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Part Two ofLoco Motiveends on something of a cliffhanger. After the reading of Lady Unterwald’s will - finally - we get punted back in time and into the shoes of Herman Merman, a novelist who seems to talk a big game but not really deliver any of the goods.
Part Three deals with Herman’s story - why he’s on the Reuss Express, his chaotic actions, and how he’s responsible for some of the puzzles that poor Arthur had to endure in the previous parts. The difficulty ramps up a bit here, so we’re on hand to deliver you from frustration and provide all the answers.
How To Disable The Board
After watching the cutscenes, you’ll be in control of Herman Merman at his publishers' office. The goal here is toget Herman’s manuscript acceptedby the publishers, but the AI-powered board is currently standing in your way.
To start with,pick up a paper cupfrom the water cooler in the background.Pouring this water into the board’s slotwon’t do any harm to it, but it’s worth a try. If you do this, refill the paper cup with the water cooler.
On the right side of the office,pick up the Herman Merman dollon the window sill and ahandful of packaging popcornfrom the box on the ground.
Place somepopcorn on the window sillunder the pigeon andwalk awayfrom it. This will cause the pigeon to swoop down and distract the publishers - use this opportunity tograb the stationary pot from the table. You’ll have to do this when the right-hand publisher has stood up to shoo away the pigeon.
Use the letter opener with the Herman Merman dollto get some sawdust, and thencombine this sawdust with the paper cup filled with water. The result will be a cup of paste.
Pour the cup of paste into the board’s slot. This will break the board, forcing the publishers to actually read the manuscripts placed in front of them.
How To Get Herman’s Manuscript Accepted
Since we know Herman’s manuscript isn’t fantastic, we’ll need to make it better. You can find out what each publisher actually wants in a manuscript by talking to them individually, but this isn’t necessary.
Pick up themanuscripts found in the bin and the in-tray. The one from the in-tray is packaged -use the letter opener on it to reveal that it’s Dirk Chiselton’s manuscript.
With all three manuscripts in your inventory, take apeek at the in-trayto get a closeup. Place the manuscripts on the top trayin the following order:
The publishers will only read the parts of the completed compilation that they enjoy, thus accepting the manuscript.
Success will secure you some progress, and you’ll end up on theReuss Express.
Following Mr. Liu
After the scenes, you can talk to Lady Unterwald if you like, but to progress,leave the room- you’re tasked with following Mr. Liu to see what he’s up to.
Before you leave the room,examine and steal some chilisfrom the chili plant that Mr. Liu brought.
After the scene with Arista and the twins,head to the Lounge Carriageon the left to see Mr. Liu entering a backstage area.
How To Get Backstage
Talk to the stage manager here and learn that you’ll need to be ‘on the list’ to gain access to the backstage area. You’ll also need topass a little quiz.
To the left of the band on stage, you can find a set list.Steal the set listandexamine itin your inventory - you’ll learn the band’s name (Balboa Swing) and the set list:
Use this information topass the stage manager’s little quiz, and you’ll get asigned business card. This isn’t enough to get backstage, however.
Head to the Sleeper Carriage tomeet Donny. Talk to him about his ‘services’ until youlearn about his forgery servicesand the fact that you’ll need an example of the person’s handwriting.
Give Donny the business cardyou just acquired, and you’ll learn what you need to do to get a forged guest list: you’ll need toacquire something from Mr. Masson. Talk to Donny more about Mr. Masson, and you’ll eventually get theRosebud recipe. Surprise, surprise; now we know why Mr. Masson was drunk in the previous part!
You’ll also get astring of pearlsfrom this encounter.
How To Get Mr. Masson Drunk
Head to the Dining Carriage andgive the Rosebud recipe to the bartender. Unfortunately, Mr. Masson doesn’t want to drink before having hisfood.
Our next goal is obviously toshut down the kitchen- remember what state it was in during the previous parts? Let’s make that happen. The cooks mentioned they’d had a disastroushealth inspection- let’s be the health inspector.
To prepare, head to the Lounge Carriage andspeak to the kid here. She’s playing with adetective kitthat includes an ‘official’ badge - that could be handy. Talking to the kid about getting the kit from her reveals that she’ll only trade for it.
How To Trade For The Kid’s Detective Kit
Use the Dirk Chiselton cover with the adventure manuscriptin Herman’s inventory to create a fake Dirk Chiselton manuscript.
Give the fake Chiselton novel to the kid,and you’ll be able to get the detective kit from her. The badge in the kit isn’t convincing enough yet, though.
Return toDonny’s quartersandtalk to him, asking him toforge the detective badge into something more convincing. Afterwards, you can enter the kitchen by pretending to be the health inspector.
How To Shut Down The Kitchen
As the health inspector, you have some havoc to wreak. You’ll need to ruin each cook’s day systematically.
Fromright to left:
With these done in order, the kitchen will close, and you’ll automatically head back to the Dining Carriage.
Mr. Masson will be ready for a drink now -try to hand the Rosebud recipe to the bartenderagain to prompt the drink’s delivery, and you’ll witness Mr. Masson getting drunk.
Masson will drop amagnetfrom his pocket -pick it up, and deliver it to Donny.
Donny will give you theforged entry list. Use this on theactual guest listin the Lounge Carriage, and you’ll be able to gain entrance to the backstage area.
What To Do Backstage
You’ll find that Mr. Liu is missing from the backstage area.Speak to both the singer and the band about Mr. Liuuntil you run out of relevant dialogue options, and thentry to leave the area. This will end the Part.
