Rusty Lake Timeline (In Progress)

1888
October
cube escape: Arles
Location: Bedroom in Arles

the music is "Ambiment"
daytime -
“Arles, october 1888”
Out of the window can be seen The

starry night above a lake and
mountains. A small rowing boat with
a single occupant is on the lake.
Vincent van Gogh can be seen

reflected in a mirror
A portrait of Paul-Eugène Milliet

is pieced together
A portrait of Eugène Boch is pieced

together
Paul Gauguin is standing in the

doorway
“my fiend Paul”
van Gogh cuts of his ear with a

knife, it is placed in a bowl
A dark figure can now be seen

reflected in the mirror.
It has white holes for eyes.
It places a gun against its head
and fires.
The reflection disappears.
It is replaced by a white cube.
1893
Rusty Lake: Hotel
Title screen music is "Rusty Lake

Theme" (Victor Butzelaar)
Location: The Rusty Lake Hotel

the music is "Lobby Theme
(Daytime)" (Victor Butzelaar)
daytime -
“Rusty Lake 1893”
The Rusty Lake Hotel can be seen. A

figure is silhouetted in the main
entrance.
“Good afternoon, let me introduce

myself. My name is Mr. Owl. I am
the owner of the Rusty Lake Hotel.
Oh look! The guests are arriving.
They all have their own reasons to
be here. And I, I have my own
reasons to let them stay. We will
have 5 dinners. Make sure every one
is worth dying for. I am sure it is
going to be a wonderful week. Let’s
make some memories.”
The guests of The Rusty Lake Hotel,

Mr. Boar, Mr. Deer, Ms. Pheasant,
Mrs. Pigeon and Mr. Rabbit, are
ferried to the island, where the
hotel is built, by Mr Crow.
Location: Hotel ground floor, Lobby

Mr Crow is standing behind the

reception desk. There are 5 shrimp
cocktails on the desk.
Mr Bat, in porters/bell boy uniform
is standing in front of the
elevator.
There is a portrait of Mr Owl
hanging above a safe. There are 5
keyholes in the safe,above 5
different stamps.
There is an archway leading to the
dining room and a door to the
kitchen.
There is a phone on the reception
desk. A busy tone is heard.
The guests are in in the lobby.
Mr Boar: “I am so hungry!”
Ms Pheasant: “Are you ready for my
photoshoot?”
Mr Deer: “Bring me a bloody mary
tonight!”
Mr Rabbit: “Do you believe in
Magic? Come see me tonight”
Mrs Pigeon: “I need you to run my
bath tonight!”
In the dining room there is a long

table with candeles and a closh on
it
“I have to prepare the dinner
first”
In the kitchen Mr Toad is holding a

frying pan above a fire. He is
wearing chefs whites.
Mr Toad: “Hi there, I have heard

the guests have arrived, I need you
to get fresh ingredients by
tomorrow! You can see the recipies
in the menu”
The recipes are:

Dear steak with mushrooms and
rosemary.
Wild boar ribs in red wine with
tomatoes.
Pheasant breast in white wine and
thyme.
Rabbit stew with carrots and white
beans.
Pigeon in blackberry sauce with
potatoes.
Secret Rusty Lake Specialty.
Mr Crow: “Welcome the guests to our

hotel. Serve them the local
delicacy”
The shrimp cocktails are served to

the guests.
Mr. Boar: “Blurp”

Ms. Pheasant: “This smells a bit
fishy“
Mr. Deer: “Thank you, but I am more
a meat person“
Mr. Rabbit: “Funny looking food“
Mrs. Pigeon: “I'm sorry, I don't
eat pink food with eyes“
Guest: “I am looking forward to our
first dinner tomorrow. Now it is
time to go to my room“
“The night falls, the guests go to

their rooms.”

(Nighttime) " (Victor Butzelaar)
Night -
Mr Crow: go and see if you help the

guests in their room.
The phone rings.

Mr. Owl: “Hello?”
Mr. Owl: “Have a look at my
portrait”
In the portrait of Mr owl, he is

holding some mushrooms. They are
taken.
in the kitchen:
Mr Toad: “I need some fresh meat
tomorrow!”
in the lobby:
Mr Bat hisses.
the elevator descends.
Inside the elevator Mr Bat closes
the scissor gate.
The elevator buttons range from -1
to 2. The button labeled -1 is
missing.
On the first floor the door of room
1 is knocked on
Location: Room 1
the music is "Deer Room" (Victor
Butzelaar)
Mr Deer is sitting on a red velvet,

Cabriole leged[1] couch.
Mr Deer: “bring me a Bloody Mary!”
There is laboratory glassware and a

beam scale on a table. Above it is
a framed picture, it is a study of
6 moths.
Two moth specimens are pined in a
frame. There is another pin with no
specimen. Below there is a bucket
on a table
A coffee/burr grinder is mounted
above a chest of draws. A box of
matches is taken from a drawer.
On a table a plant pot is covered

by a glass cloche. There is no
plant inside. Next to it is a
paraffin lamp.
On another table is a glass and a
menu with a recipe for a bloody
mary it reads:
Bloody Mary
-blood
-vodka
-tobasco
-special ingredient?
On the wall is a mounted deer skull

