Speak with Pela in the museum

📍 Jarilo-VI History and Culture Museum

Pela

{NICKNAME}, nice to see you. You're looking in good spirits.

Pela

The museum is packed these days — I've never seen it so full of visitors. You run a tight ship here.

Pela

Still, it'd be nice if those kids would stop littering... It's barely lunchtime and I've already picked up three half-eaten packs of snow-white popping candy.

Options

Is there something you wanted to talk about, Pela?

Kids these days...

Pela

Ah, don't worry, nothing was stolen this time.

Pela

You remember that Norbert guy we captured? The Silvermane Guards have acquired new intel from him — I thought you might find it interesting.

Pela

I know, right? I'll teach them a lesson myself if I catch them in the act, that's for sure.

Pela

By the way, you remember that Norbert guy we captured? The Silvermane Guards have acquired new intel from him — I thought you might find it interesting.

Pela

I always wondered — how did he, a rich kid with virtually no real life experience, suddenly think of becoming a smuggler?

Pela

There's no way someone like him could've come up with the idea of disassembling a sculpture and hiding the pieces inside robots.

Pela

The result is just as I expected... After less than half a day of interrogation, he confessed everything.

Pela

He admitted that a mysterious figure named Mr. Cold Feet persuaded him to target the museum exhibits.

Pela

Mr. Cold Feet fooled Norbert into believing that many of the museum's artifacts were forcibly seized from private collectors by the Silvermane Guards. He told him that true justice would be returning the artifacts to the people...

Pela

Norbert probably didn't believe any of that nonsense — I think he just wanted to prove himself and add more to his fortune.

Pela

Mr. Cold Feet not only introduced him to buyers, but also gave him advice, and only charged him a 30% consultant's fee... In the opinion of our young Mr. Norbert, the deal was too good to refuse.

Options

Did you find this Mr. Cold Feet?

Sounds lucrative. Why didn't he recruit me...

Pela

...Ahem. That's what I wanted to discuss with you, {NICKNAME}.

Pela

...Ahem. I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

Pela

So, {NICKNAME}, I came to discuss with you about this Mr. Cold Feet.

Pela

Norbert said Mr. Cold feet operates with extreme discretion, and knows the Silvermane Guards' every move like the back of his hand. If he catches wind about the slightest rumor in the city, he'll disappear without a trace.

Pela

If what Mr. Norbert said is true, then our safest option is to send a civilian to try to reach out to Mr. Cold Feet and lure him out of his lair.

Options

You want me to go and meet him?

Pela

You guessed it! Everyone agrees that there is no better candidate than you.

Pela

Norbert said he usually communicates with Mr. Cold Feet through the door of a room in the Goethe Hotel. The usual agreed meeting time is... right now.

Pela

{NICKNAME}, take this as a final request from the Silvermane Guards — can you go to the Goethe Hotel to meet with this Mr. Cold Feet?

Head to the Hotel Corridor of the Goethe Hotel

📍 Jarilo-VI Hotel Corridor

Confront Mr. Cold Feet through the door

Knock the door

System

The door remains unperturbed, and you feel a chill breeze brush past your knees... If you stayed any longer in this freezing hallway, you would soon turn into a {F#Miss Cold Feet}{M#Mr. Cold Feet} yourself.

Options

Tap four times and knock once.

Tap twice and knock three times.

Tap three times and knock twice.

System

(There is no reaction from behind the door, perhaps you should try again.)

System

(There is no reaction from behind the door, perhaps you should try again.)

System

...

{NICKNAME}

(There's no response... did I remember the wrong password?)

Mr. Cold Feet

Hm? Norbert, is that you?

Options

(In a low voice) Yes, it's me.

No, it's a Silvermane Guard.

Mr. Cold Feet

*sigh* What took you so long?

Mr. Cold Feet

Haha... Someone write that for you?

Mr. Cold Feet

*sigh* Anyway, what took you so long?

Mr. Cold Feet

I was worried the Silvermane Guards might've got to you. But you're not the type to turn someone in at first capture, right?

Mr. Cold Feet

Well, it's time for me to get on out of here. After all, we already made a nice little fortune on this trip.

Options

How could I ever betray such a dear friend?

Come hell or high water, we shall forge the bonds of brotherly—

Mr. Cold Feet

Uh-oh, someone's getting a little emotionally overinvested...

Mr. Cold Feet

You know what we are? Accomplices. You know what that means? Partners in crime! You know what else that means? We are not friends!

Mr. Cold Feet

Whoa, whoa, whoa — Did you stop at a bar on the way over here? You know what we are? Accomplices. You know what that means? Partners in crime! You know what else that means? We're not friends!

Mr. Cold Feet

Alright, enough chinwagging. So, how much did the microfilm sell for?

{NICKNAME}

(Uh-oh. I'm just gonna have to make up an amount. Hope it's believable...)

Options

5000 credits...

50,000 credits.

500,000 credits!

Mr. Cold Feet

Huh? 5000? You're kidding, right?

Mr. Cold Feet

How could it... Ugh, what kind of hotel is this, anyway? No peepholes on the doors?

