File No. 007: The Mystery Rooms. Walkthrough: Layton Brothers: Mystery Room

File No. 007: The Mystery Rooms

Overview: An agent friend of Alfendi’s has tracked down Etista from Case No. 004 to a cellar filled with secret rooms.  Lucy and Alfendi will have to find Etista’s hiding spot and face the girl in person.

• You have one goal/deduction upon starting this unique case: “Where’s the secret room?”
• Tap on the bookshelf.

• Tap on any of the books, such as Gran Smith’s Diet.  It appears there’s a correct order to pushing the books in.
• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in.
• Tap on Old Note to learn “Bovine comes before swine.”
• Zoom out and tap on the coffee table.
• Use the camera icon to zoom in about halfway.
• Tap on Pointed Note to learn “Hornless is the beast that leads the way.”
• Tap on Music Box to add a new deduction to your list: “What will make the music box play?”
• Zoom out and tap on the shelf in the lower-right corner of the room.
• Tap on Cabinet to add another deduction to your list: “Where’s the cabinet key?”
• Slide (with two fingers) to the bottom-right of the screen, to a small bedroom.

• Tap on the nightstand.
• Tap on Upper Drawer to open the drawer.
• Use the camera icon to zoom in all the way and tap on Tweezers.  These will be added into evidence and picked up.
• Tap on Lower Drawer to open the drawer.

• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in and tap on Rickety Key.  This will be added into evidence and picked up.
• Tap on the bed and use the camera icon to zoom all the way in.
• Tap on Crumpled Note to learn “Swine follows after canine.”
• Slide up towards the hallway.  Tap on the door in the right-hand wall.
• Tap on Bathroom Door to add another deduction to the list: “What unlocks the bathroom door?”
• Tap on Note on Door to learn “WC from three o’clock.”
• Tap on the clock just north of the bathroom/water closet.
• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in.

• Tap on Clock.  Note there is a cat’s face at 3 and an apple at 12.
• Return to the cabinet in the lower-right corner of the main room.  Tap on Cabinet.
• To question “Which key fits the cabinet?” select “Rickety key.”
• The key breaks in the lock.
• To question “What might you use to extract the broken-off piece of key?” select “Tweezers.”
• Zoom out and tap on the coffee table area.
• Use the camera icon to zoom in all the way, and then tap on Music Box. 
• To question “What might work as a winder for the music box?” select “Broken key.”
• Lucy opens the Music Box, solving the deduction “What will make the music box play?”
• Tap on the table again and use the camera icon to zoom in.

• Tap on Swish Key.
• Zoom out and tap on the cabinet again.
• To question “What else might work as a key?” select “Swish key.”
• The cabinet is now open, revealing a NEW area that can be explored.
• Tap on the cabinet again.

• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in, revealing four goblets.
• Tap on each goblet to take it into evidence: Cow Goblet, Rhino Goblet, Dog Goblet, Pig Goblet.
• Return to the bookshelf and tap on it to see the protruding books again.
• Tap on each book and select “Push it in!” in order, starting with “3 o’clock” on the clock’s face.
• The correct order for the books is: Cat Compendium, Tea Total, Identikit Cars, and Gran Smith’s Diet.
• The bathroom door is now open.
• Slide over to the bathroom in the hallway, where two NEW areas have opened up.

• Tap on the toilet area.
• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in.

• Tap on Smelly Note to learn “Horned is the last beast to go, the flames dying in its wake.”
• Tap on the bathtub.
• Tap on Tap; Alfendi asks if Lucy wants to fill something with water.

• Select each of the four goblets in your inventory and select OK in turn (you’ll have to fill each one individually).  The order does not matter.
• After all four goblets are filled with water, return to the main room and tap on the fireplace.
• Use the camera icon to zoom all the way in and tap on Fireplace.

• Remembering that “Swine follows after canine,” “Bovine comes before swine,” and “Hornless is the beast that leads the way,” and “Horned is the last beast to go, the flames dying in its wake...”
• ...select the goblets to pour on the fire in this order: Dog Goblet, Cow Goblet, Pig Goblet, Rhino Goblet.
• The secret entrance will open.
• Lucy and Alfendi will meet Etista, and Lucy learns another detail about the Prof.  Case solved!

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