There is also a paper pinned to the
wall. It is titled “Mr Deer’s
research plan”. It shows a diagram
(front Projection?) of the hotel.
Lables next to the diagram read
“hotel hight?” and “walls”. Labels
under the diagram read “what is in
the lake” “xxxx water samples” and
next to a double dashed line going
straight down from the center of
the hotel “is there a way down?”.
The paper has been stamped with red
ink in the same design as the
postmark on the postcard sent to
Dale Vandermere from Mr Owl in 1939
on Dale’s 9th birthday.
The deer skull grows a full set of
antlers. Touching them causes what
looks like blood to run from its
nasal cavity.
Sprigs of Rosemary are colected.
There are two windows on one side

of the room.
When the left side window is

opened, a rope pulley can be seen
suspended out side of it. The
bucket is tied to the end of the
rope in the pully. Water is drawn
from the lake using the bucket.
When the right side window is

opened, an orange and black
moth/buterfly can be seen outside.
It appears to be a death's-head
hawkmoth. It is caught and pined
into the frame with the other two
specimens. They twitch as though
they are still alive. The new
specimens abdomen splits open. A
seed is taken from it.
The seed is put in the pot with

some of the water, the cloche is
then replaced over it. Then the
paraffin lamp is lit.
A plant grows. White floweres
bloom. The floweres die and
poisonous seeds are produced. The
seeds are collected.
The poisonous seeds are put in the
hoper of the burr grinder and
ground.
A poison is extracted from the
ground seeds using the laboritory
equipment on the table.
A hip flask of vodka is found

behind the couch.
There is a safe on a table between

the windows. A hunting knife is
found inside.
The knife is use to cut Mr Deers

antler. Blood is collected
A bloody mary is mixed and the
poison is added.
It is served to mr deer. He starts

foaming at the mouth and twitching.
The Ingreadients for the deer steak

with mushrooms and rosemary recipe
are complete.
“A new dawn”

Day -
Mr Crow: “We have to prepare

today’s dinner”
The room 1 key is taken from the

key rack. It is placed in the
keyhole marked with a stamp of
rusty lake hotel, in the safe.
in the kitchen:
Mr Toad prepares the meal; The
guests dine
“The night falls, the guests go to

their rooms.”

(Nighttime) " (Victor Butzelaar)
Night -
Mr Crow is calling
Mr Crow: “Psst, have a look in my

pocket!”
a carrot is produced from mr crows
pocket
Mr Toad: “I need some fresh meat

tommorow!”
On the second floor the door of

room 4 is knocked on
Location: Room 4
the music is "Rabbit Room" (Victor
Butzelaar)
Mr Rabbit stands by a taable set up

for a cups and balls routine.
On the wall is a poster advertising

Mr Rabits magic show, it sais:
“Rusty Lake Theater Presents.
Saturday 7th august. The Amazing Mr
Rabbit. Magic Show”
The poster has been stamped in
black/gray ink. The design sais
”Rusty Lake”, it features a closh.
A hunting knife is found in a

drawer.
On a table there is a useless box;

the switch on top is thrown. A hand
emerges and switches it back. The
hand is wearing a gold ring on the
ring finger.
The switch is thrown again. The

hand is pinned with the hunting
knife, preventing it from
withdrawing into the box. The ring
is taken.
Above the table is a portrait of Mr

Owl.
Six playing card are found. They

are: The 2 of Hearts, The 4 of
Diamonds, the 8 of Diamonds, the
Ace of Spades, the 5 of spades, and
the King of Spades. The figure on
the King of Spades resembles Mr
Owl.
Mr Rabbit: “Watch closely!”
Mr Rabbit appears to pull a playing

card out of his ear.
A cups and balls routine begins

with three red cups.
The ball is transformed into a
shell.
The shell is transformed into a
silver thimble.
The thimble is transformed into a
black beetle.
The beetle is transformed into an
eye ball.
Mr Rabbit is given a top hat with

which he performes a Hat-trick.
A bouquet of flowers emerges from
the hat, they are purple, red,
white and yellow.
At the window a white rabit in a

black (cowel/cloak) ca be seen.
On a table is a transparent cube.

There is a slot in its top face.
The ring is put in and a key is
returned.
A cabinet secured with three

padlocked chains is unlocked and
opened. Mr Rabit is found standing
inside.
A triangle stone with a spiral

design on it is found.
It is fitted into the inside of the
cabinet door.
The door is closed and re-opened.
The skeleton of mr rabit is
standing in it fully clothed.
The eye is placed in the empty
socket of his skull. The door is
closed and re-opened. Mr rabit is
standing inside, now restored. The
door is closed and re-opened. Three
sword are hanging inside.
Notes:
1. “its original concept was
emulated upon legs of certain four-
footed mammals, especially
ungulates” -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabri
ole_leg
“Ungulates… are members of the …
clade Ungulata which consists of
large mammals with hooves. These
include… deer” -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungul
ate.
1939
18th December
cube escape: Birthday
Location: The Vandermeer House

