PART ? : 唐人街
So what's in store or us today?
So what's in store or us today?
We leave the abode of the nosferatu and head back to hollywood
Imalia's quest is the closest. She wants us to plant some cameras on a rival actress, which is staying right here
The interior is weird. You have 1 closed door which I presume is the elevator, though there are no buttons and a stairway that leads to just 1 apartment. We pick up the newspaper that's been discarded on the coffee table.
Without trance, this part is hell. The actress herself isn't too much of a problem, patrolling from the kitchen to the dining room and back (very trad lifestyle, troika), but her boyfriend is watching tv in the sitting room, blocking your access to the bedroom.
BAM! Caught..
We try again. We wait until she's in the dining room and quickly slip into the kitchen. First camera is planted by the fridge
From there into the sitting room
When I played this the first time, without trance, I fed on him until he was dead. But even though are target remained oblivious to his death, the quest is automatically failed when you reach Imalia. So trance is the only option here. I don't know how you beat this if you don't have trance.
I've forgotten the password by now, so I just hack it. Hacker Boomer.
We plant the other 2 cameras and return to the laptop.
However, it seems that this triggers the guy into a perpetual patrol loop from the sitting room to the bathroom and back. We hide behind the room divider.
(You can see the bathroom door opening through the crevice )
Another trance allows us to escape unseen. We head straight back to Imalia to collect our reward.
Give me the money
We return to the city
If you go back to the apartment, it will be locked away behind yellow tape
We do have chinatown on our maps, but before we go there, we might grind more xp from Mitnick's stealth quests.
We go to Santa monica to have a quick look at our email
boom snap
She leaves behind a magical torch to commemorate her death
***
I don't know, what have you done lately?
little more groveling
<insert tim cain's picture here>
Our email is full of new requests, including a new quest from the prince himself
Kasparov is still spamming me with his shitpoasts
and last but not least is Mitnick
Yeah I know where it is I'm not a retard, Mick
Gary has a neat little proposal as well
Nice.
Our mailbox does indeed have the card to Mhz
Arguably the most pointless mission in the game. Just walk in, climb through the vents, switch on the power and use the pc. That's it.
Why can't we just get a phone and you text us, Mick? This is tedious.
Now, the difficulty will be ramped up exponentially as these quests progress. The 2nd place is a considerable challenge, unless you're not stupid like me and use trance whilst playing tremere.
But Tommy Flayton the food critic is here as well, so we stop over to say hi.
Who are you?
If I threaten him here, or even in the next pic, I immediately fail, since he knows some big mafia types and can't be intimidated (at least with out skill).
Isn't it in your best interests to write a bad review?
The chef doesn't wash his hands
***
There is no way to enter the theatre (which is strange, given that there will be 2 cops patrolling inside )
You have to go into the sewers and into access point B
but throw open the door at the wrong time and oh oh
FAILED
We'll try this again, but let's pay the baron a visit before hand. Can't post pics of Eipstein any more :/
I killed Tzimmy
There's not anything else we can ask him about right now, so we go back to the theatre. If you're careful, you can sneak inside and climb up a ladder to a walkway high above the ground. Up here you won't be spotted.
Song of the caverns was a bit more memorable
Now IF you're careful, you can climb down the other ladder without resorting to trance and getting past the 2nd cop. But it's tough and you'll be required to savescum.
The computer is at the very back, door on the right.
We leave the same way we came. You'll have to time the cops movement patterns and slip out onto the ladder as they both face away from you.
***
Curiosity got the better of me, so I noclipped inside apartment number 4 inside Skyeline Apts. It is a haven, which I didn't know you could get. Apparently, after completing the Elizabeth Dane quest, you must NOT be rude to the prince and he'll provide you with this new abode. It does beat living in Santa Monica.
Funnily enough all of the emails will be updated on the pc you find here as well
But if you read Mitnick's email here, you'll break the quest. Nocturne will register as completed, but you'll never get your hands on the metal head industries access card.
Check's in the mail
as is the card
Metal Head is in Hollywood
Now this place is a cramped little warehouse, with 3 or 4 armed goons patrolling between the stacks. You could get lucky, as I did, and have 2 of the goons huddled together in the same spot. That'll leave your way open to the back of the warehouse.
