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Robbing the Cradle
Apr. 19th, 2014 03:45 am> When Garrett finds her painting
"I can hear you breathing. Nobody here in the Cradle does that anymore... How did you get in? My name is Lauryl. Something changed when you saw my picture. That's why you can hear me now. I want to leave here, but I can't. The Cradle won't let any of us go. Will you help me? "
"They filled up a bottle with my blood. It's down in the Storm Cellar. It's very dark down there. Please find the bottle and drop it into a drain pipe, so it will end up outside. It's important."
> Letter by Lauryl about her picture
"I didn't want to have my picture painted, but I was too scared to say no. I guess I did it right because he said I sat good and still."
> On the cage in the Storm Cellar
"That's the cage where they used to put the new patients, until a cell opened up. You should stay out of there, or the Cradle might see you and try to keep you here forever."
> Disposing of the blood bottle
"That's good. The bottle is outside now, where the Cradle can't see it. I have to get rid of all my things. The Cradle uses them to remember me; that's how it keeps me here."
> Garrett going further into the Cradle
"There's a ward here called White Hall, where they kept the very bad patients. One of them took my nightgown back to his cell. It's still there. Please get my nightgown and then burn it up, in the morgue."
> On the Staff Tower
"That's the Staff Tower. Nobody is allowed up there..."
> On No. 5
"The staff blamed him for what happened to me. They were wrong."
> Seeing the puppet crouched in a corner
"Once I saw a man in one of the basins, all wrapped up in wet bandages. He heard me come in and started making... screaming noises. I think he wanted me to help him, but I was too afraid..."
> Burning the nightgown
"You did it! My nightgown's gone. But the Cradle remembers more than I thought. You can't get it all here. You have to go into the past, into the Cradle's memories. It's the only way. You'll have to pretend to be one of the patients, so the Cradle won't see you."
"Each of the patients from White Hall had a favorite toy that they liked. You can use them as keys to go into the Cradle's memories. Find one of those toys, and I'll tell you what to do next."
> On the wax mask of No. 1 "King No-One"
"He wore that mask to hide his burns. He was locked in the Seclusion Chamber."
> Explanation of toys
"The toy you just picked up is a key to the Cradle's memories. Now you have to figure out where to bring it. There's a special place for each toy. When you put the toy in the right place, you'll enter the past."
> On the urn of ashes of No. 6 "Mamma Topper"
"She carried that jar around like it was a real baby, in the Exercise Yard."
> On the birdhouse of No. 7 Pins
"She used to feed birds with that. They let her hang it from the Balcony."
> On the viktrola of No. 8 Elliot
"She used to play that when she danced for us in the old puppet-theater. It's a lobotomy room now."
> On the matchbox of No. 9 Wrenfield
"I didn't like her smile when they let her light the fire in the Lounge."
> On the telescope of No. 5 Nuvio
"He used to watch people with that, and painted them too. He liked the Observatory."
> On the tools of No. 4 Solzer
"They let him use those to work in the Shock Therapy room."
> On the candle of No. 3 Izen
"The staff used to catch him sleepwalking with that candle, in the Morgue."
> On the forks/knives of No. 2 Gourmet
"I think he used to eat with those, in the Meal Hall."
> Letter by Lauryl about No2
"We snuck into the kitchen and found some bread, but that fat man was in there with his forks and knives. He's the one who shouldn't be allowed to wander around."
> Going into the past
"It worked. You're in the past now. This is what everything looks like, the way the Cradle remembers it. It's like... a stitch in time. You can't die here because you're inside a patient. But if the staff catch you, they'll take away your toy, and you'll have to find another one."
"Now will you get my diary? In the real world, it's all torn apart, and we'd never find all the pages. But in the past, it's just the way I left it, up in the Nursery Tower. Please find it and burn it in the Morgue."
> Letter by Lauryl about the Nursery Tower
"They moved us to the Nursery Tower. I guess they needed to make room for all those patients. Drept says not to cry so much because it makes Miss Arhtur mad."
> In the Nursery Tower
"When they started letting the patients stay here, there wasn't enough room for everybody. All of us children had to move here, into the Nursery Tower, where the babies used to be."