the music is "Rusty Lake Theme"
(Victor Butzelaar)
“1939, my birthday”
night -
(check clock)
Dale Vandermeers mother, father and
grandfather are in a room with
flower patern wallpaper. The
pattern features pink floweres and
green sprigs. On the wall is a
childs drawing of a view through a
window of a tree in front of 8
houses. The houses are blue, exept
the second right house which is
black. There is a Gramophone player
on a chest of drawers. It has no
needle.
There is a wooden box on a table.
Writen on the lid is the Sanskrit
word Preta (प्रेत - hungry ghost), and
the Lao word Phed (ເຜດ - spirit
which is unable to be reborn).
There is a silver coin inlayed into
the lid.
On the wall there is a version of
Vincent van Goghs The Starry Night,
but rather than a the village and
cypres tree, the sky is over a lake
and mountains. Numbered lines have
been added to it.
There is a black cat with yellow
eyes sitting on the floor. It licks
its paw.
The Clock on the wall reads 7

minuits past 12.
Out of the window, the siluet of a

figure can be seen in the distance
looking towards the house. It has
white holes for eyes and rabit like
ears. It is snowing outside.
The Clock on the wall reads 7

“mother: Check the mail darling.” minuits past 12
A letter is posted through the Everything is as it was, exept the

letterbox. It is addresed to Dale strange machine. The silver coin is
Vandermeer. The stamp shows a taken from it.
detail from Vincent van Goghs The
Starry Night with a symbol drawn “mother: Happy birthday dear.”
over it.
There is a red postmark. The design “father: How’s your grandfather
is of rusty lake hotel (it is the doing?”
same as the stamp on the diagram
pinned to the wall in Room 1 of “Grandfather: Open the chest!”
Rust Lake Hotel when it is occupied
by Mr Deer in 1893 during the The silver coin is fitted back into
events of Rusty Lake: Hotel). the wooden box. A small
The letter reads: flintlock(check) pistol is now
“Dear Dale, inside. The pistol is taken out.
Congratulations with your 9th
birthday. Today will be the darkest “father: I don't know how to use
day of your life. But the past is this thing”
never dead. Have a look at your
present, it could turn your day “mother: Maybe your grandfather.”
around.
Yours sincerely, “Grandfather: Gun!”
Mr Owl”
Dale Vandermeers grandfather is
There is a birthday cake, a present given the pistol
and a baloon on the table.
“Grandfather: I am ready!”
“father: son, I would like some
cake.” Dale Vandermeers mother and father
sing happy birthday to Dale.
A slice of cake is cut. It has a The door bell rings.
red filling. Some filling poures
out like blood. “mother: Who’s there?.”
The slice of cake is given to Dale
Vandermeers father. As he eats his Through the peephole an
mouth fils with blood. He pulls out anthropomorphic white rabbit in a
a needle. Dale Vandermeers father: brown suit can be seen at the front
door.
“Who puts a needle in a birthday The door is broken appart. The
cake?” white rabbit is holding a tommy
gun.
The present is unrapped. Inside is He is shot in the chest.
a strange machine.
“what happened?”
“father: How’s your grandfather
doing?” Dale Vandermeers father is standing
with Dale Vandermeers mother. They
“Grandfather: Drink!” look shoked.
A bottle of gin is taken from a “father: How did you know?”
cabinet. Dale Vandermeers
grandfathers glass is filled. “mother: Dale, what happened today?.”
“Grandfather: ice!” “Grandfather: Boom, haha!”
The balloon is filled with water (check clock)

and put in the ice box. When opened
ice cubes are found inside. The ice There is blood on the door frame
cubes are added to the glass of and a trail leading outside. There
gin. is a trail of blood in the snow. It
leads to the anthropomorphic white
“Grandfather: music!” rabbit in a brown suit slumped
againsed a tree. He has blood on
The needle is placed into the sound his hand and shirt. A shrill sound
box of a gramophone player. is heard, beams of light leave his
There is a framed poster on the body. His body turns black and
wall it says “RUSTY LAKE THEATRE, disintegrates as the tree blosomes
Coming Soon”. (Mr Rabbit is engulfed by the
Behind it is a gramophone record. tree). There is a green and gray
The title is “THE LAKE SUITE”. parrot (harvey) on top of the tree.
The gramophone record is played on A black cube floates above them.
the gramophone player. The view is seen through the
Dale Vandermeers grandfather elevator doors. A loud nois is
dances. heard. The cube turns white. The
A stamp is found. It shows a detail elevator door closes and the
from Vincent van Goghs The Starry elevator ascends. Black cubes can
Night with a symbol drawn over it. be seen floating as the elevator
rises.
“mother: Happy birthday dear.”
“The End”
(check clock)
The Phone rings. A voice is heard.