But there is one guy here who'll give you a headache without trance. Fortunately, I was already aware of it by the time, so this became trivial
But unfortunately we don't have the skill to hack the safe
We first return to the Baron to collect our gift
I can't quite recall what it is. Probably just money.
btw few more questions
anything else I can do?
yeah, tell me
how do i deal with it?
ok. Can I ask you about Ash?
You saved him by making him into a vampire?
So what happened?
does he hate you?
What about Velvet?
What about yourself
who's your favourite person you worked with
Can I be in a movie?
Did you produce Killbot? Loved that film
Tell me of the nosferatu?
***
The abandoned asian theatre is not far from us. We use the key and go inside. Looks pretty empty to me.
Spoke too soon. The gargoyle jumps through the glass roof.
Wait, if we know he was inside the theatre, and then he went up onto the roof, why is there still glass in the roof?
Let's talk
I'm just here to t-
Feel the wrath of my warhamm-
fucking hell
Rewind. I'm here with an offer from Isaac Abrams, an offer you can't refuse.
He wants you to serve him
He fights the camarilla and needs your help
the bad guys
yes, he fights all those who made you a slave
Yeah, err, he's wiping them all out
So we cool?
The stone gorilla will fight for you
I have nothing against the anarchs
***
Mitnick gives us our last quest
But it's in Chinatown, so here we go!
Noah Caldwell-Gervais is here, too
This vs Hong Kong in Deus Ex is a tough call
Some places are still locked away form us
So we start to conquer this as I usually do, meticulously visit each building in a chronological order
Let's roleplay
We find a hobo in the toilets
K k
Just passing through
As soon as she says that, she walks straight to the lounge. Is she suggesting something?
No
Cool fish. I could have had some of my own if I didn't piss off the prince
Next up is Tseng's
Who are you?
C'mon, I know you're from the PLA
Know anything about guns?
Got any?
He does have a pretty interesting items for sale
The sword of freedom
Next up is White Cloud (or Blue Cloud? ( Or White Sky?? ) )
Yeah?
No
Is there a point to this?
eye harvest?
Never stole eyes before. First time for everything.
But who are you?
you sell weapons?
***
Sure, tell me my fortune
better write this down
hey, no littering!
I killed one of your spies
Ok, then. Let's talk.
I'm looking for a nosferatu agent
Any idea where he could be?
And Won Ho is?
Tell me about the chinese
are you the leader of the chinese vampires?
Oh look who's flexing. Are you descended from Caine?
Of course not, spawn of Genghis. Are you a vampire, even?
the second what now?
are you actually trying to pass yourself as superior?
What's the point?
Sounds like a curse to me
speaking of legends, ever heard of the sarcophagus?
I take it you don't believe in it
false prophecies?
Which is what? Serving Ji JingPing? You know what I have that you don't? F R E E D O M, baby. I hope you get paid well to shill for the party, comrade.
Who are they?
I'm outta here
***
As we leave the temple, we witness the glorious traditions of the steppe tribes as they run around and kidnap concubines.
the noodle shop ain't too far from here, so we go inside
yes boys, you definitely needed more whey. I'm getting a liking for this sword, so I decide to give it a name: Blade of Liberty
Lin is in the back, as promised
Green with envy
Got em
let's hear it
tell me
ill do it
But it's closed
we wander around some more
and decide to return to Red Dragon
smart. The elevator was hidden inside the wall.
You can overhear the hostess talking on the phone as you make your way up
and here's the head of the operation
Who?
MingXiao sent me
No problem. What's going on?
That makes daddy angry. Know where she is? I'll go bash a few skulls in and get her back.
where?
I'll bring her back
We head straight for the Lotus
Is that her?
Wass her name again? Kinki? Is that you? Yes? No? Speak english? No? Ok.
collateral damage
keys, or just one key to be precise
and so we find her
they sure nailed those boards pretty quick
that's why I'm letting you out
she mentions something about being tall, I ask her what she's talking about
I'm no thug. Are you kiki?
your dad sent me
keep talking and I'll leave you there
Funnily enough, the basement here has the lockers for the bad luck farmer quest.
We put the item inside and..
