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kona 2019.07.11

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"INTRO_START_1","Carl Faubert sought information for a living. That is to say that "
"INTRO_START_2","ever since he returned from Korea, after having served with the armed forces, "
"INTRO_START_3","he had been working as a private investigator in Montreal."
"INTRO_MISSION_1","William Hamilton, a rich industrialist, had gotten in touch with him "
"INTRO_MISSION_2","regarding a simple vandalism issue, nothing to write home about. "
"INTRO_MISSION_3","Not worth hiring a private eye either, "
"INTRO_MISSION_4","just so he can drive for hours on rough roads. "
"INTRO_MISSION_5","But that's how it had always been: the client pays, Carl gets it done."
"INTRO_RENDEZVOUS_1","They had set up to meet at the General Store, his client’s business. Well actually, "
"INTRO_RENDEZVOUS_2","the entire village had William Hamilton’s name written all over it."
"INTRO_BARRIER_1","When the roads were bad, muddy or snowed in, "
"INTRO_BARRIER_2","it was customary around these parts to close them off. "
"INTRO_BARRIER_3","But it was also customary to ignore those signs entirely and drive there anyway."
"INTROTOWER_PICKCIG_1","Carl, like many of his contemporaries,"
"INTROTOWER_PICKCIG_2","felt like he had more trouble breathing when he wasn’t smoking."
"INTROTOWER_PICKCIG_3","Cigarette was his own personal breathing assistant."
"INTROTOWER_PICKALLU_1","Can’t have a smoke without fire,"
"INTROTOWER_PICKALLU_2","and Carl always enjoyed lighting a match."
"INTROTOWER_PICKALLU_3","Truth is, he was afraid of the dark."
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO1_1","Hamilton is waiting for Carl in the General Store,"
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO1_2","it was time for him to get down to business."
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO2_1","Carl had a lot on his plate,"
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO2_2","he had to get back on the road."
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO3_1","The journey ahead was calling:"
"INTROTOWER_READYTOGO3_2","the case won’t close itself!"
"INTROTOWER_BRIDGEBLOCK_1","Carl, not knowing what lay on the other side of the bridge,"
"INTROTOWER_BRIDGEBLOCK_2","needed to make sure he wasn’t leaving anything behind."
"INTROTOWER_BRIDGEBLOCKB_1","As much as Carl enjoyed walking, he would probably be better off "
"INTROTOWER_BRIDGEBLOCKB_2","saving his strength and just use the truck."
"INTROTOWER_CHIBOU_1","Never in his life had Carl thought he would one day "
"INTROTOWER_CHIBOU_2","drive further north than Chibougamau."
"INTROTOWER_ATIMAP_1","Carl was meeting his client in a store near this area; "
"INTROTOWER_ATIMAP_2","he was on the right track."
"INTROTOWER_DRAPEAU_1","Emperor Duplessis, in spite of his conservative agenda, "
"INTROTOWER_DRAPEAU_2","did a good job in colonizing the rural North, "
"INTROTOWER_DRAPEAU_3","which helped to re-establish the region as an integral part of the province of Quebec. "
"INTROTOWER_DRAPEAU_4","The blue fleurdelysé could be seen fluttering in the wind here and there, "
"INTROTOWER_DRAPEAU_5","taunting the red Canadian flags on the other side of the province’s boundaries."
"INTROTOWER_BACLTRACK_1","There always comes a time when it’s just too late to change your mind."
"INTROTOWER_BACLTRACK_2","His meeting was right around the corner."
"INTROTOWER_SMOKE_1","Carl Faubert, private detective, "
"INTROTOWER_SMOKE_2","had just travelled hundreds of kilometers from Montreal to reach this remote, "
"INTROTOWER_SMOKE_3","middle-of-nowhere area, situated near the far northern Lake Atamipek. "
"INTROTOWER_SMOKE_4","Granted, that was a great distance to cover for a sole client, "
"INTROTOWER_SMOKE_5","but word had it that he was a particularly wealthy one. "
"INTROTOWER_CARTE_1","Carl had to drive a bit further north in order to meet with"
"INTROTOWER_CARTE_2","wealthy industrialist William Hamilton."
"INTROTOWER_CARTEEND_1","William Hamilton was a prosperous owner who had acquired various businesses, "
"INTROTOWER_CARTEEND_2","as well as metal mines, in this northern region."
"INTROTOWER_JOURNAL_1","Carl, always diligent in his work, "
"INTROTOWER_JOURNAL_2","always carried his log on him,"
"INTROTOWER_JOURNAL_3","in which he scribbled down thoughts and "
"INTROTOWER_JOURNAL_4","leads alike during the course of his investigations."
"INTROTOWER_PICKPOLAROID_1","The Polaroid, Carl’s long-standing and faithful ally, "
"INTROTOWER_PICKPOLAROID_2","had seen its share of husbands caught red-handed cheating. "
"INTROTOWER_PICKPOLAROID_3","There’s always something out there waiting to be snapped away."
"INTROTOWER_BARRIER_1","Hamilton never mentioned a road blocking barrier. "
"INTROTOWER_BARRIER_2","Why was it needed here, in the back of beyond? "
"INTROTOWER_BARRIER_3","That would, however, be a mystery for another day—"
"INTROTOWER_BARRIER_4","Carl had waited long enough for someone to come and raise it."
"INTROTOWER_LOCKED_1","Still not a soul in sight... There was no point in waiting any longer: "
"INTROTOWER_LOCKED_2","Carl had to figure this one out by himself."
"INTROTOWER_PHONE_1","Hamilton no doubt knew who managed the barrier."
"INTROTOWER_PHONE_2","Carl wanted to give him a call, but that would have been too easy, "
"INTROTOWER_PHONE_3","though, as sure enough, the line was acting up."
"INTROTOWER_CUTTER_1","The cutters made quick work of the chain. "
"INTROTOWER_CUTTER_2","What better way to investigate vandals than to get into their shoes, "
"INTROTOWER_CUTTER_3","Carl the professional vandal thought, "
"INTROTOWER_CUTTER_4","reveling in the irony of the situation."
"INTROTOWER_TIP_1","To clear his conscience, a ten dollar bill: "
"INTROTOWER_TIP_2","Carl was an honest man."
"CRASH_WAKEUPA_1","Carl needed to get out of there. The cold and the pain required urgent care."
"CRASH_WAKEUPB_1","Carl was freezing. And with the pain he was experiencing, it didn’t look good."
"CRASH_CARSTUCKA_1","The car wasn’t going to move through divine intervention. "
"CRASH_CARSTUCKA_2","Carl needed to find some sort of tool, a lever or tire chains, to get out of there. But where?"
"CRASH_CARSTUCKB_1","This deep in the country, his last hope was to find an abandoned garage, "
"CRASH_CARSTUCKB_2","or a farm by the roadside. His life depended on it."
"CRASH_CARSTUCKC_1","Carl couldn’t give up. "
"CRASH_CARSTUCKC_2","Surely something in there could be useful…"
"CRASH_CARSTUCKD_1","Even better than he had hoped! Carl Faubert had succeeded once more, "
"CRASH_CARSTUCKD_2","and was now on his way to new adventures!"
"CRASH_OTHERCAR_1","The driver had taken off. It was still best to check it out and leave nothing to chance. "
"CRASH_OTHERCAR_2","Carl needed help."
"INTROROAD_CRUISINGSNOW_1","Carl was not made aware that winter would come early this year."
"INTROROAD_CRUISINGSNOW_2","The North made clear who was the boss up there:"
"INTROROAD_CRUISINGSNOW_3","snow, which didn’t care much about the date when "
"INTROROAD_CRUISINGSNOW_4","it felt like dumping its first load of the year."
"INTROROAD_CANTOUTA_1","Now wasn’t a good time to go wander about, Hamilton was still out there."
"INTROROAD_CANTOUTB_1","Carl’s military training had made him a very punctual man—"
"INTROROAD_CANTOUTB_2","being late to his meeting with Hamilton was out of the question."
"INTROROAD_CANTOUTC_1","Carl was dying to stretch his legs, "
"INTROROAD_CANTOUTC_2","but he had to stay focused on the task at hand."
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONA_1","William Hamilton enjoyed a lavish country house built in the very heart "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONA_2","of the northern forests, not too far from here."
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONB_1","The local populace was divided when it came to the affluent man: "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONB_2","some saw a wealthy philanthropist dedicated to improving the region’s economy; "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONB_3","others, an aging english man who would do anything to further his fortune, "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONB_4","and these ones hated him enough to go on about scheming against him."
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONC_1","Hamilton had recently acquired a few local businesses, "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONC_2","but the last straw was the reopening of a mine, "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIONC_3","which gave rise to a wave of protests and threats from the Cree people."
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIOND_1","Given these circumstances, "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIOND_2","Carl reckoned that a good number of people must be feeling "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIOND_3","compelled to oppose Hamilton, in one way or another. "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIOND_4","So far, only the industrialist’s house had been a target, but soon enough, "
"INTROROAD_EXPOSITIOND_5","Carl thought, the target would become the man himself."
"REGION_MANASTAN_1","Spread out on a few acres of untouched forest, bellowing caribou, "
"REGION_MANASTAN_2","everlasting snow, and undefiled lakes, the Manastan region "
"REGION_MANASTAN_3","was no tourist hub. "
"REGION_MANASTAN_4","It was said to have been populated for millenia by Cree people"
"REGION_MANASTAN_5","and, ever since the industrial era, "
"REGION_MANASTAN_6","by the metal-mining industry."
"REGION_ATAMIPEK_1","Very few souls claimed the territory surrounding Lake Atamipek—"
"REGION_ATAMIPEK_2","it could barely be called a village."
"REGION_ATAMIPEK_3","An enclave, or a settlement, perhaps, "
"REGION_ATAMIPEK_4","anything that could illustrate middle-of-nowhereness bordering the backwoods "
"REGION_ATAMIPEK_5","of the Cree kingdom."
"ROAD_STOP_1","It was an era of freedom,"
"ROAD_STOP_2","and importing road signs from the United States "
"ROAD_STOP_3","to save money was thought to be a good idea."
"ROAD_STOP_4","Language-shaming had barely begun to irritate the Quebecers."
"ROAD_MILES_1","Back then,"
"ROAD_MILES_2","imperialistic measurements like miles, feet, inches, and gallons still ruled"
"ROAD_MILES_3","La Belle Province."
"ROAD_MILES_4","The metric system would only come later."
"MAGASIN_LACHANCE_1","Gilles Lachance owned the General Store,"
"MAGASIN_LACHANCE_2","that is, before Hamilton got his hands on it."
"MAGASIN_FINDKEY_1","Finding a key is easy. Finding the right keyhole?"
"MAGASIN_FINDKEY_2","Not so much."
"MAGASIN_PHONE01_1","The snowstorm pummeled everything in its path. "
"MAGASIN_PHONE01_2","Carl was not surprised when he heard no tone."
"MAGASIN_PHONE02_1","Someone had to be warned."
"MAGASIN_PHONE02_2","Without a phone, Carl had no choice but to go door-to-door."
"MAGASIN_ENDTASK_1","Carl needed to meet with Hamilton first. "
"MAGASIN_ENDTASK_2","He had to be close by."
"MAGASIN_COMPLETEDTASK_1","Something was amiss. "
"MAGASIN_COMPLETEDTASK_2","He would surely find help not too far ahead."
"MAGASIN_AUGE_1","The old horse trough withstood the passage of time gracefully, "
"MAGASIN_AUGE_2","as if frozen in another era. Makes you feel like you’re in a cold Western."
"MAGASIN_SOAPBELLES_1","Everyone knew the stories of Donalda and Alexis. "
"MAGASIN_SOAPBELLES_2","And everyone hated Séraphin Poudrier just the same. "
"MAGASIN_SOAPBELLES_3","Even at the edge of the world, this was no exception."
"MAGASIN_SOAPPLOUFFE_1","The Plouffe Family. "
"MAGASIN_SOAPPLOUFFE_2","The old black and white show from the 50s related the ups and downs of"
"MAGASIN_SOAPPLOUFFE_3","a typical family living in Quebec City, in the aftermath of World War II."
