Keys to the Past

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 Introduction

The City's residents are alarmed by the mysterious incident in the Room of Fate. Martha has been found unconscious, her spirit lost on the astral plane while spirits freely invade her body. Find out what happened to the medium so that she can be brought back to life!

### **In Thrall to Ghosts**

Goal: Open the Book of Investigations.

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## Stage 1

The ghosts are the only witnesses to what happened during the ritual when Martha was hurt. Find a way to materialize the ghosts and get them to talk.

Goal: Get the ghosts talking in the Room of Fate.

 **You:** | Sure!

 **You:** | Darn it! What shall we do?

 **You:** | I hope we can find some answers.

###  **Manifestation Magic**

Goal: Find the Shuttlecock.

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Interlude

 **You:** | Thanks for the warning.

###  **Defender of the Order**

Goal: Find the Sheriff's Badge.

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###  **The Doctor's Appearance**

Goal: Find the Bottle of Laudanum.

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###  **The Ghostly Sorceress**

Goal: Find the Strange Monocle.

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Interlude

 **You:** | Anything can happen....

###  **The Missing Girl**

Goal: Find the Child's Portrait Cameo.

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Interlude

 **You:** | I hope we can soon learn the answers.

###  **A Biased Interrogation**

Goal: Communicate with the ghosts. Assemble the "Faces from the Past" collection

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 **Rewards:** | Trap x1, Secret Assembler x1, Energy x12, Coins x400

Interlude

*Day after day I've searched for a clue that might help me remember what happened. Archives, libraries, newspaper clippings... and every time I get close to something important, it's all been in vain. It's as though some mysterious force is always one step ahead of me. It erases facts from reality , and even from my dreams. But what kind of force is it? What mystery lies hidden in my past? Why was I made to forget it, and why was it so important that I don't remember anything?*
*I will get my memories back. No matter who tries to get in my way. I will not stop."*
*May 2010*

*I realized that, if I dive deep enough into the astral plane, I will reach layers where the images of eents and things from my past are still visible. If I can force these items to materialize, my memory will return. I have searched the depths of the astral plane for many years, but only today did I feel a weak response - the shadow of an item from my lost youth. i discovered a layer containing my memories, still untouched by the hands of destruction! However, in order to recover my memories, I will have to dive so deep into the spirit realm that the connection between my soul and my body might be severed. i am about to prepare for the necessary ritual. "*
*April 2017*

 **You:** | How can we get her back?

 **You:** | What could it be?

## Stage 2

the ghosts said that Martha was conducting a very dangerous experiment so that she could get back the memory of a lost decade from her life. having delved into the depths of the astral plane, Martha's spirit lost the connection to her body. Find three keys from Martha's past to save her. First, find the Key to Martha's Childhood.

Goal: Find the Key to Martha's Childhood

###  **Lucky Toy**

Goal: Find the Lucky top.

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The first key is connected to Martha's childhood. Isabelle says that items from Martha's childhood will help us force the key to materialize. Will you help us find them? I suggest starting with some kind of old-fashioned toy.

###  **Privilege of a Little Medium**

Goal: Find the Hateful Cod Liver Oil

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Interlude

Martha was born to a family of mediums, but apparently as a child she was still unable to control her supernatural gift. She was careless and many witnessed her manifestations. I hope this hack didn't cause Martha any problems... like her neighbors deciding to start a witch hunt!
 **You:** | Definitely.

"... people have been whispering about strange phenomena on Blackwitch Street. At first no one paid the power outages any mind - the townspeople, who still have not gotten used to replacing their kerosene lamps with electric ones, are distrustful of electricity and attribute any difficulties to the unreliability of the new technology. However, when St. Elmo's Fire began to be observed on the weathervane on 7 Blackwitch St., rumours started to spread among the neighborhood. And when long-dead relatives began to appear in family photographs taken at neighboring homes, the suspicion that some kind of mystical witchcraft was being practiced around 7 Blackwitch St. was intensified.
The family living at 7 Blackwitch St. seems perfectly ordinary at first glance. The father is a staid, respected bank clerk who lives with a caring grandmother, a loving mother, and two charming daughters, Martha and Erin, who are 9 and 12 respectively. However, as soon as we began observing this respectable household, we determined that...."