Go on, bring it
Kill me with what? You know how long I've been training mma?
Frenzy arrives just in time
Kiki has seen worse, so she passes no comment. We leave the massage parlour.
He saw me, I killed him
anything else?
Will do. Goodbye.
We level up our scholarship which lets us read a couple of books in my inventory.
and back we go to the red dragon
Do you know why they took her?
what happened?
someone must be behind this
ah just spill the beans Ho
Some people say there are no coincidences
let's talk about my problems now
Barabus
(don't remember what I said)
yeah? who?
I have a few Qs
the temple, tell me about it
ever been inside?
convenient. So she's hiding something.
We leave Ho and his daughter. There's a watch in the cubicle you can pick up.
The fortune teller accosts us as we pass by
money?
a hit?
who are you?
I'll do it
Where is he?
Aah, the drunk guy in the lounge
why?
I see your point
So you know how it must be done?
what are you saying?
hidden?
You don't talk?
So you want his key?
I'll .. do it
Actually, nah. Sorry Lu.
Here. Where's my money?
Money, old man
Forget it. No cash, no key.
Just don't cross me
***
Here's the mess that is my build, btw
I decide to complete Mitnick's quest before progressing with the main one. The last inflitration is Kamikaze zen, which throws in a mission timer on top of long, narrow corridors to spice things up.
We run the hooligan system on the first pc
this unlocks one of the security doors
this gives us the code for the 2nd door
And activate shrecknet
we unlock the vault to steal some money to cover our tracks
and that's it.
***
BTW, remember the serial killer we let go? That counts as a failed quest.
***
money
$100?
I notice another building I haven't yet visited.
Is this a massage parlour as well, perchance? Who are you?
What demon?
What's a hangykaki?
where is the demon?
I'll keep my eyes open
I'll tell you if I run into one
Damn that's a nice sword. It'd go so well beside the blade of liberty.
what are the kuejin?
what is a hangayoke?
Is the sword for sale?
Alright, alright. Jeez.
We leave and wander around some more.
Found the hingeyoke
But how do I prove it?
Hey, does hengeyak mean anything to you?
Do you know Wong Ho?
and HongoYok? Ever heard of that?
Fishes.. hm...
Hey, Wong Ho, know where I can buy guns?
trust me
Hey, Ming!
I'm looking for the fish people
then you know him?
Back we go to the RD
what?
Are you Zygaena?
Don't worry..
No, just talk
You've got my word, we're just looking to talk
Oh, yeah, I, uh.. identify as a non binary
Hey, I set up a meeting. Fish market, tonight. We're going together.
She asks me why I'm helping her, I tell her that I just want to see a fish person
Fucking hell how do i get there?
Arcanum flashbacks
Are you high?
Not the word I'd use
woah
Cast cast cast cast
a fish person. Now I've seen everything.
Zhao's imports are not far, so we might as well head over there
Where is Johnny?
Why are you helping me?
there's some commotion happening downstairs
We try to leave, but the tongs are out in full force. Our blade of liberty fells many of their number
But the helpful guy dies in the attack
We go to the club
I'm looking for Johnny. We have business.
Just tell him I'm here
Guy at the table gave the green light
We're allowed upstairs and into Johnny's office. He's not enthusiastic about our meeting.
You okay little buddy?
I'm looking for someone and you're the one person that can help me
I'm going to ask you one more time
he shoots me
Who's the tv presenter?
I kill him
I'll refer to you as 'The Orange Man'.
The club is in uproar at my insolence
Poof
At the syndicate building
no, bring him out
come out here
no
I'm coming for you
Apparently, we're 'trapped'
No, not at all
I wonder what happens here if you don't have any ammunition left. You have to shoot the 3 control board. You can't reach them with melee.
Are you for real, orange man?
We face off against a swat team
I tried doing everything here, shooting the coils, shooting the little platforms, jumping around all over the place.
But nothing worked. So i just noclipped through the door and carried on.
Flamethrowers. Nice.
Shoot one and the place explodes, knocking out the glass
Galactic-brain idea, orange man
Barabus, I presume. Gary sent me.
I try to keep up, but Barabus just wrecks everyone on his own
purge
We leave the Fu Syndicate just as one of the payphones begins to ring
Anything you can tell me about them?