"MAGASIN_SOAPPLOUFFE_4","It was like The Addams Family, minus the macabre and a… walking hand."
"MAGASIN_SOAPPIGNON_1","Nothing looks more like a soap from that time, "
"MAGASIN_SOAPPIGNON_2","than another soap from that time."
"MAGASIN_RANSACK_1","Whatever happened here, things got pretty rough"
"MAGASIN_RANSACK_2","and not a trace of Hamilton."
"MAGASIN_LETTERHAM_1","Carl knew that Gilles Lachance was in charge of the General Store. "
"MAGASIN_LETTERHAM_2","That made him one of Hamilton’s employees. "
"MAGASIN_LETTERHAM_3","A very angry employee, as Carl could plainly see."
"MAGASIN_CRYSTALICE_1","Carl was used to strange phenomenons,"
"MAGASIN_CRYSTALICE_2","but a chunk of ice like this, as if an iceberg came out of the ground, that was a first."
"MAGASIN_AMMO_1","You don’t leave ammunition out in the open like this."
"MAGASIN_AMMO_2","Was Gilles Lachance that careless?"
"MAGASIN_POBOX_1","By all appearances, the General Store also served as a post office."
"MAGASIN_POBOX_2","Letters and packages awaited the locals’ daily visit."
"MAGASIN_LETTERTRASH_1","Hate was in the air. Seems like some villagers barely tolerated each other."
"MAGASIN_SAFE_1","Carl had seen that kind of safe before. "
"MAGASIN_SAFE_2","With its double-layered security system blending letters and numbers,"
"MAGASIN_SAFE_3","its code couldn’t be broken by the common burglar."
"MAGASIN_PICKUPHEATHER_1","The heater had failed. "
"MAGASIN_PICKUPHEATHER_2","The geezers were right: there is no such thing as a truck built to withstand winter. "
"MAGASIN_PICKUPHEATHER_3","Without that heater, Carl would drop dead in no time."
"MAGASIN_CABLECUT_1","Blackouts were usually caused by a cut cable, Carl thought. "
"MAGASIN_CABLECUT_2","But it could also give life to the most dangerous serpent ever—"
"MAGASIN_CABLECUT_3","the electrical serpent!"
"MAGASIN_PHOTOJUMP_1","Jumping from that height was akin to tempting death. "
"MAGASIN_PHOTOJUMP_2","Perhaps that man on the snowmobile had seen enough of this world already."
"MAGASIN_PHOTOOLD_1","A nice picture of the “Magasin Lachance” store, "
"MAGASIN_PHOTOOLD_2","seemingly taken the day it was first opened. It feels frozen in time, from an era long
forgotten. "
"MAGASIN_PHOTOHUNT_1","Amateur hunters showing some pride at having killed a nice-pelted beast. "
"MAGASIN_PHOTOHUNT_2","With men like this roaming the area, wolves would become extinct within 10 years, "
"MAGASIN_PHOTOHUNT_3","Carl thought."
"MAGASIN_CONTEXTHAM_1","Carl needed to find Hamilton at all costs. "
"MAGASIN_CONTEXTHAM_2","There had to be a trail to follow somewhere… but where?"
"MAGASIN_ZONE_1","Since 1941, the General Store provided the populace with various goods "
"MAGASIN_ZONE_2","that couldn’t be plucked from nature itself. "
"MAGASIN_ZONE_3","William Hamilton had recently taken over the place."
"MAGASIN_ZONE_4","In fact, the whole region was now his..."
"MAGASIN_BLACKOUTA_1","An explosion suddenly occurred outside."
"MAGASIN_BLACKOUTB_1","""What was that?"" Carl thought,"
"MAGASIN_BLACKOUTB_2","as the loud, "
"MAGASIN_BLACKOUTB_3","explosion-like noise reminded him of his sleepless nights on the battlefield."
"MAGASIN_LIFTNOPOWER_1","Staring intently at the controls won’t be enough to make that lift budge; "
"MAGASIN_LIFTNOPOWER_2","the poor thing was out of power."
"MAGASIN_LIFTBOURRE_1","Carl was making progress, but the lift probably needed some more juice to work properly."
"MAGASIN_TRANSFORMER_1","The transformer had gone up in flames, snapping that wire in the process. "
"MAGASIN_TRANSFORMER_2","Carl figured he would have to wait for an electrician to ride "
"MAGASIN_TRANSFORMER_3","a unicorn through the wilderness to come and repair it..."
"MAGASIN_CROWBARSPOT_1","The crowbar was stuck under the lift. "
"MAGASIN_CROWBARSPOT_2","Notwithstanding Carl’s imposing stature, "
"MAGASIN_CROWBARSPOT_3","car lifting wasn't part of his skillset yet."
"MAGASIN_CROWBAR_1","At long last, the crowbar was within Carl’s grasp. "
"MAGASIN_CROWBAR_2","Surely it would come in handy at some point."
"MAGASIN_WOLVESSPOT_1","Maintaining his composure, Carl recalled something from his military training: "
"MAGASIN_WOLVESSPOT_2","“Wolves always stay away from populated areas.”"
"MAGASIN_WOLVESSPOT_3"," … wait, was it about bears?"
"MAGASIN_POWER_1","The note explained that the garage and the store couldn’t be supplied with "
"MAGASIN_POWER_2","electricity at the same time."
"MAGASIN_CREDIT_1","According to that log, it seemed like the whole village owed some money to the General Store. "
"MAGASIN_CREDIT_2","Carl was far more interested in the bunch of nearby "
"MAGASIN_CREDIT_3","addresses he had just gotten his hands on, though."
"MAGASIN_GILLESTRUCK_1","That had to be the worst parking job ever. "
"MAGASIN_GILLESTRUCK_2","Who was Carl to judge, though? "
"MAGASIN_GILLESTRUCK_3","It may be customary to park like that around these parts… or not."
"MAGASIN_RADIATORA_1","While modern devices had unquestionable advantages, "
"MAGASIN_RADIATORA_2","the world was becoming increasingly dependent on electricity to function."
"MAGASIN_RADIATORB_1","A radiator without power is as good as a wood stove without logs."
"MAGASIN_GAUGE_1","The fuel gauge, serving its purpose, reminded Carl that it may be a good idea to stop by "
"MAGASIN_GAUGE_2","the General Store to refuel while he still could."
"MAGASIN_GAUGEB_1","Given the circumstances, leaving with an empty tank would be a death warrant. "
"MAGASIN_GAUGEB_2","Carl had to refuel."
"MAGASIN_RETURN_1","Carl’s sole purpose in being here, far from home, "
"MAGASIN_RETURN_2","had yet to be fulfilled: where was Hamilton?"
"MAGASIN_FUMES_1","The truck was running on fumes, "
"MAGASIN_FUMES_2","good thing that the General Store was close by."
"MAGASIN_PUMP_1","The pumps wouldn’t surrender their divine nectar so easily."
"MAGASIN_PUMP_2","In all likelihood, they had to be switched on from inside the store. "
"MAGASIN_CARREAU_1","A crossbow bolt! Carl was surprised. "
"MAGASIN_CARREAU_2","That must pull you right out of your thoughts while you’re sitting on the can."
"MAGASIN_READYA_1","Carl didn’t know where to go, but he had to find help, "
"MAGASIN_READYA_2","find a way to contact authorities. He had to search the village."
"MAGASIN_READYB_1","The place needed to be secured. The killer had to be found, and fast. "
"MAGASIN_READYB_2","What if Gilles Lachance had turned words into deeds?"
"MAGASIN_READYC_1","With this list, all that was left to do was to sort out the bandits and the honest citizens. "
"MAGASIN_READYC_2","He had to search the village."
"MAGASIN_READYD_1","Carl knew straight away where to find the infuriated Gilles Lachance. "
"MAGASIN_READYD_2","Any good investigation would have to start there…"
"MAGASIN_FOUNDALLTRUE_1","Carl was beginning to know the store and its surroundings like the back of his hand. "
"MAGASIN_FOUNDALLTRUE_2","The seeker had sought."
"MAGASIN_FOUNDALLFALSE_1","Carl felt that the store and its surroundings still held their secrets. "
"MAGASIN_FOUNDALLFALSE_2","And he didn’t like to miss out."
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANA_1","Welcome to Manastan. "
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANA_2","Hope you brought gloves and a beanie hat."
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANB_1","Manastan, "
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANB_2","what climate change?"
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANC_1","Manastan, "
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMANC_2","Happiness lies elsewhere."
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMAND_1","Manastan, "
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMAND_2","welcome to DIE… "
"FRONTIER_PANCARTEMAND_3","of… cold."
"HOUSEA_GISELE_1","Carl deduced that the poor woman imprisoned in the ice was the wife of Gilles Lachance."
"HOUSEA_GISELE_2","Could cold alone do this?"
"HOUSEA_GISELE02_1","Perhaps their spousal relationship had been cooling down lately."
"HOUSEA_PUZZLE_1","Looks like the holes in that puzzle are there to stay. "
"HOUSEA_NEWSPAPER_1","The General Store, along with several more infrastructures in the area,"
"HOUSEA_NEWSPAPER_2","had been acquired by wealthy industrialist William J. Hamilton. "
"HOUSEA_NEWSPAPER_3","Perhaps the village should be rechristened Hamiltown?"
"HOUSEA_ENTER_1","The air was freezing, right down to the bone."
"HOUSEA_PHOTOMARIUS_1","It felt like the old Lachance, who died not long ago,"
"HOUSEA_PHOTOMARIUS_2","had been elderly forever. "
"HOUSEA_PHOTOMARIUS_3","Here he was, standing proudly in front of the store he had himself built,"
"HOUSEA_PHOTOMARIUS_4","the store he ran all his life…"
"HOUSEA_POTOFEU_1","The pot was cold, and the stew inside wasn’t cooked. "
"HOUSEA_POTOFEU_2","It’s likely that poor Gisèle was slow-cooking it before she got snapped."
"HOUSEA_POTOFEU_3","What a waste."
"HOUSEA_PHOTO_1","Beautiful portrait of Gilles and Gisèle,"
"HOUSEA_PHOTO_2","bound together by the chains of conventional love."
"HOUSEA_BOXES_1","Many boxes scattered about… "
"HOUSEA_BOXES_2","Carl didn’t need to summon his detective training to quickly figure that"
"HOUSEA_BOXES_3","the Lachances had just moved in."
"HOUSEA_WINDOWS_1","That window had seemingly been left open for a while, Carl thought. "
"HOUSEA_WINDOWS_2","Given the punishing weather, it couldn’t have been intentional."
"HOUSEA_RECORD_1","Ah, moving…"
"HOUSEA_RECORD_2","what a pleasant activity! "
"HOUSEA_RECORD_3","Of course, you’ll find the record player only to find the records weeks later in some random box."
"HOUSEA_PAINT_1","It felt like old people were all these walls could see for years. "
"HOUSEA_PAINT_2","The Lachances could hardly be blamed for wanting to freshen things up a bit."
"HOUSEA_CELLAR_1","What a mess! "
"HOUSEA_CELLAR_2","Clearly, there was some major revamping work underway here, "
"HOUSEA_CELLAR_3","the place looked barely habitable."
"HOUSEA_PAINT2_1","A nice white coating would restore the room to its charm of olden days."
"HOUSEA_CROSS_1","The cross looked after a marriage’s well-being, and served as a motivator to uphold "
"HOUSEA_CROSS_2","the priest’s sermons calling for more little worshippers, on one hand, "
"HOUSEA_CROSS_3","and cautioning against guilty pleasures on the other."
"HOUSEA_CROSS_4","Indeed, the Lachances were still part of the god-fearing generation."
"HOUSEA_CARREAU_1","The crossbow bolt stuck into the wooden stairs "
"HOUSEA_CARREAU_2","reminded Carl of the arrow that was said to have hit Achilles’ heel. "
"HOUSEA_CARREAU_3","But who was the intended Achilles this time?"
"HOUSEB_DOOR_1","Finding a locked door in the country is not that big of a deal. "
"HOUSEB_DOOR_2","Carl knew a key had to be hidden nearby. "
"HOUSEB_BIBLE_1","Religion was very influential throughout Quebec many years ago. "
"HOUSEB_BIBLE_2","Indeed, it was surprising that Carl did not come across"
"HOUSEB_BIBLE_3","a single chapel since arriving here."
