Month: September 2025

Awkward Anecdotes

writ­ten 12/5/2020, updat­ed 9/28/2025

An on-going log of embar­rass­ing mem­o­ries.

~Door­way Dance — The build­ing man­ag­er for the office build­ing I work in is a tall man with a huge bel­ly. We nick­named him “Bel­ly Man.” He’s a sin­gle guy in his late 50s or so and he’s, in a word, kind of creepy. He’s nice enough and means well, but if you were to see him about, peo­ple get afraid. He reminds me of a big troll. He likes me and is my patient which makes every­thing awk­ward. Some­times, I swear he watch­es me on the cam­era because sud­den­ly he’s there to open the build­ing door for me the moment I round the cor­ner. Any­ways, as I was ascend­ing the stairs one day, I hear his voice talk­ing to some­one else, but I’m com­mit­ted and keep going up. There he is in the door­way I need, so I saw hi. From the out­side of the door (it swings inwards towards me in the stair­well), he’s try­ing to hold it open for me except that his BELLY IS TOO BIG and now have this super small space to try and squeeze through. My bag is real­ly big, too, so I’m try­ing to fig­ure out how to squeeze through that lit­tle tri­an­gle of space. I make it through, but he final­ly real­izes that his bel­ly is too big, so as I go through, he kind of spins around like a bal­le­ri­na or a revolv­ing door, hands in the air. He says some­thing that I can’t hear because I died 18 lives from cringe and hur­ry into my office. UUUGGGH.

~Hair Pluck - I was work­ing on a patient who has been dif­fi­cult in the past, but likes me. Regard­less, there’s a lev­el of anx­i­ety work­ing on her. I was fin­ish­ing up, wip­ing away any paste I got on her face. There had been a hair on her lip that I’d noticed but had failed to sub­tley brush away (some­times per­haps my hair or the patients hair falls on them). It was a pret­ty long, thick hair, about 2–3 inch­es long and blond (there­fore NOT mine). Final­ly, I just went ahead and tugged on it quick­ly, afraid that she’d feel it and notice a hair on her face. Turns out, it was con­nect­ed to her lip mole and she flinched when I pulled. SUPER EMBARRASSED, I ran out of the room to “go get the doc­tor.” As a side note, the next time I saw her a few years lat­er, she no longer had it on her face.

~I can’t see - When I was still in high school, I went with my mom to Chick-fil‑a to order food. It was our turn and she asked me what I want­ed. I had trou­ble see­ing the menu because I did­n’t have my glass­es on, so I remem­bered that if you nar­row your field of vision, your acu­ity increas­es slight­ly, and used both of my hands cupped like binoc­u­lars over my eyes. My mom jabbed me real­ly hard and hissed at me to stop that. She was embar­rassed and my mom rarely gets embar­rassed! At first I was annoyed, but then it dawned on me how weird that looked. And Chick-fil‑a is usu­al­ly quite crowd­ed. Oops.

~Duh­h­hh — I was sit­ting in front of my high school with my broth­er wait­ing to be picked up. We were both play­ing games on our graph­ic cal­cu­la­tors because this was before cell phones were wide­spread and well before smart phones (pay phones were a thing in schools!). A woman, clear­ly a mom, walks up to us and asks if we knew where the Japan­ese Club was meet­ing. Of course I knew, I took Japan­ese class! It was just inside the cafe­te­ria and I want­ed to tell her as much, except…all that came out of my mouth was, “Duh, duh, duh, duh.” I looked wild­ly around while these sounds were com­ing out of my mouth and begged my broth­er for help with my eyes. His eyes were firm­ly glued to his cal­cu­la­tor and a smirk plas­tered on his face. The woman high­tailed it out of there with­out anoth­er word and I was left going, WTF just hap­pened?? My broth­er prompt­ly bust­ed out laugh­ing and I’m sure the woman thought I was a spe­cial needs stu­dent.

~Butt poke - When I was very very small and about the height of peo­ple’s butts, we were shop­ping at Sears at the mall in the clothes sec­tion. I used to like to hide inside the clothes racks. Well, when I came out, I went look­ing for my mom who’d gone some­where. That’s when I saw her with her back to me, those famil­iar pur­ple leg­gings she wore in front of me. I went and poked her butt hard with my lit­tle fin­ger. An old lady turned around and it was def­i­nite­ly NOT my mom. I start­ed cry­ing right away and I don’t real­ly remem­ber what hap­pened after that except I was old enough to feel very embar­rassed and that I was even­tu­al­ly reunit­ed with my mom.