Where are they?
I'll take my chances
Godbye Chinatown
and hello Giovanni mansion
You call that a sculpture?
No
Here's my invitation, motherfucker.
We just destroy them. The katana and good melee skill means everyone I hit goes flying.
Is this the book for Pisha? Bad monkey, no banana. Makes you think.
VV
and Mel Gibson.
A secret passageway behind a bookcase lets us into the underground catacombs
Volce del Morte, the actual book that Pisha wants, is in the far end of this room, on the floor
The catacombs are long and boring and full of dead people. They're completely useless at hurting me.
And so we reach the Sarcophagus room, with 2 of Ming's agents already on the scene
Let's discuss this problem, whatever it may be
That's bullshit!
No
It's a tough fight. The claw brother in particular.
I die 3 or 4 times before I get the hang of it. Jump down, fire off your blood salvo, then kite them until there's an opening for a quick attack. Don't get greedy with the attacks.
We call the transport company and whisk away the sarcophagus
Are you in an alliance with the Kuejin?
They did
I believe you. Let's open the damn thing.
Alright, chief
So how do we open it?
There aren't any unopened Assyrian sarcophagi in existence
who?
Where is he?
Did he leave anything behind?
So what do we do?
I'll go
I've fought them before
Just tell me what to do
We talk to the prince once more
Gimme money
***
Pisha! Looking stunning, as always!
Cali Giovanni is an endangered species
What do you mean?
I see. Goodbye.
>extraordinary
>one
We pay a visit to the Last Round to see if Jack has any thoughts on the matter
How did you know all that?
I see. LaCroix has the sarcophagus.
Why is he helping the prince?
They want me to find the archaeologist
I'm not sure I should be helping him
We go off to buy some blood packs before the big trip
I should have killed you at the start
Hey, Tung, what do you know of the Chinese?
Alright. Let's pack our bags and go off to the Society.
It's a heck of a level. Tons of guards with good guns that will shred you out in the open. The rock formations are your reprieve from the torrent.
There are 2 or 3 on the rooftops as well
I resort to using bullets, since my blood reserve is thoroughly depleted.
I also end up frenzying every 15 seconds
Inside are a bunch of laser mines.
I fuck up the jump and the place goes kaboom
Instead of taking the back door, I decide to tackle the place head on
The lasers can be individually switched off if you can hack the laptops. We can.
We also find a journal (only partially screencapped for some reason)
We head upstairs, which is almost just as bad as the front entrance
I could bore you with another 200 pics of me wrecking these guys, but let's speed this up. We go through the wine cellar, and into the secret underground passages. Some standout pics of the current area:
There's a makeshift prison down here, and you won't guess who's behind bars
Ain't looking too hot, Ash
You look bad
I'll find the key
Want a bloodpack?
We leave him to his woes
I'm afraid your training ends here
Good luck in Canada
Time for the final showdown with Grunfeld Bach
Missed me!
You really think LaCroix would come alone?
When I'm done with you, even St Peter won't recognize you!
The fight starts off quite tricky, with your opponent being able to snipe you from far away and using magic to teleport away once you land your first hit
But if you use trance, the fight becomes very easy, giving you the opportunity to land 3-4 hits each time
Dead (or so we think)
We climb up into the shack and find the archaeologist
Answer my questions and I'll let you go
I dealt with them
sure
at the start
yes, intimately
Why didn't you open it?
you compared him to a vampire. why?
so he drank blood?
how do i open it?
where's the key?
can i get a copy?
hmmmm
Alright, follow me
But lo and behold, Bach is crawling up the stairs. He presses the button and some planted charges start going off. We have a minute to escape. I think the archaeologist dies when Bach sets off the explosion (?)
We jump onto the boat and sail away
***
Prince's place looks like a ruin
what the hell happened?
Sabbat? What? When? How? Why?
Who did this?
But, why?
They drink the blood, huh
Kill them all
I did find the archaeologist
No. But Bach is dead.
We talk to Beckett once more.
I met the archaeologist.
No, but seriously. He mentioned a key.
He said it was Messerach. Assyrian.