"HOUSEB_GIRAFFE_1","Who knew that giraffes thrived in the North Pole? "
"HOUSEB_GIRAFFE_2","The craze for toys was stupefying. "
"HOUSEB_DREAM_1","Dreamcatchers originated from First Nations legends. "
"HOUSEB_DREAM_2","They were used to trap nightmares."
"HOUSEB_ZONEENTER_1","The house smelled like incense. "
"HOUSEB_ZONEENTER_2","The kind that reminds you of the Good Lord, of peace."
"HOUSEB_PHOTOPOPE_1","Good Paul VI, appearing… papal."
"HOUSEB_PHOTOPOPE_2","His crooked fingers gave the impression he was about to bestow a miracle."
"HOUSEB_LOKEDJOURNAL_1","Carl wasn’t desperate enough to invade "
"HOUSEB_LOKEDJOURNAL_2","a village woman’s privacy."
"HOUSEB_GONE_1","The Bédards had vacated the premises. Carl gathered they would be of no help."
"HOUSEB_KEYJOURNAL_1","A peculiar key indeed, too small to fit in a door lock. "
"HOUSEB_KEYJOURNAL_2","What sort of miniature object was it meant for?"
"HOUSEB_FAUSSE_1","Jean-Luc Bédard had without a doubt been "
"HOUSEB_FAUSSE_2","the closest man in the village to William Hamilton, otherwise known as Uncle Willie…"
"HOUSEB_VRAI_1","Shame that the family had bailed. "
"HOUSEB_VRAI_2","Carl would have had a few questions for Jean-Luc, "
"HOUSEB_VRAI_3","a close friend of Hamilton’s."
"HOUSEB_LITHURGIE_1","Love of religion and ancestors was rooted deep inside the hearts of Canadians of old, "
"HOUSEB_LITHURGIE_2","to which the Bédards appeared to be closely related."
"HOUSEB_PHOTO_1","The perfect, cookie-cutter Catholic family, most likely attending church every Sunday."
"HOUSEB_CRADDLE_1","The empty cradle sent an eerie feeling down Carl’s spine, "
"HOUSEB_CRADDLE_2","as if minutes ago someone just grabbed the baby and made a run for it."
"HOUSEB_DIAPERS_1","The family’s mother must have spent her days washing the filth off her kids’ diapers."
"HOUSEB_GARDEN_1","Carl smiled at the sight of the nicely protected garden. "
"HOUSEB_GARDEN_2","Hopefully, the Bédards had managed to dig every last potato "
"HOUSEB_GARDEN_3","out before the sudden snowfall."
"HOUSEB_SINCACHE_1","A true Catholic always strives to keep lowly temptations at bay. "
"HOUSEB_SINCACHE_2","Obviously, Carl thought, someone in this house wasn’t doing a good job "
"HOUSEB_SINCACHE_3","at upholding the Holy Bible’s teachings. "
"HOUSEB_OILPUD_1","An aging car was parked here."
"HOUSEB_OILPUD_2","Carl could picture the notary’s heavy sedan, "
"HOUSEB_OILPUD_3","with a huge backseat large enough to fit the whole family."
"HOUSEB_KEY_1","Carl was no burglar. He didn’t need to resort to petty techniques such as "
"HOUSEB_KEY_2","window-breaking to find his way in. "
"HOUSEB_KEY_3","A good detective simply looks for keys where gullible souls hide them…"
"HOUSEB_KEYFOUND_1","What was even the point of locking your door if everyone hid their key in the same place? "
"HOUSEB_KEYFOUND_2","Carl was starting to feel like his investigator life lacked challenge."
"HOUSEC_ZONEENTER_1","It was a classic Canadian house,"
"HOUSEC_ZONEENTER_2","except for the absent horde of kids that would normally be swarming about."
"HOUSEC_CHESS_1","Just one more move and white is checkmated—game over. "
"HOUSEC_CHESS_2","It seems the game was abandoned right before the final strike came down."
"HOUSEC_PHOTO_1","The couple radiated something akin to lightheartedness, to freedom. "
"HOUSEC_PHOTO_2","Perhaps some people out there truly found a way to live happily ever after."
"HOUSEC_PHOTOB_1","The photograph was snapped not too far from here, Carl noticed. "
"HOUSEC_PHOTOB_2","The couples seemed to be very good friends."
"HOUSEC_PHOTOC_1","A picture of Wilfred in his youth."
"HOUSEC_PHOTOC_2","Carl figured right away that the man must have been some kind of wildlife officer."
"HOUSEC_NOVEL_1","A murderer’s diary! "
"HOUSEC_NOVEL_2","Carl’s detective training compelled him to write some excerpts down. "
"HOUSEC_NOVEL_3","What sort of monster could give life to such a bizarre tale?"
"HOUSEC_NOGUN_1","Not a single weapon was left. All of them were gone!"
"HOUSEC_JOEDASSIN_1","A bit surprising to find an album by such a liberal artist "
"HOUSEC_JOEDASSIN_2","this deep in the countryside. "
"HOUSEC_JOEDASSIN_3","Carl found the Roy couple fascinating."
"HOUSEC_NOCLOTH_1","All manners of clothing were gone, "
"HOUSEC_NOCLOTH_2","as if the Roys drove out of town with their closet in tow."
"HOUSEC_FEMPOWER_1","Simone de Beauvoir, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Hannah Arendt, Roland Barthes… "
"HOUSEC_FEMPOWER_2","Carl was surprised by the literature filling this liberal-leaning bookcase. "
"HOUSEC_FEMPOWER_3","Could there really be intellectuals dwelling in this far-off land?"
"HOUSED_ENTRANCE_1","A wintery atmosphere surrounded the house. "
"HOUSED_ENTRANCE_2","The soundlessness of the area suggested it was empty."
"HOUSED_BOOT_1","When finding a boot, one wonders what became of the foot."
"HOUSED_FIREPLACE_1","The coals were still warm. Someone must have been stirring them up."
"HOUSED_BLACKOUT_1","And darkness came."
"HOUSED_BLACKOUT_2","Astonishingly enough, the electricity had managed to endure all this time."
"HOUSED_BED_1","The sheets were in such a way that indicated a rude awakening, "
"HOUSED_BED_2","followed by a hurried escape. "
"HOUSED_BED_3","What had happened here?"
"HOUSED_WINDOW_1","A window left open in that weather? "
"HOUSED_WINDOW_2","Perhaps something had to be watched."
"HOUSED_SPIRO_1","The spirograph amused Carl... It was a nice, modern toy— "
"HOUSED_SPIRO_2","aside from being repetitive by nature and completely useless. "
"HOUSED_SPIRO_3","Still, it found its way into many Québécois homes."
"HOUSED_MIRROR_1","Well, looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed."
"HOUSED_MILK_1","A milkman had to drive by every week to fill the bottles."
"HOUSED_MILK_2","The fresh milk indicated a recent visit."
"HOUSED_COOKIE_1","Money in a jar. What a shame… "
"HOUSED_COOKIE_2","Carl would have loved cookies."
"HOUSED_SWING_1","The swing was a harsh reminder for Carl that he was walking through a desert town. "
"HOUSED_SWING_2","Where did everyone go?"
"HOUSED_PHOTOA_1","The picture had been taken inside the house—it was the same wallpaper. "
"HOUSED_PHOTOA_2","Judging by the smiles, nobody suspected the impending misfortunes."
"HOUSED_PHOTOB_1","Little Martin Blais with a family member. "
"HOUSED_PHOTOB_2","There was some resemblance between them, "
"HOUSED_PHOTOB_3","and Carl took note of the sense of bonding and pride they projected. "
"HOUSED_PHOTOBTRUE_1","Little Martin Blais with his uncle Pierre. "
"HOUSED_PHOTOBTRUE_2","There was a deep sense of bonding and pride coming out of the picture. "
"HOUSED_PHOTOBTRUE_3","Carl felt sorry for the man; no one deserved such a cruel fate."
"HOUSED_GETKEY_1","A key... What could it be for? "
"HOUSED_GETKEY_2","The garden shed? "
"HOUSED_GETKEY_3","Carl couldn’t reach it with his arm alone, but he had more than a few tricks "
"HOUSED_GETKEY_4","up his sleeve to pick it up."
"HOUSED_FLAREGUN_1","If he was to venture deep into the woods, carrying a flare gun definitely wouldn’t hurt, "
"HOUSED_FLAREGUN_2","Carl assumed. At best, he could probably scare some beasts off. "
"HOUSED_FLAREGUN_3","At worst, he was in for a nice little firework."
"HOUSED_KEYCLOUTIER_1","The key, which seemed to be meant for a padlock, "
"HOUSED_KEYCLOUTIER_2","bore an inscription reading “Cloutier et Fils”. Hmm, a company name… "
"HOUSED_KEYCLOUTIER_3","Better keep an eye open, businesses weren’t exactly numerous around these parts."
"HOUSED_PAYSTUB_1","A pay stub for some undoubtedly harsh lumberjack work. "
"HOUSED_PAYSTUB_2","Alexandre Blais felled trees and chopped wood for Cloutier et Fils."
"HOUSED_VALISE_1","General untidiness, objects scattered about randomly… "
"HOUSED_VALISE_2","Clearly, someone had to flee in a hurry. What could have caused such a fright?"
"CHALETA_FOUNDALLTRUE_1","Carl felt like he knew the doctor now, his belongings "
"CHALETA_FOUNDALLTRUE_2","had spoken lengths about him. But what Carl had heard worried him."
"CHALETA_FOUNDALLFALSE_1","Great care had to be taken searching this place full of oddities, "
"CHALETA_FOUNDALLFALSE_2","everything was important. The decor itself told a story…"
"CHALETA_PISSPOT_1","A chamber pot. "
"CHALETA_PISSPOT_2","Fortunately for Carl, inspecting it wouldn’t further this particular investigation."
"CHALETA_SOLITAIRE_1","Solitaire…"
"CHALETA_SOLITAIRE_2","A card game only hermits can truly enjoy."
"CHALETA_SOLITAIRE_3","Carl felt depressed at the thought of playing this."
"CHALETA_URNE_1","Only a great misfortune could have pushed a man like "
"CHALETA_URNE_2","Dr. Beaupré to isolate himself from the world,"
"CHALETA_URNE_3","far up north and buried in snow."
"CHALETA_RED_1","The injured could be recognized by the large stains of Red,"
"CHALETA_RED_2","an informal nickname given to merbromin, smudged all over their injuries."
"CHALETA_FRONTAL_1","Doctors used light-reflecting frontal mirrors to look inside their patient’s cavities."
"CHALETA_FRONTAL_2","That was a bit unsettling, but back then,"
"CHALETA_FRONTAL_3","it was pretty much always the case with medicine."
"CHALETA_EYEPATCH_1","For the one-eyed or for other vision problems, the eye patch was the way to go.
"
"CHALETA_COMMENT01_1","If one was to say electricity was the village’s first revolution,"
"CHALETA_COMMENT01_2","then Dr. Beaupré’s arrival was the second."
"CHALETA_COMMENT02_1","In spite of Dr. Beaupré’s goodwill,"
"CHALETA_COMMENT02_2","the place didn’t look much like a physician’s office."
"CHALETA_COMMENT02_3","It could easily be mistaken for a sowing shop."
"CHALETA_LETTERDOOR_1","There should be a law forbidding doctors from falling sick."
"CHALETA_CODEXHAMILTON_1","There was no doubt that the doctor and Hamilton knew each other very well."
"CHALETA_DIPLOME_1","Dr. Beaupré had done his medical studies quite far from here. "
"CHALETA_DIPLOME_2","He was surely one of the first students out of the new campus"
"CHALETA_DIPLOME_3","to settle on the mountain side."
"CHALETA_TABLE_1","It couldn’t get any more makeshift than this, "
"CHALETA_TABLE_2","Carl thought, astonished. Everything was improvised, including the examining table."
"CHALETA_TABLE_3","Who could really lie on this and expect a happy ending?"
