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Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Noelle
They're from when I was the angel in the Holiday Pageant.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Noelle
... But I liked them so much, I just... kept wearing them.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
Kris checks the desk.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
It's Noelle's homework desk. You took a pencil out of habit.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
Kris checks the TV table.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
It's a state of the art high-definition TV with old game consoles under it.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Susie
Why do you... have a flatscreen in here?
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Noelle
Oh! Umm, yeah, Berdly keeps saying I should get a CRT. Faha!
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
It's a Christmas cactus in a red pot, sitting on a small elevated platform beside the TV.
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Narrator
You remember it's named 'Krismas.'
Scene: Obj Noelle Room
Noelle
Umm, this cactus? Berdly calls it 'Tsuntsun...'
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
The group gathers at the sofa in the living room.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
Start the study session?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Player
♥ Yes
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
OK, should we, umm... get started?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
Oh... uh, yeah. Sure.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
They sit on the couch.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Umm, so... what are your projects about?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
Oh, well, uh --
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
The phone rings. Noelle answers.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Sorry, um, phone call! I'll be just a sec!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Hi, Berdly! What's up? Umm... huh? Sure, of... of course I'm alone!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Um, sure, I bet I do look "quite cervine this fine evening"...?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
If it's about the notes, I already highlighted them for you, so...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Wh... what? You want me to... go on a date to the festival... with you?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Umm... I mean... sure, I... I... I'd be glad to...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
... be your, Player 2..."
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
Susie stands up, looking furious.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
SHE'S NOT GOING TO THE FESTIVAL WITH YOU, DUMBASS!!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Narrator
Susie grabs the phone and hangs up.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
S... Susie!?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
Look, you don't really wanna go with him, right?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
Some people aren't gonna get it 'til you scream "NO".
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
... did you forget that or something?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
... yeah. Yeah... you're right!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
I shouldn't be afraid to... tell Berdly how I really feel.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
Next time I... I should be honest! Next time, I should...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
I... I should shake his neck and scream at him!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
So, uhh...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Noelle
HAHA, where did you throw my phone, anyway?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Sofa
Susie
(Kris, I'll keep her busy! You go look for clues!)
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Kris crosses the second-floor hallway, passing the bronzed snowflakes between the two bedroom doors. The door to the right room has no nameplate. Kris opens it.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
The room has no windows. The only light source is a desk lamp. The carpet is acid-teal. The walls are painted with a low-detail aurora borealis pattern, sweeping bands of teal, deep blue, and faint green. Teal paper stars are affixed to the walls in scattered constellations. Everything is covered in a fine layer of dust. The air smells of old paper, dried guitar strings.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
It's a shelf. In the front are all the holiday-themed games and movies...
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
... and at the back are all the scary games you never got to play.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
It's Dess's bed, sheets rumpled and unmade as they were left. Underneath are army rations, guitar picks, paintball gear, ice skates...
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
... and a badly traced drawing of a dragon.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
A calendar hangs above the bed, frozen on the month she disappeared.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
It's a CD player next to a towering pile of CDs. Underneath are tons of punk rock CDs... and one still-sealed ska CD.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
There's a door to a walk-in closet. You don't open it.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Kris checks a box of odds-and-ends.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Dig through?
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Player
♥ Dig through
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
You dug through the box and found...
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
A couple of burnt lighters, rusted multitool knives, expired rations, walkie talkies, loose binoculars, a pair of shoes fit for hooves, violent comic books, paintballs, a cracked hockey mask, frayed yarn and buttons, your brother's retainer, and old mint cans with unique leaves inside of them.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Kris approaches the red guitar on the wall.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
It's a red guitar.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
... ?
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Narrator
There's a code taped to the inside.
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
It says "SHELTER".
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Narrator
Take it?
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Player
♥ Take it
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Kris leans down to look inside the guitar. They begin to read the numbers in the pass code... 1 2 2...
Scene: Obj Dess Room
Narrator
Suddenly, Kris's body jerks. They reach into their chest and rip out the SOUL/Player. They shove the SOUL into a wrapped gift box sitting in the corner of the room. SOUL/Player escapes through the ventilation grate in the wall.
Scene: Obj Vent Gameplay
Narrator
The Player controls the SOUL through the mansion's ventilation system. Top-down perspective. Visibility limited to a small circle of light around the SOUL.
Scene: Obj Vent Gameplay
Narrator
Eventually SOUL reaches the single opened vent. Disabling breaker panel in the basement.
Scene: Obj Vent Gameplay
Narrator
Power cut. The lights go out throughout the mansion.
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Dark
Susie
Dude, the lights...
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Dark
Noelle
Did, like, the power go out..?
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Dark
Susie
Auugh, Kris! We know it's you doing one of your stupid pranks!
Scene: Obj Holiday Livingroom Dark
Susie
... Let's go fix the breaker.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Narrator
Susie and Noelle descend the staircase into the basement. Susie is using a flashlight. The air is cold and smells of cardboard, dust, and pine needles. Boxes of Christmas storage line the walls, labeled in Carol's precise handwriting. A deflated Ice-E inflatable slumps in one corner. A small Christmas tree stands nearby with a hollow angel doll figure on top. A non-functional toy train set circles its base.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Umm, sorry, Dad didn't clean the basement this year...
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Anyways, the breaker's down here somewhere.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
You know what REALLY made me afraid of basements?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Like... the underground levels from Dragon Blazers.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
The music just repeats over and over again.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Hell yeah. That was weird.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
You played it?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Yeah, uhh, only 2. As a kid. Got it from the lost and found.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Even though it wasn't mine. Hahaha.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Susie! Haha.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
I played it secret-style so I wouldn't get in trouble.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Oh my gosh, same. I played 2 with my Dad, but like...
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
There was like... this Evil Route my parents didn't know about?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
I always played it in secret so they wouldn't take it away.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Dude, I think I did that by accident.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Fahaha! You did the Evil Route by ACCIDENT?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Yeah, I like... I didn't know you could be... nice?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
So I was just killing everything and getting like, pissed.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Why the hell is everyone mad?
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Pretty sure I'd... do it the good way, now, though.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Maybe.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Gosh, I'd love to see you play it for real.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Susie
Well, uh, if you got another copy. Just leave it in the lost in found I guess.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement
Noelle
Faha, maybe I will!
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement Catch
Narrator
Susie and Noelle are in the dark basement. Susie's flashlight beam cuts through the gloom.
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement Catch
Noelle
Oh my gosh, this just brushed against my leg...
Scene: Obj Holiday Basement Catch
Susie
What the hell is that?