The Murder

Chapter Details

Date:

27/01

Time:

00:02 AM

Location:

Doc's Diner

Played As:

Lucas Kane

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“	It all started here. Where else could it happen? New York, capital of the universe, the chessboard destiny chose for the last big game.	”
– Lucas Kane introduces Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy

The Murder is the first chapter in Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. It's the pivot that starts the daring and intricate series of events that will involve Lucas Kane, Carla Valenti and Tyler Miles.

Synopsis

January 27, 2009. New York City, two minutes after midnight.

Lucas Kane is in Doc's Diner bathroom stall, carving marks on his forearms.

Unknowingly and unwillingly, he murders a man, John Winston, who was washing himself. Lucas then snaps out of the trance; horrified, he hides the evidence and leave Doc's Diner before a police officer, Martin McCarthy, taking a break in the restaurant, will inevitably find the corpse.

Characters

Lucas Kane (Playable)
Markus Kane (Voice only)
Oracle (Vision)
Jade (Vision)
Bogart
John Winston (Corpse)
Kate Morrison
Officer Martin McCarthy

Mental Health actions

Positive

+5: Stick the body in the center stall
+5: Mop up the blood spot where the body was
+5: Wash the blood off of your face with the right sink
+5: Examine the machine near the bathroom door, examine it a second time to smack it three times, then examine it a third time to find a coin
+5: Find the knife near the urinals and hide it
+5: Eat part of your meal
+5: Take a drink from the glass at your table
+5: Play the jukebox
+5: Pay for your meal before attempting to leave the diner
+10: Escape the disctrict in a cab or the subway

Negative

-5: Look out the window in the bathroom
-5: Talk to the guy next to the bathroom door
-5: Try to call Markus Kane on the pay phone near the bathroom door
-5: Walk behind the bar
-5: Sit down at the stool closest to the register, then talk to the waitress
-10: Talk to the cop
-10: Take too long in the restaurant and the cop goes into the bathroom
-10: Try to leave without paying your bill
-20: Leave the bathroom without cleaning the blood off of yourself

Impact

If Lucas calls his brother, Markus Kane, using Doc's Diner public phone, the call will result on telephone records and can be used later in the story as a clue by lieutenant Carla Valenti.
If Lucas escapes, returning home in taxi, the ride records from Doc's Diner to his neighborhood can be used later in the story as a clue by lieutenant Carla Valenti.

As game over

If Lucas leaves the bathroom without washing the blood off of himself, then fails to get out the back door before the cop comes back there.
If Lucas doesn't leave the diner before officer Martin McCarthy finds the corpse.
If Lucas takes too long to leave town, officer Martin McCarthy arrests him.
If Lucas' Mental Health bar hits 0, he will be locked up in Bellevue Asylum.