"CHALETA_BLOOD_1","Someone had lost a few litres of blood here. "
"CHALETA_BLOOD_2","Carl’s first thought had been a lumbering accident, "
"CHALETA_BLOOD_3","someone’s hand cut by a saw, or a hunting accident. "
"CHALETA_BLOOD_4","In any case, whoever had lost all this blood couldn’t have gone far. "
"CHALETA_BLOOD_5","Perhaps they were already dead."
"CHALETA_SCALPEL_1","Carl got the trembles as he imagined the excruciating pain that kind of scalpel "
"CHALETA_SCALPEL_2","could no doubt inflict… "
"CHALETA_SCALPEL_3","Within these miserable walls, "
"CHALETA_SCALPEL_4","patients probably felt more like in a slaughterhouse than in a doctor’s office. "
"CHALETA_PHOTO_1","The good doctor, flanked by his beautiful spouse. Pure happiness captured on cardstock.
"
"CHALETA_PHOTOB_1","Isabelle, the doctor’s spouse, was equally pretty and faithful."
"CHALETA_PHOTOB_2","A deep kindness radiated from her eyes."
"CHALETB_ENTRANCEA_1","""What’chu doin’ here, stranger?"""
"CHALETB_ENTRANCEB_1","""Whoa, there, fella!"""
"CHALETB_ENTRANCEC_1","""Where’ve ya come from, huh?"""
"CHALETB_LITHOGRAPHIE_1","""Back in my day, it was just like that picture, "
"CHALETB_LITHOGRAPHIE_2","we were proud, strong and true, an’ we had the good Lord on our side."""
"CHALETB_PHOTOA_1","""Ah, 1917, what a smokefest, that Kaiser still remembers me"
"CHALETB_PHOTOA_2","and my shotgun, bang, bang, I told him, bang, bang, bang…"
"CHALETB_PHOTOA_3","the good ol’ days."""
"CHALETB_CEINTURE_1","""My hat from the good ol’ days, and my belt where I put my flask, "
"CHALETB_CEINTURE_2","things were so much better when we all wore the same thing."""
"CHALETB_RLATULIPE_1","""Look at sweet Rose Latulippe, handin’ herself over to the devil"
"CHALETB_RLATULIPE_2","on Ash Wednesday, terrible, right?"""
"CHALETB_CORRIVEAU_1","""Ah! La Corriveau! Gahd dayum! That’ll make that wedding fever pass, eh? "
"CHALETB_CORRIVEAU_2","Killed all her husbands, squick, one after another, no pity for marriage, that one."""
"CHALETB_CABANON_1","""Lookit him! Opening my shed. Take it, I don’t care, "
"CHALETB_CABANON_2","waste your time lookin’ in my trash, as long as you bring some Caribou, hahahaha."""
"CHALETB_LOCKED_1","The door was locked. "
"CHALETB_LOCKED_2","The key had to be close by, perhaps in the old man’s house. "
"CHALETB_LOCKED_3","Carl ardently hoped that the geezer didn’t hide it in his underpants drawer. "
"CHALETB_KEY_1","The key would most likely unlock the shed outside. "
"CHALETB_KEY_2","""Take it! old Rosaire said, "
"CHALETB_KEY_3","go through my garbage all ya want, as long as ya bring me some Caribou,"
"CHALETB_KEY_4","hahahahaha!"""
"CHALETB_LEGEND_1","""Can you see that book, over there? That’s the Wendigo. Yeah, Wendigo. "
"CHALETB_LEGEND_2","A warrior who turns into a wolf out of vengeance when they’ve been wronged. Hey!"""
"CHALETB_FOUNDALL_1","The old man’s cabin had been very generous to Carl, "
"CHALETB_FOUNDALL_2","he couldn’t have asked for more."
"CHALETB_FOUNDLEGEND_1","There, Carl had fed his mind, but had forgotten the harsh reality that "
"CHALETB_FOUNDLEGEND_2","his body also needed nourishment, especially in the dead of winter."
"CHALETB_FOUNDCOAT_1","Health is what mattered most,"
"CHALETB_FOUNDCOAT_2","and the old man’s coat made sure of that."
"CHALETB_FOUNDCOAT_3","However, Carl still felt that he would miss out on precious knowledge if he left this place. "
"CHALETB_FOUNDFALSE_1","There was so much in this cabin to enrich body and mind, "
"CHALETB_FOUNDFALSE_2","Carl couldn’t leave empty-handed."
"CHALETC_ENTERZONE_1","The place looked more like a pigsty than a house. A heavy stench of curdled milk,"
"CHALETC_ENTERZONE_2","cheap alcohol, and boiled cauliflower filled the air."
"CHALETC_DISTILLERIE_1","You had to be out of your mind to cook up white whisky at home."
"CHALETC_DISTILLERIE_2","The all-surrounding stench of alcohol alone was probably enough "
"CHALETC_DISTILLERIE_3","to gas a man to death."
"CHALETC_PICKFUSIL_1","No one would abandon such a nice tool without cause. "
"CHALETC_PICKFUSIL_2","Carl figured it best not to leave its fate to rust..."
"CHALETC_FLAG_1","Carl shivered as he saw the emblem. The patriot flag, "
"CHALETC_FLAG_2","used during the 1837 rebellion, and which had resurfaced "
"CHALETC_FLAG_3","in 1970s Quebec, flown proudly by the FLQ terrorist groups. "
"CHALETC_FLAG_4","This flag meant bombs, kidnappings, threats in the papers… it was a sign of rebellion."
"CHALETC_RECETTEFALSE_1","Carl figured this recipe wasn’t meant to yield a refined nectar."
"CHALETC_RECETTETRUE_1","Carl now knew how to quench the drunkard’s thirst."
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_1","Back then, in Africa and elsewhere, "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_2","people were ready to take up arms to stand against the yoke of English imperialism."
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_3","In Montreal, mailboxes were blown up, abductions were carried out "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_4","and violent manifestos were distributed to media outlets. "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_5","But around here, in the great northernmost, "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_6","all a man could do is curse out loud against the far away evil "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_7","and pray for the revolution to arise. "
"CHALETC_NOTEFLQ_8","That man, by any reckoning, was from that very stock."
"CHALETC_RANGE_1","With a homemade shooting range such as this, "
"CHALETC_RANGE_2","it wasn’t hard to imagine a stray bullet ending its course inside the flesh of an "
"CHALETC_RANGE_3","unsuspecting passerby. "
"CHALETC_RANGE_4","Granted, Carl thought, there wasn’t much in the way of passersby around here."
"CHALETC_RAG_1","The rag reeked of fermented vomit. "
"CHALETC_RAG_2","Carl wondered how one could bear to live in such gross and horrid conditions."
"CHALETC_COOPER_1","Carl knew right away that the owner of this place wasn’t a copper collector. "
"CHALETC_COOPER_2","No… This was a junkman’s base of operations. "
"CHALETC_COOPER_3","The guy definitely seemed like quite the expert in scavenging scrap metal—"
"CHALETC_COOPER_4","with or without permission, surely."
"CHALETC_COOPER_5","In the right hands, red metal could sell like hot cakes. "
"CHALETC_LEDZEPPELIN_1","Rock music invaded the minds of men even in the remotest of places. "
"CHALETC_LEDZEPPELIN_2","The man didn’t own a turntable, though, so there’s that going for him."
"CHALETC_GARBAGE_1","Garbage trucks rarely made a stop in the area; thankfully, "
"CHALETC_GARBAGE_2","the lake served as a pretty good backup dump for those"
"CHALETC_GARBAGE_3","times when bins started overflowing."
"CHALETC_TRUCK_1","That truck had obviously seen its share of gravel roads. "
"CHALETC_TRUCK_2","Carl wasn’t a mechanic, but he could easily tell that only the most heartfelt prayer "
"CHALETC_TRUCK_3","would bring this old beater back from its slumber. "
"CHALETC_TRUCK_4","With that cold, however, it was more likely that it would wait until next"
"CHALETC_TRUCK_5","spring to wake up."
"CHALETC_WALLET_1","Réjean Blouin… "
"CHALETC_WALLET_2","seems like that pig had a name after all."
"CHALETC_FOUNDALL_1","Carl felt that it was mission accomplished, with the wicked nectar in his hands."
"CHALETC_FOUNDROSAIRE_1","If Carl had at any point wished to get his hands on some Caribou, "
"CHALETC_FOUNDROSAIRE_2","he couldn’t have wished for better than a distillery like this one."
"CHALETC_FOUNDCARIBOU_1","Carl held in his hands some awful sugar alcohol, but rather than drink it, "
"CHALETC_FOUNDCARIBOU_2","he told himself it could be useful, he only had to be wary."
"CHALETC_FOUNDFALSE_1","Carl noted that a distillery like this could be useful. In what way? "
"CHALETC_FOUNDFALSE_2","That remained to be seen."
"CHALETD_KEY01_1","The key is meant to open a post office box."
"CHALETD_KEY01_2","Here in the village, post is handled at the General Store."
"CHALETD_KEY02_1","The key is meant to open a post office box. "
"CHALETD_KEY02_2","In remote regions, post was usually handled at the crossing of roads,"
"CHALETD_KEY02_3","in a place where citizens are bound to stop by at some point."
"CHALETD_OVNI_1","The man had a passion for intergalactic things. "
"CHALETD_OVNI_2","Back then, people were obviously scared of the Russian atomic bomb,"
"CHALETD_OVNI_3","but an invasion by extraterrestrials was a legit fear as well."
"CHALETD_OVNI_4","Seems like the mechanic had made his choice."
"CHALETD_SPACESHIP_1","The shape of this… machine, almost straight out of Star Trek, "
"CHALETD_SPACESHIP_2","was out of the ordinary to say the least. It felt like this thing could fly"
"CHALETD_SPACESHIP_3","up into space at any moment."
"CHALETD_SPACESHIP02_1","The machine appeared to be missing something critical, "
"CHALETD_SPACESHIP02_2","something necessary for it to take off."
"CHALETD_SHIPPLAN_1","If some daring person could manage to get their hands on the missing parts,"
"CHALETD_SHIPPLAN_2","Carl was willing to bet that the craft would have taken flight."
"CHALETD_LETTER_1","Roswell, Atamipek… same story: large deserts conducive to extravagant follies."
"CHALETD_SHIPFAIL_1","It was an indisputable fact that machines like this entailed a level of intellectual"
"CHALETD_SHIPFAIL_2","finesse that Carl was lacking."
"CHALETD_CODEXNOTE_1","The week of October 5th, thought Carl, that was this week. "
"CHALETD_CODEXNOTE_2","The plug should have been here by now. "
"CHALETD_CODEXNOTE_3","But where could he find a post office?"
"CHALETD_COCOHAT_1","Weird stuff. Kind of a crossing between a colander and a hair drier. "
"CHALETD_COCOHAT_2","What was it for? To play telepath?"
"CHALETD_COCOHAT_3","To protect against nuclear waves? "
"CHALETD_SCRIBBLING_1","These scribblings were undoubtedly the mark of a tormented mind."
"CHALETD_SCRIBBLING_2","Something wasn’t right in the poor mechanic’s head."
"CHALETD_MOTORLESS_1","What good was a motorless car? "
"CHALETD_MOTORLESS_2","The mechanic sure had an odd way to go about repairing things."
"CHALETD_ZONE_1","Gone was the wind-sculpted, idyllic white landscape and, lo and behold, "
"CHALETD_ZONE_2","Carl found himself in some kind of landfill—the mechanic’s junkyard… "
"CHALETD_ZONE_3","Better not step on a nail."
"CHALETD_LIVE_1","The very first steps of man on the moon were made more than a year ago... "
"CHALETD_LIVE_2","The event had surely captivated the mechanic’s mind for him to still keep this around."
"CHALETD_MAP_1","Carl deducted this was a map of the area. "
"CHALETD_MAP_2","Were those pins pointing to places of interest? "
"CHALETD_PANCARTE_1","Sometimes, and especially around here, "
"CHALETD_PANCARTE_2","people are so possessive with their land, as a dog is with hydrants."
"CHALETD_MILK_1","The milk was sorted by colour: from the whitest to the greenest, "
"CHALETD_MILK_2","or in other words, from the freshest to the sourest."
