Ignition

*Art can elicit all sorts of reactions. Delight, inspiration, desire... but also doubt, fear and dread...**This article is about The Dark Pictures Anthology's fourth installment,* ***The Devil in Me***
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## Chapter Guide

**Ignition** is the ninth chapter of Act 2 in *The Devil in Me* and the twenty-second overall.

The player control Charlie (Theatrical Cut) and Mark (Curator's Cut) as the former deals with a trap within the furnace.

## Gameplay Segment

* Theatrical Cut
* Curator's Cut

## *Furnace*

Charlie approaches the closed door as classical music plays. He puts his hand through the window gap and reaches for the lever outside, but cannot reach it. Then he kneels and attempts to lift the grate along the floor. As he does so, the nozzles along the walls start releasing gas into the room. Charlie stands up and calls out before he notices Du'Met watching him through the door. He starts walking toward Du'Met only for Du'Met to pull a slat over the window. A burnt mannequin holding a lighter then rises out from one section of the grate at the end of a room. Charlie yells for it to stop as it lowers its arm and activates the lighter.

There is a burst of flame toward Charlie and the nozzles around the room suddenly start spitting fire. Charlie tries to maneuver around them, discarding his jacket in the process.

* If Mark continues holding down the lever (which he always does in Theatrical Cut), Charlie gets two choices in a row, both of which allow him to either lift the grate or force the door.
	+ The first time Charlie tries to lift the grate, he will pull part of it free. If his hand was injured in Wall, he clutches it in pain as he tries to lift it.
	+ If Charlie tries to force the door on the second choice, he manages to open the slat, but still cannot reach the lever, causing him to burn to death. Du'Met watches as his arm is left hanging through the opening before Charlie falls back inside.
	+ If Charlie does nothing or tries to lift the grate for the first time on the second choice, the flames shoot out farther from the nozzles, and Charlie burns to death.
	+ If Charlie tries to lift the grate for both choices, he manages to pull it open. He climbs into the hole in the floor and pulls the grate back over himself, then begins screaming with pain from the heat.
* If Mark does not have access to the lever, has not grabbed it, or lets go of it early, the flames shoot out farther from the nozzles, and Charlie burns to death.

A close-up of Du'Met is shown as he walks away.

## *Cellar*

Kate, Jamie, and Mark hear classical music from the screen and observe as Charlie reaches through the door in the furnace. A red light turns on to their right, and Mark and Jamie turn to look at it as Kate questions where Charlie is. Mark approaches the lever, which is currently set upright with a picture of three flame symbols, while below it is a picture of one flame symbol.

* If Jamie solved the puzzle in Riddles, Mark puts his hand around the lever. When Jamie tells Mark to wait, he says it has to be connected to where Charlie is.
* If Jamie did not solve the puzzle in Riddles, the lever is stuck behind glass. When Jamie tells Mark to wait, he questions why they can't get to it.

Charlie is shown calling out for help on the screen. Mark says they need to get him out, but Jamie questions how, as they do not know where he is. Kate then points out a mannequin that rises behind Charlie with a lighter in its hand. The group realizes that, with gas in the room, Charlie is going to burn. They watch as the room erupts into flames.

* If Jamie solved the puzzle in Riddles, Mark puts his hand back on the lever and has the option of holding it down.
	+ If Mark keeps the lever down, Jamie says that the fire is dying down, but fire then begins shooting out from nozzles in the ceiling near Mark, scaring the group. Jamie tells Mark not to let go and that Charlie has a way out. The fire in the room gets closer to Mark, but Jamie reassures him that it's working. Kate questions Mark's safety, and at the last moment she pulls him away from the flames as Charlie can be heard screaming. The screen then cuts out.
	+ If Mark starts to hold the lever but then lets go, he backs away and any flames in the room disappear. The group watches in horror as flames cover the screen and Charlie screams. Mark says he could have saved Charlie.
	+ If Mark never tries to pull the lever, he says that Du'Met wants them to pull it and refuses to play along. The group watches in horror as flames cover the screen and Charlie screams. Mark says he could have saved Charlie.
* If Jamie did not solve the puzzle in Riddles, Mark hits the glass, but is unable to open it. Jamie says Charlie will die if they don't do something, and Mark asks Jamie to help him with it. The group watches in horror as flames cover the screen and Charlie screams. Mark says he could have saved Charlie, and Charlie's body can be seen on the floor on-screen.

Mark and Kate embrace as Jamie continues watching the screen.
## *Meeting The Curator*

The player meets with The Curator in his repository. He uses a metal poker to keep wood burning in his marble fireplace, while talking about the status of Charlie:

* If Charlie is alive, the Curator comments that things are starting to heat up for protagonists, and Charlie's goose may be cooked.
* If Charlie is dead, the Curator comments that it's such an unpleasant way to go, and wonders how the group fare without their leader.

If Erin was stabbed in the eye, The Curator mentions her:

* If the player played Silver Ash, he says "that's one in the eye for Erin," before apologizing and asking if it's too soon.
	+ If Erin found Jamie's texts and accused her, he adds that Erin was bothered with them and didn't entirely trust Jamie. He says that sometimes it's better not to read things not intended for one's eyes.

* If the player played Party, The Curator points out that Erin has been quiet and he hopes she's okay.

He leaves his fire poker and walks towards his desk while discussing the relationship between Mark and Kate:

* If they have a high relationship, he states that it can be difficult working with someone you've been involved with, after which he also adds that Mark and Kate may be finding a way and learning some new things about each other.
* If they have a low relationship, he mentions how Mark and Kate want to be truthful to each other, but Kate has been hiding something from him and possibly even herself.

The Curator asks the player how they feel about Du'Met's lovely animatronics, adding that they are rather clever, look very realistic, and wonders, where Du'Met sources the parts, alluding to the real human eye in Mannequins. He then offers to give the player a hint, to even the odds.

* If the player accepts, the Curator says to take inspiration from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He adds that apparently, Herman Mudgett was so enamored with Sherlock Holmes that he borrowed his surname. The Curator then quotes "*The Final Problem*" — "*He has a brain of the first order. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web. But that web has a thousand radiations. And he knows well every quiver of each of them.*"
* If the player refuses or says nothing, he apologizes for asking.
	+ In Shared Story, if the players' answers contradict, he asks them what hope they have if they can't agree between themselves.

The Curator goes back to the fireplace and takes his fire poker again. He tells the player to get back to things and wishes them luck.

## Deaths

### Determinant

Charlie

* If Charlie does not lift the grate twice, he will burn to death. (Theatrical Cut)
* If Jamie failed to solve the puzzle in Riddles, Charlie will burn to death. (Curator's Cut)
* If Mark does not pull the lever or lets go too early, Charlie will burn to death. (Curator's Cut)

## Trivia

* This is the first chapter in which Charlie can die.
* The scene where the fire bursts into the furnace was teased in *House of Ashes*'s gold picture.
* The Curator's hint points to existence of the nerve center in the hotel and the fact that trying to trap Du'Met in his own creation is impossible.
	+ The hint itself is a description of Moriarty by Sherlock Holmes.