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Overview
- Stage Cost: None
- First Clear Rewards: None
Guide
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Script
Southeast Stellis Street
What could Timmy want you to see? Quickly follow him.
Timmy Caddell: Here we are! My family lives in this neighborhood.
Timmy Caddell: Go down this path, and turn around... You can see my house.
Timmy Caddell: Before my brother left, he kept saying he really wanted to go home again.
Timmy Caddell: I reassured him, saying that when he got better, I would definitely go home with him.
Timmy Caddell: We could walk all the way home as we did before.
Timmy Caddell: I could ask him to buy me some of that yogurt... just like before. But... now that's impossible...
You: ...
Marius: I think you and your brother are on the same page. Your regret is also his regret.
Marius: But there's no use regretting it now. Let's go and see what you wanna show us.
Timmy Caddell: Yeah, I know. Let's go.
You: Marius, that was... well, don't you think you're being too harsh?
Marius: It was a little harsh, but it's the truth, and he has to learn to accept it.
Marius: Life is not always as smooth as we expect it to be... Sometimes you just have to learn to accept the truth.
You: ...
Marius looks at you. He raises his eyebrows and smiles slightly.
But you can tell the smile is not sincere and he is just pretending to be relaxed.
You feel like he is talking less about Timmy but more of himself...
Go to Timmy's house and begin the next investigation.
Timmy Caddell: Marius, [Player]. Come on in. Make yourself at home. You don't have to change into slippers or anything.
Timmy's home is an extremely ordinary apartment. The inside of the house is filled with common household furnishings.
You take a look around and see that there is no one else in the house.
You: Timmy, aren't your mom and dad off work yet?
Timmy Caddell: Well... They are very busy and usually come home pretty late.
Timmy Caddell: Because of my brother's illness, my family owes a lot of money... Also, I need money to learn how to paint.
Timmy Caddell: I mean... it's okay with me if I don't learn to paint... but they don't agree with me...
You: ...
You then realize that Timmy's initial resistance to drawing is not because he is rebellious like his parents think.
He just... He just hopes that the parents who have already lost one child will not have to work and worry about the other child.
Timmy Caddell: Forget it. It's pointless to talk about this stuff.
Timmy Caddell: You'd better come and see what I was talking about... Here it is, in the cabinet.
Timmy blinks hard, hiding the tears that nearly slip out of his eyes. He points to a drawer of the television cabinet.
Marius reaches up and gives it a tug. The drawer makes a slight clanging sound, but it doesn't open.
Marius: Is it locked?
Marius: It turns out that the "forest" refers to this drawer.
Timmy Caddell: My brother's things are inside. He put them in there himself before he went to the hospital...
Timmy Caddell: I remember asking him what he put inside.
Timmy Caddell: Then he told me... He put things that were important to him in there.
Marius: You've never seen what's in the drawer?
Though it's a question, Marius uses a tone of near certainty.
If the young boy knew what was in the drawer, he wouldn't have acted so anxiously.
Timmy Caddell: Mom and Dad couldn't find the key, and neither could I. So, I don't know what's inside.
Timmy Caddell: Plus... I don't think Mom and Dad actually want to open the drawer.
Timmy Caddell: After my brother was gone, they hid everything that reminded them of him, especially Mom... She gets sad whenever she sees his things...
Marius: So... Do you want to see it?
Timmy Caddell: Yes.
Timmy nods his head vigorously.
Timmy Caddell: I want to know why he designed these puzzles... I want to know what... what exactly he left for me.
Marius: Okay, then we'll open it.
Marius then calls a locksmith.
You don't know how the locksmith does it, but the drawer is open in no time.
After paying the locksmith and sending him away, Marius pats the cabinet and gestures to Timmy.
Marius: It is ready to be opened.
Timmy Caddell: What... What's in it?
Marius: You can see for yourself. It's something your brother left you. So, I can't tell you.
Timmy Caddell: ...Fine, I'll see it!
Timmy moves a step forward. Lowering his head, he glances cautiously into the drawer.
It's as if he is about to look at a grade on a final exam. He is anxious to look at it but he is afraid to know the truth.
His curiosity drives him forward. Timmy reaches out his hand and takes something out of the drawer.
Timmy Caddell: It is... an album? And a letter!
Everyone can see the items clearly now.
There are only two items in the drawer— a thick photo album and a thin letter.
You: ...Is it a photo of you guys together when you were young?
The photos in the album range from old ones to newer ones, from a boy holding a baby in his arms to a laughing young man holding the hand of a boy in the park...
These numerous photos constitute the journey of the brothers' growth.
Timmy Caddell: There is also a letter from my brother...
Timmy bites his lips hard as he clutches the letter. His eyes are already red.
Marius takes the crumpled piece of paper and starts to read it softly...
Marius: "My dear brother, I hope you are not sad."
Marius: "When I knew that my time was coming, I didn't have much fear, although I was a little upset..."
Marius: "I just couldn't let go of those days of joking around with you, of being together with Mom and Dad."
Marius: "I know you are brave. Stick to what you like, and you will eventually find your divine bird."
Marius: "Of course, I know you will miss me too. Don't cry. I will always be looking out for you."
Marius: "When you miss me, just try to draw. Draw everything you want to say to me, and I will see it."
Marius: "Love, your brother - Cyrus."
You: ...
At this moment, the secrets of the picture book are finally all unraveled.
Whatever that was hidden in the picture book... was not a mysterious message, but an elder brother's encouragement and blessing for his younger brother at the end of his life.
Timmy Caddell: *Sobs*...
The young boy cannot hold back tears anymore and squats on the ground sobbing.
You don't know exactly how long he will cry, but you know that when he wipes his tears...
He will eventually get up again and walk on the path he's meant to walk.
This time, he will be less confused and he will find his own divine bird just like the young man in the picture book.