~Gift — A co-work­er of mine was leav­ing for green­er pas­tures and on her last day he brought in gifts for every­one. I had com­plete­ly for­got­ten. She gave me mine and I thanked her and when I went to put it in my bag I remem­bered the dog-a-day desk cal­en­dar I’d been mean­ing to bring and hap­pi­ly brought it out. As I was unwrap­ping it in front of this co-work­er I was excit­ed­ly telling her about mean­ing to bring the thing in for a while. It was­n’t until I was putting it on oper­a­to­ry that I real­ized that she was expect­ing me to have brought her a gift. Ooops. Got her a fruit box deliv­ery soon there­after.

~Wed­ding Card — There was a point in my life where I was very proud of writ­ing poems. My co-work­er was get­ting mar­ried and I wrote her a poem inside of a card. Here’s what it said:

I wish you love,
I say con­grats,
Like a glove,
Like nice hats,
You fit like glue
No longer one but two.

I was super proud of it but when she was read­ing it, I got a sink­ing feel­ing in my gut that the last part sound­ed total­ly wrong. I meant like, she was no longer sin­gle but dou­ble. Instead it sound­ed like they were break­ing up. Geez.

~“I Hope” — One of my long-term patients came in with the snif­fles and say­ing he had a cold. While gen­er­al­ly we frown upon patients com­ing that are sick, I’m not going to turn them away unless they had a fever. Went through the appoint­ment, every­thing was fine, when he got up to leave, I cheer­ful­ly said to him, “I hope you kick it soon!” He turned with a frown and I sud­den­ly real­ized what I’d said and tried to save it quick­ly with, “THE COLD. I hope you kick THE COLD soon!” *Facepalm*

~Deep­er — I was see­ing a patient that I cringe when­ev­er I see his name on my sched­ule. Things were going okay and he told me, as I was doing his low­er front teeth, that he gets “a per­verse plea­sure” when­ev­er those teeth are cleaned so long as it does­n’t hit his gums because he can’t stand that feel­ing. I, per­son­al­ly, love clean­ings, so I told him that my favorite place is in his place in the whole office because I love clean­ings. I said, “I love it. You could dig at me all day and I’m like, ‘Go hard­er! Go Deep­er!’ ” I froze as soon as I said that and on any oth­er patient it might go over well, albeit awk­ward­ly. He, of course, got this nasty smile on his face after I said that while I pre­tend­ed that it was total­ly nor­mal what had just come from my mouth. Geez.

~Arm Punch — After my first date with my ex-boyfriend, we had def­i­nite­ly felt the spark. He drove me home from the day’s adven­tures and I was freak­ing out about how to end the date. What do I do? We were kind of sit­ting there in front of my house in his truck and he turned towards me with antic­i­pa­tion, I pan­icked, thanked him and punched him in the arm before hop­ping out and run­ning to my house. His face was price­less when I did that, one of utter shock mixed with amuse­ment. I’m laugh­ing writ­ing about it now. He nev­er did let me live that down.

~Par­al­lel Park­ing a Hon­da Fit — I was try­ing to park my mom’s Hon­da Fit on the street. I mean, it’s a Hon­da Fit. It’s tiny, but I’m a ter­ri­ble par­al­lel park­er. Regard­less, I thought that even I should be able to park the car and the spot I’d seen while walk­ing the dogs seemed per­fect. I drove out and pro­ceed­ed to back in just like I was taught all of those years ago. I think I cor­rect­ed like 10 times before I saw some peo­ple star­ing at me mouth agape. Embar­rassed, I drove off and found a real­ly huge spot even though it was far­ther away. Parked, and real­ized that even though I thought I was real­ly close to the cars in front and behind me, when I stepped out­side, I was parked in a spot big enough for 3 cars. After fix­ing myself, I walked back to the place I ini­tial­ly tried to park in and imme­di­ate­ly facepalmed myself. Two sedans in the mean time had parked them­selves neat­ly in it. Ugh. No won­der those peo­ple were star­ing.

~Eat­ing Pil­low — I was dream­ing about eat­ing my aun­t’s hol­i­day desserts. I crammed them all in my mouth because they were so good, but sud­den­ly I was chok­ing. I could not breathe, but I kept chew­ing and try­ing to swal­low because I did­n’t want to spit them out they were so good. I kept chok­ing and chok­ing until I woke up and found that I’d been eat­ing my pil­low. The part of the pil­low­case that I was try­ing to eat had been tight­ly twist­ed and was com­plete­ly soaked in my sali­va. I was astound­ed and extreme­ly embar­rassed that I could have passed out from dream-eat­ing.

