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The Raven Room

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Poe's Paradox

"Once upon a midnight dreary..." Sealed inside the darkened mansion of a grieving widower, you must locate and decipher the shadowy secrets within. Escape before the clock's midnight howl to evade the slowly maddening man's increasing fury and malicious intentions.

Introduction

Explore the house

INVENTORY

It's closed...

It's too dark...

Open inventory...

Upon a study carved of oak lies a hidden helper to uncloak. Under peddled playings and silver spectacles, there is concealed salvation, a key collectable.

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Under the floorboard

Under a playing card on a desk

Under a bicycle statue in the corner of the room

The key is located...

It's not correct...

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

It's too dark...

Inventario abierto...

Within caged ivory and tickled keys are musical ciphers with the answers you need. Crack open the mouth and play the notes with haste; His maddening nears, there's no time to waste.

Near a harp under the desk.

In a music box near the door.

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With the piano near the window.

Inside the record player in the study

The answer lies...

A runic tune.

♪♬ø

(play in order)

ø

01

...Keep playing

ø

02

...One more

ø

03

Try again...

What's this?

Inventory

♪♬ø

Continue exploring the house

Inventario abierto...

Search the room with convex glass for numeric etchings that help you pass. Write your finding with clicked keys; as midnight nears, you're nearly free.

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You hear something move in the darkness...

The man shouts behind you.“Prophet! Thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!"

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Make a break for the door?

Stay still and wait for him to leave?

Answer him, revealing your presense?

Do you...

The man heads toward a window opposite from you, drawn in by the tapping at the glass.You notice a briefcase near the chair he had risen from...

congratulations

You've found the housekey! Escape before the mad widower finds you in his home!

Inventory

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