Cult Mystery

Cult Mystery is the second Murder Mystery Game featuring Kate Gray released by Haiku Games and their fifth game overall.

## Summary

Detective Kate Gray’s best friend Melissa, has gone missing after her “too good to be true” date. Kate investigates only to discover that Melissa has disappeared into a mysterious cult.

## Characters

* Detective Kate Gray
* Melissa
* Darius
* Seth

## Plot

Kate and her friend Melissa talk about a new dating app, that Melissa uses. Kate warns her to be careful, but two weeks later Kate discovers that Melissa has gone missing. In Melissa's house, Kate finds out that Melissa planned to go on a weekend trip with a man she met online and that they went to a place in the mountains, called The Compound.

While driving in the mountains, Kate eventually comes to a steel gate. The gate is locked, but Kate finds a way to open it.

Driving further on the mountain road, Kate suddenly has a flat tire. Suddenly, a man named Darius appears and asks if she needs help, but Kate declines. She asks if he knows The Compound. Darius warns her that if she 'joins', she can't get out, but Kate dismisses him. He leaves and Kate changes her flat tire.

Kate arrives at the Compound and finds out that it actually is a cult, like Darius had implied. She pretends that she wants to join, but in order to be accepted, she has to pass three tests.

The cult leader welcomes the initiates and reveals that the cult is dedicated to an Artificial Intelligence, named AGI, that he claims to be the first self-aware machine in the world. Kate solves the three puzzles, which are themed Logic, Dedication and Progress and is accepted as a new member.

Since there's still no sign of Melissa, Kate starts searching the grounds for clues. In a nearby building, she finds a hidden journal written by someone who is also investigating the disappearance of missing girls. The unknown author mentions an old wine cellar which he intends to examine next.

Kate enters the kitchen and runs into Darius, who reveals himself to be an investigative journalist who has also written the mysterious journal. They decide to investigate the cellar together. In the cellar, they find a dead woman in one of the wine barrels. Kate finds a knife wound, proving that she was murdered. Kate informs the police, but until they arrive, she has to find Melissa. Darius recognizes Melissa's online date 'Seth' to be the cult leader himself. They decide to check the AGI. Meanwhile Seth has overheard everything over a secret surveillance system, and is planning to escape with a hostage...

Kate and Darius enter the AGI room and find Seth's hidden surveillance room. They discover that the AGI is in fact a sham, and that Seth faked it all in order to gain power. Seth struggled to find a woman, though, who wasn't scared of his 'power', so he lured them to The Compound under false pretenses and even killed one of them. They save the evidence and reprogram the AI to show Seth's crimes to the other cult members.

With their help, Kate finds out that Seth and Melissa stayed in a remote cabin futher up in the mountains. Neither Seth nor Melissa are there, but Kate finds Seth's dogs, who seem eager to help Kate after she gives them their favorite toys. They lead Kate to a cave, where she encounters Seth and Melissa. After a fight with Seth, Kate arrests him for murder and fraud. She says goodbye to Darius and leaves The Compound with Melissa.