> About the incident
"I was playing hide and seek with my friend Drept, but he never found me. Instead, the grey lady found me. I tried to run, but the door was locked and I couldn't get it open."
> Burning the diary
"My diary is gone. Good. The Cradle can barely remember me anymore. But it can still see the bloodstain, in the attic. You'll need to clean it up in the past, where it's always fresh."
"Sometimes when the staff took patients to the Treatment Room, they... wouldn't ever come back. They used something called 'Dissolution Syrum' to clean up afterward. Get it and then use it on my bloodstain in the Attic, where I saw you the first time."
> Cleaning the blood
"You did it! The Cradle can't remember me anymore! We can leave, now. Meet me in the lobby. I'll show you the way out."
> Aw shit
"Oh no. You can't leave, can you? I know why. This place remembers you now. You've been here too long. There's only one way to leave the Cradle... You have to trick it. I'll help you. First you have to enter the past as your real self."
"There's a cage in the Storm Cellar. You have to go inside it, and close the door. Then you'll enter the Cradle's memories as your real self. But you can't let the Staff find you! If they catch you this time, you'll be dead forever."
> In the cage
"Yes that's it. You're really here, in the past. This is a different time, just before the end. You look like yourself now, and the Cradle can see you. If the Staff see you, they'll kill you."
"There's one last thing you have to do. Go to the top of the Staff Tower. There's an open window up there. You have to jump out. Then the Cradle will think you killed yourself, but you won't really die. You'll just be outside, where it can't see you. I'll be waiting for you."
> Out of the Cradle
"We made it out of the Cradle. Follow me. I'll take you to the place she buried me. Bring my blood with you."
> Released
"Ooooh... Look!"
"I'm me again. SHE can't use it anymore."
"You did it! I knew you would. The gray lady... She buried my body here, where no one would ever find it. She put those marks on the grave, so I couldn't leave. Then she made herself look like me... But now the marks are gone, and she can't use my shape anymore... And I'm finally free. Oh, I have to go. Thank you. Thank you! Goodbye...!"
"I can hear you breathing. Nobody here in the Cradle does that anymore... How did you get in? My name is Lauryl. Something changed when you saw my picture. That's why you can hear me now. I want to leave here, but I can't. The Cradle won't let any of us go. Will you help me? "
"They filled up a bottle with my blood. It's down in the Storm Cellar. It's very dark down there. Please find the bottle and drop it into a drain pipe, so it will end up outside. It's important."
> Letter by Lauryl about her picture
"I didn't want to have my picture painted, but I was too scared to say no. I guess I did it right because he said I sat good and still."
> On the cage in the Storm Cellar
"That's the cage where they used to put the new patients, until a cell opened up. You should stay out of there, or the Cradle might see you and try to keep you here forever."
> Disposing of the blood bottle
"That's good. The bottle is outside now, where the Cradle can't see it. I have to get rid of all my things. The Cradle uses them to remember me; that's how it keeps me here."
> Garrett going further into the Cradle
"There's a ward here called White Hall, where they kept the very bad patients. One of them took my nightgown back to his cell. It's still there. Please get my nightgown and then burn it up, in the morgue."
> On the Staff Tower
"That's the Staff Tower. Nobody is allowed up there..."
> On No. 5
"The staff blamed him for what happened to me. They were wrong."
> Seeing the puppet crouched in a corner
"Once I saw a man in one of the basins, all wrapped up in wet bandages. He heard me come in and started making... screaming noises. I think he wanted me to help him, but I was too afraid..."
> Burning the nightgown
"You did it! My nightgown's gone. But the Cradle remembers more than I thought. You can't get it all here. You have to go into the past, into the Cradle's memories. It's the only way. You'll have to pretend to be one of the patients, so the Cradle won't see you."
"Each of the patients from White Hall had a favorite toy that they liked. You can use them as keys to go into the Cradle's memories. Find one of those toys, and I'll tell you what to do next."
> On the wax mask of No. 1 "King No-One"
"He wore that mask to hide his burns. He was locked in the Seclusion Chamber."