It sounds like backwards talking.
It sais “There will be blood.” “The
past is never dead, it's not even
past.”
Dale Vandermeers mother and father

sing happy birthday to Dale.
The door bell rings.
“father: more party guests?.”
“mother: who’s there?.”
Through the peephole an

anthropomorphic white rabbit in a
brown suit can be seen at the front
door.
The door is broken appart. The
white rabbit is holding a tommy
gun.
He opens fire
the image becomes distorted like

scratched film
the music is out of tune
“what happened?”
The clock on the wall reads 13

minuits past 12.
Dale Vandermeers mother is lying

aquardly over her chair. She is
bleeding. There are bullet holes in
the wall. Dale vandermeers
grandfather is slumped in his
rocking chair. He has been shot.
Dale Vandermeers father is slumped
in his chair. He has been shot.
A postcard slips from his jacket
pocket. It showes an image of The
Rusty Lake Hotel at night, with 6
silueted figures in a boat in the
middle-foreground. Four symbols
have been painted on it. On the
reverse it is addresed to “Dale
Vandermeer”, it reads:
“Dear Dale
congratulations with your
9th birthday
Your friend Harvey”
There are two stamps afixed to the
card. They show details from
Vincent van Goghs The Starry Night
with a symbol drawn over each.
The Black cat has jumped onto the

table with the phone, nocking over
a pot plant. Inside the brocken
plant pot is a battery.
A vase on a cabinate has been

shattered. A key is found inside.
The key is used to open a locked
cupboard. When opened a fly flyes
out. There is a kettle inside.
The kettle is filled and boiled.
Steam from the kettle condenses on
the window panes. A tree is drawn
in the condensation on the middle
pane. One of the panes craks as a
dark figure appears behind it. It
has white holes for eyes and rabit
like ears. A piece of glass is
taken from the broken window.
The boiled water from the kettle is

used to melt the snow on the
doorstep. The doormat is uncovered.
Under it is a battery.
The gass oven in the kitchen area

has been damaged. It is leaking
gass. When ignighted a gastube is
blown out.
The wooden box is open. There is

nothing inside. There is a hand
writen note beside it. It reads:
“I had no choice, this substance
from one of my past lives is my
only chance of escaping this state.
Forgive me,
mr rabbit”
The stamps are placed on the

painting of The Starry Night. They
encode the numbers 1,9 or 6 into
the symbols drawn on them.
When decyphered the symbols on the
front of the postcard encoded the
year 1966.
The fly is caught in the gum.

There is a mouse trap on the floor.
It is primed/set, and bated with
the fly.
A swith on the wall is unscrewed. A

cable is pulled out from behind it
and removed.
When the trap is checked, a fish

has been caught in it.
The cat is given the fish to eat.
A key is found in the cats

droppings. It opens a cupboard.
Inside is a snowglobe/waterglobe
with a modal of The Rusty Lake
Hotel inside. The base can accept a
4 number combination:
1966 is dialed. The snowglobe is
shaken
“Rust Lake, 1966”
An anthropomorphic owel (Mr Owel)
is sitting in a chair
Mr owel: “Deal with your past Dale
Only then you can become who you
are meant to be”
He presents a watch.
1894 is dialed. The snowglobe is
shaken. A chord/chime is heard.
“Rust Lake, 1894”
the music is "The House of Leaves"
An anthropomorphic parrot (Harvey)
is seen standing next to an
anthropomorphic owl (Mr Owl). The
parrot squawks. The corrupted souls
of the hotel guests are seen in
glass tanks. The glass cracks. The
tanks are seen empty with broken
glass panes. The corrupted souls
advance on Harvey, who falls. A
beam of light hits the entrance of
the rusty lake hotel. A green
parrot (Harvey) is seen flying into
the night sky.
The cable, the gas tube, the rusty

bolt, the batterys, the silver
coin, the pice of glass and the
watch are fitted into the macheine
until it is complete. A dial on the
front reaches maximum and a round
window on the top starts to glow
with white light. It makes a shrill
sound and emits a beem of light.
The light fades and the round
window is opened. A hand emerges
holding a blue cube. The blue cube
is put in a square opening in the
clock on the wall. Time runs
backwards.
1964
spring
cube escape: the seasons cube escape: the seasons
Location: The Room Location: The Room

the music is "Promising the music is "Promising
Relationship" Relationship"
daytime - daytime -
A notice board:
A prescription for Prozac can be
seen,
there is also a leaflet, it reads
"RUSTY LAKE mental health and
fishing"
There is a plant pot with a small

flower in it.
the phone is picked up. A voice is

heard. It sounds like backwards
talking. It says
"All that you touch, you change"
Pink blossoms can be seen on the

trees through the window. The woman
can briefly be seen in the middle
distance.
Harvey is in her cage. She lays an

egg.
Through the window a dark figure

distance before fading away.
A torn photograph is pieced

together. It is of the woman
standing in front of pink blossom.
behind the photographs frame is a

square aperture
"what is this?"
A fire is lit in the fireplace

below the photograph. The aperture
flashes red and yellow behind the
picture.
The egg is cooked. when cracked a

fly emerges. a jarring sound is The grandfather clock’s hands are
heard. More flies emerge. A black moved to the 09:05 position it
cube appearers. opens to reveal a mirror
A dark figure with white holes for
The black cube is placed in the eyes is seen in the mirror "it's
aperture. me…"
"i placed the cube" A radio plays Beethoven's Egmont

