Last post for tonight to finish my first update, I can already tell this is going to be stupendously long! But i dgaf
Anyway, we are gonna look through some more odds and ends in the shop. Let's start by checking this booksheft. What do we find? An english to german dictionary. Gabriel is actually part german, on his father's side. Other than that I can't really tell why he'd specifically pick this book out. He finds the definition for various words, but the only two we are worried about are "drie" and "drache," which mean "three" and "dragon" respectively. Why does this matter? Hold your goddamn horses and you'll find out!
Now why don't we head through that curtain into Gabriel's room?
Not much to do in here right now. You can check his type-writer and Gabriel will say he has writer's block (remember, Grace said he was writing a book about voodoo?) and you can sit on his bed but fail to sleep. What we're after is a can of hair gel! Never know what can come in handy when you are
ITEM GRABBANNow we head back to the store's main area and this time choose the interrogate option on Grace. Portrait time! WOO
Holy christ. Gabriel is looking pretty
this morning, isn't he? And he actively -tries- to get that hairstyle? Sheesh. Anyway, you can learn a bit about Miss Grace here. Information such as "Why haven't we gone out yet?" and "How old are you?" (which entail similar answers, "She's old enough to know not to trust men like you!") Why don't we give her her own little profile?
GRACE NAKIMURA only moved to New Orleans a few months ago, as a refreshing change of pace from her life back home. She is a quite intellectual character who enjoys old books, which explains why she is working for a horndog like Gabriel, who runs a Rare Books shop. She enjoys art, as well as practicing Tai Chi.
Anyway, more important than that is the messages. Remember, Grace said she had lots of them for us? Let's look into that.
D'awww
Gabe: I keep meaning to go over there. What'd she say? Did she sound good?
Grace: She sounded great, and we had a nice little chat about you.
Gabe: Grace...!
Grace: Don't worry. I didn't go into detail about your cardinal sins. Not that anything about you could surprise her. She adores you anyway.
Gabe: She's my girl.
Grace: But she said to remind you to stop by and go through your father's things.
Gabe: Hmmm. Okay.Well, we need to remember to stop by mommy's house. Gabe's grandmother is the only person in the game with a nicer southern accent than his own. But that's right, you cant hear it! oops!
lol
Anyway, let's ask her about our other messages!
Grace: He told me it was urgent; maybe you should give him a call...
Gabe: Call Germany? Like hell. If it's really important, he'll call back 
FUCK GERMANY
Grace: Well, fine. Let's just hope he's not with the German lottery for pitiful American authors.Somehow I doubt it. But anyway, one more left for me.
Gabe: Especially with you. What did he want?
Grace: He left an interesting message. He told me that his mother's maiden name was Humphrey. That's H-U-M-P-H-R-E-Y.
Gabe: That's fascinating.
Grace: And he left some photos at the station. At the front desk.
Gabe: it's about time
Grace: Gabriel, those photos wouldn't have anything to do with the Voodoo Murders, would they?Voodoo murders? What dat?
You'll find out on tomorrow's update right before we leave the shop.
Gabe: Now why would you say something like that?
Grace: Because I know you! You're getting privileged information, aren't you? Did you tell him you'd put him in your new voodoo book?
Gabe: A writer had certain obligations to his readers, you know...
Grace: Gabriel! You know you'll never put him in your book! Your main character is a female orthodontist! You're going to be reincarnated as a pit bull if you keep screwing with your karma.And now, for possibly the most discomforting rebuttal a human being could possibly ever made...
D: D: D:
Gabriel, sweety, girls don't like it when you tell them you wish you were a dog with a gigantic dong! Really!
Grace: That's enough, thanks! Anyway, that's all the messages. Thank god.Thank god indeed. Now we have two places we can go. Gabriel's
MOTHER'S house, and the police precinct in search of Gabe's childhood friend turned detective,
DETECTIVE MOSELY. I think we'll be going to the police precinct first.
Well, that's it for the first two posts, collectively making the first update to this threat. Comments and criticisms welcome, I've never done this before. However, don't bother telling me it's boring. The game DOES start out slow, no denying that. It will speed up later on, promise.
See you whenever the heck I update this next!
