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013. Stay Tuned for Danger | Mattie Jensen’s Apartment pt. 6 & WWB pt. 4

I head back to Mattie’s and skip to day again. I give some calls to the gang, and Bess muses that I can rule out Dwayne as a suspect because if he’s so broke, it’d be idiotic to kill Rick because then the soap would be cancelled and he’d lose his contracts. To that, I say that jealousy makes people idiotic. 

To be clear, I say that - not Nancy. Nancy doesn’t acknowledge what Bess just said at all and simply says goodbye and hangs up, in true Nancy Drew PC game fashion.

I want to talk to my WWB people about this Owen guy and anything else they might wanna share. So I head on over to WWB and have some chats. Here’s what I learn: 

Mattie is good with names but doesn’t remember an Owen W. Spayder. 

Rick claims to remember him, but he’s also a professional bullshitter (proven by how much he flirts with us). 

Millie has never seen Owen in person, but he does check things out of the prop room a lot.

Lillian is entirely uninterested in saying anything about Owen at all.

However, something interesting happens when Nancy asks Lillian if Rick’s flirtations were serious. She becomes protective of Nancy’s heart because Rick will break it, and says if he keeps messing with Nancy, let Lillian know. 

Suddenly, I like this woman. Nothing makes me turn around on someone faster than female-female loyalty.

The conversations weren’t especially informative, except furthering my suspicion that Owen is just Dwayne with a mustache and beard glued to his face.

So, I head back to Mattie’s and here’s where things get a little spicy.

As soon as I walk in, I can hear something... ticking.

*sweats*

Oh you motherfucker. It’s a clock and a note, not a bomb.

This is your final warning Nancy Drew. You better mind your own business and go back to your little life in River Heights. I mean it! Leave town NOW or next time you won’t be so lucky.....

My next idea is to maybe sneak into Dwayne’s office again, maybe to find evidence that he sent me this letter. I transition from day to night in the game, but before I can leave, the phone rings.

It’s Lillian, and she wants me to meet her at WWB later that night, saying, “I know you can find your way in.”

I believe this is a good time to call my friends again, considering a threat has been made on my life today and a clandestine meeting has been planned.

George doesn’t answer, and Nancy doesn’t even bother telling Ned about the fake bomb, but does tell Bess! Priorities, we got ‘em. Bess thinks we’re getting really close and can’t give up now. Well, I was just gonna go back to my little life in River Heights, but okay, if you insist, Bess. I’ll keep going. She also says that meeting Lillian may mean I am close to “the end of your mystery” which I think is video-game-speak for “Get your shit in order, the climax is about to arrive.”

Next up, WWB to have a friendly nighttime chat with our new and loyal best friend Lillian.