Shadow of Destiny

Part 13

With seventy percent of the vote, we've decided to delve into Eike's dirty little secrets. This means, basically, forgetting that Dana ever existed. She'll spend the rest of her life wondering if Eike is going to show up again like he said he would and take her back to the present, and what she would say if he did. But screw her--she's dead to us.

Anyway! We have the red stone, and we've made a promise to Homunculus to give it to Dr. Wagner. So Eike will do that.

Fuck no.

"It's red. That's the only description of the stone that anyone can give me, but it certainly looks like a mcguffin, doesn't it? All pretty."

I knew alchemy was a fraud!

Ten days, you say? That would be the thirteenth. What happened then?

Oh, right.

Science demands sacrifices. If the only way to advance alchemy is to blow up the world's greatest alchemist and destroy his equipment, then SO BE IT.

They called me mad! MAD! Well, I'll show them! I'll show THEM ALL!

She could have smiled and patted me on the shoulder, and said, "I already did that twice, honey. Maybe you should spend more time with the kids."

Oedipal complex, much?

"But if it turns out to be a dead end, I'll leave my records intact, to mislead other alchemists for centuries!" That's kind of a dick move, there. I'm pretty sure all the other famous scientists never pulled crap like that.

Anyway, that's enough of you, old man.

Sure thing, kid. My cell phone is a light source, and I've been lighting his furnace with my cigarette lighter.

"I mean, I saw it once, and the workings were concealed. But I'm pretty sure it's a lot like the microchips I've been studying here, in the 1580s." v

As far as I can tell, Dr. Wagner wants to be able to die saying, "I created life and NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER, HA HA."

Anyway, it's time to see the results of the experiment.

This is actually a bit later than the last time we showed up... no Homunculus lying on the stairs.

DUN DUN DUN!

This is as good a time as any to mention that if you die in chapter eight, Homunculus says he can't resurect you any more because the time lines are too mixed up. Personally, I think he just can't be bothered now that you've given the red stone to Dr. Wagner.

Anyway, best bet here is to use the digipad to follow the evil time traveler to the present. When he arrives (in front of the museum/library) Eike gets an important phone call.

Hugo!? But... you were such a cool kid! You were always rooting for me to score! How could you betray me like this!?

This is why he shouldn't have mentioned someone from the future in the same conversation he talked about not mentioning things from the future.

Good intentions on his time traveling, poor follow-through.

He sounds so cheerful here, like he's talking about a cheeky prank he played on a friend, instead of tormenting a lonely old man, and driving him to a life of crime.