Step Into My Parlor...

**Step into My Parlor...** is the forty-second main mission in *Marvel's Spider-Man*. Mary Jane Watson searches Norman Osborn's penthouse for the location of the Devil's Breath lab.

## Story

Mary Jane Watson calls Peter Parker to let him know she has not found the location of the Devil's Breath lab. As it was not in the city, state, or federal databases, she suspects the lab is off the books and that its location may be in Norman Osborn's penthouse. With it full of Sable International soldiers, she thinks she has a better chance of sneaking in and avoiding a firefight than Spider-Man. He agrees to wait outside in case she needs backup.

Mary Jane sneaks in through the elevator just as Silver Sable and Normal Osborn exit.

In the penthouse, Mary Jane accesses a secret lab, then witnesses some records and discovers the truth of Mister Negative's origin: that Norman and Otto were working on GR-27 (Devil's Breath) some time ago, and Norman rushed ahead with human trials by giving a young Martin Li the serum when his parents came in for a consultation. Li exhibits his trademark "negative" abilities, appearing to kill both his parents. Mary Jane begins downloading the information, but is startled by a container that holds a jumping bio-engineered spider, causing one of the nearby glass containers to shatter, releasing the spider but also alerting Silver Sable.

As Sable leaves, Mary Jane sneaks out to the balcony. As she takes out the last guard there, he fires a round, alerting the other soldiers. With no other recourse and with Silver Sable and her men approaching, she leaps off the edge, to be caught by Spider-Man below. Spider-Man drops her at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter as she fills him in on Harry's sickness and the origin of Mister Negative, also giving him the location of the Devil's Breath lab.

## Walkthrough

### Lobby

Players take the role of Mary Jane as she enters the ground floor. With the elevators on lockdown, she needs to access the security room first. To do so, players need to talk with several of the tenants in order for them to get riled up, causing a diversion.

Once in the hall, players find a stun gun, and this becomes the first mission Mary Jane can be used in combat by sneaking up behind guards and stunning them. After stunning the second guard, the security room is to the left. Once the elevator is unlocked, players proceed back to the main foyer.

### Penthouse

In the penthouse, players pick up a mask on the table near blueprints and, with Mary Jane wearing it, can detect a hidden door in the wall. The clue to the code for the revealed keypad can be found on the dining room table, which then requires players finding the key to Harry Osborn's room. This can be found in the picture frame that shows only his mother, in the same room players can find the picture of Norman and Otto Octavius.

Accessing Harry's room, players find his journal, which supplies his departure date for "Europe" (in reality, entering treatment). This date is also the code for the keypad. Before she can access the hidden room, Silver Sable and Norman return.

After an argument, players need to sneak past the guards to use the access code. The stun gun is still very effective against them, but it is not required to take out all guards. The stun gun can also be used in combination with the lures to separate guards and take them down.

### Secret lab

In the secret lab, players need to deduce the location of the Devil's Breath lab using the large computerized map in the center of the room. It will end up being the building the furthest to the right, after selecting Dr. Michaels for VIPS, Defense for Oscorp buildings, and Alpha Patrol for Sable patrols. Finding the building leads to a cutscene.

Once the cutscene ends, players need to sneak out of the lab and to the balcony. As before, the stun gun can be effective against guards. Reaching the balcony leads to a cutscene and completes the mission. The penultimate mission, "The Heart of the Matter", is then available.

## Gallery

Finalized concept art of Norman Osborn's penthouse.