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THE SCARLET CASCABEL Mission 1 - Meeting At the Salty
Strumpet I have taken my jolly time
getting to this mission. It feels wrong to only play the winner of The Dark
Project 20th Anniversary Contest more than 6 years later. However,
better late than never. This is an excellent start to the two-mission
campaign by Tannar and Pukey Brunster. Visit the Wychwood forest village and
help your friend Wendolyn get rid of her nasty competitor Lash. And learn
about the mystery surrounding Blackwell Hotel, our destination in mission 2. I had to meet my contact
Wendolyn at the local inn to receive further instructions. I was also
encouraged to obtain three lost jade idols in the nearby woods. Many more
directions would be given later. Getting the jade idol
above the water fall could be done by using four moss arrows. Although this
wasn’t against the Supreme rules, as it is considered a puzzle, I avoided
using any consumables by jumping from atop the southern stone (left image
below). I timed the firefly swarm and grabbed the idol in the air. I had to
halfway land on the northern stone in order to avoid taking damage.
In town I met with Wend
right away. She gave me new objectives, including finding some leverage
against the new player in town, Lash. I also had to find a map of the hotel,
along with 1,500 in loot. I was going to leave the inn underground, but the
gate down there wasn’t necessary to pick open. Brought along the jumper
switch though. Instead I entered the underground from Miller’s basement in
the north. Entering his house didn’t require picking any lock. Reaching the millhouse
required using the haunted tunnels. The only way in there was passing through
the barricaded opening to the mining tunnels. I tried squeezing through the
mining cart and planks, but I think the authors made it an entire solid wall.
I couldn’t mantle anything, even if I stacked items to get higher. It makes
sense they went to lengths to prevent anyone getting through. I also tried
getting into the millhouse from the front, but all the windows were way too
small, and there was no other way in. I ended up having to use the power
switch and blow up the entrance (right image above). A solid case of property
damage and thus an inevitable Ghost bust. There was no way around obtaining
the map objective either. Back in town a few pieces
of loot outside Lash’s were tricky. First, the purse inside the window to the
south (left image below). I didn’t find a good way to attach a rope arrow
except for the wooden frame a few feet below. I couldn’t grab the purse from
atop the rope unless I tried to mantle the window. The opening was too small
to get through, but at the peak of the mantle I could still reach the loot
and drop back down onto the rope. This area was dark, despite the nearby
candle.
The purse on the
stationary thief I had to take coming from the west (right image above). I
don’t think I ever heard him give any first alerts; not sure why really. I
had to get out of there quickly, as the other thief didn’t stay put for long. I didn’t end up poisoning
Lash with the Essence of Oblivion. It gave me a bonus notification, but it
wasn’t a true objective, plus hidden objectives don’t explicitly tell you to
perform a task until after
you have completed it. Granted, I didn’t end up killing Lash and no damage
showed up in the stats. However, it felt like too invasive of a move for
Ghost to be allowed, let alone Supreme. Damage comes in many forms, and
lobotomy neither sounded nor looked very pleasant (left image below).
Statistics: Time: 1:43:08 Loot: 2604 out of 2604 Pickpockets: 1 out of 1 Locks Picked: 19 Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 0 Consumables: None Ghost: Failed! Perfect Thief: Failed! Supreme Thief: Failed! Perfect Supreme Thief: Failed! Notes: -
Had to blow up the entrance to the haunted tunnels in
order to reach the millhouse. Property damage and thus a Ghost bust. -
I did not complete the bonus objective of lobotomizing Lash.
It felt too violent and damaging to complete. |
