Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms

**Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms** is one of many playable mysteries that must be solved in order to bring the player closer to defeating the Old God of their playthrough. Unlike most other mysteries in World of Horror, this mystery only has two endings, each based entirely on the Timeline.

## Introduction

*"I remember when it started. The woman next door was strangled to death in her bed, with no sign of forced entry. The killer was never found, and the apartment remained vacant..."*

## Side Quest

Investigate the HOSPITAL location twice to complete this quest.

*"Anatomical Museum archive displays a specimen with elongated arms and jellified bones. (-1 REASON)"*

You will not investigate the HOSPITAL at any time during the main investigation, so you will have to go out of your way to investigate the HOSPITAL twice to complete this quest.

Completing the side quest will grant you a TINY KEY at the end of the mystery (only in Timeline A; in Timeline B, TINY KEY does not appear), as well as 15 EXP from the [THOROUGH INVESTIGATION] reward.

## Progression

* *"The door to her apartment was closed and she lived alone. What other ways in are there? Maybe you can get the apartment plan to compare with other flats?"* (Investigate DOWNTOWN)
* *"The apartment is on the third floor. There is no way somebody used the window to escape the murder scene."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"You notice the odd placement of ventilation shafts. They seem too small for anyone to crawl through, though."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"You should interview the neighbors. Maybe you'll discover something the police missed?..."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"One neighbor is complaining about her underwear missing."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"Second neighbor is complaining about weird noises coming from the vents, when she's at home."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"Let's check the building plan to find out if there is a place where all the vents connect..."* (Investigate APARTMENTS)
* *"Every room is connected by vents coming from the unused boiler room. Could it be?..."* (Investigate Target Location: BOILER ROOM)

### Target Location: BOILER ROOM Event

*"You enter the dark boiler room and trip over pipe. Cursing, you find a light switch - and gasp in horror. It's not a pipe at all.*

*"It's a long rubbery arm coiling around the room and ending in a ventilation shaft. Coming closer, you can smell something vile and rotten..."* (CHECK THE VENT is the only available option)

#### Timeline A

*"You almost fall to the ground when you see the wide open stare of the dead pervert, his elongated limbs stretching and disappearing in vent's darkness. Inside his mouth, you find a TINY KEY."*

If you did not complete the side quest, the line of finding a TINY KEY is omitted, and you will not find a TINY KEY.

#### Timeline B

*"You cautiously crawl inside the vent, determined to solve this macabre mystery. Nothing could prepare you for the source of the skittering sound getting louder... and closer."*

Triggers combat with the Vent Crawler. Even if the player fulfils the side quest; you will not get a TINY KEY for this Timeline.

## Endings

### Ending A: Pervert

*"After the police arrived, the whole building was searched. Following the arms, detectives find a body of a man stuck in a ventilation shaft. Later, he is identified as the building caretaker. In his closet, police finds pieces of underwear and voyeur photos of the tenants."*

*"You are questioned thoroughly and eventually released as the murder case is being covered up as a case of unfortunate gas leak."*

This is the only ending available for Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms on the A Timeline.

### Ending B: Centipede

*"After the Police have arrived, the whole building was searched. Following the disgusting body, the detectives enter one of the flats."*

*"Inside the slimy lair, there were countless giant semi-transparent eggs. When broken, they revealed horrible centipede/human fetus hybrids!"*

*"You are questioned thoroughly while the government people dress up like gas company clean up the apartment. You are eventually released but can swear that at night, you still hear the faint skittering sounds coming from the vents."*

A special listing appears in the quest rewards; *"[SKITTERING SOUNDS]: they missed one"*

This is the only ending available for Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms on the B Timeline.