###  **Astral Electricity**

Goal: Find the Weathervane with Flames

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Interlude

Town Herald, July 1909

 **You:** | I hope we can get to the bottom of this.

###  **A Mental Blow**

Goal: Find the Damaged Isolator

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###  **Porcelain Hugs**

Goal: Find the Linked Cups.

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Interlude

Town Herald, July 1909

 **You:** | On my way.

###  **Happy Days**

Goal: Summon the Key to Childhood. Assemble the "Strange Children" collection.

 **Rewards:** | Sling x1, Secret Assembler x1, Energy x19, Coins x500

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Interlude

 **You:** | Well then.

*Uncle Leonardo says this machine will help me discover my gift. He said I'll have to get in the machine and that it will enhance my abilities. I don't want to get in the machine. It's scary. but Leonardo put Erin in it today and she seems okay. I'll probably have to get in too. I don't want people to laugh at me and say I'm a scaredy-cat. I'm already nine now, after all. I'm almost grown up."*
*August 1909*

 **You:** | Well, we'll see.

## Stage 3

The first key allowed us to discover that someone named Leonardo did experiments on Martha and her sister when they were children. Martha's sister disappeared, and Martha lost the memory of this period of her life. The traces of Martha's past lead to the School for Young Witches, where Martha studied as a teenager.

Goal: Find the Key to Martha's Youth.

 **You:** | That sounds creepy. I'll do all I can.

###  **School Symbol**

Goal: Find the doves and Goblet Insignia

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###  **Friendly Embrace**

Goal: Find the Priceless Snake.

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###  **A Surprising Hand**

Goal: Find the Burning Cards.

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**Martha Smith, enrolled September 4th, 1913**
*"The young woman has high magical potential and is gifted in the fields of hypnotism, spiritism, and prognostication. She is intelligent, exceptionally well-educated for her age, and a very hard worker; but she has serious problems controlling her gift - every third fortune-telling session leads to her cards spontaneously combusting on the table. She even summons spirits leading to the explosion of crystal balls and the appearance of extraneous, often hostile beings.*
*Martha Smith also suffers from memory loss and is unsociable, preferring the company of a snake she calls Uroboros to human interaction. She could be dangerous to herself and those around her, so we recommend blocking her gifts and expelling her from the school."*
December 23, 1913

###  **The Finer Points of Spiritism**

Goal: Find the Astral Projection.

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###  **First Experiments**

Goal: Find the Hypnotic Beacon

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Interlude

 **You:** | Cheer up. You're one of us now.

###  **Acquiring Skills**

Goal: Summon the Key to Adolescence. Assemble the "Secret School" collection.

 **Rewards:** | Lighter x1, Secret Assembler x1, Energy x21, Coins x600

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Interlude

 **You:** | Go, Martha! I'm impressed!

## Stage 4

During her studies, Martha learned how to communicate with spirits so that she could use their help to find out what happened to her and her sister when they were children. Further traces of Martha's past lead to New Orleans. Find the Medium's Key, the last of the keys to Martha's past.

Goal: Find the Medium's Key.

 **You:** | I'm ready to start looking.

###  **Eye-Catching Ad**

Goal: Find the Fortune Teller's Poster

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###  **The Experiments Continue**

Goal: Find the Ouija Board Triangle

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###  **Entering a Trance**

Goal: Find the Incense Holder

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###  **Worldwide Recognition**

Goal: Find the rising Star Brooch

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*Over the last ten years nothing has helped me get my memories back - not rituals, self-hypnosis, tarot readings.... Nothing! I'm about to lose my mind trying to find out what they did to me and my sister at the House with Red Windows. Where it is, and what happened to Erin?!*
*While meditating I found out that there are keys that can lead me to Leonardo's house. I've managed to create two of them based on the remnants of my memories, but the secret of the third and final key belongs to the master: Houdini. I have to get in touch with him! I wrote the master a letter, and he finally answered.... I hope Houdini will agree to help me."*
*November 1925*

###  **The Master's Trump Card**

Goal: Find Houdini's Handcuffs

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Interlude

*The only thing I have left of Erin is a childhood diary entry about her, Leonardo, and his frightening machine - but as soon as I try to remember anything, it's as though my consciousness becomes shrouded in fog. But I'm so close to getting the answers I seek...."*
*December 1925*

 **You:** | So what are we waiting for?

###  **The Might of Maturity**

Goal: Summon the Medium's Key. Assemble the "Medium's Mastery" collection.