And Lamastu
And finally we talk to Jack. He doesn't have much to say, but we can tell him about our exploits in Beverly Hills.
Imalia's quest is the closest. She wants us to plant some cameras on a rival actress, which is staying right here
The interior is weird. You have 1 closed door which I presume is the elevator, though there are no buttons and a stairway that leads to just 1 apartment. We pick up the newspaper that's been discarded on the coffee table.
Without trance, this part is hell. The actress herself isn't too much of a problem, patrolling from the kitchen to the dining room and back (very trad lifestyle, troika), but her boyfriend is watching tv in the sitting room, blocking your access to the bedroom.
BAM! Caught..
We try again. We wait until she's in the dining room and quickly slip into the kitchen. First camera is planted by the fridge
From there into the sitting room
When I played this the first time, without trance, I fed on him until he was dead. But even though are target remained oblivious to his death, the quest is automatically failed when you reach Imalia. So trance is the only option here. I don't know how you beat this if you don't have trance.
I've forgotten the password by now, so I just hack it. Hacker Boomer.
We plant the other 2 cameras and return to the laptop.
However, it seems that this triggers the guy into a perpetual patrol loop from the sitting room to the bathroom and back. We hide behind the room divider.
(You can see the bathroom door opening through the crevice )
Another trance allows us to escape unseen. We head straight back to Imalia to collect our reward.
Give me the money
We return to the city
If you go back to the apartment, it will be locked away behind yellow tape
We do have chinatown on our maps, but before we go there, we might grind more xp from Mitnick's stealth quests.
We go to Santa monica to have a quick look at our email
boom snap
She leaves behind a magical torch to commemorate her death
***
I don't know, what have you done lately?
little more groveling
<insert tim cain's picture here>
Our email is full of new requests, including a new quest from the prince himself
Kasparov is still spamming me with his shitpoasts
and last but not least is Mitnick
Yeah I know where it is I'm not a retard, Mick
Gary has a neat little proposal as well
Nice.
Our mailbox does indeed have the card to Mhz
Arguably the most pointless mission in the game. Just walk in, climb through the vents, switch on the power and use the pc. That's it.
Why can't we just get a phone and you text us, Mick? This is tedious.
Now, the difficulty will be ramped up exponentially as these quests progress. The 2nd place is a considerable challenge, unless you're not stupid like me and use trance whilst playing tremere.
But Tommy Flayton the food critic is here as well, so we stop over to say hi.
Who are you?
If I threaten him here, or even in the next pic, I immediately fail, since he knows some big mafia types and can't be intimidated (at least with out skill).
Isn't it in your best interests to write a bad review?
The chef doesn't wash his hands
***
There is no way to enter the theatre (which is strange, given that there will be 2 cops patrolling inside )
You have to go into the sewers and into access point B
but throw open the door at the wrong time and oh oh
FAILED
We'll try this again, but let's pay the baron a visit before hand. Can't post pics of Eipstein any more :/
I killed Tzimmy
There's not anything else we can ask him about right now, so we go back to the theatre. If you're careful, you can sneak inside and climb up a ladder to a walkway high above the ground. Up here you won't be spotted.
Song of the caverns was a bit more memorable
Now IF you're careful, you can climb down the other ladder without resorting to trance and getting past the 2nd cop. But it's tough and you'll be required to savescum.
The computer is at the very back, door on the right.
We leave the same way we came. You'll have to time the cops movement patterns and slip out onto the ladder as they both face away from you.
***
Curiosity got the better of me, so I noclipped inside apartment number 4 inside Skyeline Apts. It is a haven, which I didn't know you could get. Apparently, after completing the Elizabeth Dane quest, you must NOT be rude to the prince and he'll provide you with this new abode. It does beat living in Santa Monica.
Funnily enough all of the emails will be updated on the pc you find here as well
But if you read Mitnick's email here, you'll break the quest. Nocturne will register as completed, but you'll never get your hands on the metal head industries access card.
Check's in the mail
as is the card
Metal Head is in Hollywood
Now this place is a cramped little warehouse, with 3 or 4 armed goons patrolling between the stacks. You could get lucky, as I did, and have 2 of the goons huddled together in the same spot. That'll leave your way open to the back of the warehouse.