Op. 84
The photograph is replaced over the
aperture. A square outline flashes I open Harvey's cage
red and yellow around the image of
the woman. I prop open the window, there is a
bird perched on the tree with pink
When touched the room seems to dim. blossoms
It seems to be filled with stars.
Now the cube seems to be filled I remove the plant from the pot and
with stars. I touch the cube. plant a seed
The phone is picked up. A ray of

light is emitted, it strikes the
dark figure with white holes for
eyes in the mirror.
The woman is seen in the mirror
“it’s me...”
the room becomes white

the furniture disappears
“Winter 1981”
1969
cube escape: The Lake cube escape: The Lake
Location: The Cabin Location: The Cabin

the music is "Water Lily" the music is "Water Lily"
The Woman: "I found an abandoned

cabin"
daytime -
A note with a diagram is found. It

reads "THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD, IT
IS NOT EVEN PAST."
A coin and an eye are found
A shrimp, a shell, a fish and two

locked boxes are caught on a
fishing line
the first box opens with

combination 1422
It contains a blue gem
A corpse is caught on the fishing

line
It seems to have white holes for
eyes
Its flesh reveals an apple
A tree grows out of the fish
The gem, shell, eye, coin and apple

are hung from the tree; they form
the vertices of a pentagram
The second box opens with
It has turned dark outside combination 1487
It contains a green gem
night -
The blue gem is replaced with the
A dark figure emerges from the lake green gem on the tree
It has white holes for eyes The gem, shell, eye, coin and apple
The corrupted soul reaches for the are hung from the tree; they form a
woman pentagon, rays radiate out from the
vertices
The corrupted soul is surrounded by
the pentagon
A black cube appears against a
white background in the place of
the corrupted soul.
cube escape: harvey’s box
Location: harvey’s box

the music is "Night on the Docks -
Trumpet"
Night -
Harvey: “Where am I going?”
there is a black egg with light

speckles, and a fish in the box
A sticker inside the box reads

“moving to: rusty lake
mental health and fishing”
The wallpaper of the room can be

seen through the handles of the box
A small box labelled “the lake

cigars” can be seen. The label
design features three cubes
“What is this place?

I need to get out of here.”
The box starts shaking, it is being

moved.
When it comes to rest, wooden
panelling can be seen through the
handles of the box
Where the egg was, the figure of an

anthropomorphic crow stands (Mr
Crow).
Where the fish was, a figure like
René Magritte's The Collective
Invention stands
something tries to pierce the box

from outside
“somebody here?”
A pidgin makes a small hole in the

box, the lake can be seen

eyes opens the box. It’s skin is
like that of a corps. It reaches in
for Harvey.
the music is “Blue Sizzle”
A firefly strikes the corrupted

soul. It appears to grow feathery
wings
Another firefly strikes the

corrupted soul. It stretches its
hands out.
A third firefly strikes the

corrupted soul. It vanishes, in its
place is a black cube. The sky has
turned white.
1971
summer

the music is "Gymnopedie No. 3" the music is "Gymnopedie No. 3"
(Erik Satie) (Erik Satie)
Night - Night -
A notice board:
seen,
fishing"
the plant pot is now empty. when
touched blood seeps through the
soil. a hand emerges. a piece of a
photograph is found.

talking. It says
"There will be blood"
A cassette tape is found it is

labelled "my favourite song". It
plays Beethoven's Egmont Op. 84
The full moon can be seen through

the window. it is view through a
telescope. Only a constant tone can
be heard. The window can be seen in
the moon. Behind the window the
woman can be seen. Her hand is
raised towards the number 1487. A
dark figure appears behind her, it
has white holes for eyes. Blood
appears on the window.
Harvey is in her cage. She growls

unnatural.
A torn photograph is pieced

together. It is of the lake.
behind the photographs frame is a

square aperture
"what is this?"

below the photograph. The aperture
picture. The grandfather clock’s hands are
moved to the 03:55 position it
A shrimp is found. It is placed in opens to reveal a mirror
the oven. The oven is opened. An A dark figure with white holes for
image of the lake can be seen and eyes is seen in the mirror "it's
lapping water is heard. A white me…"
figure is seen in the lake, the
figure turns black. A jarring noise A cactus is now growing in the
is heard. A black cube is seen plant pot
floating above the lake, it flashes
white. I loosen the water pipe, it starts
to leak.
The black cube is placed in the
aperture. Harvey is gone
"i placed the cube" the phone is picked up. A voice is

The photograph is replaced over the talking. It says
aperture. A square outline flashes "find me in the past"
red and yellow around the image of
the lake.
When touched the room seems to dim.

