Update 4: End of Act I
This update will be rather short because I want to do the intro as a separate update before going into Act 2.
Now that we have the claim ticket, we can go back to Lo Fat and try to use it.
: “It’ll be ready Tuesday. Hahaha! Just kidding, ancient Chinese joke.”
: “Actually, this isn’t mine at all. I found this claim ticket just a little while ago.”
: “I’d feel badly if someone were to come back for it.”
: “You worry for nothing. Nobody come in for two-year-old laundry.”
: “Lady who own this dress probably DEAD by now! Hahahaha!”
: “You’re a strange man, Mr. Fat, but I kind of like you.”
This is where it gets established that Laura is a terrible judge of character. Lo Fat gives us a turquoise evening dress, which is what the posting on the bulletin board at the Tribune was hinting at in the very beginning of the game. The only problem now is finding a place to put it on.
The logical place would be the Tribune, but Laura is the sole female employee there and can’t simply get the editor to empty out one of the men’s bathrooms for a minute so she can change for some reason.
Instead, we’re going back to the speakeasy, a perfectly logical place for a change of clothes. Rocco must be the doorman there, because we have to go through the password sequence every time we want to go back to the speakeasy.
We can now head through the door in the back, which is actually the door to the women’s bathroom.
Just like with Bob the Slob, we have a dialog option available. Both of them basically equate to the same thing. I went with the more polite top option.
To change into the dress, we have to use it with the screen.. which the flapper on the couch has plenty to say about.
Welcome to Laura’s new appearance. She’ll be in this outfit for the rest of the game.
We can try to take her old clothes with us, but…
We can’t ask the flapper any questions, but we can talk to her, which gives us this tidbit of information.
Leaving the changing room causes Laura to immediately leave the speakeasy and head outside to summon Bob again, which takes us straight into Act 2. This will be Laura’s final taxi ride of the game.
Next update, we go back to the intro sequence. Before we do that though, here’s a little bonus I forgot to post last update: Rocco’s banter from earlier in the game.
Carl Sandberg was actually quite an interesting person, and won a Pulitzer for his six-volume biography of Lincoln, the latter half of which was titled “The War Years”.
The Air Commerce Act of 1926 was what eventually lead to the establishment of Air Traffic Control at airports and restored the public’s faith in air travel after a decade of frequent (and often fatal) airplane accidents.
Al Jolson was, of course, famous for performing in blackface. The Jazz Singer was his first film, and was (as far as I can find anyway) the first film shot with the intention of having audio to go with it.