Blood of the Killer

`*"In the quiet country town the drinky birds lie dreaming and severed heads roll slowly down the street. BB doesn't care about any of this and is just in town to check out a zine distro. Will she discover the awful secret of the drinky birds - or fall prey to their curse...?"*`

**Blood of the Killer** is the sixth game in the Strange Town series, released on Gamejolt on October 26, 2021. It follows BB as she explores River Town in search of Clarice, a fellow indie zine publisher and a friend of hers.

## Link

Gameplay link - https://gamejolt.com/games/bloodofthekiller/658029

## Story

In the opening, BB walks through a dark hallway filled with sheets on which is projected a bird-like shadow, apparently delivering a package. When she peers through a hole in a wall at the end, a figure with a skinned-off face suddenly appears, frightening BB awake.

BB, riding a train, reveals that she is traveling to River Town to investigate the disappearance of her friend Clarice, who runs a zine distro in the town. Upon arrival, she seeks out Clarice's apartment building, but finds it burned to the ground. She is immediately accosted by Murderer X, who mistakes her for a fellow murderer and befriends her. After giving her a list of places on the same supply chain as Clarice's building and sending her on her way, an unknown woman in a bird mask appears behind Murderer X and promptly decapitates him with a machete.

Stopping at a local café to make plans, BB investigates a number of locales within the town, most of which have also been burned down. Along the way, she encounters Mandy and Handy, twin nurses seemingly dedicated to killing murderers, and narrowly escapes the bird woman, whom BB recognizes as Clarice. Following a trail of bizarre manuscripts, she also encounters Concerned Citizen and chases him to the Museum of Mechanical Birds, but learns little except for the existence of the "Drinky Bird MK II".

Frustrated, BB decides to give up and return home. Falling asleep on the train, she dreams of Mandy and Handy catching her, but immediately wakes up in an unfamiliar house. Getting up to investigate, she wanders into an open mansion and discovers it flooded with letters from Concerned Citizen, detailing his belief in a vast conspiracy to rewrite history to glorify murderers, allegedly perpetrated by the zine industry. She spots Clarice seemingly asleep at the end of the hallway and attempts to remove her bird mask, but is stopped by Mandy and Handy, who bring her to Concerned Citizen's operating room. Concerned Citizen explains that he has used the Drinky Bird MK II to turn Clarice into a cyborg under his control and has been sending her to kill murderers in the hopes of bringing down the zine conspiracy. As Concerned Citizen prepares to birdify BB as well, the Killer secretly sets fire to the mansion and reactivates Clarice, who goes berserk, kills the nurses, and chases Concerned Citizen out, allowing BB to escape. As BB rounds a corner, she encounters the Killer drinking the blood from Concerned Citizen's severed head, but Clarice, finally recognizing her friend, gives BB her coat back and pushes her out the window to safety.

The epilogue states that BB has not seen Clarice since then, but she is still rumored to stalk zine events.