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I think you just have to guess with the dots lol

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Yeah I agree that he must have taken his own life, but it is more the reasoning behind it that confuses me. It suggests that he doesn't even remember Annie (or anyone else) which is why he is excluded from the curse, so he might not remember the whole situation with Annie in the Chapel, and therefore not remember his guilt. The invitation from Rupert Galley suggests that John was having a particularly rough time following his divorce which is what led me to think that maybe his death was due to that.

It completely went over my head that the audio going on for so long meant that it took a long time for him to die - he must have still been alive after jumping from the attic but bled out (or succumbed to his injuries) at the entrance where he landed.

I love investigative games (like the Roottrees are Dead) so I knew that I would enjoy this game, but it completely blew me away! The story and characters were really well written and truly gave you a 'visual' of what was happening despite being a text-based game. Most of the timeline was fairly easy to figure out, but the wherabouts of some people evaded me for a while so I had to guess where they could possibly be and when through trial and error.

(potential spoilers below)

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It was scary how quickly everything went wrong and how the deaths couldn't be prevented; the fact that that the character numbers indicated who was next to die created a sense of dramatic irony.

Annie was my favourite character by far: I admired that she was intent on trying to figure out what was happening (although it ended up being her undoing) and her attempt to end the chain of deaths was brave.

I felt particularly bad for Victoria and Damian as they were so close to getting away from Galley House and Victoria never got the chance to tell Damian that she was pregnant. It was also heartbreaking that Victoria unknowingly caused her sister's death by providing her with the list of everyone's names as that helped her remember.

John's death still confuses me as he says that he doesn't remember any of them (referring to the other people in Galley House) but still dies. I know he wasn't meant to die as the thunderclap didn't occur for him, but why did he die? Did he take his own life because of his divorce and the fact that he is no longer in contact with his daughter?

The final scene I discovered was Rupert Galley's death, which I believe was caused by him remembering his sister Amelia who had died when Rupert and Oswald were children. They must have lived this long because nobody had remembered her, until Rupert heard the music from the piano which started the chain of events that led to the death of everyone in the story.

I have so much more I could say, but will mention that there are 97 files in total and to check each scene number has an appearance from everyone who is still alive for those who may be struggling.