Chapter 7

*"What doesn't kill you will make you stronger."*
Spoilers for *The Quarry* lie below.
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**The Past Behind Us** is the seventh chapter of *The Quarry*. It is mostly a series of flashbacks that Laura recounts to Abigail (if alive), Ryan, Dylan, and Kaitlyn about her and Max's imprisonment by the sheriff.

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The flashback begins with Laura waking up in her prison cell, she watches the sheriff drag Max along while he is semi-conscious, Laura can either call out to Max or stay silent.

* Call Out
* Stay Silent

Max will struggle a bit; the sheriff will get slightly impatient until Max is in the cell.

Max is cooperative, the sheriff calmly takes him to the cell and locks him up.

Max is then on the verge of transformation. Laura, having gained some consciousness, expresses some shock and disbelief. The sheriff then ominously tells her that this is going to get messy, as Laura hears Max transforming into a werewolf in the neighboring cell. Laura then loses consciousness again.

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The next morning, Laura wakes up handcuffed in a chair in the sheriff's office after he splashes water on her. She asks him what he did to Max. However, he aggressively tells her to shut up, and says this is an interrogation. He then asks for her name, to which she can be Compliant or Angry.

* Compliant
* Angry

Laura is compliant and gives the sheriff her name.

Laura angrily tells the sheriff to "eat shit", decreasing their relationship.

After the interrogation ends, the sheriff escorts Laura back. She can complete an interrupt prompt to lash out at him.

* If she completes the prompt, he subdues her anyways, lowering their relationship.

After Laura is returned to her cell, Max points out to her that he's naked, there's a lot of blood on the wall, and he has no visible injuries despite the monster attack the previous night.

The sheriff then returns and takes Max for an interrogation. During this, Laura can explore her cell and find...

* A loose brick.
	+ If she takes a syringe from the sheriff's office, she can hide it here to avoid having him find it during his pat-down of her.

Max is then returned to his cell, and he calls out for the sheriff, who leaves. Laura then points out to Max that the sheriff's name badge is "Hackett", wondering if he's related to Chris Hackett. She then states they will get out of there and she will study to become a vet. If she found Max's rejection letter, she will hesitate before confessing to him that she found it.

Max then tells Laura that he thinks he may be a werewolf, much to her disbelief.

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Back to the present, Ryan is also in disbelief, saying that zombies and aliens are equally as likely as werewolves. Laura can be Aggressive or Calm in response. Dylan then retorts that the werewolf theory is plausible, especially given what happened to Nick.

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Returning to the flashback, Laura and Max are talking about how they could escape their bad situation. They will either decide to attack the sheriff the next time he takes Max out of his cell for his shower or try to get him on their good side. They will then apply their plan.

* Attack
* Talk

Max will be easily neutralized by the sheriff, who will then distrust the duo.

Max and Laura will try to open the conversation with him. Laura can choose to be understanding or skeptical, but the sheriff will either way foil her attempt to sympathize.

As he leaves, Laura quickly declares that she and Max know that the latter is a werewolf. The sheriff will stop, return to Laura, and coldly say that they "don't know the half of it" before turning back again.

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The sheriff demands a transforming Max to take his clothes off. When Max refuses and provides resistance, he is tazed by the sheriff, who then ties Laura to a pipe outside of Max's cell. As she is being tied, the sheriff is contacted by his family through his walkie-talkie, and Laura can complete an interrupt prompt to call for help

* If it's completed, she yells into his walkie-talkie that he is holding them captive in the prison and asks for help, but the sheriff covers her mouth and radios back that nothing happened.

Laura asks the sheriff what will happen, but he just mysteriously tells her not to get too close and that it won't be pretty.

Laura then asks Max how he's doing, to which he replies that he doesn't feel so good. As she continues to demand that he tell her what's going on, he becomes aggressive towards her before transforming into a werewolf. He then scratches her eye out, also freeing her from being tied to the pipe.

Laura then goes to the bathroom to bandage herself and puts on an eyepatch. From there, she can explore the Sheriff's Office, where she can find...

* The sheriff's name, Travis Hackett
* Cease & Desist Letter
* Email communications between Chris and Travis in which Chris orders Travis to stop the Bizarre Yet Bonafide Podcast from covering Hackett's Quarry, found on Travis' computer. Laura first needs to find the computer's password (Travis' date of birth) by looking at the calendar to find the day (July 7) and looking at a birthday card sent to him by Constance to find the year (1965).
* A syringe, which she can later use to sedate Travis during her escape

Returning to her cell and choosing to go to sleep will end the exploration portion

The next morning, Travis returns to the police station, with his face covered in blood. He expresses surprise and trust in Laura for not escaping last night. He then has her turn around and put her hands against the wall, and pats her down.

* If she found the syringe but did not hide it behind the brick, he will find it and take it away

Travis leaves, telling Laura he'll brew some coffee.

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Travis returns, giving Max an iPad for him to watch his werewolf transformation and some riddles to Laura for her to figure out how the werewolf curse works. Laura begins reading the poem, though at some point, an interrupt prompt appears for her to attempt to take Travis' gun.