~Class Rank — It was my high school grad­u­a­tion. I attend­ed that high school from 10–12 grade, hav­ing been a fresh­man at a dif­fer­ent school with the peo­ple I grew up with. I’d nev­er fit in well at the new school at all (not only was my eco­nom­ic class dif­fer­ent, but I was one out of 5 total Asians in the school) but I was okay with my small group of friends. They were award­ing medals to the top 10 stu­dents. I’d orches­trat­ed my 5th place rank (to ensure I’d nei­ther be Vale­dic­to­ri­an nor Salu­ta­to­ri­an) and was proud of myself. As I strut­ted up to accept my rank and medal, I heard not-so-soft whis­pers all around me ask­ing, “Who is that? Who IS that???” Admit­ted­ly, it put a ner­vous damper on my excite­ment, but not too much because I real­ized I’d nev­er have to care about those peo­ple and their opin­ions any­more.

~Umbrel­la Hat - I was super excit­ed about my new pur­chase from Ama­zon of a rain­bow col­ored umbrel­la hat. It would make walk­ing my 2 dogs in the rain a cinch! Both hands free, no need for a rain jack­et in the sum­mer, and stay­ing dry? YES! Well I put it on my head one rainy morn­ing and left to walk my 2 pups. They, of course, had zero care and I was so proud of myself. We round­ed the cor­ner at the busy 4‑way stop, and there was this kid rid­ing by on his bike (maybe 10 or 12 or so) he coast­ed slow­ly by, mouth com­plete­ly agape, eyes wide, star­ing at me. My pride wavered but I told myself that was just a kid and I did­n’t care about his judge­ment. The self-con­scious­ness was start­ing to set­tle in, though, and I turned around to go home. A cou­ple cars passed by and hit the brakes as they caught sight of me, dri­ving sus­pi­cious­ly slow­ly as if some­one was tak­ing pic­tures inside or laugh­ing. Not just one car. A cou­ple cars. *sigh* Need­less to say, that was the first and last time I ever wore that umbrel­la hat in pub­lic.

~Oniony Good­ness — I was in col­lege, the weath­er was warm, and I’d went down to the male floor to vis­it some guy friends. He One of them def­i­nite­ly had a crush on me and I was kind of feel­ing it out. I poked my head in to give them some­thing (a mes­sage or an item I can’t remem­ber) and was about to leave when I caught the scent of some food. I fig­ured they had just ordered some Chi­nese eggrolls because it was real­ly a very oniony smell and I could just pic­ture the duck sauce in my head. I inhaled deeply and said, wow, some­thing smells fan­tas­tic like eggrolls, I’m get­ting hun­gry. There was a tense­ness in the room and no one said any­thing. I was con­fused by the awk­ward­ness when it hit me that it was­n’t eggrolls at all. It was body odor. Sweat. Specif­i­cal­ly John’s armpit sweat. I quick­ly closed the door and about died against the wall before rac­ing upstairs back to my room to fin­ish dying there.

~Bad Lis­ten­er — Stuff like this hap­pens on numer­ous occa­sions espe­cial­ly at work since I lis­ten to a LOT of small talk and ran­dom crap that patients spout at me. There are some very talk­a­tive peo­ple out there. One par­tic­u­lar day I was so over every­thing and was only half-lis­ten­ing to what peo­ple were say­ing to me. Most of the time, a well placed, “ohh!” or “Wooow,” or “that’s crazy!” is suf­fi­cient for most con­ver­sa­tions so that I can get back to doing my job quick­ly. I decid­ed to laugh after a patient was say­ing some­thing and said some­thing along the lines of “that’s funny/interesting” before try­ing to get my instru­ments back into her mouth to work. She pulled back to the side a lit­tle, looked point­ed­ly at me, and stat­ed, “I said my moth­er just died.” I froze, humil­i­at­ed by my crass­ness, and apol­o­gized. The patient seemed to quick­ly for­give me (it’s nice when patients like you) and I strove to pay more atten­tion after that.

~Real Job — I worked sea­son­al retail once and not only did I gain the favor of man­age­ment, but of high­er-lev­el asso­ciates. One team lead in par­tic­u­lar was very fond of me and had me work with her at cus­tomer ser­vice often. Sea­son end­ed, and most peo­ple weren’t invit­ed back. Though I was, I turned it down because I gained more hours in the career I went to school for. I came back one time to the store to buy some­thing and ran into the team lead I’d worked with. She was excit­ed to see me, and I was glad to see her too. She asked me why I was­n’t work­ing for them any­more and though I meant some­thing dif­fer­ent, what came out of my mouth was, “Oh, I got a real job.” WTF. What I had meant to say was that I’d land­ed a reg­u­lar job, but it mixed in there with I now work in my real career aspi­ra­tions. It came out VERY wrong, and her face fell imme­di­ate­ly. There was NO WAY to take back what I’d said, no way to cor­rect it any­more, and I just felt like scum. Absolute scum. Short­ly there­after, the com­pa­ny went out of busi­ness, but it still haunts me.