Now the cube seems to be filled
with stars. I touch the cube.
1971
fall

the music is "Reign Supreme" the music is "Reign Supreme"
daytime - daytime -
There are bloodstains on the walls
A notice board:
A note reads "Im afraid i will do
something horrible"
seen,
fishing"
The plant pot has no flower in it.

talking. It says
"The past is never dead, it's not
even past"
A gray sky can be seen through the

window.
Harvey is in her cage, she screams

in a woman's voice.
A bloody knife is found
A dark figure holding a knife is

seen at the window
It has white holes for eyes
Harvey is killed with the knife. A

piece of a picture is found inside
her.
A torn picture is pieced together.

It is of purple flowers, above them
is a cross and the date 12-10-1971
behind the pictures frame is a

square aperture
"what is this?"

below the picture. The aperture
picture.
A tv set:
on channel 5 there is a news
report, it sounds like backwards
talking. The headline is
"NEWSFLASH: WOMAN FOUND DEAD. NO
SIGN OF KILLER", later "NEWSFLASH:
MURDER OR SUICIDE?"
Images of the lake, Harvey's egg,
the dead forest under rusty lake
(while Beethoven's Egmont Op. 84
can be heard) and the dark The grandfather clock’s hands are
figure/corrupted soul are also moved to the 11:25 position it
seen. opens to reveal a mirror
A black cube appears in the tv A dark figure with white holes for
screen. eyes is seen in the mirror "it's
Blood drips from above. A blood me…"
stain has spread across the
ceiling, in the centre a giant eye The cactus has grown larger
watches.
A jarring noise is heard A damp patch has formed under the
leaking water pipe. I touch it,
The black cube is placed in the dead trees against a red background
aperture. appear as Beethoven's Egmont Op. 84
plays, then vanish.
"i placed the cube"
Harvey is gone
The picture is replaced over the
aperture. A square outline flashes the phone is picked up. A voice is
red and yellow around date. heard. It sounds like backwards
talking. It says
When touched the room seems to dim. "find me in the past"
Now the cube seems to be filled
cube escape: Case 23 cube escape: The Mill
Location: The Murder Scene Location: The Mill

the music is "Clean Soul" the music is "Blue Sizzle"
Chapter 1/4: The Murder Scene Living Room
night - night -
A grainy image of a house: the dark the music is "Dreams Become Real"
figure with white holes for eyes
can be seen on the left. The woman
can be seen on the right.
“It was the strangest scene I had

ever seen in my long career as a
homicide detective. The first time
I stepped into that room, I knew
there was something more than just
a dead body.”
“Fall, 1971
The Murder Scene”
The womans body can be seen on the

floor. A beetle emerges from her
mouth. It contains a key.
the room can be seen through a

doorway.
The doorway disappears
A police car is parked outside
On the one wall there is a painting

of the Bedroom in Arles
On another wall is a picture of a
parrot, it is titled “Parrot
Psittacus”
The main room of a windmill: one of
A notice board: the sails can be seen in front of
there is a leaflet, it reads "RUSTY the window, it is not turning.
LAKE mental health and fishing"
On a blue table are some matches
A set of russian dolls is on a and a small box with a hinged lid.
shelf. When unnested there designs Inside then box is a reases in the
can be seen as: a traditional shape of a key.
matryoshka woman holding a rose, a
porrot, a woman cutting her throat, There is a green cast iron stove,
a fish-like design and a dark it has a cube motife on the door.
creature with round white eyes. Firewood is placed in the firebox
and lit. A pan with water is
There is a fish tank on a table. It boiled. There is a cobweb clinging
contains a shrimp, a fish and a to the flue, it is burnt away
shell. revieling a key.
The fish eats a firefly and
shrivels up. A key is left. A cupourd is opened with the key,
there is an old woman inside. This
A manilla folder labelled: “The seems to be her bed.
lady of the lake” by
Lacus Fleo “Their gonna finish us”
The name Lacus Fleo is similar to
Lacus Flevo (lake Flevo), a lake The old womans gold tooth is
that existed in the Netherlands up removed. It is placed in the stove
till the middle ages. fire intil it is molten.
There is a flame design on the The liquid gold is poured into the
cover. key shaped reces in the wooden box.
Inside three is a print of A gold key is cast, it opens a
Salome with the Head of John the hatch to the room above.
Baptist by Jacob van Oostsanen
On the silver platter is a black In the top room the windmill sails
cube in place of the head of John can be seen blocking the windows,
the baptist they are not turning.
Harvey is perched on a windowsill.
A news paper is on a table
“Daily Herald” a headline reads There is a small TV set next to a
“Purple Logic Wins” longcase clock, when the TV set is
A competition headline reads “Win a turned on it shows static. Changing
trip to Rusty Lake” Under it is a station shows an image of the
picture of a lake. The copy reads womans body on the floor of the
“Win an exclusive trip to Rusty room.
Lake Fishing & Mental Health. The TV set now shows Dale
Finish in the puzzle, call the Vandermeer (unshaven). He can be
number below and say the word.” seen picking up the phone. A phone
The clues are: on a table starts to ring:
1. Painter of Lady of the Lake
(lacusfleo) The phone is picked up. A voice
2. Parrot (psittacus) speekes into it. It sounds like
3. Neobuxbaumia (cactus) backwards talking, Dale Vandermeer
4. Vincent van Gogh: Bedroom in …… can be heard on the other end
(arles) Hello?
They make the word FATE “Hello, this is detective Dale
Vandermeer”
the phone is picked up. A voice is Yes
heard. It sounds like backwards “Is this Rusty Lake?”
talking. It says Say the word
"Hello?” “Fate?”
Hello, this is detective Dale I am sorry
Vandermeer Your place is already taken
“Yes”
Is this Rusty Lake?
“Say the word”
Fate?
“I am sorry”
“Your place is already taken”
The TV set now shows the woman
The seen fades into darkness. appearing to float upside down in
Points of light fade in and out. the room. Her eyes are black holes,
she floats towards the ceiling.
The room shakes
The longcase clock is now shaking.
The woman seems to be floating
upside down. Her eyes are black On the wall there is a picture of
holes. Mr Crow and the old woman standing
She opens her mouth, a moth flies infront of the windmill, there are
out. A ringing tone can be heard. symbols drawn on the frame.
More moths appear, the woman floats Removing the picture reviels a
towards the ceiling. leter from Mr Owl:
The ceiling is covered with moths. “Dear mr. Crow.
The woman has gone. The moths form The corrupted souls are still
the numbers 1421. wondering the lake. I might have
found a the one that can stop them.
A safe is opened. There is a If he can find the two cubes. I
manilla folder labled “RUSTY LAKE will give you storm. You can bring
ARCHIVE” inside. him to the cabin.
The room shakes Yours Sincerely
Inside the folder are photographs Mr Owl”
of a house, a chapel, a cabin, a
windmill, a bridge and a cave. There is another leter from Mr Owl
pined to the wall:
“Dear mr. Crow.
Remember the lake desires fresh
memories. I will send you the body
of the young woman later this
month. Use the machine wisely.
Extracting painfull memories could
cause corruption of the body.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Owl”
There is a plant pot on the flour.

