07-06-2004, 05:14 AM
I just did a very stupid thing tonight. Brewed a four-cup pot of coffee, darkened the rooms for the night, and fired up the new laptop to play the third Thief game, Deadly Shadows.
I'm getting along through it well enough. At least, I was. Playing peek-a-boo with the Keepers was fun enough. Sneaking around the Hammerites and Pagansâ just another day at the office. Raiding a pirate captain's mansion = uber fun. Getting stalked by telepathic assassins, ehh, bit of a freak-out.
But tonightâ tonight's the night I went into the Cradle. That is, the Shalebridge Cradle. In search of a gray hag who just tried to kill me and has a penchant for nabbing children and skinning grown men alive.
Never much in the mind to voluntarily enter a haunt. Worse yet is a haunted orphanage whose halls faintly echo with soft, high-pitched cries. And should you actually go up into the atticâ well, dangit.
"I can hear you breathing. I can tell because nobody here at Shalebridge does that anymore..."
Gah! Thank the gods that I have a sword. I'm sleeping with it tonight.
If you ever play the game, a word of advice: try the Cradle in broad daylight. Or if you really want a mindfreak, play all the previous missions several times over until Halloween comes, then make for the Cradle in the dead of night. On a laptop. Sitting in an attic.
I'm getting along through it well enough. At least, I was. Playing peek-a-boo with the Keepers was fun enough. Sneaking around the Hammerites and Pagansâ just another day at the office. Raiding a pirate captain's mansion = uber fun. Getting stalked by telepathic assassins, ehh, bit of a freak-out.
But tonightâ tonight's the night I went into the Cradle. That is, the Shalebridge Cradle. In search of a gray hag who just tried to kill me and has a penchant for nabbing children and skinning grown men alive.
Never much in the mind to voluntarily enter a haunt. Worse yet is a haunted orphanage whose halls faintly echo with soft, high-pitched cries. And should you actually go up into the atticâ well, dangit.
"I can hear you breathing. I can tell because nobody here at Shalebridge does that anymore..."
Gah! Thank the gods that I have a sword. I'm sleeping with it tonight.
If you ever play the game, a word of advice: try the Cradle in broad daylight. Or if you really want a mindfreak, play all the previous missions several times over until Halloween comes, then make for the Cradle in the dead of night. On a laptop. Sitting in an attic.
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