But there is one guy here who'll give you a headache without trance. Fortunately, I was already aware of it by the time, so this became trivial
But unfortunately we don't have the skill to hack the safe
We first return to the Baron to collect our gift
I can't quite recall what it is. Probably just money.
btw few more questions
anything else I can do?
yeah, tell me
how do i deal with it?
ok. Can I ask you about Ash?
You saved him by making him into a vampire?
So what happened?
does he hate you?
What about Velvet?
What about yourself
who's your favourite person you worked with
Can I be in a movie?
Did you produce Killbot? Loved that film
Tell me of the nosferatu?
***
The abandoned asian theatre is not far from us. We use the key and go inside. Looks pretty empty to me.
Spoke too soon. The gargoyle jumps through the glass roof.
Wait, if we know he was inside the theatre, and then he went up onto the roof, why is there still glass in the roof?
Let's talk
I'm just here to t-
Feel the wrath of my warhamm-
fucking hell
Rewind. I'm here with an offer from Isaac Abrams, an offer you can't refuse.
He wants you to serve him
He fights the camarilla and needs your help
the bad guys
yes, he fights all those who made you a slave
Yeah, err, he's wiping them all out
So we cool?
The stone gorilla will fight for you
I have nothing against the anarchs
***
Mitnick gives us our last quest
But it's in Chinatown, so here we go!
Noah Caldwell-Gervais is here, too
This vs Hong Kong in Deus Ex is a tough call
Some places are still locked away form us
So we start to conquer this as I usually do, meticulously visit each building in a chronological order
Let's roleplay
We find a hobo in the toilets
K k
Just passing through
As soon as she says that, she walks straight to the lounge. Is she suggesting something?
No
Cool fish. I could have had some of my own if I didn't piss off the prince
Next up is Tseng's
Who are you?
C'mon, I know you're from the PLA
Know anything about guns?
Got any?
He does have a pretty interesting items for sale
The sword of freedom
Next up is White Cloud (or Blue Cloud? ( Or White Sky?? ) )
Yeah?
No
Is there a point to this?
eye harvest?
Never stole eyes before. First time for everything.
But who are you?
you sell weapons?
***
Sure, tell me my fortune
better write this down
hey, no littering!
I killed one of your spies
Ok, then. Let's talk.
I'm looking for a nosferatu agent
Any idea where he could be?
And Won Ho is?
Tell me about the chinese
are you the leader of the chinese vampires?
Oh look who's flexing. Are you descended from Caine?
Of course not, spawn of Genghis. Are you a vampire, even?
the second what now?
are you actually trying to pass yourself as superior?
What's the point?
Sounds like a curse to me
speaking of legends, ever heard of the sarcophagus?
I take it you don't believe in it
false prophecies?
Which is what? Serving Ji JingPing? You know what I have that you don't? F R E E D O M, baby. I hope you get paid well to shill for the party, comrade.
Who are they?
I'm outta here
***
As we leave the temple, we witness the glorious traditions of the steppe tribes as they run around and kidnap concubines.
the noodle shop ain't too far from here, so we go inside
yes boys, you definitely needed more whey. I'm getting a liking for this sword, so I decide to give it a name: Blade of Liberty
Lin is in the back, as promised
Green with envy
Got em
let's hear it
tell me
ill do it
But it's closed
we wander around some more
and decide to return to Red Dragon
smart. The elevator was hidden inside the wall.
You can overhear the hostess talking on the phone as you make your way up
and here's the head of the operation
Who?
MingXiao sent me
No problem. What's going on?
That makes daddy angry. Know where she is? I'll go bash a few skulls in and get her back.
where?
I'll bring her back
We head straight for the Lotus
Is that her?
Wass her name again? Kinki? Is that you? Yes? No? Speak english? No? Ok.
collateral damage
keys, or just one key to be precise
and so we find her
they sure nailed those boards pretty quick
that's why I'm letting you out
she mentions something about being tall, I ask her what she's talking about
I'm no thug. Are you kiki?
your dad sent me
keep talking and I'll leave you there
Funnily enough, the basement here has the lockers for the bad luck farmer quest.
We put the item inside and..
Go on, bring it
Kill me with what? You know how long I've been training mma?