* If she completes the prompt, she will try to grab the gun, only for Travis to stop her, ending the segment and lowering their relationship

Travis then takes back the riddles and the iPad. Max is still in disbelief over whether the werewolf was him. If Laura tried to grab Travis' gun, Max will criticize her for it, saying Travis was finally warming up to them. Either way, Laura tells Max that she learned that they have to kill the werewolf that infected Max for him to be free of the curse

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Chris is heard demanding Travis to let him see Laura and Max, as he is sure they are in the prison. Travis refuses and asks him how he knows they are there. Chris reveals that Bobby told him that Travis claimed to have scrapped an abandoned car, leading to Chris figuring out the rest. After Chris says it's fucked up that Laura and Max are still here, Travis retorts that Chris bit one of them, leaving him with no choice. Chris hears the sound of Laura getting closer to hear the conversation better, alerting him. A cup in her cell then begins to fall, and she is presented with a QTE to catch it

* Failing it causes Chris and Travis to hear the noise and continue their conversation outside; Travis is heard telling Chris it would've been messier if he didn't shoot him, but Chris said he would tell Constance that he was shot as a werewolf by Travis.
* Succeeding it causes Travis to tell Chris that Laura and Max are asleep, and they continue their conversation; Travis is heard telling Chris it would've been messier if he didn't shoot him, but Chris said he would tell Constance that he was shot as a werewolf by Travis. Chris then asks Travis about his plan regarding Laura and Max, as he can't keep them there forever. Travis replies that he's handling it. Chris then criticizes Travis, saying the couple wouldn't have been there that night if he did his job properly. Travis then retorts to Chris that "you'd all be in prison" if he did his job, regarding the deaths of the hikers and the journalist, but Chris claims that was all Bobby and Caleb. After Chris asks what they should do now, Travis asks what happened to "we're all in this together", before telling them they should have this conversation in his office, and they leave.

After the Hacketts leave, Laura tells Max that Chris was the werewolf that bit him, meaning that he is his cure. Laura then states that they are getting out of there tomorrow and that she will get Travis' gun and kill Chris Hackett.

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Max is shown calling for Travis to help Laura, who appears to be in pain. As Travis enters her cell, Laura can complete a QTE to sedate him with the syringe (if she found it and hid it behind the brick) or grab his gun (if she didn't find the syringe)

* Failing to grab the gun causes him to stop her and hold her at gunpoint. She is then presented with another QTE to wrestle the gun from him
	+ Failing this results in Travis and Laura struggling for the gun, before the gun goes off, hitting Travis in the chest
	+ Succeeding this results in Laura being able to hold Travis at gunpoint. She then orders him to hand over the keys and can choose to shoot him
		- If Laura shoots Travis, regardless of whether or not it was intentional, she will be doomed to be killed by him later on
* Succeeding to grab the gun results in the same path of Laura holding Travis at gunpoint.
* Failing to use the syringe reverts the path to the same as if she never found the syringe
* Succeeding to use the syringe causes her to plant the syringe in his neck. Travis then panics, pulls out the syringe, and passes out. Laura then takes the keys and his gun, resulting in a clean escape.

Either way, Laura uses the keys to lock Travis in her cell and unlock Max's cell, leading to their escape.

As the couple make their way through the police station, they hear Eliza's voice guiding them, telling them "this way" and to "kill them all". Her voice guides them to a room full of weapons and ammunition, so Laura switches Travis' gun for a shotgun. Max then realizes that they are free, to which Laura can respond Anxious or Reassuring.

* Anxious: she will retort they are not free until Chris is dead
* Reassuring: she will encourage him, saying that they are indeed free

The couple then take their belongings and leave the police station.

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Back to the present, Laura tells the group that they had then made their way to the camp. She says she left Max at the island as it seemed like the best place for him due to it being surrounded by water. Dylan then has her clarify that the island she mentioned was the one by the camp. After she replies affirmatively, he says that Jacob went to the island to look for Emma and neither of them have returned yet. Laura can then be Honest or Reassuring.

* Honest: she says that if they were there, they're not there anymore, as she was just there and there was only a werewolf and no people
* Reassuring: she says they are probably fine

She then says she returned to the island at 23:30 on August 22 after the group saw her at the pool shooting Chris, expecting Max to be a human again. To her dismay, she returned to see him still infected. Additionally, he bites her during her escape off the island.

Laura thus concludes that the werewolf she killed couldn't have been Chris. Ryan retorts that it was not a werewolf, and that it was instead, Kaylee. Laura insists that she shot a werewolf, and that Kaylee must've transformed back into a human after her death. Dylan then asks her why Max didn't kill her. She can then Show Bite or Hide Bite

* If she shows her bite, she raises her bitten arm, saying that he tried but she got away. She adds that she needs to end this
* If she hides her bite, she says he tried, but she was faster. However, Ryan grabs her arm, revealing that she was, in fact, bitten

Ryan then grabs her shotgun and holds her at gunpoint, while she says that they don't have much time.

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Constance is shown observing werewolf Nick, who has been captured and is locked in a cage in the Hackett Basement. She teases him to bite her, causing him to be shocked by the electrified cages

*This section only plays out if Jacob is alive*

Jacob is being dragged by Bobby while Jed watches. Jacob pleads for Bobby to let go, and can be Pleading or Threatening

* Pleading: he pleads, saying he didn't mean for any of this to happen. He then says that if they want money, his father has a lot of money, and apologizes.
* Threatening: he says he will call the police if they don't let go, causing Jed to laugh. When Jacob asks why he laughed, Jed replies that it was funny.

Regardless, Jacob is thrown in a cage by Bobby, who then says "that's two". Jed and Bobby then leave the basement despite Jacob calling out to them. Jacob then notices the werewolf locked in the cage adjacent to his.