A young shoot is growing inside.
The plant is watered and the soil
fertilised with bird dropings found
on the windowsill. A long grass
grows in the pot.
There is a deary cow in one corner.

The grass from the pot is fed to
the cow. The gow now gives milk.
Out of the window the lake can be

seen. It is twielight and mist is
floating over the water. The
chappel can be seen across the
lake. Using binoculars “1384” can
be seen writen above the door.
The milk is wormed on the stove.

The old womans hair is cut.
In the top room there is a Treadle
wheel. The hair is spun into wool.
The old woman nits the wool into an
oven glove in return for some warm
milk.
There is a heavy door leading to

the pumphouse. It is locked with a
combination lock. Above the lock is
a simple drawing of a chaple.
The door is opened with the
combination 1384.
In the pumphouse there is a Scoop

wheel pump connected to a water
outlet by a water race. Above the
outlet is scratched a picture of a
clock and the time 6:10. Between
the scoop wheel and the outlet the
race routed through a strange
machine.
The water level in the pump house
does not reach the scoop wheel.
There is a sluice gate in the wall
when it is opened the water level
rises and a fish gets in.
There is a duck floating on the
water.
The duck is grilled and given to

the old woman, in return she knits
a net.
The fish is caught with the net and

griled. In return for the grilled
fish the old woman knits a rope.
The rope is used to link one of the

mills gear wheels to another
strange machine.
In the top room the longcase clock

is set to 6:10.
The door is unlocked. The body of
the woman is in the case, black
butterflies fly out. The body of
the woman is moved to the lower
room.
The TV set now shows Dale

Vandermeer (clean shaven). The
outline of two squares flash red
and yellow on the screen infront of
him.
The dial is turned, Dale Vandermeer
is now holding a black cube. The
dial is turned again. One of the
square outlines is now filed black.
The dial is turned again, Dale
Vandermeer is holding a white cube.
The dial is turned once more. The
other square outline is filed
white. The dial is turned for the
last time. A high pitched trill is
heard.
Out of the window a ray of light
can be seen between the sky and the
ground. With the binoculars Dale
vandermeer can be seen lying
unconcious on the ground outside
the chapel. The ray of light is
striking or eminating from his
heart. A jaring noise is heard. Mr
Owl appears beside Dale vandermeer,
he rases his arms and a thunder
clap is heard. It starts to rain
and Dale Vandermeer rises slowly up
over the ground.
The windmills sails have started to
turn.
In the lower room the womans body

is now suspended upside down by a
chain hoist. It is operated with
controles on the strange machine.
The womans body is lowered into the
machine until her face can be seen
through its window. A light on the
machine comes on.
The machine is activated, the high
pitch trill is heard again. The
machine apears to be scanning the
womans brain. In the window of the
machine 12 black squares apear,
they change to show:
the picture of the woman standing
in front of pink blossom in the
room,
the green gem from the cabin,
the cactus from the room,
the green phone from the room,
the candle from the room,
the long case clock from the room,
the shrimp from the room,
the casset tape from the room.
They come toghether to form a white
square. The machine produces a
white cube.
Water can now be seen through the