Dracula’s Legacy Written Walkthrough (Nintendo Switch)

writ­ten 7/27/25, updat­ed 7/29/25

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  • Pub­lished: Join­dots
  • Plat­form Played: Nin­ten­do Switch
  • Price: $9.99 MSRP: $19.99
  • Rat­ed: T (Teen) for drug ref­er­ence, mild vio­lence
  • Genre: Adven­ture
  • Date Released: Octo­ber 25, 2018

This is a writ­ten walk­through for Drac­u­la’s Lega­cy played on the Nin­ten­do Switch. It’s not intend­ed to nec­es­sar­i­ly help you solve puz­zles as I tend to skip them when I find them irri­tat­ing or dif­fi­cult, but it does have some puz­zle solu­tions

Game Start

What the intro cin­e­mat­ics

Escape the Crypt (Tutorial)

  • Take the Knife
  • Inspect the wall lamp
  • Use the Knife on the Piece of Wire and take it
  • Use the Piece of Wire on the locked chest
  • Take the Crys­tal and Part of Mechan­i­cal Device
  • Use the Crys­tal on the wall lamp
  • Go down the now-light­ed hall
  • Click on the head­less stat­ue
  • Take the Gear and the Shaft
  • Go back­wards
  • Use the Part of Mechan­i­cal Device on the left wall
  • Use the Gear then turn the crank
  • Head through the oth­er room again, then down the now-acces­si­ble door­way
  • Lis­ten to the help­ful ghost
  • Take the Har­poon
  • Use the Shaft on the pick­axe head for a Pick­axe
  • Use the Pick­axe on the door­way with the light
  • Go in for a Hid­den Puz­zle

Hint: dip the paint­brush into the yel­low paint, then the drag­on; Use the can open­er on the can; The puz­zle solu­tion is on the wall

  • Go back a room
  • Open up the knight’s hel­met on the ground and use the Flute
  • Take the Disc and use it on the wall between the green door­way and the roots

Disc Door Puzzle

Straight­for­ward and easy: just rotate the con­cen­tric cir­cles to com­plete the medusa head

  • Go into the door
  • Use the Knife on the cof­fin
  • Take the Rope near the bot­tom and you’ll auto­mat­i­cal­ly com­bine it with the grap­ple hook
  • Go back to the room with the hid­den puz­zle
  • Use the Grap­ple­hook on the orange area in the left cor­ner
  • Use the Knife to stop the gears
  • Take the Gold Tooth
  • Go back to the spike room and head for­ward
  • Look at the left­most skull and take the Bat
  • Look at the bowl in the mid­dle of the room to get the Axe and Gold Tooth
  • Go back 2 rooms to the one where the big wolf was
  • Use the Axe on the roots
  • Go through the door­way
  • Take the Glove from the corpse
  • Go back and into the spike room
  • Use the Bat on the cof­fin
  • Use the Glove to take the Stone Block
  • Go back out­side
  • Pull aside the tapes­try
  • Use the Stone Block

Tetris Puzzle

Fit all 5 pieces into the square

  • Take the Crys­tal
  • Go back through the medusa door to the crypt
  • Use Gold Tooth x2 and the Crys­tal on the right-most skull
  • Take the Key which fits into the door out­side
  • Almost there!
  • Use the Axe on the tree hol­low, then use it again in the back of the hol­low
  • Take the Cube
  • Go down the west path in the next room with the bro­ken cart
  • Take the Spade, Wheel, Glass­es, and Small Key
  • Go back to the room with the bro­ken cart
  • Use the Wheel to get the Cart
  • Use the Glass­es to set the hay pile on fire (because it won’t cause a for­est fire at all. Nope.)
  • Go down the east­ern path
  • Lis­ten to the ghost
  • Use the Shov­el on the dirt pile
  • Use the Cube on the chest lock

Chest Lock Puzzle

Rotate the pipes to con­nect the start and end. Easy stuff

  • Use the Cart on the Can­non­ball
  • Take the Rope Lad­der
  • Go back to the room with the tree
  • If you haven’t, click on the pit­fall
  • Use the Rope Lad­der to get a Torch
  • Use the Torch on the tree hol­low, then the hay fire
  • Go down the west path from the hay fire
  • Use the Key on the back­pack for a Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Replace the wing on the angel, solve the but­ter­fly puz­zle, use the bat­tery on the flash­light