 **Rewards:** | Mummifying Liquid x1, Secret Assembler x1, Energy x23, Coins x700

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Interlude

You've read my notes, haven't you? And now you want to know why I performed such a dangerous ritual? I'll tell you my secret: as a child, I spent some time in the House with Red Windows. Yes, the same house that, like a ghost, appears in various parts of the City of Shadows. My sister and I were taken there a long time ago. I remember a man called Leonardo opening the door, my sister and I crossing the threshold, and then... nothing. The next thing I remember is the school in New Orleans, but without Erin. All I have left is a page ripped from a diary I kept as a little girl.
 **You:** | I'll do whatever I can!

## Stage 5

The three keys you found have brought Martha back from the astral plane. She found evidence of her sister and Leonardo in the City of Shadows, but couldn't discover what happened to them during childhood. Everything that Martha found out immediately got erased from her consciousness. To protect her memories, Martha created a cache where she placed the memories that were restored during meditation. To protect the cache, the medium split it into several parts and hid them in oblivion. Collect all the parts of the cache and help Martha figure out what actually happened in her past.

Goal: Collect the Jewelry Box with Martha's memories.

###  **Illusionary Figure**

Goal: Find the Escher Cube.

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###  **Two in One**

Goal: Find the Mobius Strip

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###  **Expert Recommendation**

Goal: Find the Klein Bottle.

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###  **Eternal Connection**

Goal: Find the Infinite Uroboros.

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### **Elegant Perfection**

Goal: Find the Bernoulli Spiral

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###  **Hiding Place with a Whirlwind**

Goal: Find the Memory Box. Assemble the "Hidden Memories" collection.

 **Rewards:** | Deciphering Cube x1, Secret Assembler x1, Energy x25, Coins x800

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Interlude

 **You:** | What nonsense! I don't believe it!

Thank you. You saved me and helped me learn what happened to Erin. Sure, what we learned confirmed my greatest fear, but any knowledge is still better than uncertainty and doubt. I won't forget that my sister died in the House with Red Windows as a result of Leonardo's cruel experiments....
 **You:** | Take care, Martha. I'm here for you.

*If you ask me, it's clear that Leonardo is a criminal and he's linked to your friend in some strange way - judging from the photographs and what the Mistress of the Manor shared; Leonardo and Jacob are identical! I think you were lured to the City of Shadows as part of some evil plot. Be extremely careful.*
*Leonardo has great power over human consciousness - he was even able to wipe the memory of a medium as powerful as Martha. He also has the ability to move freely between the City and reality. Out of all the residents of the City of Shadows, only Martha has managed to come here of her own volition by way of three magical keys. However, the keys we worked so hard to obtain disappeared the instant Martha used them to open the box containing her memories. It seemed like a cruel joke.... Or another of Leonardo's experiments and this time we're the victims."*
*The Detective, May 2017*

## Post-Case

The affair with the Jewelry Box of Memories left behind a taste of grief and ash. Martha's sister perished in the House of Red Windows during tests in Leonardo's mysterious machine. Erin's gift passed on to Martha, and we still need to find out what sort of machine is hidden in the House of Red Windows and what danger it poses to the City of Shadows. Who was Leonardo - a genius or just a madman who experimented on people? Is Martha's case unique, or were there other children? Questions, questions....

 **You:** | Can your connection to her be restored?

###  **Martha's Past**

Goal: Assemble the "Martha's Past" collection.

 **Rewards:** | Energy Drink, Coins x3000

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