Abscission

August 1, 1991

Apartment Building

When you arrive in the building lobby, you will have to select an option for how to talk to the police officer. Throughout the game you should balance your selections, but suggested ones are included in the walkthrough. For the police officer, choose to be melancholic. Use the elevator.

Examine the bloody bootprints, easel, fallen canvas, table, and collection of paintings in the shelves on the right. Pick up the bloody piece of glass from the floor on the right. Search the leather jacket to find a pocket book. Talk to Officer Braintree about everything. Now head upstairs to the bedroom.

Look at the corpse, then talk to Detective Luna about everything. Go back downstairs, then use the elevator to return to the lobby.

Talk to the nervous looking man about everything, choosing to be choleric. In your inventory, use the "Mark" clue on the pocket book to get the full name. Use the elevator and the stairs again, talking to Detective Luna about your 2 new leads. Return to the lobby and head outside.

Morgue

Talk to Temir about everything. When looking at the rope-like substance, examine the surface, strands, bulge and tear.

August 2, 1991

Stanhope's Office

Use the computer and enter these commands:

• Address (Mark Torrence)
• Record (Mark Torrence)
• Quit

Pick up the letter from next to the computer, then examine it in your inventory. Use the telephone to call Abigail Stanhope. Now leave the office.

Stanhope's Apartment

Open the dresser drawer to find a screwdriver.

Mark Torrence's Apartment

Knock on the door to Apartment 2 and talk to the elderly resident about everything, choosing to be phlegmatic. You will receive a house key, which you can use on the door to Apartment 3 to unlock it. Now head inside.

Examine the glossy paper on the floor near the entrance door, then examine the man, the woman, the bridge and the thumb print. Enter the bathroom. Search the bloody clothes to get a tattoo receipt. Look in the sink, then leave.

Starlit Gallery

Knock on the door and speak to Mei about everything, choosing to be sanguine. You will receive a book of poetry. Read this in your inventory to get a new address. Combine the "tattoo" clue with the tattoo receipt to get another new address. Leave and you will end up back at home.

August 3, 1991

Stanhope's Apartment

In your conversation with Detective Luna, choose to be melancholic.

Stanhope's Office

Use the telephone to call Abigail Stanhope.

Woods

Talk to Abigail, choosing to be phlegmatic.

Carmine's Books

Talk to both men about everything.

Bloodweb Tattoo Parlour

Head to the right and talk to the bouncer, who won't let you inside. Head into the alleyway and talk to the slumped man, choosing to be sanguine. Leave the alleyway and go left, then enter the liquor store. Talk to the grumpy looking man, making sure to get a bottle of absinthe.

Return outside and talk to the bouncer again - give him the bottle of absinthe, then go through the entrance. Talk to Nate, choosing to be choleric. Quickly shoot him, and you will learn a new location.

Lascado Prosthetics

Open the gate, then go right and examine the label on the shipping container.

Stanhope's Office

Use the telephone to call Stepford Storage Inc.

Dan Braintree's Home

Pick up the rock at the base of the steps to find a house key. Use this on the front door and you will go inside. Use the light switch on the wall. Pull the attic cord, then climb up to the attic. Pick up the crowbar from the table here. Climb back down, then go outside and head to the back yard. Use the crowbar on the red door. Enter the shed and use the light switch on the wall. Pick up the hacksaw from the table.

Lascado Prosthetics

Go right and use the hacksaw on the padlock on the shipping container. Open the container door to go inside, then pick up the folder. Examine this in your inventory. Examine the chemical barrel, then pick up the beaker filled with red ink.

October 14, 1986

Lascado Prosthetics

Go down the stairs on the right. Talk to all 3 people here, then enter the janitor's closet on the left. Take the rust remover and screwdriver from the shelves. Return to the corridor, then go through the door on the right. Take some clay from the sack of clay on the left. Try to open the top desk drawer, then use the screwdriver on it. Search the open drawer and you will take a key from inside. Talk to all 3 people here, then return to the corridor.

Try to open the equipment storage door on the left. Use the rust remover on the door, then go through it. Open the storage case on the left and take the mold from inside. Use the locker key on the right cabinet, then take the red handbag - examine this in your inventory to find a photograph of a kid. Return to the corridor.

Go through the door on the right again. Show the photograph of the kid to the serene woman on the right, then talk to her about everything again. Go back out to the corridor.

Use your lump of hard clay on the soaking carpet to the left. Now in your inventory use the lump of soft clay on the mold. Give the round clay balls to the bleeding woman, and you will get a silver knife. Ask the frantic-looking man about the door. Give the silver knife to the well-dressed man and you will get a dead bouquet. Return to the lobby.

Talk to the sitting man about everything. Go downstairs again, and through the door on the right. Give the dead bouquet to the thoughtful looking woman, and you will receive a paintbrush. Return to the corridor, then click on the curious roots at the far end of the corridor. Use the paintbrush on the horrific fleshy mass.

Save your game, then go through the doors.

August 4, 1991

Dan Braintree's Home

Talk to Officer Braintree - at the end of the conversation you will have to choose between these two options:

• Yes, I'll help you.
  Pick up the iron knife, then leave.
  
  
• No, I'll never help you.
  Rock in the chair several times until you are free. Pick up the iron knife, then leave.

Stanhope's Office

In your inventory, combine the "where is Serina" clue with the Polaroid.

Morgue

Look through the small window.

Cobb Bridge

Talk to Mark Torrence, choosing to be phlegmatic. Go through the maintenance door on the right. Use your screwdriver on the electric panel. Use the open electric panel to fix the lights, then go right until you talk to what is left of Serina. Return through the exit to the left. Now you will have to choose between these two options:

• Shoot Officer Braintree
• Shoot Mark Torrence

Carmine's Books

Go through the cellar door, Head right until you can go deeper, then in the next area climb down the glowing pit. Save your game, then head further to the right. You will eventually get to choose between 4 different endings (each ending is only available if you chose the matching interrogation choice at least twice during the game).