  • Go back to the skele­ton corpse and use the Nee­dle and Thread on the sack on the ground
  • Go to the can­non
  • Use the Gun­pow­der, Can­non­ball, and Lit Torch

Town

Lis­ten to the sto­ry

  • Fol­low the run­ning man
  • Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Use wine bot­tle on stem glass, use cam­era on sun decor, put togeth­er plate pieces x5

  • Get the Razor
  • Use the Razor on the broom on the ground for a Broom­stick
  • Go for­ward
  • Try to talk to the flee­ing man
  • Use the Razor on the bell for a String
  • Take the Plank
  • Go for­ward
  • Look in the car
  • Use the Razor on the key-like shape in the skele­ton’s shirt
  • Take the Car Keys
  • Use the Car Keys on the trunk
  • Take the Sponge and Crow­bar
  • Back up to the begin­ning with the burn­ing tree
  • Use the Crow­bar on the bar­rel
  • Use the Sponge in the water
  • Use the Broom­stick on the bro­ken rake in the hay
  • Take the Hay Fork and use it on the dead fish in the bar­rel
  • Take the Fish­hook which will auto­mat­i­cal­ly com­bine with the String
  • Use the Fish­hook and String on the grates on the ground
  • Use your new Let­ter­box Key on the let­ter­box where the car is
  • Take the Doc­u­ments back to the cof­fin mak­er
  • Go in
  • Take the pic­ture, Switch­board Key, and Hand­saw from the cab­i­nets
  • Leave
  • Use the Switch­board Key across from the cof­fin mak­er’s shop
  • Take the Fuse
  • Use the Hack­saw on the chained door
  • Go in
  • Take the Can­is­ter from the star­case
  • Use the Fuse on the wall to the right

Fuse Puzzle

Once you fig­ure out the sim­ple instruc­tions, this is very easy

  • In the stor­age room, look at the left­most cab­i­net
  • Take the Cig­ar Cut­ter
  • Use the Razor on the plas­tic water bot­tle for a “Water­ing Can” (I’m pret­ty sure they mean a fun­nel)
  • Take the Shop Win­dow Key from the right-side cab­i­net
  • Take the Buck­et
  • Go back to the tree burn­ing room
  • Use the Buck­et on the water bar­rel, then on the burn­ing tree
  • Go down the path
  • Take the Shop Win­dow Key, the Key to the Stat­ue
  • Use the Cig­ar Cut­ter on the skele­tal hand for the Ring
  • GO back to the car
  • Use the Wet Sponge then the Crow­bar on the win­dow to the right
  • Use the Ring on the chest
  • Take the Shot­gun Shells to the stor­age room and use them in the shot­gun
  • Use the Loaded Gun on the cof­fin mak­er and show him you mean busi­ness
  • Use both the Shop Win­dow Keys on the cab­i­nets
  • Take the Pli­ers, Angel Fig­urine, and Adhe­sive Tape
  • Go back to the grave­yard
  • Use the Angel Fig­urine on the mau­soleum

Puzzle!

I can’t stand these puz­zles, so I skipped it

  • Use the Adhe­sive Tape inside the tomb for a Walk­ing Stick
  • Take the Part of Fres­co Paint­ing
  • Use the Crow­bar, then the Shot­gun Shell on the relief to the left
  • Go to the room with the gaso­line tank
  • Use the Plank then the Can­is­ter and Pli­ers on the tank
  • Use the Fun­nel and Can­is­ter of Gaso­line on the car (trunk)
  • Use the Walk­ing Stick next to the skele­ton
  • Use the Car Keys in the igni­tion and turn it
  • Go into the church
  • Use the Star on the chest under the angel stat­ue for a Part of Fres­co Paint­ing
  • Use both Paint­ing Parts on the pic­ture to the right
  • Take the Can­dle
  • Return to the mau­soleum and use the Can­dle on the gun­pow­der (insane­ly dan­ger­ous­ly)
  • Take the Suit­case Key which fits into the lit­tle bag on the ground near the gaso­line tank
  • Take the last Part of Fres­co Paint­ing back to the church and place it with the oth­ers
  • Use your new Strange Disc in the floor

Gem Disc Puzzle

Match up the gems accord­ing to the disc clues by rotat­ing them

  • A Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Shape solu­tion on the left, water­ing can on plant pot, ham­mer on pig­gy bank