> Explanation of toys
"The toy you just picked up is a key to the Cradle's memories. Now you have to figure out where to bring it. There's a special place for each toy. When you put the toy in the right place, you'll enter the past."
> On the urn of ashes of No. 6 "Mamma Topper"
"She carried that jar around like it was a real baby, in the Exercise Yard."
> On the birdhouse of No. 7 Pins
"She used to feed birds with that. They let her hang it from the Balcony."
> On the viktrola of No. 8 Elliot
"She used to play that when she danced for us in the old puppet-theater. It's a lobotomy room now."
> On the matchbox of No. 9 Wrenfield
"I didn't like her smile when they let her light the fire in the Lounge."
> On the telescope of No. 5 Nuvio
"He used to watch people with that, and painted them too. He liked the Observatory."
> On the tools of No. 4 Solzer
"They let him use those to work in the Shock Therapy room."
> On the candle of No. 3 Izen
"The staff used to catch him sleepwalking with that candle, in the Morgue."
> On the forks/knives of No. 2 Gourmet
"I think he used to eat with those, in the Meal Hall."
> Letter by Lauryl about No2
"We snuck into the kitchen and found some bread, but that fat man was in there with his forks and knives. He's the one who shouldn't be allowed to wander around."
> Going into the past
"It worked. You're in the past now. This is what everything looks like, the way the Cradle remembers it. It's like... a stitch in time. You can't die here because you're inside a patient. But if the staff catch you, they'll take away your toy, and you'll have to find another one."
"Now will you get my diary? In the real world, it's all torn apart, and we'd never find all the pages. But in the past, it's just the way I left it, up in the Nursery Tower. Please find it and burn it in the Morgue."
> Letter by Lauryl about the Nursery Tower
"They moved us to the Nursery Tower. I guess they needed to make room for all those patients. Drept says not to cry so much because it makes Miss Arhtur mad."
> In the Nursery Tower
"When they started letting the patients stay here, there wasn't enough room for everybody. All of us children had to move here, into the Nursery Tower, where the babies used to be."
> About the incident
"I was playing hide and seek with my friend Drept, but he never found me. Instead, the grey lady found me. I tried to run, but the door was locked and I couldn't get it open."
> Burning the diary
"My diary is gone. Good. The Cradle can barely remember me anymore. But it can still see the bloodstain, in the attic. You'll need to clean it up in the past, where it's always fresh."
"Sometimes when the staff took patients to the Treatment Room, they... wouldn't ever come back. They used something called 'Dissolution Syrum' to clean up afterward. Get it and then use it on my bloodstain in the Attic, where I saw you the first time."
> Cleaning the blood
"You did it! The Cradle can't remember me anymore! We can leave, now. Meet me in the lobby. I'll show you the way out."
> Aw shit
"Oh no. You can't leave, can you? I know why. This place remembers you now. You've been here too long. There's only one way to leave the Cradle... You have to trick it. I'll help you. First you have to enter the past as your real self."
"There's a cage in the Storm Cellar. You have to go inside it, and close the door. Then you'll enter the Cradle's memories as your real self. But you can't let the Staff find you! If they catch you this time, you'll be dead forever."
> In the cage
"Yes that's it. You're really here, in the past. This is a different time, just before the end. You look like yourself now, and the Cradle can see you. If the Staff see you, they'll kill you."
"There's one last thing you have to do. Go to the top of the Staff Tower. There's an open window up there. You have to jump out. Then the Cradle will think you killed yourself, but you won't really die. You'll just be outside, where it can't see you. I'll be waiting for you."
> Out of the Cradle
"We made it out of the Cradle. Follow me. I'll take you to the place she buried me. Bring my blood with you."
> Released
"Ooooh... Look!"
"I'm me again. SHE can't use it anymore."
"You did it! I knew you would. The gray lady... She buried my body here, where no one would ever find it. She put those marks on the grave, so I couldn't leave. Then she made herself look like me... But now the marks are gone, and she can't use my shape anymore... And I'm finally free. Oh, I have to go. Thank you. Thank you! Goodbye...!"