Mr. Cold Feet

50,000? Well... it's a little less than I thought, but not too bad.

Mr. Cold Feet

By the way, you catch a cold or something? Your voice... sounds a little different than before.

Mr. Cold Feet

Or maybe you... Ugh, what kind of hotel is this, anyway? No peepholes on the doors?

Mr. Cold Feet

What? 500,000!? No offense kid, but I can't see you haggling that kinda number...

Mr. Cold Feet

Or maybe you... Ugh, what kind of hotel is this, anyway? No peepholes on the doors?

{NICKNAME}

(He's starting to suspect me... that's not good.)

{NICKNAME}

(I better think through the next question carefully before answering.)

Mr. Cold Feet

Y'know, I just realized there's something I forgot — maybe you could help me remember.

Mr. Cold Feet

That Gears and Wisdom sculpture I told you to take apart and hide away... Can you remind me how many pieces it had?

Options

Uhh... a little less than 60.

Uhh... about 40?

Uhh... around 20.

Mr. Cold Feet

Now that's more like it! You had me in a cold sweat with those jokes...

Mr. Cold Feet

Here, hurry up and come inside. We need to discuss the details of our next operation.

System

You hear a "click." Mr. Cold Feet opens the door.

Options

Gently push open the door and enter.

System

...

System

You obviously answered wrong. Not a peep can be heard from Mr. Cold Feet. Uh-oh....

System

Wouldn't it be a shame if you, the hero of the Stellaron crisis, the supreme guardian's respected comrade-in-arms, let the prisoner slip away... just because of a hotel door?

System

There is only one choice left in front of you...

Options

Break down the door with a bang!

System

...

System

You obviously answered wrong. Not a peep can be heard from Mr. Cold Feet. Uh-oh....

System

Wouldn't it be a shame if you, the hero of the Stellaron crisis, the supreme guardian's respected comrade-in-arms, let the prisoner slip away... just because of a hotel door?

System

There is only one choice left in front of you...

Options

Break down the door with a bang!

📍 Jarilo-VI Hotel Room

Return to the museum and speak with Eris, the lobby secretary

📍 Jarilo-VI History and Culture Museum

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Eris

{F#Ms.}{M#Mr.} {NICKNAME}, hello! Thank you for all your help — business at the museum is booming again! I haven't seen this many people here since I was a little girl!

Eris

Oh, right! There's something I wanted to tell you: A man with blue hair came along and left a message. He asked me to pass it on to the manager of the museum.

Eris

Here — I haven't read the content. Do you want to take a look?

Options

Read the message.

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"To my dearest and most valued client, {NICKNAME} — congratulations! Remember this day as the day you almost caught the great Mr. Cold Feet!"

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"So, how's museum manager life treating you? Just a little reminder — when it comes to working in museums, I'm quite the dab hand..."

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"What I mean to say is, If you're ever in need of a passionate and professional individual — one with an inside knowledge of museum security blind spots — I'm only a call away! Don't worry, my exhibit smuggling days are behind me, hehe..."

📍 Jarilo-VI Hotel Room

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Messages

System

You wait for a while in the empty room...

Pela

{NICKNAME}, I'm here. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Pela

Hmm... did you touch anything? This room has signs of activity.

Options

There was no-one here when I arrived.

Nope, nothing to do with me.

Pela

I see... Mr. Cold Feet is a cunning one indeed...

Pela

He knows how to keep his identity hidden, and his sources are fast and reliable... I guess he found out about Mr. Norbert's arrest and made a run for it.

Pela

...Still, Belobog is only so big. Unless he's brave enough to hide out in the Snow Plains, we'll catch him sooner or later.

Pela

Thank you for all your hard work, {NICKNAME} — you've helped us enough already. Leave the rest to the Silvermane Guards.

Pela

Oh, by the way, if you still want to help run the History and Culture Museum, Miss Eris and I are always happy to work with you.

Pela

Ah, speaking of which, Miss Eris was just looking for you — why don't you go to the museum and talk to her?

+ Credit x 5000

📍 Jarilo-VI History and Culture Museum

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Eris

{F#Ms.}{M#Mr.} {NICKNAME}, hello! Thank you for all your help — business at the museum is booming again! I haven't seen this many people here since I was a little girl!

Eris

Oh, right! There's something I want to tell you: A man with blue hair came along and left this message with me. He asked me to pass this on to the manager of the museum.

Eris

Here — I haven't read the content. Do you want to take a look?

Options

Read the content on the message.

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"To my dearest and most valued client, {NICKNAME}, from the bottom of my heart — thank you! Your generosity means that Mr. Cold Feet is free to keep roaming the snowy plains of Belobog!"

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"So, how's museum manager life treating you? Just a little reminder — when it comes to working in museums, I'm quite the dab hand..."

Note Left by the Blue-Haired Man

"What I mean to say is, If you're ever in need of a passionate and professional individual — one with an inside knowledge of museum security blind spots — I'm only a call away! Don't worry, my exhibit smuggling days are behind me, hehe..."