Withered Jasmine
Puzzle
I regained consciousness in the high-security wing of Blackwood Asylum, surrounded by three cooling corpses posed around a card table. The orderlies claim I butchered them, but my mind is a terrifying blank slate. Dr. Vance, the head psychiatrist, insists she wants to help me 'unlock' the trauma. During the search of my cell, I found a singed photograph hidden in my pillowcase: a girl in a school uniform, smiling. On the back, in faded ink, it reads: 'Daddy, the jasmine is blooming.'
I have no memory of a daughter. Yet, every time I close my eyes, the room fills with the cloying, suffocating scent of jasmine, and I hear a teenage girl weeping in the dark.
Detective Hints
- Q1: The protagonist has no history of mental illness, so how did he end up here?
- Q2: The scene looks like a ritual, but what actually killed these men?
- Q3: Why does Dr. Vance seem to know more than she's saying?
Key Characters
The Bandaged Patient
SSR
Protagonist
"My head... it feels like it's been split open. Why do I s..."
Dr. Vance
SR
Key Character
"We need to talk about what happened last night. Don't wor..."
The Corpse at the Card Table
N
Victim
"You... you poured the tea. It tasted like almonds. Why......"
The Girl in the Photo
SR
Memory
"Daddy? It's so dark here. The jasmine... it smells like h..."
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