Silence is Golden

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Silence is Golden is a side quest involving Joy Hayden.

The quest is added during the Deal with the Devil case. You receive a letter from Joy."'Something horrible has happened. I must speak with you. Meet me at the Oakmont Library. Please hurry ! I need your help - desperately. Joy.'"You make your way to the University Library to find a frightened Joy. After promising you won't tell anybody, she says "Her. In my apartment. Again. Don't know what to do !". When asking for more details, she gets scared and doesn't want to give any. "No ! No words. Please."

She gives Reed the address of her apartment : Western Shells, east from the corner of Liberty Rd and Hawking Ln, flat 1. Charles goes to the upper floor and finds a gruesome scene : Joy's dog laying on the floor, gutted and skinned. Reed finds a note on Joy's desk. "'Oakmont keeps its mouth shut, little girl. This is my second visit, and the final warning. If you can't be silent even when your mouth is sewn shut, I'll make a pair of shoes from your skin like I made a toy from your doggy. Stop talking too much. Silence is golden.'"You find the mentioned toy next to the note : a gruesome teddy bear that she made with Joy's sewing machine and her dog's skin.

There are other clues, like a sign drawn in blood on the wall - depicting an eye, a letter from Joy's parents, the dog's bed, a melted photo camera, and a Joy Hayden concert poster with the word CANCELLED written over it, right by a singing contest trophy.

After the scene reconstruction, Reed learns that the neighbor saw a glimpse of the terrible woman through a crack in a door. He tried to take a photo but got caught. To enter his apartment and continue the investigation, Charles has to search with his Mind's Eye to find the key in the basement. Beware of wylebeasts !

Going back upstairs, you find the man laying dead on the ground. "'No sign of any wounds... but he looks like he's seen the Devil himself.' - Reed"In his diary, you can read about his delight to have Joy as a neighbor and learn that the strange woman goes by the name of Granny Weaver. A certain Arthur Cox discovered her whereabouts and could lead to her lair : you have to go find out about it in the University Library's archives (History - Author - Local).

You learn about the legend of Granny Weaver, who grew from the story of Anne Osborne, a Salem witch, who became a weaver. She had taught her daughters about witchcraft if they swore to secrecy. Soon thereafter, the two girls' bodies were found in the sewers with their mouths sewn shut. It is believed that Obsorne's spirit still stalks the people expoising the town secrets. She can be banished for up to a century, but always comes back.

You find a supposed address : Beacon St between Windhalf Ave and Century Ave, western Oldgrove.

- to be continued -