"CHALETD_TELEPHONE_1","Perhaps someone was expecting an important call. "
"CHALETD_TELEPHONE_2","In any case, that person’s in for a long wait: "
"CHALETD_TELEPHONE_3","Carl already noticed that telephone services weren’t provided in this area."
"CHALETD_CARILLON_1","Nice carillon. "
"CHALETD_CARILLON_2","They say it’s supposed to soothe the soul, "
"CHALETD_CARILLON_3","but with this powerful gale that seemingly never sleeps,"
"CHALETD_CARILLON_4","it was far more likely to get on anyone’s nerves."
"CHALETD_TRUCK_1","Well, this truck’s not going anywhere. "
"CHALETD_TRUCK_2","Where were the amputated parts? "
"CHALETD_TRUCK_3","Carl grinned as he pictured a frankesteinesque car lying around somewhere, "
"CHALETD_TRUCK_4","made of parts from a dozen different vehicles."
"CHALETD_HABITATION_1","To all appearances, Carl concluded,"
"CHALETD_HABITATION_2","the owner of the place had moved most essentials from his house inside the garage. "
"CHALETD_HABITATION_3","Peculiar man, indeed…"
"CHALETD_TOLE_1","Sheets of metal everywhere… "
"CHALETD_TOLE_2","Was Carl out of touch with current home improvement trends? "
"CHALETD_TOLE_3","Or perhaps this was meant to protect against… residual radiation? "
"CHALETD_TOLE_4","Gamma rays?"
"CHALETD_ICEDOOR_1","The ice was very solid, completely preventing the door from opening. "
"CHALETD_ICEDOOR_2","Nothing Carl’s strength couldn’t handle, though. "
"CHALETD_ICEDOOR_3","Still, a hammer or something wouldn’t hurt."
"CHALETD_ICEWIN_1","Carl, conqueror of the North, overcame the ice with ease."
"CHALETD_ICEWIN_2","The door could now be opened."
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOFALSE_1","Carl had a hunch that there had got to be a plan somewhere that could "
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOFALSE_2","help him put this thing back together."
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOTRUE_1","By following the plan, "
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOTRUE_2","Carl was led to believe that the snowmobile’s parts had to be scattered about in the vicinity."
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOPB_1","A bit of gas, a new spark plug and the key, "
"CHALETD_REPAIRDOOPB_2","and this thing would run perfectly. All he needed to do now was find all that. "
"CHALETD_FIXEDDOO_1","A job well done: the machine was now ready to brave the wintery elements. "
"CHALETD_FIXEDDOO_2","Carl had worked his socks off to finally get this thing going."
"CHALETD_MECANOFALSE_1","The man seemed petrified in ice! "
"CHALETD_MECANOFALSE_2","What Carl saw terrified him, and he didn’t know if it was the fear or "
"CHALETD_MECANOFALSE_3","the cold that was responsible for his hair standing on end all over his body. The poor man, "
"CHALETD_MECANOFALSE_4","before being frozen solid, seemed to be defending the entrance to his cabin. But from what?"
"CHALETD_MECANOTRUE_1","Another worrisome victim of this ice, "
"CHALETD_MECANOTRUE_2","this one seemingly petrified in action. The poor man, before being frozen solid, "
"CHALETD_MECANOTRUE_3","seemed to have been defending the entrance to his cabin. But from what?"
"CHALETD_THROW_1","Something very important must have been in there "
"CHALETD_THROW_2","for the man to take such time and effort to hide it, "
"CHALETD_THROW_3","but Carl didn’t know how to reach it."
"CHALETD_NOTE_1","Carl had no idea how to interpret a message like that. "
"CHALETD_NOTE_2","On the surface, it seemed like he had one half too many of this puzzle. "
"CHALETD_NOTE_3","Enough to know he shouldn’t take this testimony as gospel. "
"CHALETD_NOTE_4","The entire thing being some punishment for a murder committed by Hamilton "
"CHALETD_NOTE_5","seemed like an outlandish theory. Carl was doubtful."
"CHALETD_FOUNDALL_1","The mechanic was still frozen, and Carl had everything he needed, so he felt ready to leave."
"CHALETD_FOUNDVISION_1","Carl still wasn’t done with the mechanic’s place."
"CHALETD_FOUNDSKIDOO_1","Carl wanted to know more about this oddball mechanic. "
"CHALETD_FOUNDSKIDOO_2","Surely he would find something somewhere on this land."
"CHALETD_FOUNDFALSE_1","Carl hadn’t lived up to his good finder reputation,"
"CHALETD_FOUNDFALSE_2","he still hadn’t found any of the wealth contained in Lamothe’s lands."
"LANDLIDE_ENTERZONE_1","There was only void where the road should be. Carl hated dead ends. "
"LANDLIDE_ENTERZONE_2","He felt trapped. It was as if the road had drowned in the lake. "
"LANDLIDE_ENTERZONE_3","He would have to find help by another road."
"LANDLIDE_CAR_1","The track was fresh! That meant the car sank down just a little while ago. "
"LANDLIDE_CAR_2","Now, where the hell could the passengers possibly have gone?"
"LANDLIDE_JEANNEBOOK_1","Carl could quite possibly stumble upon this ""Jeanne Roy"" "
"LANDLIDE_JEANNEBOOK_2","in the course of his investigation. "
"LANDLIDE_JEANNEBOOK_3","He opted to hold on to this story book, just in case he gets an occasion "
"LANDLIDE_JEANNEBOOK_4","to showcase his manners. "
"LANDLIDE_VALISE_1","Someone must have dropped this in a hurry, "
"LANDLIDE_VALISE_2","but whoever did was heading into the woods. "
"LANDLIDE_VALISE_3","Carl’s tracking instincts were quickly kicking in."
"LANDLIDE_POTEAU_1","It would appear that Manastan’s electricity supply was, quite literally, "
"LANDLIDE_POTEAU_2","hanging by a thread."
"LANDLIDE_POTEAU_3","If that post was to come crashing down, the town would be plunged into darkness."
"LANDLIDE_TEMPETE_1","If Carl was to keep going forward, "
"LANDLIDE_TEMPETE_2","the abnormally intense weather would make quick work of him. "
"LANDLIDE_TEMPETE_3","He needed to find a proper outfit, or even better, something motorized."
"GROTTOB_ENTERZONE_1","The grotto was dark... and eerie."
"GROTTOB_ENTERZONE_2","All Carl could see was a blue glow coming out of the ice."
"ICECAVE_COLDFALSE_1","The cold seemed to be more brutal here than anywhere else, "
"ICECAVE_COLDFALSE_2","it seeped into bones, and into every breath to get to the heart until it stopped. "
"ICECAVE_COLDFALSE_3","Carl needed to be dressed in warm clothes to survive."
"ICECAVE_COLDTRUE_1","Luckily, he had the coat to protect him from the biting cold!"
"ICECAVE_REJEANFALSE_1","A frozen body! It must be dangerously cold in this place, "
"ICECAVE_REJEANFALSE_2","thought Carl fearfully. "
"ICECAVE_REJEANFALSE_3","Why did the man have a terrified expression on his face when he froze? "
"ICECAVE_REJEANFALSE_4","What had he seen before he was petrified?"
"ICECAVE_REJEANTRUE_1","Another instance of this magic ice! "
"ICECAVE_REJEANTRUE_2","What was this one doing, lying on the ground, so afraid? "
"ICECAVE_REJEANTRUE_3","The plot thickened like water into ice."
"ICECAVE_JOURNAL_1","It seemed as though Réjean had been ready to take up arms "
"ICECAVE_JOURNAL_2","and slay people like Hamilton. "
"ICECAVE_JOURNAL_3","Could he have committed murder for his cause? "
"ICECAVE_JOURNAL_4","Who could have gotten killed in front of his very eyes?"
"ICECAVE_REJEANRUN_1","He had been running in fear from something creeping towards him,"
"ICECAVE_REJEANRUN_2","against which he couldn’t do anything, only to end up like this, petrified and cold."
"ICECAVE_SPIED_1","Carl suddenly felt observed. "
"ICECAVE_SPIED_2","He was worried about a presence around him..."
"ICECAVE_SPIEDWOLFKILL_1","What was that? A wolf made of ice, a wolf who was now gone… "
"ICECAVE_SPIEDWOLFKILL_2","Carl tried to convince himself he had been hallucinating."
"ICECAVE_EXIT_1","Ice seemed to take over this place like mould. "
"ICECAVE_EXIT_2","That wall wasn’t there earlier. How was he going to get out of here?"
"ICECAVE_BLOCK_1","No stone can withstand the force of dynamite."
"ICECAVE_ICEWALL_1","The ice, oddly, did not budge despite the powerful fiery blast. "
"ICECAVE_ICEWALL_2","Something was definitely rotten in this place."
"CABANEA_ENTRANCE_1","It was a typical shack, just like the ones you hear about in Québécois legends."
"CABANEA_ENTRANCE_2","Local lumberjacks used it to rest and, twice a day, heat up their pea soup."
"CABANEA_GUNRACK_1","There should be a rifle hanging there. "
"CABANEA_GUNRACK_2","Its owner may not be very far."
"CABANEA_HATCHET_1","An axe, not too shabby. Carl felt he needed to protect himself. "
"CABANEA_CARIBOU_1","Traditional Caribou: liquid courage to be chugged down."
"CABANEA_CARIBOU_2","It is said that in olden days,"
"CABANEA_CARIBOU_3","coureurs des bois drank caribou blood mixed with alcohol. "
"CABANEA_CHESS_1","Who quits a game one step away from victory?"
"CABANEA_CLOUTIER_1","It was obviously a timber company. "
"CABANEA_CLOUTIER_2","Cloutier was most likely the type of boss to never be around."
"CABANEA_CLOUTIER_3","A faceless name, so to speak. It served as a reminder that the big boss, "
"CABANEA_CLOUTIER_4","William Hamilton, had been killed."
"CABANEA_EVIDENCE_1","The leftover food, the clothes, the general warmth of the place, "
"CABANEA_EVIDENCE_2","no evidence of escape… "
"CABANEA_EVIDENCE_3","Carl was sure of it: people were here not long ago, "
"CABANEA_EVIDENCE_4","and they expected to come back. "
"CABANEA_CABINA_1","Cabin A. "
"CABANEA_CABINA_2","Small, but cozy; the perfect place to warm up. "
"CABANEB_ZONE_1","Welcome to Ali Baba’s cave, lumberjack edition. "
"CABANEB_ZONE_2","Surely Carl would find something worth his time in here."
"CABANEB_LOCKED_1","This cabin doesn’t look like a bunkhouse, "
"CABANEB_LOCKED_2","especially with the missing stove and chimney. "
"CABANEB_LOCKED_3","Carl was intrigued at the secrets possibly hidden here."
"CABANEC_ZONE_1","Without a single window to brighten things up, "
"CABANEC_ZONE_2","the inside of the cabin was almost pitch-black. "
"CABANEC_ZONE_3","Beware of close encounters of knee and furniture."
"CABANEC_FOOD_1","Everything was set up for a well-deserved snack."
"CABANEC_FOOD_2","It seemed like the place hadn’t been empty for long,"
"CABANEC_FOOD_3","but without knowing exactly why, "
"CABANEC_FOOD_4","Carl had the feeling no one was coming back any time soon."
"CABANEC_CARREAU_1","Someone had been playing with a crossbow here, a very dangerous game: "
"CABANEC_CARREAU_2","a bolt could hit someone’s tire. Or their eye."
"CABANEC_CARREAU_3","It could even kill someone if the aim was right."
"CABANEC_CABINB_1","Cabin B. "
"CABANEC_CABINB_2","Lots of space, no windows. "
"CABANEC_CABINB_3","Hopefully its users aren’t prone to dementia. "
"TERREBOIS_CARREAU_1","Someone had been practicing with a crossbow, the best way to hunt caribou. "
"TERREBOIS_CARREAU_2","All the same, this bolt had something odd, something shiny about it."
"CABANECHASSE_ZONE_1","Carl reckoned that the place was still inhabited less than 24 hours ago. "
"CABANECHASSE_ZONE_2","His detective sense tingled,"
"CABANECHASSE_ZONE_3","revealing to him—or was it the strong smell of "
"CABANECHASSE_ZONE_4","wilderness in the air—that they were most likely two men."