Into the Countryside

  • Inspect the wag­on for a Hid­den Puz­zle

Hint: Knife on Apple, Key on Pad­lock, Fish Pieces x5 on Skele­ton

Sor­ry I did­n’t grab the screen­shot until lat­er and now I for­got where things are
  • Get a Pump­kin
  • Take the Paint­brush and dip it into the glue can
  • Go down the road
  • Take the Boat Hook and the Brick
  • Go down the left path
  • Take the Glove from the chest
  • Use the Boathook on the water to get the Oar
  • Go back to the town
  • Use the Boathook on the left root for a Buck­et
  • Use the Brick on the bro­ken win­dow to the right
  • Take the Sug­ar
  • Use the Glove to get the Glass Shard
  • Go back to the riv­er and use the Glass Shard on the rope
  • Inspect the boat
  • Use the Paint­brush with Glue on the hole
  • Use the Buck­et on the water
  • Use the Oar
  • Go across the riv­er
  • Take the Key from the bram­bles
  • Go back across the riv­er
  • Use the Key on the chest
  • Take the Crys­tal back across the riv­er and use it in the door

Color the Skeleton Puzzle

Mem­o­rize the col­or scheme and recre­ate it

Hint: Green Head, Pink Wing, Red Body, Blue Wing, Yel­low Scythe

  • Go down the stairs and lis­ten to the help­ful ghost
  • Take the Burn­ing Can­dle and Clothes
  • Return to the fork in the road with the crows
  • Use the Pump­kin and Clothes on the wood­en posts
  • Then use the Glass Shard, then the Burn­ing Can­dle on the pump­kin
  • Now that the crows are gone, go down the east­ern path
  • Take the Gar­den Shears from under the bro­ken lad­der
  • Go into the aban­doned man­sion
  • Take the Mace
  • Go back to the dun­geon across the riv­er and use the Mace on the bro­ken wall
  • Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Find Keys x6, Find pieces x2 of the Jol­ly Roger, Use the infla­tor on the ball

  • Get a Mag­net
  • Use the Gar­den Shears and Sug­ar under the lion stat­ue
  • Take the Awl
  • GO back to the man­sion
  • Use the Awl then the Mag­net in the right­most door
  • Use the Library Key on the door
  • Watch the cutscene
  • Take the Match­es, and Vial x3 from the shelves
  • Use the Vial x3 on the emp­ty flask on the one shelf
  • Take your new Flask with Acid out of the man­sion and use it on the chest near the bro­ken lad­der
  • Watch the cutscene
  • Take the Ham­mer and Pic­ture Frag­ment
  • Go back to the town and use the Ham­mer on the wall with the can of glue
  • Use the Nails and Ham­mer on the bro­ken lad­der out­side the man­sion
  • Go back to the scare­crow and use the Lad­der on the tree
  • Use the Ham­mer on the bat
  • Return to the man­sion and use the Pic­ture Frag­ment on the frame on the wall

Picture Puzzle

Move the pieces to make a pic­ture, but you can only do it in columns

  • Use your new Key on the oth­er door
  • Take the Sil­ver Spoon
  • Use the Gar­den Shears on the gui­tar
  • On the pan to the left, use the Match­es, Sil­ver Spoon, then Arrow
  • Go back a room and use the String and Arrow with Sil­ver on the cross­bow
  • Use the Cross­bow with Bolt on the mon­ster
  • In the next room
  • Take the Sweep Brush back to the gui­tar room and use it on the cob­webs in the win­dow
  • Use the Knife on the cheese
  • Go back to the new room and use the Knife on the Tapes­try
  • Take the Mouse­trap
  • Use it on the floor, then the Cheese
  • Use the Part that Belongs to Some Mech­a­nism and use it on the machine

Light-up Puzzle

Rotate the rings until all the lights shine

  • Watch the cutscene

On the Road

  • Lis­ten to the help­ful ghost
  • Take the Cable from the brief­case
  • Go west
  • Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Ther­mos on teacup, Cut­ter on the coin, Press the sym­bols on the wall with the clues on the ground

  • Get a Blow­torch
  • Look at the right­most grif­fin
  • Take the Amulet
  • Use the Blow­torch on the head to get the Stat­ue Head
  • Go back and now to the east
  • Use the Cable and Stat­ue Head over the tree branch on the right
  • Take the Screw­driv­er and Fire Extin­guish­er from the motor­cy­cle
  • Go back and use the Fire Extin­guish­er and Screw­driv­er on the burn­ing power­box
  • Throw the switch
  • Go back down the east path and through to the oth­er side
  • Take the Rake, Oil Can, and Bent Har­poon
  • Go all the way back to the begin­ning
  • Use the Oil Can on the back of the semi
  • Go in
  • Take the Key to the Box and Winch
  • Use the Bent Har­poon on the vise
  • Go out of the truck, use the Key to the Box on the brief­case
  • Take the Fuse
  • Go all the way to the lake
  • Use the Winch under the tree

