Grievances | Anchorhead
A short list of puzzles and solutions that seemed unrealistic to solve on my own.
Showing the skull to the drunk doctor
I got the doctor to tell me all about Edward, Anna, and William. He explained that he buried William in the crypt. Since I had already been there, I ran back, searched for William’s coffin, and took away his skull (Why? Because I could.)
I showed the skull to the doctor and his reaction was something along the lines of “W… Why are you showing me that?”
…And then nothing.
It turns out, I needed to ask about crypt to trigger (I’m guessing) the flag that I had heard everything he had to say. But since he had already told me that William was buried in the crypt, it would have never occurred to me to ask about the crypt. Maybe if this was my first time hearing about the crypt, but that was not the case.
This logic gate felt a little too rigid.
Twisting the golden spheres
I saw the spheres, remembered them from my dream, and noticed the fingerprints on them. Obviously, I have to touch them.
I touch them, and nothing happens. I try to pull on them, move them, push them, and nothing happens. They do not move. I rub them, and the fingerprints go away (this was a nice detail)
Within all that, I would have never come up with the verb twist. Other ways of moving the spheres gave me the impression that they are solidly fastened and immovable. I did not think to try other ways of motion.
Some hints here would be been really nice! Even if “try another way to moving them?” is too in-your-face, something like
pull the spheres
You try to pull the spheres away from the wall, but cannot get them out of their ensconcement.
gives a subtle hint that this particular direction was not fruitful.