Quests from The Panic Room: House of Secrets

Puppeteer's Mystery

Jim: Feather, it fits! Look, everything makes a clear picture! Let's go to the living room. We'll dig in the Puppeteer's brain, as my brother says.

Task: Go through the living room.

Jim: Hello, the Puppeteer. I suppose, you've been following me, and you know, what I'm going to talk about.

The Puppeteer: Another story, Jim? I'm sick of your parables.

Jim: It's the last one. Once there lived a boy. He was kind and clever, he was a good friend to his little brother. His parents loved him very much, and he loved them... especially his mother.

The Puppeteer: She's beautiful and kind. You've already said that.

Jim: Listen to me carefully, please. The boy lived in a cosy house, he used to read interesting books and he had a girlfriend, who was fond of puppet theatre. John liked her very much and learnt to manipulate puppets too.

The Puppeteer: Oh, he became a great manipulator! Unfortunately in that time he wasn't able to manipulate all the puppets at once...

Jim: But different disasters started to happen. The girl had been injured in a car crash and wasn't able to recover quickly. When she came back, she wasn't able to remember him, and nobody could tel her...

Jim: He had offended his brother and couldn't apologise to him. That's why when he saw two brothers after some time, he tried his best to make them understand their importance to each other.

The Puppeteer: People never value what they've got. They never understand, that once it will become too late...

Jim: But it happened later. And at that time the boy became the terror of a small town. He was accused of killing his father and brother and attacking his mother. He wanted to save them, he just turned up to be in the wong time in the wrong place, holding a gun...

The Puppeteer: No, stop. You can't know all this!

Jim: He was sent to jail while his dearest wish was to return to his mother and get free. Because freedom is the most valuable thing....

A flash blinds you, the door to the living room tears open, there is a strong blow, and only after it comes the sound. YOu get deafened by the noise. You understand that you are lying on the floor. You fail to get up. You hardly turn your head and see Jack, lying in blood behind you. Jim leans over him. The last thing you notice before fainting is white mist flowing on the floor...

You've fainted. You've got some points of freedom and some tokens. Your reputation among the Followers has increased by 3. To be continued! The story will be continued in the next addition to the game. What happened to Jack? Will the Puppeteer change after a conversation with Jim? Who killed John's family? Will you be able to get free? There are a lot of mysteries in the house and new characters are looking forward to meet you!

Fog: Look! Another one! A new victim will join the others soon. The Death has woken up and reaps lives... Join us, Feather!