Homicide Case 6: The Quarter Moon Murders
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Investigation: Central Police Station
Examinš³e all three clues laid out in front of Cole to get the first clue, which leads to Pershing Square.
Investigation: Pershing Square
As soon as you arrive,āØ head straight for the fountain. Ignore Rusty's warnings and jump uź¦p to the upper tier of the thing.
Once up there, you'll find a couple of new clues laid at the feešÆt ofź§ the statues.
The first is the Social Security card of the Black š”Dahlia herself,š Elizabeth Short.
The second is another excerpt from Shelley pointing you to the neāxt destination.
Check your map, and you'll find that "cave overgrown with plants" corresponds neatly to the domed skylight at the Hall of Records. Makš¹e that your next destination.
Investigation: Hall of Records
Ask šthe guard how to get up to the chandelier. If you're not sure wąµ©here to go, just follow Rusty, who'll make his way there automatically.
Once you've found the room, head up the ladder and get reāady for a tightrope-walking minigame.
Take š»it slow and try not to fall too many times, and this challenge should be a breeze.
On the chandelier, you'll find another two clues.
The first is Deidre Moller's missing watch...
... and the second is another bit of Shelley.
Before you can figure it out, howeveź¦r, you'll need to swing the chandelier from side to side until Cole can leap off it to safety.
Check your map again. The talk of "temples" and "science" in the Shelź§ley poem recalls one building in particular:
Investigation: LA Public Library
This seems a little more cšomplicated than it is; all you have to do here is pick your way along a linear path that will take you up and down scaffolds in an effort to make it up to the roof.
When you finally ź§get up there,š check the corner shown below for your next puzzle pieces.
The first is Antonšøia Maldonado's religious medallion.
šAnd the second is yet another piece ripped from Shelley's writings.
Ruin, annihilation; hard, black deep; what does thatš conjure images of?
Investigation: Westlake Tar Pits
Getting across the tar pits takes a while, butā it'sš not too dangerous so long as you keep moving and stick to the path. Just make sure you're stepping on boarded walkways (just visible through the muck), and you should be fine.
At the little island in the cš¦©enter of the pits, look in the shade of the tree to find the nexšt clue.
The š first, unsurprisingly, is Theresa Taraldsen's missing white shoe.
The second is yet another Shšelley snippet, this time talking aboź©²ut spheres.
The art museum, incidentally, is homš«e to a rathernoteworthy sphere-within-a-sphere sculpture.
Investigation: LA County Art Museum
Like the other challenges, the art museum's hedge maze looks daunting, but is actually quite easy. For all its twists and turns, there are only a few places where you can actually pick from more than one path. When you get to the first one, turn right, then immediately turn left past the threshhold. After that, just go š straight past the next intersection, and you should reach the š spheres sculpture momentarily.
The clš»ues this time are Celine Henry's šgarnet ring...
... and another Shelley excerpt, this time talking about "Thrones, altars... monstrš²ous and barbaric shapes," and the "ghosts of a no-more-remembered fame."
Hmmmm. What landmaršk have we been to that neatly fitź¦«s that description?
Investigation: Intolerance Set
Once you've arrived, head for š§the back of the set and š°climb up the tall staircase.
Almost immediately after reaching the upper level, your platform will come loose, forcing you to balance it. Whenever it starts to pitch in one direction, justtake one or two steps tšhe opposite way šand you should be able to hold out until Rusty can help.
Once you're out of the woods, climb šdown one of the ladders on yą·“our left.
Below, you'll haveā easy access to the throne - and your next ź¦two clues.
šTšhese include Evelyn Summers' typewriter-key ring...
... and one final excerpt from Shelley,š this time mentioning a "thorn-wounded brow."
Yoļ·½u're not in the clear yet, though; after you read the Shelley excerpt, the set will start to come down around you. Make a run for it.
Think back to the "thorn-wounded brow" line. Your next destšination should be obvious.
Investigation: Christ Crown of Thorns
After the initial confrontation, look to the south from the altar area, and you'll see two open doorways leading to the door of an outbuilding called the špresbytery. Head over there and go inside.
Go to the kitchen, and you'š“ll see a goldš-handled door. Open it and prepare for horror.
Inside theź¦ room, ā¤start out by investigating the blood-filled bathtub.
Next, examine the tray ofš surgical tools by the sink. Get a good look at each one.
After that, look a little further down the counter for a statue of Prometheus, a Greeź¦k Titan with whom our killer clearly identifies.
Finally, climb down into the pit behind Rusty. The rest iš°s just a matter of chasing the killer through the tunnels and trying tšo kill him before he does the same to you.
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