Frenzy arrives just in time
Kiki has seen worse, so she passes no comment. We leave the massage parlour.
He saw me, I killed him
anything else?
Will do. Goodbye.
We level up our scholarship which lets us read a couple of books in my inventory.
and back we go to the red dragon
Do you know why they took her?
what happened?
someone must be behind this
ah just spill the beans Ho
Some people say there are no coincidences
let's talk about my problems now
Barabus
(don't remember what I said)
yeah? who?
I have a few Qs
the temple, tell me about it
ever been inside?
convenient. So she's hiding something.
We leave Ho and his daughter. There's a watch in the cubicle you can pick up.
The fortune teller accosts us as we pass by
money?
a hit?
who are you?
I'll do it
Where is he?
Aah, the drunk guy in the lounge
why?
I see your point
So you know how it must be done?
what are you saying?
hidden?
You don't talk?
So you want his key?
I'll .. do it
Actually, nah. Sorry Lu.
Here. Where's my money?
Money, old man
Forget it. No cash, no key.
Just don't cross me
***
Here's the mess that is my build, btw
I decide to complete Mitnick's quest before progressing with the main one. The last inflitration is Kamikaze zen, which throws in a mission timer on top of long, narrow corridors to spice things up.
We run the hooligan system on the first pc
this unlocks one of the security doors
this gives us the code for the 2nd door
And activate shrecknet
we unlock the vault to steal some money to cover our tracks
and that's it.
***
BTW, remember the serial killer we let go? That counts as a failed quest.
***
money
$100?
I notice another building I haven't yet visited.
Is this a massage parlour as well, perchance? Who are you?
What demon?
What's a hangykaki?
where is the demon?
I'll keep my eyes open
I'll tell you if I run into one
Damn that's a nice sword. It'd go so well beside the blade of liberty.
what are the kuejin?
what is a hangayoke?
Is the sword for sale?
Alright, alright. Jeez.
We leave and wander around some more.
Found the hingeyoke
But how do I prove it?
Hey, does hengeyak mean anything to you?
Do you know Wong Ho?
and HongoYok? Ever heard of that?
Fishes.. hm...
Hey, Wong Ho, know where I can buy guns?
trust me
Hey, Ming!
I'm looking for the fish people
then you know him?
Back we go to the RD
what?
Are you Zygaena?
Don't worry..
No, just talk
You've got my word, we're just looking to talk
Oh, yeah, I, uh.. identify as a non binary
Hey, I set up a meeting. Fish market, tonight. We're going together.
She asks me why I'm helping her, I tell her that I just want to see a fish person
Fucking hell how do i get there?
Arcanum flashbacks
Are you high?
Not the word I'd use
woah
Cast cast cast cast
a fish person. Now I've seen everything.
Zhao's imports are not far, so we might as well head over there
Where is Johnny?
Why are you helping me?
there's some commotion happening downstairs
We try to leave, but the tongs are out in full force. Our blade of liberty fells many of their number
But the helpful guy dies in the attack
We go to the club
I'm looking for Johnny. We have business.
Just tell him I'm here
Guy at the table gave the green light
We're allowed upstairs and into Johnny's office. He's not enthusiastic about our meeting.
You okay little buddy?
I'm looking for someone and you're the one person that can help me
I'm going to ask you one more time
he shoots me
Who's the tv presenter?
I kill him
I'll refer to you as 'The Orange Man'.
The club is in uproar at my insolence
Poof
At the syndicate building
no, bring him out
come out here
no
I'm coming for you
Apparently, we're 'trapped'
No, not at all
I wonder what happens here if you don't have any ammunition left. You have to shoot the 3 control board. You can't reach them with melee.
Are you for real, orange man?
We face off against a swat team
I tried doing everything here, shooting the coils, shooting the little platforms, jumping around all over the place.
But nothing worked. So i just noclipped through the door and carried on.
Flamethrowers. Nice.
Shoot one and the place explodes, knocking out the glass
Galactic-brain idea, orange man
Barabus, I presume. Gary sent me.
I try to keep up, but Barabus just wrecks everyone on his own
purge
We leave the Fu Syndicate just as one of the payphones begins to ring
Anything you can tell me about them?
Where are they?