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTT_1","Who could it be? "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTT_2","Carl suspected the Roys might be behind this, "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTT_3","but he couldn’t picture an elegant female writer sleeping on "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTT_4","the very floor of that remote shack. "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTT_5","Could it be that wildlife officer and his lifelong friend?"
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTF_1","Pierre ""The Poacher"" Blais was definitely not the one who lived here. "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTF_2","Indeed, Carl learned earlier that the man had recently been shredded to death by, "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERTF_3","allegedly, beasts..."
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFT_1","Carl suspected the Roys might be behind this, "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFT_2","but he couldn’t picture an elegant female writer sleeping on"
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFT_3","the very floor of that remote shack,"
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFT_4","but around these parts, who knows?"
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFF_1","So this was the hunting cabin used by a local poacher. "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFF_2","With those furs lying around, though,"
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFF_3","Carl could easily have guessed. "
"CABANECHASSE_LETTERFF_4","Had the poacher and some partner in crime spent the night here?"
"CABANECHASSE_CADENAS_1","The door was unlocked. "
"CABANECHASSE_CADENAS_2","Carl felt kind of disappointed that he wouldn’t have to solve the mystery of that padlock."
"CABANECHASSE_DOUILLE_1","A quick glance at the scene was enough for Carl to know that a fight had "
"CABANECHASSE_DOUILLE_2","taken place here. "
"CABANECHASSE_DOUILLE_3","The visitors must not have sold their skin so easily."
"CABANECHASSE_DOUILLE_4","Literally."
"CABANECHASSE_BLANKET_1","Two blankets... There were doubtless two people here, "
"CABANECHASSE_BLANKET_2","Carl reckoned."
"CABANECHASSE_VESTE_1","The jacket was still soaking wet. "
"CABANECHASSE_VESTE_2","The poor man had, surely unwillingly, had a taste of the pond’s water not too long ago. "
"CABANECHASSE_VESTE_3","According to the pay stub, that poor man was Alexandre Blais."
"CABANEFORETB_ZONE_1","Seems like this place was long deserted."
"CABANEFORETB_DOOR_1","The door was locked. "
"CABANEFORETB_DOOR_2","Better not hang around here too long, "
"CABANEFORETB_DOOR_3","Carl thought, the key won’t be falling down out of the sky anytime soon."
"CABANEFORETB_CHESS_1","Just one more move for black to checkmate white."
"CABANEFORETB_CARREAU_1","Maybe a deer had been standing there, "
"CABANEFORETB_CARREAU_2","and the bolt had missed its target, Carl thought."
"RUINA_ZONE_1","The door had been busted down violently, and a burnt smell filled the air—"
"RUINA_ZONE_2","half of the cabin had been consumed by flames. "
"RUINA_ZONE_3","Carl surveyed the chaotic scene, noticing that someone appeared to have "
"RUINA_ZONE_4","intended to use the furniture as bonfire fuel. "
"RUINA_ZONE_5","Carl had no idea how such a mess could have occurred,"
"RUINA_ZONE_6","but he knew it didn’t bode well. "
"LOSTWOOD_CARREAU_1","A crossbow bolt like that one would definitely cut short an evening by the fireside."
"LOSTWOOD_JOURNAL_1","Another diary! Carl felt like someone was trying to communicate with him. "
"LOSTWOOD_JOURNAL_2","Or was it simply the result of happenstance?"
"LOSTWOOD_FOUNDFALSE_1","Carl hadn’t taken notice of the footsteps, "
"LOSTWOOD_FOUNDFALSE_2","what if someone had been here before him?"
"LOSTWOOD_FOUNDALL_1","Carl had found what he was looking for. He needed to get back on the road."
"LOADING_MANASTAN_1","Manastan was, administratively speaking, a small municipality. "
"LOADING_MANASTAN_2","But in actuality, it was a vast region split in half by a large forest—"
"LOADING_MANASTAN_3","On one side, South Manastan, on the other, North Manastan."
"LOADING_RESTSTOPA_1","This rest stop also served as a kind of border, beyond which"
"LOADING_RESTSTOPA_2","you knew you’d left the south and its city life."
"LOADING_RESTSTOPB_1","As a matter of fact, the northbound road was closed. But as they say, "
"LOADING_RESTSTOPB_2","beyond the border of civilization, why be bound to its rules? "
"LOADING_MAGASIN_1","The General Store was the cornerstone of the community through "
"LOADING_MAGASIN_2","which all basic goods and commodities passed, and so did information."
"LOADING_HOUSEA_1","Gilles Lachance’s home was not a shining example of marital bliss. "
"LOADING_HOUSEA_2","The former owner of the General Store was a bitter man scorned by his wife."
"LOADING_HOUSEB_1","In this frozen wasteland, the Bédard family had one thing to count on: "
"LOADING_HOUSEB_2","they spoke to the Father, the Son "
"LOADING_HOUSEB_3","and the Holy Spirit every god-given day. And, of course, they had children."
"LOADING_HOUSEC_1","The Roys were a quiet couple, "
"LOADING_HOUSEC_2","made up of a gamekeeper and his wife, a worrisome author."
"LOADING_HOUSED_1","The aridity of northern landscapes meant that few families settled there. "
"LOADING_HOUSED_2","The Blais family home was in its own way a very touching exception."
"LOADING_CHALETA_1","Everyone in the village tended to eavesdrop at the doctor’s office door. "
"LOADING_CHALETA_2","There they would hear of upcoming death, or long-awaited recovery, "
"LOADING_CHALETA_3","the doctor was the guardian of the secrets the villagers’ bodies held."
"LOADING_CHALETB_1","Old Rosaire’s home was a monument to another era and,"
"LOADING_CHALETB_2","much like Rosaire himself, timeless."
"LOADING_CHALETC_1","Réjean Blouin’s house was that of an irredeemable nationalist—"
"LOADING_CHALETC_2","the house itself seemed to reflect that."
"LOADING_CHALETD_1","That garage was the hideout of a really kooky guy. "
"LOADING_CHALETD_2","Lamothe would wait for aliens landing the same way some people wait for the Messiah."
"LOADING_ISDP_1","This complex mechanism was the oddball mechanic’s secret project. "
"LOADING_ISDP_2","The key to the snowmobile was somewhere in there…"
"LOADING_ICECAVE_1","This cave seemed to be the perfect hideout "
"LOADING_ICECAVE_2","for someone wanting to keep their projects away from prying eyes."
"LOADING_LOSTWOOD_1","Carl only wanted three things: to get out of this frozen hellscape, "
"LOADING_LOSTWOOD_2","find help, and get out of this alive."
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTA_1","The vast northern landscapes were punctuated by small lodges that provided shelter from the cold."
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTB_1","The huts scattered over the territory provided "
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTB_2","storage and warmth to the workers."
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTC_1","Small abandoned huts in the middle of nowhere "
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTC_2","helped alleviate the stay this far from the village."
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTD_1","Lumberjack camps were an inherent part of Canadian folklore. "
"LOADING_CAMPFORESTD_2","That was where, in the winter, the men would gather after a hard day’s work."
"LOADING_RENDEZVOUS_1","Hamilton was waiting for Carl at the General Store. "
"LOADING_RENDEZVOUS_2","A rich industrialist surely did not have unlimited patience..."
"LOADING_HAMILTONDEAD_1","With a dead body on his hands, Carl was a man on a mission: "
"LOADING_HAMILTONDEAD_2","he needed to find who killed William Hamilton. He had to explore the surroundings."
"LOADING_ICEPEOPLE_1","With a dead body and some locals turned into ice, it was an understatement"
"LOADING_ICEPEOPLE_2","to say something wasn’t quite right."
"LOADING_FORESTTRUE_1","Carl had covered the entire village, he had taken all he could from it. "
"LOADING_FORESTTRUE_2","Now was time to brave the forest and head North, but only warmly dressed and well-armed."
"LOADING_FORESTFALSE_1","Carl was acting like a Neanderthal, walking through the forest barefoot and poorly dressed, "
"LOADING_FORESTFALSE_2","in weather good only for penguins. "
"LOADING_FORESTFALSE_3","He hoped his fate would differ from that of the Neanderthals. "
"STATELINE_COLDA_1","It was so cold, already Carl did not feel his toes anymore."
"STATELINE_COLDB_1","Carl wondered how long he would have to endure this skin-stinging cold. "
"STATELINE_EXTCOLDA_1","The cold was burning Carl; he would not hold up much longer. "
"STATELINE_EXTCOLDA_2","He had to warm himself."
"STATELINE_EXTCOLDB_1","Cold turned into pain. "
"STATELINE_EXTCOLDB_2","Carl needed to find someplace warm."
"STATELINE_WOUNDA_1","Complaining was not in Carl’s nature. "
"STATELINE_WOUNDA_2","It would take more than light injuries to interrupt his investigation. "
"STATELINE_WOUNDB_1","Scratches did not stop Carl. "
"STATELINE_WOUNDB_2","His mother would be so proud. "
"STATELINE_SEVEREWOUNDA_1","Carl felt his strength slipping away; his injuries were slowly killing him. "
"STATELINE_SEVEREWOUNDA_2","He did not have much longer."
"STATELINE_SEVEREWOUNDB_1","Carl was going under. His mouth tasted of death."
"STATELINE_MISSOILA_1","The oil lamp was almost empty. "
"STATELINE_MISSOILA_2","The threat of total darkness loomed over Carl. "
"STATELINE_MISSOILB_1","The lamp’s flame flickered. "
"STATELINE_MISSOILB_2","Carl needed to find oil to keep the light on. "
"STATELINE_LASTFLARE_1","Carl had only one road flare left. "
"STATELINE_LASTFLARE_2","His shot had to be perfect."
"STATELINE_WOLFA_1","Detective Faubert was an animal lover,"
"STATELINE_WOLFA_2","but the wolves he encountered clearly were not looking for some friends."
"STATELINE_AFTERWOLVES_1","Carl never thought he would be dancing with the wolves."
"STATELINE_AFTERWOLVESB_1","Carl had defeated the wolves: another triumph of man over beast."
"STATELINE_THROWSTEAK_1","But a steak alone cannot subdue a starving stomach, "
"STATELINE_THROWSTEAK_2","and appetite comes with eating."
"STATELINE_COLDA01_1","Carl’s leather coat could not handle a blizzard this strong… "
"STATELINE_COLDA02_1","With his bare hands and badly-worn boots,"
"STATELINE_COLDA02_2","Carl knew he wouldn’t last long hanging out in the woods."
"REPEATLINE_LUCK_1","Better luck next time."
"REPEATLINE_DUST_1","Nothing but dust in here!"
"REPEATLINE_DRAWERA_1","Carl was adamant about pulling ALL the drawers!"
"REPEATLINE_DRAWERB_1","Emptiness and boredom filled that drawer."
"REPEATLINE_STORAGE_1","So much storage… for decoration purposes, apparently."
"REPEATLINE_CABINETA_1","Oh, cabinet. Why couldn’t you give Carl something good?"
"REPEATLINE_CABINETB_1","Not much to this cabinet besides creaking."
"REPEATLINE_WASTING_1","""You’re wasting your time"","
"REPEATLINE_WASTING_2","Carl’s mother used to say when he was hunting down his Christmas gifts."
"REPEATLINE_KNICK_1","Carl couldn’t find any use to these knick-knacks."
"REPEATLINE_CABINETC_1","Never before had Carl seen cabinets so niggardly."
"REPEATLINE_CABINETD_1","Surprise! Another empty cabinet."
"REPEATLINE_COOLERA_1","An empty cooler in the middle of the North Pole didn’t came much as a surprise."
"REPEATLINE_COOLERB_1","Too bad that cooler was empty, Carl could have used a fresh beer right about now."
"REPEATLINE_TRUNKA_1","Carl was kind of relieved to find nothing in there; "
"REPEATLINE_TRUNKA_2","after all, car trunks often contained nasty surprises…"
"REPEATLINE_TRUNKB_1","No kerosene… a forgivable omission. But no spare tire?! What a useless trunk!"
"REPEATLINE_LOSTA_1","Carl wandered about endlessly… was he lost?"
