetic jerk and his unarmed female companion.

Just in case you're wondering, you can 'defeat' Walter every time you run into him, but there's usually no point on doing so, since the defeat isn't permanent. However, since this is such a small apartment, I really wanted to get him out of my hair.

Going down to the first floor, we hear young Walter crying for his dad (for a change). He's nowhere to be found, but that won't stop him from crying non-stop and repeating the same three phrases over and over and over again.

Frank's room is locked up, we need to complete another fairly idiotic fetch quest before we can enter.

Taking a moment to criticize some art.

Walter and Cheryl should really get together to swap notes one of these days.

At this point, Eileen decides to hang around in the center of this room for a while. She won't follow me anymore, and I'm totally fine with that.

Right in front of Henry you can see a corpse hanging in the corner. This is one of the six objectives of the quest I mentioned earlier. When we 'talk' to the corpse, it fades away and we hear a short sound clip.

There are six corpses hanging around (hurr) in this wing of the building, each one unlocks one of the chains on Frank's door. So, in order to progress through the game, we have to listen to Walter's parents arguing with each other. This game really does have everything I want in a survival horror game.

: "Honey, I got you a baby."

: "Oh, you shouldn't have."

: "That fucking zombie dog from room 203 pooped our doormat again this morning.

: "You think you were having a hard time during your birth? Try pushing six pounds of hamster-cheeked serial killer through your vagina."

: "Not you, Walter. You're the one being abandoned, remember?

: "He looks like the kind of person who would collect other people's discarded body parts, just for kicks."

: "With his immaculate gray hair and his sad, sad eyes."

Alright, that's all the corpses, Frank's door should be unlocked now. Let's see how our favorite ball on a chain is doing.

: "Have I ever told you how I really feel about you?"

: "Not really."

: "Well, I just want you to know, in case we don't make it out alive..."

: "Yes?"

: "I'm not sure how to say this, but..."

: "Come on Henry, out with it."

: "Okay, I just wanted to say that I think you're really useless, and you've been of no help to me whatsoever."

: "I'm sorry, Henry, were you saying something?"

: "They were probably just scared that he'd infect them with the gay."

: "All those mental issues and a fucking terrible artist to boot..."

: "Actually, it's more like a distant but friendly aunt."

: "That's a retarded idea, you'd just get yourself killed, imprisoned or possessed again."

Front door doesn't open. It was worth a shot. V

We enter Frank's room, where we find...

...a dead worm. Poor thing.

: "Hmm, not bad...a bit dry, could've used some salt, but surprisingly tasty for a dead worm."

Actually, Henry has a headache after seeing the worm (which is the umbilical cord, in case you're not that bright). I just happened to press the screenshot key at the exact right (wrong) moment.

And that, boys and girls, is why you should never eat the worm in a tequila bottle (there's a high chance that it's actually an umbilical cord).

: "Yes, of course. When I screamed "Ah, my head!" just now, I meant "Ah, my head is feeling great!".

Whoah, thanks for the newsflash.

: "If I could help Walter by letting him murder me in a cold blood I would, trust me."

: "You mean you know about the secret room?"

: "Sure, everyone does. We were waiting to see how long it would take you to figure out."

You mean I'm the only one that can stop him while you're acting out your usual role of the ineffectual damsel in distress.

And finally, the escort mission is over! Tune in next time for the grand finale, as well as the final update.

Videos

Video 16.1 - Unwanted Guests
Get out of my secret room your Jesus wanna-be.

Video 16.2 - Master Of Unlocking
That's not how keys work.

Video 16.3 - Who's Your Daddy
Dear dad, I'm a worthless little crybaby, please send help.

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