I'll take my chances
Godbye Chinatown
and hello Giovanni mansion
You call that a sculpture?
No
Here's my invitation, motherfucker.
We just destroy them. The katana and good melee skill means everyone I hit goes flying.
Is this the book for Pisha? Bad monkey, no banana. Makes you think.
VV
and Mel Gibson.
A secret passageway behind a bookcase lets us into the underground catacombs
Volce del Morte, the actual book that Pisha wants, is in the far end of this room, on the floor
The catacombs are long and boring and full of dead people. They're completely useless at hurting me.
And so we reach the Sarcophagus room, with 2 of Ming's agents already on the scene
Let's discuss this problem, whatever it may be
That's bullshit!
No
It's a tough fight. The claw brother in particular.
I die 3 or 4 times before I get the hang of it. Jump down, fire off your blood salvo, then kite them until there's an opening for a quick attack. Don't get greedy with the attacks.
We call the transport company and whisk away the sarcophagus
Are you in an alliance with the Kuejin?
They did
I believe you. Let's open the damn thing.
Alright, chief
So how do we open it?
There aren't any unopened Assyrian sarcophagi in existence
who?
Where is he?
Did he leave anything behind?
So what do we do?
I'll go
I've fought them before
Just tell me what to do
We talk to the prince once more
Gimme money
***
Pisha! Looking stunning, as always!
Cali Giovanni is an endangered species
What do you mean?
I see. Goodbye.
>extraordinary
>one
We pay a visit to the Last Round to see if Jack has any thoughts on the matter
How did you know all that?
I see. LaCroix has the sarcophagus.
Why is he helping the prince?
They want me to find the archaeologist
I'm not sure I should be helping him
We go off to buy some blood packs before the big trip
I should have killed you at the start
Hey, Tung, what do you know of the Chinese?
Alright. Let's pack our bags and go off to the Society.
It's a heck of a level. Tons of guards with good guns that will shred you out in the open. The rock formations are your reprieve from the torrent.
There are 2 or 3 on the rooftops as well
I resort to using bullets, since my blood reserve is thoroughly depleted.
I also end up frenzying every 15 seconds
Inside are a bunch of laser mines.
I fuck up the jump and the place goes kaboom
Instead of taking the back door, I decide to tackle the place head on
The lasers can be individually switched off if you can hack the laptops. We can.
We also find a journal (only partially screencapped for some reason)
We head upstairs, which is almost just as bad as the front entrance
I could bore you with another 200 pics of me wrecking these guys, but let's speed this up. We go through the wine cellar, and into the secret underground passages. Some standout pics of the current area:
There's a makeshift prison down here, and you won't guess who's behind bars
Ain't looking too hot, Ash
You look bad
I'll find the key
Want a bloodpack?
We leave him to his woes
I'm afraid your training ends here
Good luck in Canada
Time for the final showdown with Grunfeld Bach
Missed me!
You really think LaCroix would come alone?
When I'm done with you, even St Peter won't recognize you!
The fight starts off quite tricky, with your opponent being able to snipe you from far away and using magic to teleport away once you land your first hit
But if you use trance, the fight becomes very easy, giving you the opportunity to land 3-4 hits each time
Dead (or so we think)
We climb up into the shack and find the archaeologist
Answer my questions and I'll let you go
I dealt with them
sure
at the start
yes, intimately
Why didn't you open it?
you compared him to a vampire. why?
so he drank blood?
how do i open it?
where's the key?
can i get a copy?
hmmmm
Alright, follow me
But lo and behold, Bach is crawling up the stairs. He presses the button and some planted charges start going off. We have a minute to escape. I think the archaeologist dies when Bach sets off the explosion (?)
We jump onto the boat and sail away
***
Prince's place looks like a ruin
what the hell happened?
Sabbat? What? When? How? Why?
Who did this?
But, why?
They drink the blood, huh
Kill them all
I did find the archaeologist
No. But Bach is dead.
We talk to Beckett once more.
I met the archaeologist.
No, but seriously. He mentioned a key.
He said it was Messerach. Assyrian.
And Lamastu
And finally we talk to Jack. He doesn't have much to say, but we can tell him about our exploits in Beverly Hills.
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