"REPEATLINE_LOSTA_2","Perhaps he should take a second look at his map."
"REPEATLINE_LOSTB_1","It’s not that Carl disliked exploring the wilderness,"
"REPEATLINE_LOSTB_2","but staying away from civilization for too long could end up wearing him out."
"REPEATLINE_LOSTC_1","What could Carl be looking for in these lost woods?"
"REPEATLINE_LOSTC_2","Nothing to see here but trees and creeks."
"REPEATLINE_LOSTD_1","Carl damned the snow. The white, frozen water vapour spread out as far"
"REPEATLINE_LOSTD_2","as the eye could see. His map would put him back on track."
"REPEATLINE_LOSTE_1","Shivering in the middle of nowhere wouldn’t get Carl very far. "
"REPEATLINE_LOSTE_2","He should follow the roads laid out on his map."
"REPEATLINE_KILLA_1","Carl wasn’t of the hunter breed; he shed a tear every time he took an animal’s life."
"REPEATLINE_KILLB_1","Killing always—usually—hurts the soul; Carl mourned the victim at his feet."
"REPEATLINE_KILLC_1","Carl knew he could go without killing, "
"REPEATLINE_KILLC_2","but this time, the law of the forest decided otherwise."
"REPEATLINE_COOLERC_1","All the cooler had to offer was a large serving of nothingness."
"REPEATLINE_COOLERD_1","Carl half-expected the cooler to be empty, and sure enough, it was."
"REPEATLINE_LOCKED_1","The door was locked."
"RESSOURCELACK_BROKENBRIDGE_1","Seems like the elements showed mercy to those nice and solid looking planks."
"RESSOURCELACK_BROKENRADIO01_1","Seducing the device might just do the trick to have it sing once again."
"RESSOURCELACK_BROKENRADIO02_1","The radio was sulking. Some love might help pull it out of its stupor."
"RESSOURCELACK_GENERATORBRK_1","Carl was no electrician,"
"RESSOURCELACK_GENERATORBRK_2","but he could identify a wiring problem when he saw one."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE01_1","A fire can’t be started with a snap of the fingers."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE02_1","Carl’s scout training was buried deep in his memory."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE02_2","What do you need again to start a fire?"
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE03_1","The flames won’t grow without some help."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE03_2","Other materials were required."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE04_1","More materials were needed to stir up the flames."
"RESSOURCELACK_FIRE05_1","A fire is as good as the materials used to create it."
"RESSOURCELACK_MAGNET_1","Carl’s big fingers prevented him from reaching the key."
"WILDLINES_MOVE01_1","Where’s Hamilton?"
"WILDLINES_MOVE01_2","Detective Faubert wondered."
"WILDLINES_MOVE02_1","The whole place was empty."
"WILDLINES_MOVE02_2","Carl had to look elsewhere."
"WILDLINES_MOVE03_1","Carl knew the place would be quiet,"
"WILDLINES_MOVE03_2","but nobody at the store and nobody on the road felt a bit too quiet, "
"WILDLINES_MOVE03_3","even this far north."
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_1","These trees had not much in common with,"
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_2","those bordering the roads of the Laurentides,"
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_3","the region Carl lived in as a child."
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_4","Still, the road reminded him of those days."
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_5","Every Sunday, his family travelled through the countryside in his dad’s shiny, "
"WILDLINES_CRUISINGA_6","brand new pickup truck."
"WILDLINES_CARREAU02_1","The crossbow bolts had the same origin, Carl was sure of it. "
"WILDLINES_CARREAU02_2","Who was it? And, more importantly, what was being hunted like this?"
"WILDLINES_CARREAU03_1","Carl was becoming increasingly convinced that this was not normal hunting, "
"WILDLINES_CARREAU03_2","the game that was being tracked was fearsome, "
"WILDLINES_CARREAU03_3","so much so that the hunter didn’t dare approach it. What could it be?"
"WILDLINES_CARREAU04_1","Right until that point, Carl had believed that the object of this crossbow hunting had been"
"WILDLINES_CARREAU04_2","a ravenous wolf who was terrorizing the village. But as he noticed the height at which"
"WILDLINES_CARREAU04_3","the bolts had been fired, he concluded that the beast had to have been"
"WILDLINES_CARREAU04_4","as tall as a man on his feet, not unlike a gorilla. The thought was chilling."
"WILDLINES_CARREAU05_1","This hunt was never-ending, "
"WILDLINES_CARREAU05_2","Carl hoped that the hunter had finally triumphed over the beast."
"WILDLINES_CARREAU06_1","With this many bolts fired, the beast now had "
"WILDLINES_CARREAU06_2","to have been pierced through and through."
"ROSAIRE_WARNINGA_1","""Hey, guy! If you ain’t fixin’ Rosaire up "
"ROSAIRE_WARNINGA_2","with a bottle of Caribou, "
"ROSAIRE_WARNINGA_3","I think you’d better get outta here."""
"ROSAIRE_WARNINGB_1","""Get me a gallon of Caribou and we’ll be great buds. "
"ROSAIRE_WARNINGB_2","Or else, you can get out or I’ll make you, big guy, hahaha!"""
"ROSAIRE_GETOUTA_1","""Get out, stranger! No friends without Caribou!"""
"ROSAIRE_GETOUTB_1","""That gun I’m holdin’, it ain’t a decoration. "
"ROSAIRE_GETOUTB_2","You get out or you’re toast."""
"ROSAIRE_GETOUTC_1","""Out, stranger! Ya pay your due or you go!"""
"ROSAIRE_RETURNA_1","""You got my Caribou, if yer back like that?"""
"ROSAIRE_RETURNB_1","""Have you got my Caribou, stranger?"""
"ROSAIRE_RETURNC_1","""I can’t see any Caribou in yer hands, kid. You forgot about Old Rosaire?"""
"ROSAIRE_GIVEITEM_1","""Ah! When you look, you find. "
"ROSAIRE_GIVEITEM_2","Now, ‘cause I like ya, I’ll tell ya somethin’: "
"ROSAIRE_GIVEITEM_3","you should take my coat. ‘Cause out there, you’ll feel the real cold. "
"ROSAIRE_GIVEITEM_4","A cold like you never felt before in your life, hahahah!"""
"ROSAIRE_GIVEQUEST_1","""You’re practically walkin’ around in yer underwear, kid. "
"ROSAIRE_GIVEQUEST_2","A good coat, would be good for ya. Let me tell ya somethin’: "
"ROSAIRE_GIVEQUEST_3","in a place like this, nothin’s free. Where’s my Caribou?"""
"ROSAIRE_TALKAONE_1","Carl was taken aback by the menacing mouth of the rifle. "
"ROSAIRE_TALKAONE_2","Odd way to say hi, to say the least."
"ROSAIRE_TALKATWO_1","""Weren’t expectin’ a stranger to show up here."
"ROSAIRE_TALKATWO_2","Let me tell ya, I ain’t takin’ chances"
"ROSAIRE_TALKATWO_3","since that thing’s been creepin’ ‘round, I’ve got my shotgun in my hand all the time,"
"ROSAIRE_TALKATWO_4","and bang, bang bang, if it gets too close, hahahaha!"""
"ROSAIRE_TALKB_1","""If you need warm clothes, city boy, "
"ROSAIRE_TALKB_2","I wouldn’t say no to a bottle of Caribou,"
"ROSAIRE_TALKB_3","then you can pick whatever rags suit ya, hahaha."""
"ROSAIRE_TALKC_1","""Don’t waste yer time at the store. "
"ROSAIRE_TALKC_2","They haven’t got any since that english man with the monocle took over!"""
"ROSAIRE_REPEATLINEA_1","""Ain’t you got somethin’ better to do?"""
"ROSAIRE_REPEATLINEB_1","""Hey, listen up everyone, I got a crazy guy over here!"""
"ROSAIRE_REPEATLINEC_1","""Ya walk ya walk ya walk, ya smell yer feet, hahaha!"""
"ROSAIRE_REPEATLINED_1","""Taking yer sweet time with my Caribou!"""
"ROSAIRE_REPEATLINEE_1","""I’ll end up havin’ to charge ya for wearin’ out my floors, hahahaha!"""
"ROSAIRE_DIAPER_1","""Yeah, a diaper. What, like you can do everythin’ at the same time..."""
"ROSAIRE_FOOD_1","""That’s still good! Things are so much better when they’re old, hahahah."""
"ROSAIRE_MILITAIRE_1","""Don’t touch that, kid, you could hurt yerself."""
"GILLESVISION_ENDA_1","Carl had that feeling you get when you immerse your frozen hands in hot water. "
"GILLESVISION_ENDA_2","What happened? Now, at least, he knew who the unfortunate man petrified in ice was: "
"GILLESVISION_ENDA_3","Gilles Lachance, the General Store’s manager himself."
"GILLESVISION_ENDATRUE_1","The vision slowly faded away, like an icicle melting in the palm of your hand. "
"GILLESVISION_ENDATRUE_2","Carl, back in the real world, now knew who the ice-bound man was: "
"GILLESVISION_ENDATRUE_3","Gilles Lachance, the General Store’s manager himself."
"GILLESVISION_FAIL_1","Carl sensed that the cold was beating a retreat, "
"GILLESVISION_FAIL_2","as if he was moving away from some kind of centre of gravity."
"GILLESVISION_FAILB_1","The further Carl moved away from the ice block, the more his senses came back to him."
"GILLESVISION_FAILC_1","Numbness was giving way to awareness. "
"GILLESVISION_FAILC_2","The vision was wavering. "
"GILLESVISION_SPOT_1","Carl wondered what the hell could that thing be. "
"GILLESVISION_SPOT_2","It looked like a man fossilized in ice."
"GILLESVISION_ENTER_1","All of a sudden, Carl felt like he was pulled inside a world of dreams—a cold, "
"GILLESVISION_ENTER_2","unknown dimension. "
"GILLESVISION_ENTER_3","Somehow, self-control was slipping from his grasp."
"GILLESVISION_SPOTTRUE_1","A shiver ran down Carl’s spine as he glanced over another body trapped in ice."
"GILLESVISION_SPOTTRUE_2","Indeed, the scene was quite… chilling."
"GILLESVISION_ENTERTRUE_1","Carl felt familiar shivers going down his spine, and he was back to the realm of visions. "
"GILLESVISION_JOURNALMYSTA_1","It looked like a series of rough notes, hastily scribbled in the heat of the moment."
"GILLESVISION_JOURNALMYSTB_1","To all appearances, this was a hunting log—better yet, a war diary!"
"GILLESVISION_JOURNALMYSTAA_1","Who could have dropped this in the middle of nowhere?"
"GILLESVISION_JOURNALMYSTBB_1","Carl wondered what kind of clumsy hunter could have dropped his notebook"
"GILLESVISION_JOURNALMYSTBB_2","while tracking his prey."
"GILLESVISION_PENDANT_1","What could these engraved numbers mean?"
"GILLESVISION_PATH_1","A fresh path suddenly appeared before Carl."
"GILLESVISION_FROZENDOOR_1","The punishing cold rendered the door frozen tight. "
"GILLESVISION_FROZENDOOR_2","Carl saw no way to open it."
"VISION0B_ENTERFALSE_1","A sudden cold snap struck Carl, "
"VISION0B_ENTERFALSE_2","who felt like he was pulled into a dream."
"VISION0B_ENTERTRUE_1","Carl felt a cool, tingling sensation in his back: another vision took over him."
"VISIONB_COFFRE_1","The man grabbed his rifle. Carl felt a sense of dread in him."
"VISIONB_STAIRS_1","Something was hidden under the stairs."
"VISIONB_PLANCHE_1","It seemed like secrecy was commonplace in this house."
"VISIONB_END_1","Carl felt the cold slowly dissipate and was brought back to reality. "
"VISIONB_END_2","Gisèle was now only ice, and all that was left of her voice was a diary. "
"VISIONB_END_3","She confided in this diary, amongst other things, the tragic story of a young woman, a victim."
"VISIONB_END_4","Was this what she was hiding?"
