Part 21: Chapter 5-4

And we are again back at Richard’s place to check on Mia, who has one half of a decorative apple needed to unlock a puzzle at the brothel she works at. Yes.



Still alive, fortunately enough.

“Mia, can I have the key to your apartment please? I need to get the other half of the apple.”



I like how this is just a perfectly normal conversation between these two.



Keys.

“Mia, how do the statues work?”



She’s leaving out a very specific piece of dickery, but we’ll get to that. Let’s chat with Richard.



“The killer left a photo of Mia on Stephanie’s body. A photo of Stephanie was found on Cynthia. You see what I’m getting at?”



I’m sure you won’t, Dick.

“Thanks.”



Now we get out of here and over to the Campus again.









The apple is over here, not that you could miss it with the weirdass perspective making it positively huge.



Yoink.



And then we’ll combine it with the other half to get our entire puzzle piece.



Here’s the dickery I was mentioning. Those statues have to be messed with in a certain order, or they do nothing. Your only clue to this? That photo album we just checked out an update ago.



Mia has replaced the photo we stole with a clue. How you were supposed to know this, I haven’t the foggiest.



At least for a moon logic clue, that one isn’t terribly complicated.



Back to the whorehouse, and all the way back to the statue room.



The Lady of Secrets wants a veil.



So we’ll shove the Ripper’s mask on her face. I know she’s supposed to be going there, but it really just looks like she’s picking her nose.



Mistress Temptation wants the apple.



Or her snake does, close enough.



Uma Thurman wants blood.



But she can have the rose, as it’s the closest thing we got.



And finally, Mistress Pain gets the nail right through her hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reV0...eature=youtu.be



Have I made an Umbrella joke recently? Have another one. Anyway, down here are some things to check out. The thing on the roof here…



…is kind of interesting, but nothing can be done with it. We want to check out the grate in the middle of the room.



Which has a book behind it, but we’re not getting to that without some puzzlin’. Kill me.



North from that room is…yeah. I have no words.



In spite of the looks of it, the only thing that can actually be examined here is the fireplace.



Having your main character point out how stupid things have gotten doesn’t make your game any better.



Grabbable thing on the mantle.



Looks like part of a larger painting. Are you sensing a puzzle? I’m sensing a puzzle.



And there’s an inexplicable keyhole down here on the fireplace.



…thanks, Vickie.



As it turns out, the key is right up here. Thanks, game, for not being dickish and…



…and the key is actually broken into two pieces.



So back out of there and over here.



Yeah, the hanging shackles really set it off.



Strangely enough she doesn’t, in spite of this being a game where it’s probably needed to placate a statue of the Goddess of Masseuse.



Over here…



…is *another* goddamn puzzle. Yes, it’s another one of those sliding tile deals. Apparently one of the developers really had a thing for these.













































































…and all of that leaves the picture where it should be, barring that piece we’re carrying.





Huzzah. The other half of the key.



Combining the two reunites the Keyblade. We’re off to fight DARKNESS.





Or at least that fireplace that was getting in the way. We’ll just head up here…



…and we’re finally on the other side of that grate. Checking out the book…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7GJ...eature=youtu.be

…well, shit. Don’t fuck with Gustav.