Fuse Puzzle

Use the Fuse and solve the puz­zle but chang­ing the con­nec­tions to con­nect the fus­es

  • Look inside the boat and take the Mask, Har­poon Gun, and Syringe
  • Use the Mask on the sub­merged stat­ue
  • Use the Har­poon Gun on the angler fish (which does­n’t make sense in the least because angler fish would nev­er be found in a shal­low lake)
  • Take the Amulet
  • Go all the way back to the man­sion with the 2 stat­ues
  • Use the Rake on the leaf pile for a Grind­stone Han­dle
  • Use the Amulet x2 on the door
  • Go inside
  • Use the Screw­driv­er on the creepy doll for a Bat­tery
  • Click on the table for a Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Ham­mer on Vase, Lighter on Sparkler, Paint on knight accord­ing to the pic­ture

  • Get a Valve
  • Take Stick of Aspen Wood from fire­place
  • Go to the back of the semi truck
  • Use the Grind­stone Han­dle in the back of the truck
  • Use the Stick of Aspen Wood for a Stake
  • Go to the motor­cy­cle and use the Bat­tery on the Torch
  • Go to the lake
  • Use the Valve under­wa­ter and turn it
  • Take the Part of Amulet from the foun­tain
  • Go left to the house with the stairs
  • Use the Torch (hat with light) on the wall
  • Take the Amulet Part and Gem­stone with Met­al Dec­o­ra­tion
  • Go back to the creepy doll man­sion and use the Amulet Part x2 on the fire­place
  • Take the Pic­ture Piece and use it on the wall

Picture Puzzle

Rotate the pieces until you fin­ish the pic­ture

  • Use the Key on the door
  • Take the Vase of Water, Amulet, and Dust Pan
  • Use the Vase of Water on the fire­place
  • Take the Gem­stone with Met­al Dec­o­ra­tion
  • Use the Dust­pan on the coals
  • Use the Dust­pan with Coals on the fumi­ga­tor next to the foun­tain
  • Use the Fumi­gat­ing Fog­ger on the bee­hive near the lake
  • Use the Amulet on the chest for anoth­er Gem­stone with Met­al Dec­o­ra­tion
  • Go all the way back to the white man­sion and use the Gem­stone with Met­al Dec­o­ra­tion x3 in the room with the mag­i­cal bar­ri­er
  • Use the Stake on the creepy sleep­ing vam­pire man
  • Take the Bro­ken Sword, Mir­ror Shard, and Part of Crypt Key
  • Lis­ten to the ghost­ly helper
  • Go into the back of the truck
  • Use the Bro­ken Sword on the vise, then use the Blow­torch (yeah, I’m pret­ty sure that won’t work)
  • Go to the house with the stairs
  • Use the Sword on the door (…real­ly?)
  • Go in
  • Take the Potion, Met­al Lever, and Glue
  • Read the book to fig­ure out how to kill a vam­pire
  • Get a Fish Knife
  • Use the Fish Knife on the dead fish in the lake for a Cross on a Chain
  • Go all the way back to where you killed the vam­pire
  • Use the Glue then the Mir­ror Shard on the mir­ror
  • Take the Gear­wheel
  • Go back to the first room and inspect the plants
  • Use the Potion then pick the Gar­lic
  • Go back to the house with the stairs
  • Put the Cross on a Chain in the water in the chal­ice for some Stoup
  • Use the Gar­lic, Stoup, and Syringe in the mor­tar and pes­tle
  • Use the Gear on the wall clock

Gear Puzzle

Place the gears so that they all spin

  • Go through the door
  • Take the Lion Head
  • Go back and use the Lion Head on the stair­case
  • Go into the hid­den door
  • Take the Cam­era
  • Use the Key on the iron maid­en
  • Take the Mar­ble Mask
  • Go back to the room with the bats and use the Cam­era
  • Take the Cop­per Disc
  • Go back a room and use the Cop­per Disc on the book
  • Use the Mar­ble Mask x2 in the bat room
  • Inject the vam­pire with the Syringe
  • Take the Part of Crypt Key
  • Lis­ten to the ghost

