Chapter Three, The Machine Guide

The mystery of The Rise of the Golden Idol continues to Chapter 3, entitled “The Machine.” Previous chapters told the story of who has been in contact with the mysterious artifact and how it became a conduit for negative emotions, culminating in violence, murder, and often an untimely death. Players will need the information from the previous chapters to finish “The Machine.” It’s easy to exit back to the main screen with the television sets and review the previous scenarios. The most pertinent and crucial data can be found in the completed Story sections.

Chapter 3

The Machine

Continuing with some of the story threads from Chapter 2, now the player learns more about the Idol’s more recent past and how it became connected to theft, murder, and madness. The plot includes more than a few familiar names from the previous chapters.

Ignition

A Dangerous Technology Is Unleashed

Prints

Six pictures of various fingerprints need to be matched with their owners. Players can determine them using color and location.

• Row 1: Oriel Toussaint, Marie Westlake, Nathan Hoyle
• Row 2: Tim Spender, Jack Nowak, Eugene Marmot

Controls

There are six possibilities for who touched the controls and when, but the player only needs three of them. It’s helpful to finish the names first but the player can also use the Prints to determine the right pictures.

• From left to right: Eugene Marmot, Tim Spender, Eugene Marmot, Jack Nowak

Names

Four of these characters have appeared before, which makes this one of the easier Names section to finish.

Events

This could be one of the easiest Events sections to complete provided the others have already been completed. It’s more about the events of the second screen than the first.

• Paragraph 1: Mary Westlake, reconstruct, device, tests, approval, Eugene Marmot, access card, revoked
• Paragraph 2: board inspection, lab, unlocked, Nathan Hoyle, Tim Spender, enter, Eugene Marmot, opportunity, follow
• Paragraph 3: Eugene Marmot, both hands, touch, controls, device, activated, caught, fire

Hierarchy And Story One

After finishing this scenario, the sections labeled Hierarchy and Story 1 will still be incomplete. They’ll fill in more information as the player progresses through each scenario.

Protest Movement

A Hippie Movement Refuses To Roll Over

Names

Many of these names are new and aren’t repeated again, but one or two are from previous chapters and the player will likely recognize them.

• Row 1: Corbyn Shaw, Tobias Amstel, Odetta Amstel, Jeffrey Amstel
• Row 2: Penny Coolidge, Eugene Marmot, Jack Nowak, Andi Shaw

Paths

This is the path of the mystery substance that rolled from the bird bath to the Amstel’s backyard.

The broken birdbath is the first picture. It’s followed by:

1. The wrecked bike on its side,
2. the big gouge in the dirt,
3. the tree root with a red mark,
4. the gap in the bushes,
5. the toppled barbecue,
6. the chunk of ice in the pool.

The wrecked bike is the property of protest organizer Penny Coolidge​​​​​​.

Events

Two short paragraphs form the Events part of this scenario and tell the story of the protest and the mysterious ice wheel.

• Paragraph 1: protesters gathered, OPIG laboratory, closure, Harmony Foundation
• Paragraph 2: protest, Andi Shaw, steal, bird bath, broke, block of ice, rolled, hill, hit Tobias Amstel, barbecue, fall over, injure

Hierarchy
and
Story 1
will appear again with more information but are not solvable yet.

The Procedure

A Bizarre Operation Ends In Bloodshed

Names

Almost all of these characters are returning from previous chapters and scenarios, and this one explains more of what happened to the Golden Idol.

• Row 1: Tesa Nevari, Tim Spender, Marie Westlake, Sam Robinson
• Row 2: Bruce Myson, Billy Greer, Alex Remington, Charlie Hall

Symbols

This is a small chart set into Tesa Nevari’s beehive haircut. The spaces are both dark green and blue, indicating that words from either group can finish the puzzle.

• From top to bottom: Eliminate, Replenish, Hatred, Empathy

Events

This is one of the longer events sections to complete, but at least the paragraphs are short.

• Paragraph 1: Tesa Nevari, dedicants, Harmony Foundation, procedure
• Paragraph 2: eliminate hatred, replenish empathy, enlightenment
• Paragraph 3: seize, Harmony Foundation
• Paragraph 4: Bruce Myson, grabbed, Sam Robinson
• Paragraph 5: Alex Remington, stabbed, Bruce Myson, crystal
• Paragraph 6: Billy Greer, shot, Alex Remingston, Taser

Motive

This small puzzle appears after everything else in the scenario has been solved. It explains, at least to some extent, the altercation in the first scene. There are 14 pictures to choose from and the player only needs three.

• Picture 1: the black and white photo of Neil Remington
• Picture 2: the photo of the birthday party
• Picture 3: the photo of Tesa Nevari and her mentor

Hierarchy And Story 1

Also Unlocks Story 2

• Story 2 appears after Story 1 and Hierarchy are completed, and has to be finished before moving on to Chapter 4.

Use the information taken from all these scenarios to determine how to complete both the text and the chart.

Hierarchy

There are 8 photos, but not all of them are required. One of the spaces isn’t a portrait but a decal that says “project terminated.”

Story 1

This text summarizes the events of both this chapter and the previous one, The Pursuit.

• Paragraph 1: funding, OPIG Corporation, Tesa Nevari, Harmony Foundation, stolen parts, artifact, take, hatred, give, empathy, reach, enlightenment, did nothing
• Paragraph 2: Tesa Nevari, overspending, Harmony Foundation, repossessed
• Paragraph 3: Oriel Toussaint, artifact, work, rebuilt, Marie Westlake, reconstruction, delayed testing, Eugene Marmot, activated, lab access

Story 2

The basic plotline of Chapter 3 and partly a setup for Chapter 4.

• Paragraph 1: Harmony Foundation, Eugene Marmot, punished, rebuilt artifact, give, hatred, take, heat, froze, birdbath
• Paragraph 2: board inspection, Eugene Marmot, take, hatred, give, heat, started, fire
• Paragraph 3: Nathan Hoyle, impressed, Eugene Marmot, discovery, rewarded, promotion