Nan asks the man in the black hood his name, and offers her own. He introduces himself politely as Lorenzo.
Nan asks who he's here to see, and he says before he passes through on his way North, he'd like to speak with the Padre and get his blessing.
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Nan asks the man in the black hood his name, and offers her own. He introduces himself politely as Lorenzo.
Nan asks who he's here to see, and he says before he passes through on his way North, he'd like to speak with the Padre and get his blessing.
Nan asks if she can come along to see the Padre. Lorenzo says she certainly can.
In fact, here he is now.
He comments that it doesn't appear the Padre is going to be coming to them, so Lorenzo dons his black hood and stands, offering Nan his hand.
But... everything is going dark. The warm sunlight is receding.
Nan reaches out, but Lorenzo and the courtyard are already gone.
In the darkness, Nan can only see Satiago, who looms over her, holding the dimmed lantern.
He says Nan is on her own now, and he's going to take the lantern.
He'd love to stay and have more fun with her, but it's not a good time to stay in one place.
Nan apologizes, to which Santiago only laughs.
As he runs off into the darkness, disappearing from sight, he calls back to her.
He says she's quite mistaken. There's no need to apologize.
After all, whatever she saw, it's her problem. Not his.
It is very dark here.
Hardly anything can be seen.
End, Part 4
Nan Quest Part 5 starts now.
Santiago has run off, taking the lantern with him, leaving Nan in the darkness of the third floor hall, just outside the Sunset Room.
The heavy, ragged breathing and shuffling footsteps have gone quiet. All that remains is silence, and the placeless echo of Nan's vision of the TERRA COTTA COURTYARD.
Nan stands up and begins feeling along the wall. She rechecks her inventory, to find:
BALLPOINT PEN
PHILLIPS HEAD SCREWDRIVER
MAGNIFYING GLASS
And a CHECK for services rendered at the Fun Family Arcade.
It appears her CROSS PENDANT is still missing.
Nan continues along the wall, and finds something that feels like a button.
Nan presses the button.
The elevator doors open.
Kim screams, then sighs in relief, lowering her taser.
It's just Nan, after all.
Nan steps into the elevator and delivers the grim news about Anna's fate. Evidently Anderson and Kim were not aware, and Kim gasps in tragic realization.
Anderson seems angry. He says this is why they slept in shifts. Who was Anna staying up with?
Pablo. Pablo had the shift with Anna.
After they woke up Anna and Pablo for their shift, they took a short nap, then headed out to look for Santiago.
Kim groans. That means Pablo could be dead too.
Anderson says that's definitely one possibility.
Nan asks if anyone understands what's going on, and how she suddenly wound up somewhere else.
Kim asks where exactly it was she wound up.
The lights come back on with a quiet hum.
Nan explains her dreams, which brought her to a strange place where she saw Pablo, then to the TERRA COTTA COURTYARD.
Kim's face seems to darken at the discussion of Pablo's behavior, but comforts Nan. It was just a dream, after all.
Anderson says nothing.
Nan explains her ordeal after waking up, how she was chased and led around. Kim asks what part of that constitutes a "space-time" oddity, if she just moved around.
Finally, Nan suggests they take the elevator back to the safe room. Anderson replies that the safe room is on the third floor. Where they already are.
He studies Nan quietly, then asks if she's sure she's all right.
Nan considers her situation. Perhaps she's a little confused. She was being chased by the Pilgrim, she must have just gotten turned around.
Anna was here, she's sure of it.
But now the hallway's empty.
Nan asks if there used to be a Spanish Mission here. Anderson says there was. When he was a boy, its ruins were here. Burnt to the ground some time ago. Cleared out years later, in preparation for the hotel.
Nan asks why it was burnt down. Anderson says he doesn't know. It happened before he was born.
Nan returns to the SAFE ROOM.
There doesn't appear to be any more to the note. The markings on the room haven't changed from the last time -- faint ashy trails leading up the walls.
Nan checks the bathroom, but it's empty. No one else is here.
Nan looks at herself in the mirror.
Nan turns around, but no one is behind her.