Mission: Assassinate the Vampire Lord

  • Go down the path
  • Take the Oil, and Corkscrew
  • Go back, use the Corkscrew on the bar­rel
  • Click the emp­ty bar­rel to move it, then look inside for a Valve
  • Inside the guard­house, take the Hel­met and Pinch Bar
  • Use the Valve on the wall, then the Oil
  • Click on it to turn
  • Inspect the bird nest (…I guess you climbed on top the guard bar?)
  • Take the Hand­cuff Key, return to the car­riage and use it on the hand­cuffs
  • Use your new Hand­cuffs on the chain around the stat­ue
  • Use the Pinch Bar on the col­umn
  • Take the Part of Met­al Disc
  • Go for­wards into the court­yard
  • Use the Hel­met on the water foun­tain, then take it back to the guard­house and use it on the bones on the ground
  • Take the Tooth from the uncov­ered T‑Rex (super ran­dom)
  • Go back to the court­yard and use the Tooth on the pipes
  • Take the Part of Met­al Disc from the drained foun­tain
  • Use Part of Met­al Disc x2 on the door
  • Inside on the stair­case, click on the Hid­den Puz­zle!

Hint: Scis­sors on Fab­ric, Paint­brush on Frame, Roman Numer­als on Chest, then input the code as found on the rub­ble (note: must fin­ish the rest of the puz­zle to remove the wheel first)

  • Go into the court­yard and use the Spear on the lad­der up high
  • Go up into the din­ing room
  • Go into the kitchen
  • Take the Block of Ice and Jar
  • Go back to the stair­case and use the Block of Ice on the drag­on flame
  • Take the Pan­el with Pic­ture of Drag­on, go back to the din­ing room and use it on the wall

Dragon Puzzle

Move the blocks accord­ing to the hints

  • Now with the fire turned off, take the Mir­ror and Drag­on
  • Use the Drag­on on the bars in the din­ing room
  • Go through the bars into the sit­ting room
  • Click on the left item for a Hid­den Puz­zle (Last one!!)

Hint: Glue on pho­to pieces, Pieces of fig­urine, Syringe on vial

  • Use your new Clock­hand on the clock
  • Take the Coil Spring, use it on the jew­el­ry box
  • Take the Foun­tain Piece
  • Take the Win­dow Han­dle from the win­dow
  • Use the Foun­tain Piece on the foun­tain in the court­yard
  • Go down, the down the stairs
  • Take the Scoop Net and Cas­ket Key
  • Go back to the kitchen, use the Win­dow Han­dle, then the Scoop Net on the moth
  • In the din­ing room, use the Cas­ket Key on the box (maybe a cas­ket for a rodent…)
  • Take the Lighter
  • Go back to the creepy stat­ue and use the Moth on the web, then the Jar (con­sid­er­ing the size of the spi­der and the lack of lid…)
  • Go to the stair­case and use the Jar with Spi­der on the wall with the spi­der emblem (WTH?!?!)

Spider Puzzle

Move the strings until none over­lap

  • Get Dyna­mite and Drag­on Key
  • Go back to the din­ing room and use the Drag­on Key on the drag­on for a Flask of Flam­ma­ble Flu­id
  • Look at the ground in front of the creepy stat­ue
  • Use the Dyna­mite, Flask of Flam­ma­ble Flu­id, then Lighter
  • Lis­ten to the ghost and watch the cutscene
  • Even though you can’t check out the bone pile, for some rea­son you can go down the hall
  • Oh. It’s your man. Except he’s look­ing a bit… pale.
  • Take the Piece of Pipe and Bel­lows
  • Go back to the kitchen and use the Bel­lows on the sack of flour
  • Use the Bel­lows Filled with Flour on the invis­i­ble mon­ster which sud­den­ly starts mak­ing lots of noise when it did­n’t before for some rea­son
  • Click on the weird wheel to the left of the mon­ster and use the Crypt Keys you’ve been car­ry­ing around for a while

Wheel Thing Puzzle

Spin the head and place the pieces on it (super easy)

  • Solv­ing the puz­zle inex­plic­a­bly destroys the mon­ster
  • Check out the pile of bones and use the Mir­ror
  • Oh look, the Vam­pire Lord
  • Take the Pan­el Key to the con­trol room and open the thing on the right side
  • Take the Boil­er Key and use it on the boil­er
  • Use the Bel­lows
  • Go back to the weird machine and turn the han­dle
  • Use the Piece of Pipe
  • Talk to your clear­ly vam­pir­i­fied dude
  • Take the Shield from the bust­ed chest
  • Use it on the Vam­pire Lord
  • Watch the cutscene that fol­lows

GAME COMPLETE

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