Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High - Guide

CHAPTER 1: A STRANGE LETTER

CHECK MAIL

• Grab the Mail on the gate and it will land on the table.
  
• Click on the Mail on the table for a closer view.
  
• Click on all the mail on the table until only one remains.
  
• Click on the last Letter for a closer view. It’s a letter from Chad, he’s wondering if the cache is still under the board on the porch.
  
• Close out the pop-up window.

FIND SECRET CACHE

• Pick up the Crowbar the arrow is pointing to in the lower left corner.
  
• Place the Crowbar on the loose board in the lower right side of the floor to reveal the cache under the porch.
  
• Click on the cache for a closer view.
  
• Pick up the Pruning Shears inside the cache.
  
• Click on the Old Letter and read it. It says that Chad found a new way to do cryptography, ink appears when hot.
  
• Exit out of the cache.

• Use the Pruning Shears to cut the White Roses close to the gate to find another cache.
  
• Click on the Loose Stone for a closer view.
  
• Place the Crowbar on the Loose Stone to remove it and pick up the Key.

• Place the Key on the lock of the Wardrobe on the left to unlock it.
  
• Click on the Wardrobe to take a closer look.
  
• Pick up the Iron on the top shelf. Look for the rest of the items on the list.

• Pick up the Matchbook on top of the Wardrobe.
  
• Pick up the Paper Airplane on the tree close to the gate.
  
• Pick up the Coals in the red wheelbarrow.

IRON MINI-GAME

• The iron pops up in the middle of the screen.
  
• Click on the cover to open it.
  
• Place the Coals inside the Iron and the lid will shut.
  
• Use the right arrow to change the view of the Iron.

• Click on the latch in the back of the Iron to unhook it.
  
• Click on the cover to open it.
  
• Insert the Paper in the back of the Iron.
  
• Insert the Match in the back of the Iron to heat it.
  
• The Heated Iron will go back into inventory.

REVEAL INVISIBLE INK

• Click on the Mail on the table for a closer view.
  
• Place the Heated Iron directly on the Letter.
  
• You will be taken to a new scene in which you see the Heated Iron passing through the letter.
  
• The note appears on the screen, it says:”Natalie! Help me! Come to 302 Sutter Street at once. Hurry! Chad.”
  
• Exit out of that window.

• Click on the Laptop’s Keyboard so you can use Mapit.com to find the location.
  
• When you click on the Laptop, the address will be typed into the screen and the mapping will begin on its own.
  
• Click on the pulsating square on the screen to end this chapter.

CHAPTER 2: THE ART GALLERY

HEART EXHIBIT

• Pick up the Screwdriver on the left side of the ground.
  
• Pick up the blue Drill without a Bit in the middle of the floor.
  
• Click on the red Heart Exhibit in the ceiling.
  
• Find the 9 pieces of the heart in the scene.
  
• The 9 Heart pieces are circled in yellow in the screenshot.

• Click on the Key Exhibit in the middle of the floor for a closer view.
  
• Use the Screwdriver on each of the screws to remove them.
  
• Pick up the Key to the Heart.

• Click on the Heart for a closer view.
  
• Place the Heart Fragment into the Heart and a Keyhole will appear.
  
• Place the Key to the Heart in the Keyhole for a Camera to appear.
  
• Click on the Camera’s Eject Button and a CD will come out of the slot.
  
• Click on the CD and watch the surveillance video.
  
• You will notice someone taking pictures off the wall.
  
• Exit out of that window.

• Click on the Guardian on the right for a closer view.
  
• Look at the symbols on the Lock and find them in the scene. The 5 Lock pieces are highlighted in green in the scene.

FIND PAINTINGS

• Click on the curtain on the left to remove it.
  
• Grab the red Stepladder on the left.
  
• Click on the left side of the wall to uncover the place in which the paintings were removed. You will be asked to find the 4 Paintings after this action has been performed.
  
• Please look at the screenshot for the locations of the Paintings.
  
• Click on the Four Seasons Exhibit on the left side of the wall for a closer view.
  
• Place the 4 Paintings on the wall.

UNLOCK DOOR

• Once the paintings are placed, picture on the back wall, close to the window falls down.
  
• Pick up the Key that appears on the back wall.
  
• Click on the Guardian for a closer look.
  
• Place the ‘Part of the Lock’ on the lock.
  
• Place the Key on the door’s keyhole.
  
• Click on the Basement door and you will be taken to a quick cut scene.

BASEMENT

• Pick up the red Box Cutter close to the painting on the right.
  
• Pick up the Newspaper on the ground.
  
• Click on the fire on the floor to receive a message to put out the fire.
  
• Place the Stepladder on the Toolbox that’s in between the steps and the exit door.
  
• Click on the Toolbox for a closer view.
  
• Pick up the Drill Bit and the Knitting Needle inside the Toolbox.
  
• The Drill Bit automatically merges with the Drill in inventory.

OPEN THE DOOR

• Click on the Door Window for a closer view and you will see the Key. Close the window view for now.
  
• Place the Newspaper under the door.
  
• Place the Knitting Needle in the Keyhole.
  
• The Knitting Needle pushes the Key out of the lock and onto the Newspaper.
  
• Click on the Newspaper under the door and the Key will go into your inventory.
  
• Place the Key into the keyhole to open the door.
  
• Click on the door to enter.

HIDDEN OBJECT SCENE

• Pick up the Fire Extinguisher on the left side of the wall.
  
• Pick up the UV Light on top of the ladder.

EXTINGUISH FIRE

• Place the Fire Extinguisher on the fire in the bucket.
  
• Click on the bucket for a closer view.
  
• Pick up the Switch inside the bucket.
  
• Click on Chad’s Diary to read it. The message talks about Kitty. He also says that he wrote Kitty’s number on the back of a painting. To see the number you have to turn on the Ultraviolet Light.
  
• Exit out of that window.

REPAIR SWITCH

• Place the Switch on the Broken Switch in the upper left side of the scene.
  
• Click on the Switch to turn off the lights in the Art Gallery.
  
• Close the exit door and click on the phone. The receiver is missing.
  
• Let’s go back to the Art Gallery.

OPEN SAFE

• Click on the safe on the left for a closer view.
  
• Click on the wooden door to remove it.
  
• Place the Drill with a Bit on the safe and it will drill 3holes into the safe.
  
• Click on the safe to open it.
  
• Pick up Kitty’s Portrait and the Phone Receiver inside the safe.

REVEAL PHONE NUMBER

• Click on the large painting for a closer view.
  
• Place the Ultraviolet Light in the Fluorescent Light Fixture.
  
• Use the Box Cutter to cut the Painting out.
  
• Place Kitty’s Portrait in the empty frame.
  
• The numbers 807-1795 appear on the painting.
  
• Go back to the Basement.

• Click on the door to closer it if you haven’t done so already.
  
• Click on the Phone for a closer view.
  
• Place the Phone Receiver on the Phone.
  
• Dial “8071795” and you will be taken to a cut scene of Natalie talking to Kitty.

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