"VISIONB_DOC_1","Carl felt in this note the wrath of a man towards his superior, "
"VISIONB_DOC_2","the willingness to do anything to see him fall. "
"VISIONB_DOC_3","Even in a murder case like this, were these threats serious? Carl didn’t know what to believe. "
"VISIONB_ENDFALSE_1","Carl tasted the saliva in his mouth, felt the air in his lungs… "
"VISIONB_ENDFALSE_2","The vision’s veil was lifted, and he was back to reality. "
"VISIONB_ENDFALSE_3","A reality in which Gisèle, Gilles’ loving spouse, "
"VISIONB_ENDFALSE_4","was motionless, frozen in ice."
"VISIONB_ENDTRUE_1","The vision’s veil was lifted, and he was back to reality."
"VISIONB_ENDTRUE_2","A reality in which Gisèle, Gilles’ loving spouse, was motionless, frozen in ice."
"VISIONB_PRISONFALSE_1","Was that the Lord Almighty’s doing? "
"VISIONB_PRISONFALSE_2","A huge block of unnatural, glowy ice had swallowed that poor woman’s body. "
"VISIONB_PRISONFALSE_3","What sort of supernatural force could have conjured this?"
"VISIONB_PRISONTRUE_1","The otherworldly ice had struck again. "
"VISIONB_PRISONTRUE_2","The woman’s hopes and dreams were frozen in eternity."
"VISIONHUB_ENTERFALSE_1","Carl felt engulfed by a wave of cold, and for a second thought he was fainting. "
"VISIONHUB_GHOSTFALSE_1","All of a sudden, four phantasmagoric figures were fixing their gaze on him. "
"VISIONHUB_GHOSTFALSE_2","What the hell was going on?"
"VISIONHUB_ENTERRTRUE_1","Carl knew why he was suddenly shivering: he was going back to the realm of visions."
"VISIONHUB_GHOSTTRUE_1","Carl had no issue recognizing the spirit-like figures, "
"VISIONHUB_GHOSTTRUE_2","but he couldn’t figure out what they wanted from him."
"VISIONHUB_CLEARA_1","The phantom, freed of reality’s shackles, vanished in the forest."
"VISIONHUB_CLEARA_2","Earlier, Carl had witnessed the tragedy that befell it."
"VISIONHUB_CLEARB_1","Another phantom disappeared in the wilderness—"
"VISIONHUB_CLEARB_2","Carl had seen what happened to it, too."
"VISIONHUB_CLEARC_1","A third phantom gently faded away. "
"VISIONHUB_CLEARC_2","Carl noticed that as the cursed villagers finally left reality,
"
"VISIONHUB_CLEARC_3","he could feel a sense of unburdening exuding from them in an almost intimate way."
"VISIONHUB_CLEARD_1","The last phantom, lost in solitude up until now, "
"VISIONHUB_CLEARD_2","joined the others in the forest’s darkness, "
"VISIONHUB_CLEARD_3","free at last to enjoy an eternal, well-deserved slumber."
"VISIONHUB_DONE_1","Carl was only beginning to understand the horror "
"VISIONHUB_DONE_2","which had struck this village, he understood that the dead were piling up, "
"VISIONHUB_DONE_3","and that he couldn’t help them by himself. The road was clear for him, "
"VISIONHUB_DONE_4","he needed to push further north, and fast, to find help."
"ISDP_ANTENNA_1","That large antenna in the middle of the path, "
"ISDP_ANTENNA_2","undoubtedly ideal in attempting to communicate with little green men, "
"ISDP_ANTENNA_3","was quite awkwardly placed. "
"ISDP_ANTENNA_4","There had to be a lever to control it, maybe behind it. "
"ISDP_ANTENNA_5","Carl would have to figure out how to reach it."
"ISDP_ZONE_1","The electric terminals appeared to be linked together, but for what purpose?"
"ISDP_REMINDERA_1","Carl was beginning to realize that the wheel handles controlled in which "
"ISDP_REMINDERA_2","direction the current flows."
"ISDP_HEATER_1","Carl rejoiced at the unexpected source of heat, "
"ISDP_HEATER_2","but not as much as his freezing hands."
"ISDP_SPOTKEY_1","So that’s where the generator key was hiding. All that was left was to use it."
"ISDP_SESAME_1","Open Sesame!"
"ISDP_GETKEY_1","At last! So big an effort for an oh-so-tiny piece of metal."
"ISDP_CB_1","The machine seemed to work. Carl sent out an S.O.S. "
"ISDP_CB_2","No reply."
"ISDP_TROU_1","The blood and the shape of the hole in the ground left no room for doubt."
"ISDP_TROU_2","Someone had been buried here."
"ISDP_TROU_3","Someone whose life had been taken with blunt force. Where was the body now?"
"ISDP_TROU_4","Why had it been buried only to be dug up later?"
"ISDP_TROU_5","Carl felt as though he was shrouded in fog."
"GROVE_ARRIVE_1","Carl felt the strong pull of a vision overcome him."
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_1","The doctor denied the unfair death of the young woman, "
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_2","but Hamilton had him in his grips. "
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_3","Hamilton knew all of the poet’s secrets "
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_4","and wouldn’t hesitate to reveal them, "
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_5","I know all about your crimes, you little communist! You know mine."
"GROVE_VISIONPROOF_6","What a sordid affair!"
"GROVE_VISIONA01_1","A young woman..."
"GROVE_VISIONA02_1","It looked like a simple hunting accident..."
"GROVE_VISIONA03_1","There was Hamilton, Carl recognized him..."
"GROVE_VISIONA04_1","A major hunting accident..."
"GROVE_VISIONB01_1","The doctor examined the young woman."
"GROVE_VISIONB02_1","But death couldn’t be overturned."
"GROVE_VISIONB03_1","She was dead."
"GROVE_VISIONC01_1","It wasn’t the type of body you buried "
"GROVE_VISIONC01_2","in a big ceremony in the village graveyard."
"GROVE_VISIONC02_1","It had to be hidden, no one could know about this."
"GROVE_VISIONC03_1","The best way to do that was to have a simple-minded man bury the poor girl. "
"GROVE_VISIONC03_2","Lamothe the mechanic."
"GROVE_MATERIAL_1","Carl understood the ins and outs of the affair. "
"GROVE_MATERIAL_2","A woman had been killed in an unfair accident, "
"GROVE_MATERIAL_3","and a young warrior had damned himself to avenge her."
"GROVE_MATERIALB_1","But Hamilton, the one responsible, had already been killed, "
"GROVE_MATERIALB_2","and so the beast could not quench its thirst for vengeance. "
"GROVE_MATERIALB_3","And now, recklessly, Carl had pulled the bolt from the beast’s heart, "
"GROVE_MATERIALB_4","a beast who was but a young Cree man lost without his fiancée"
"GROVE_MATERIALB_5","and who had, out of hatred, become… Wendigo!"
"CEMETARY_PASSAGE_1","The narrow passage sheltered him. But for how long?"
"CEMETARY_FLEEA_1","Carl tried to run, but his legs only dug into the snow."
"CEMETARY_FLEEB_1","The air felt freezing cold inside his lungs."
"CEMETARY_FLEEC_1","The shadow cast by the beast behind him weighed down his every step."
"CEMETARY_FLEED_1","The shadow cast by the beast behind him weighed down his every step."
"CEMETARY_ICEMEN_1","So this was where Alexandre and Wilfred’s escape had ended. "
"CEMETARY_ICEMEN_2","Carl was trying to keep his cool, but that felt like a terrible choice of words."
"CEMETARY_ICEMENFALSE_1","Two more victims of this ice plague. "
"CEMETARY_ICEMENFALSE_2","Carl felt a chill down his spine. What if he was next?"
"CEMETARY_COINCE_1","Carl was stuck. Where do I go? Where do I go? he asked himself aimlessly over and over."
"CEMETARY_END_FALSE_1","Suddenly, Carl went still, the cold running through his veins,"
"CEMETARY_END_FALSE_2","paralyzing every muscle, every nerve, every inch of his body."
"CEMETARY_END_FALSE_3","His breath ran short, then shorter and shorter."
"CEMETARY_END_TRUE_1","He’d been saved, yes saved, the beast was once again petrified before him, "
"CEMETARY_END_TRUE_2","but Carl couldn’t move a muscle, "
"CEMETARY_END_TRUE_3","he felt weak, the pain and the cold had gotten the best of him, "
"CEMETARY_END_TRUE_4","so much so that he felt himself fall out of consciousness. "
"CEMETARY_FADE_1","Thus ends Carl Faubert’s story, but is it really over? "
"CEMETARY_FADE_2","Do you hear as I do his desperate, heartfelt cry?"
"ESCAPELA_BOATA_1","When you disappeared, so did purity. "
"ESCAPELA_BOATA_2","I would defend purity against the winds, the tides, "
"ESCAPELA_BOATA_3","against ice and blizzard."
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_1","Could it be, that all this was but a story of justice and vengeance? "
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_2","The soulful doctor, "
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_3","avenging his fiancée’s unjust death,"
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_4","by avenging this young woman as though she was his lover?"
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_5","Are these passionate feelings not precisely the kind of feelings "
"ESCAPELA_BOATASUITE_6","that could cause a storm, petrify people deep inside, create monsters..."
"ESCAPELA_BOATB_1","“Man alive! We found a man alive!”"
"HAMILTON_PHOTOISA_1","Such heart-wrenching nordic poetry, that was. "
"HAMILTON_PHOTOISA_2","But Carl didn’t care much about flowery language."
"HAMILTON_LOCKBOX_1","It was a small, locked box engraved with the letters “W.H.”. "
"HAMILTON_LOCKBOX_2","Carl thought about taking it, nothing was to be left to chance."
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYA_1","Carl had no trouble recognizing his employer. "
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYA_2","He had been killed, there was no need to be a detective to figure that out. "
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYA_3","But only a detective could have noticed that the killer had to have been very close, "
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYA_4","that the fatal blow had been given before the victim even realised…"
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYB_1","Carl felt a chill down his spine and had a terrifying realization: "
"HAMILTON_DISCOVERYB_2","if Hamilton was dead, then who was going to pay him?"
"HAMILTON_ENVELOPE_1","What could be inside that envelope? "
"HAMILTON_ENVELOPE_2","Carl was taken aback. He knew this address. "
"HAMILTON_ENVELOPE_3","It was said to be the address of the P.O. box for the Canadian Secret Service."
"HAMILTON_KEYBOX_1","What was that doing there? Carl wondered. "
"HAMILTON_KEYBOX_2","Hamilton must have been determined to keep "
"HAMILTON_KEYBOX_3","some information secret to post this key… Shame he got unlucky."
"HAMILTON_GUNFALL_1","Something fell to the bottom of the box."
"HAMILTON_GUN_1","The murder weapon!"
"HAMILTON_OPENBOX_1","Everything made sense now: poor Hamilton’s denunciation was interrupted, and "
"HAMILTON_OPENBOX_2","he figured it would be best to lock everything up and send the key to his "
"HAMILTON_OPENBOX_3","correspondent, who would receive the box later on. Clever, but not enough. "
"HAMILTON_OPENBOX_4","That’s what happens to ordinary people playing spy."
"HAMILTON_RESOLVE_1","Nobody kills a rich patient to start a revolution. "
"HAMILTON_RESOLVE_2","It didn’t make any sense. "
"HAMILTON_RESOLVE_3","He had to dig deeper still, to understand. Luckily, that was Carl Faubert’s specialty."
"HAMILTON_PHOTOISACLINIC_1","The good doctor, flanked by his beautiful spouse. Pure happiness captured on cardstock."
"HAMILTON_PHOTOISACLINIC_2","Carl recognized this woman’s soulful eyes… "
"HAMILTON_PHOTOISACLINIC_3","Was it Dr Beaupré who had hit him head on at the village border?"
"HAMILTON_MANIFEST_1","A communist manifesto! Only a few years ago "
"HAMILTON_MANIFEST_2","this type of allegiance meant prison time, "
"HAMILTON_MANIFEST_3","and even at present the western world was very wary of the Soviet threat."
"HAMILTON_MANIFEST_4","Why would the doctor own such a book?"
"CAMERA_PRINTS_1","Prints? Carl found a surprise at every turn. "
"CAMERA_PRINTS_2","Was the camera faulty or was it a possible lead?"
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