Letters From Oakmont

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Letters From Oakmont is a side case obtained from talking to the owner of the Devil's Reef Hotel. The objective is to find 11 different locations around Oakmont where people have experienced unsettling visions, which is the reason why Charles Reed came to the city in the first place.

The letters are
 * Forlorn Woman
 * Lone Child
 * Mirrors, Mirrors !
 * Disgusting Exaltation
 * Call of the Ocean
 * Static in Ears
 * Voices from the Pipes
 * From Behind !
 * Terrible Fetus
 * Innsmouther's Notes
 * Lullaby Crossroad

Forlorn Woman
"The city, no matter how badly the Flood damaged it, has an unnatural appeal. I can't stop myself from walking even if it means being struck by further visions. I went to the eastern part of the Salvation Harbor. Near the crossing of Fitz O'Callahan Street and Old Church Road, it came.""The feeling of loneliness and fear was immense. I was a woman, locked in a room, infected and slowly rotting. My body turned into something ! It itched badly and my face... I had to hold the skin with both hands to prevent it from growing until I suffocated ! I ended up sitting on the road, crying, until some Innsmouther kicked me and ordered me away."Once at the location, Reed can either sneak in or fight the wylebeasts. The letter is on the upper floor, in the first room on the left."Hi Dad. The back room's window was broken when I woke from my nap, so I'm gonna go look for Mom. She can't have gotten too far yet. I'm sure she'll listen to me when I find her. Sometimes, when I take her food to her, she looks at me weird, like she remembers me. Sometimes she even reaches out through the slot and tries to grab my hand. But I do what you said, and stand behind the white line, and push the tray with the stick, and then she cries. I really hope she'll get better soon. Don't worry Dad. I'll find her and bring her home. Love you, Rachel."

Lone Child
"The visions are testing me, playing with my mind. My old forgotten fears have come to life. When I was small, I was afraid to stay alone. I thought my parents would leave and never come back. Today I went to the eastern streets of Coverside, and the visions came on the corner of St. Elmo Lane and Kingsport Street.""I felt I was alone, forgotten in a locked room, hungry and frightened. It was so scary to stay inside, but everything was much worse behind the door. Something scratched in the corridor, and there were terrifying screams from outside. I could not run, could not hide. I just waited for Mom to return."A boat is required to reach the abandoned house. There is a brick wall upstairs, and Charles uses his Mind's Eye to reveal a room behind. There are no wylebeasts, just a letter near a kid's bed and some toys."i do not know w here m0mmy and dadby went""mommy kissed me on the four head and handed me mr teddy and left so many days ago""i am allby myself and mr ted dy and i are so c0ld and wet""if you have blankies i wold be so happy""if you are a nice people and you find this no te i live ina brown house with lo ts of flowers but they are wet and sad now""my name is timmy and if you help me we can be the very best frienbds""just please no more monsters i am all red and stickey"

Mirrors, Mirrors !
"I'm afraid someone stalks me. It started when I visited western Advent and had a vision at the intersection of Purity Road and Oak Street. I saw mirrors full of reflections, and someone trapped, trying in vain to escape. His expression of fear and panic shook me deeply. After that, a very tall and skinny man started following me in the distance. What troubles me is that I see him in the reflections, but have never caught a straight view of this stalker. I'm sure the police will mock me if I come asking for protection? Seems it is time to buy a good, trustworthy gun, and start to practice...".......

note M.G.

''The man in the mirror. He’s gone. Ever since this infernal flood began. I kept seeing him in the mirror. The man who stole my reflection! He wore my skin like a suit but there was nothing human beneath it. He knew I was on the other side and was looking straight at me! I covered every mirror in my house but in vain. I could still see him in the window panes, in every puddle, even in other people’s eyes. ''

''The neighbors started to look at me strangely. I couldn’t sleep. I saw his face in nightmares and when I woke up I heard whispers coming from the looking glass. But now he’s gone. I uncovered the mirror to smash it to pieces, and he’s gone! There’s nothing in the reflection at all. ''

But I feel like I’m not alone.

Call of the Ocean
Address : E. Brown Street in central Shells, on the right of the St. Michael's Rd intersection

Reed enters an empty house. By climbing the stairs and going through the first door on the left, he will find a room with a dead octupus. On the desk next to it is a strange artifact ; Mind's Eye reveals a note (named K.L.)"My cherished flock, ""Kay, I believe, has forsaken us ; assuming, of course, any such being exists.""Are we to die frightened ? Are we to die mad ? Death would be merciful indeed in the face of this second Flood. There will be no rainbow to blossom over our corpses.""The Sea beckons to me in a way scripture never has, as she has always done since beasts who would be men oozed from her briny womb. ""I will go to seek Her soon, and draw Her salt-laden baptismal breath into my own lungs. May She forgive us for our hubris.""Your Shepard, Rev. Zachariah James Baker"

From Behind
"My dear Clara,""It has been years since we last saw each other, and I still can’t sleep without looking at the picture you sent me of your family. I wish I had something to show, but pictures of this place would only bring you nightmares. What was I thinking when I left our hometown?""I fear that I might be losing my sanity…""You remember Dumont? My neighbor that works at the docks, I mentioned him in previous letters. He was always a good friend, but I don’t know what happened. He started screaming in the middle of the night, chanting about lost cities and saying strange words. I was never a religious man, but I don’t know how to explain his condition through science. I see strange things each time I look out the window, and I don’t know if they are really there or if it’s just my mind playing with the mist. Somehow, the senseless words of my friend start to make more sense each time I look at those wild incomprehensible shapes.""I’ll return home as soon as I have enough money to do so. I hope to survive all this.""Your beloved brother,""Victor"Alberto Santos

Trivia

 * The letters were written by fans and selected by the game developers through a cultural contest.
 * Each note's title is the initials of it's author.
 * Voices from the Pipes may be inspired by Stephen King's IT, when Beverly Marsh hears children voices coming from her bathroom's sink drain.
 * Forlorn Woman could come from one of Lovecraft's stories, The Color out of Space (read here). In the story, the mother of a family is locked into a room after going mad, and slowly rots from an alien disease.


 * From behind references a man named Dumont, which is a reference to the Brazilian inventor and aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont.