The Let's Play Archive

Snatcher

by Slowbeef

Part 33: Gibson's House

YamataNoOrochi posted:

NOOOO! THE SNATCHERS HAVE GOTTEN SLOWBEEF! RUN!!!!

So! Figured it out, huh?!

We snatched Slowbeef. We were unable to take him while he was still a member - you were all watching too closely, but when he got banned, the opportunity was ripe.

We'll show you the rest of the updates just so we can see the violent death that awaits Gillian Seed and Junkers like him. And betrayers like Metal Gear. Just so you know that we are in control.

And we will snatch all of you at some point. One by one. GBS. Games. BYOB. None of you are safe. The forums will be ours.

And you thought Lucifer-Alpha was bad.

Metal: 10-4
Gillian: God, I hope she's safe...

EXIT TURBOCYCLE

KNOCK

Gillian: Katrina! Are you here?
Metal: There is no answer.

KNOCK

Gillian: Katrina! Katrina!
Metal: There is no answer. Let's check the door.

LOOK > DOOR

Metal: One can see that the lights are on from out here.

LOOK > LISTEN (huh?)

INVESTAGE > DOOR

Metal: Huh? It's not locked!

KNOCK

Gillian: Katrina! Katrina!
Metal: There is no answer. Let's go in.

MOVE > GO INSIDE

Gillian: What about Katrina? Where is she?
Metal: i don't see her. This is rather troubling.

LOOK > AROUND ROOM

Metal: We are the only ones here. Where could she have gone?

LOOK > MONITOR

Metal: The television and data terminals are still on.

INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM

Metal: The lights have been left on. What could have happened to Katrina?

CALL > KATRINA

Gillian: I'm worried about Katrina. Let's see if she's in here.
Metal: Good idea.
Gillian: Katrina! Katrina! Are you in here? It's me, Gillian!
Metal: There is no answer. Something must have happened.

INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM

MOVE > STUDY

Gillian: Let's check out the study.

Gillian: ...the SNATCHERS! They must have been looking for something!

LOOK > AROUND ROOM

Metal: The room is a shambles. Things are scattered everywhere.

LOOK > PC86

Metal: The monitor is broken.

LOOK > SOFA

Metal: The hard leather has been torn to shreds.

INVESTIGATE > AROUND ROOM

Metal: Everything appears to have been smashed and broken.
Gillian: Based on the condition of this room, it looks like they were looking for something.
Metal: I wonder what?
Gillian: I don't know, but it could be the same thing we're looking for.

INVESTIGATE > PC86

Metal: The machine is a total loss. It's a good thing we had already read the file on the disk.
Gillian: Maybe they are trying to destroy some kind of data on themselves.
Metal: We can't read it off the disk anymore, but I have it stored in my memory. Don't worry.

INVESTIGATE > SOFA

Metal: It appears to be torn by a claw-like instrument of some kind.
Gillian: They were worried about the location of their hospital getting out!
Metal: Katrina must have discovered something related to that.
Gillian: I bet you're right.

CALL > KATRINA

Metal: There is no answer. Apparently she cannot hear you.

MOVE > BACKYARD GARDEN

Gillian: Huh? Where's Alice?
Metal: So Alice is missing, too.

LOOK > AREA

Metal: There is nobody in the area.

LOOK > THE SHADOWS

LOOK > GROUND

Metal: Look! There's a collar on the ground!

LOOK > COLLAR

Metal: It's Alice's magnetic collar. Special devices around their yard prevent the dog from going beyond their property if it is wearing this collar.

INVESTIGATE > AREA

Metal: There is nothing unusual. It seems almost too quiet out here...
Gillian: This garden doesn't lead anywhere. It was Alice's own private space.
Metal: There is no way that Alice could have gotten out wihtout going through the study.

INVESTIGATE > COLLAR

Metal: It appears to have been torn apart.

Metal: That's true -- if she was facing a human.

CALL > ALICE

Gillian: Alice may be in earshot.
Metal: Why don't you call her?
Gillian: C'mon Alice! C'mere girl!
Metal: There is no sign of her. She rather likes people, so she would no doubt come out if she was here.

LOOK > GROUND

Metal: It appears that something was dragged on the ground here.

MOVE > RETURN TO STUDY

MOVE > LIVING ROOM

INVESTIGATE > WINDOW

INVESTIGATE > SHELF

Metal: A model of a house in on the shelf.

LOOK > MODEL

Metal: It's a perfect miniature of Gibson's house. It's made from a cast, but the detail is excellent.

INVESTIGATE > MODEL

MOVE > EXIT

Gillian: We oughta check outside.

Nothing outside here does anything, of course. And you can do your whole LOOK/INVESTIGATE crap all you like until the game lets you progress...

Now you learn why you do not fuck with Snatchers.

Next update:

A race against time...

Which we will undoubtedly win.

Bonus Post by Benson Cunningham


Chief of J.U.N.K.E.R. H.Q.

Seed, after you break this investigation open, I think your top priority should be to find this Slowbeef and dispatch him. He's a security threat, as he knows all about the J.U.N.K.E.R.S. We cannot tolerate a Snatcher having inside information about our agency!