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- WITNESS SOLUTION
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-
- BY MEZZO. EDITED BY PARASITE.
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-
- This walkthru will help you to finish "Witness." This game is a much
- simpler one than "Deadline," so I hope you won't be disappointed when you
- see how easy it is to solve this mystery. Okay, you start South of the
- house, where you just picked up a matchbook. <By the way, none of the stuff
- that came with the game is really necessary to solving the case>. Go North
- twice to the front door and ring the bell. Phong will let you in.
-
- Then just try to go East, and Phong will lead you to the Living Room, where
- Monica and Mr. Linder are. Now, wait <get used to doing that, because
- there's a lot of waiting in this one>, and Linder will eventually take you
- to his office. Sit down in the wooden chair, and Linder will hand you a
- note. Read it, as it will help waste some time. Now, just do anything <but
- stay seated!> to make time pass. Show the matchbook to Linder for an
- interesting reaction, if you like. In any case, you just have to keep
- waiting.
-
- Eventually, Monica will come in briefly to announce she's going to the
- movies. This is not what you're waiting for, however! So, keep on waiting,
- and finally, the murder will occur. Linder will be shot while you sit
- there, and you can't stop it from happening. Read the description carefully
- at the moment the shot is fired. There's something odd about it. In fact,
- the whole thing is a setup.
-
- The first thing to do is stand up, then push the button. Instead of ringing
- to summon the butler, it causes a strange click to be heard from the clock.
- At this point, Phong will enter the room. Tell him you want the keys, and
- he'll hand them over to you. Now, examine the clock. Keyhole seems a little
- strange, doesn't it? The doorbell rings while you're doing this, so as
- Phong goes to answer the door, examine the keyhole.
-
- I'll bet you're getting some ideas already! However, you'll need to have
- the powder analyzed, and Duffy hasn't arrived yet, so wait around until he
- does. Then get the powder analzyed <you can ignore Stiles, he's only a red
- herring>. While that's being done, examine the window <you can't open the
- clock yet, it's the one key you don't have>. The green wire seems
- suspicious, so get it for future reference.
-
- Now, go West into the Hallway, then North twice, and open the Butler's
- door. Go West into the room, and read the mystery book <by the way, you can
- drop the telegram and note, they aren't important>. A gun receipt is used
- as a bookmark. The purchaser's name is obviously phoney, but hang on to the
- receipt anyway. Okay, from the Butler's Room, go East twice to Monica's
- room, then unlock and open the back door. Go East into the Backyard, then
- South twice to the office path.
-
- Aha, a muddy gun! No fingerprints, alas, but you might want to take it
- along with you, just in case. Now, go West into the Side Yard. Hmm, more
- footprints here, but they aren't quite the same as the ones on the office
- path. In fact, it looks like someone was standing here for awhile. Wonder
- who it might have been? <No, *not* Sergeant Duffy!>. Anyway, go West again
- to the driveway, then North and East into the Garage. Unlock and open both
- the garage door and the workshop door, then go East into the Workshop.
-
- The place looks like an electrician's paradise, and there isn't much you
- can do here; but, there are spools of wire hanging around. Could it be...?
- Examine spool, and you have established a link of sorts between this place
- and the study. The green wire is obviously from this room. Now, all you
- need is the person who put it there.
-
- You now stand there waiting for Monica. Just keep waiting; she'll arrive
- <saying "Wait for Monica" is easiest. It will take a while, so if you want
- to hunt down Phong and ask him about the gun receipt, you have time>. When
- she does get there, she'll fiddle briefly with the junction box <very
- suspicious!> before noticing you. Now, wait until she leaves, then follow
- her. You *must* use directions here, just saying "Follow Monica" won't
- work. Follow her all the way to her room, and wait for her to come back out
- of the bathroom. When she returns, ask her about Mr. Linder.
-
- Her response will establish the motive. Now, wait some more, and she will
- eventually leave the room. Follow her again, this time to the office. As
- soon as you get in there, handcuff her. Somewhere along the way, Sgt. Duffy
- will have left with the body, so you can't arrest her until he comes back.
- In the meantime, you have to find some very important evidence. So, first
- search Monica for the key. When you get it, unlock the clock and open it.
- She's already removed the gun, but you can search her for that, also.
-
- Now, just wait until Duffy returns, and arrest her for the murder. And that
- should be about it. By the way, if you try leaving her and waiting in the
- office <so you can find the gun in the clock>, you'll find that, however
- hard you try, you won't be able to handcuff her <which is necessary so she
- can be searched>. So, you'll just have to wait and follow her. As I said in
- the beginning, it's a pretty simple game.
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