window in the strange machine in
the pump house as water is being
pumped into Rusty Lake. The white
cube is placed into the machine, it
mixes with the water. The high
pitch trill is heard. The water in
the machine pulses with white
light. Through the grate over the
water outlet the numbers 257 can be
seen in the sky above the lake.
The numbers 257 are put into the

machine in the lower room. 12 black
squares apear in the window in the
machine. They change to show:
a green and white pill/capsule
(Prozak) from the room,
an eyeball (in front of the
wallpaper in the room,)
...
They come together to for a black

square.
Wiled animal sounds are heard. The
machine shakes. The womans body
start to turn black. The machine
produces a black cube.
The black cube is placed in the

strange machine in the pump house
it mixes with the water.
The music is "Right Behind You”
Outside everything turns pitch

black. The scoop wheel has stopped
turning.
In the main room the sails have

stopped turning and can no longer
be seen. The old woman is not
moving, there is blood on her
blanket.
The body of the woman has gone.
In the top room the deiry cow has

been decapitated. Its head is
leying under the window.
A dark figure of a woman is holding
Harvey, its hands are around
Harveys neck. It has white holes
for eyes. There are blood stains on
the wall.
A pattern starts to apear on the
wall behind the dark figure. It is
abstract but sugests sinister bat-
like chiropterine forms.
A voice is heard. It sounds like

backwards talking
“please leave”
The dark figure shakes its head. A

growling nois is heard. The sceen
is momentarily bathed in red light.

backwards talking
“there will be blood”
The sceen is brifely bathed in a

red glow. Harvey sqauks.

backwards talking
“your memories belong to the lake

now”
The dark figure shakes its head.

The sceen is momentarily bathed in
red light. A snarling noise is
heard.
backwards talking
“leave them all behind”
The dark figure shakes its head.

The sceen is momentarily bathed in
red light. A snarling noise is
heard. A crashing groweling noise
is heard.

backwards talking
“all that you touch, you change”
The dark figure lets go of Harvey.

A low growel is heard. The dark
figure fades away. Harvey flies
away.
1972
summer
cube escape: Case 23
Location: The Police Station

the music is "On the Ground"
Chapter 2/4: The Investigation
daytime -
A grainy image of a large brick

building
“For months, I could not think

about anything else than the events
that happened after I found the
dead woman. What is Rusty Lake? I
collected all the information I
could find and locked myself into
my office, trying to learn more
about Rusty Lake and this
mysterious woman.”
“Summer, 1972
My Office”
There is a pinboard on the wall.

The photographs from the manilla
folder are pined up on it. The
photograph of the house appears to
be the same as the grainy image
from the beginning of Chapter 1/4:
The Murder Scene.
There is a mirror on the wall, Dale

Vandermeer can be seen reflected in
it.
“That’s me, looking tired”
Through an interior window, a

uniformed police officer and a
suspect in handcuffs can be seen.
Dale Vandermeer shaves in front of

the mirror
“Looking smooth.”
A sink under the mirror contains a
young crow.
There is an air vent in the wall.

When the grill is removed a
black/gray cat with a white tipped
tail can be seen sitting in the
vent shaft. It’s eyes turn black.
The young crow is given to the cat.
A dark gray egg with light speckles
is found in the vent shaft.
A cup of coffee is made

“That's a damn fine cup of coffee!”
The coffee grounds form the number
247
A sheet of paper is pinned to a

notice board. Written on it is:
“The old man walked beside the
lake. As he approached the mill,
the time stopped. The numbers
appeared above the lake.
The numbers 392 appear on a sheet
of paper in a type writer
A monitor is connected to a device

with three sliding dials and a
glass dome. The dials are set to
247. The suspect in handcuffs can
be seen on the monitor. When he
raises his head his face is dark
with white holes for eyes, a
jarring noise is heard.
Through the interior window the
uniformed police officer can be
seen hanging by the neck. The
prisoner is gone. A dark figure
with white holes for eyes appears
at the window. It hits the window
with its hand, the window cracks.
The corrupted soul fades away
leaving a black cube.
The dials are set to 746. The woman
can be seen on the monitor. She
raises her hand out of frame. A
hand emerges from the top of the
monitor, it takes the egg. The
woman is seen holding the egg, it
turns into a white cube. She raises
the hand with the white cube out of
frame.
“???”
The dials are set to 392. the lake
appears on the monitor. The outline
of two squares flash red and yellow
on the image. The black cube is
placed in the monitor. The room
shakes. A dark spot appears
floating in the glass dome. The
white cube is placed in the
monitor. The glass dome glows
white. A white ray is shining out
of the dome. It strikes the centre
of the ceiling fan. The fan spins
faster. The ceiling seems to dim.
cube escape: Case 23
Location: The Chapel

the music is "Ossuary 6 - Air"
Chapter 3/4: The Chapel
daytime -
A grainy image of a chapel: it

seems to be the same as in a
photograph from the manilla folder.
“At last, I was close to Rusty

Lake. Although I did not understand
what happened, after a deep sleep I
found myself on the floor of the
mysterious chapel I knew from the
pictures.”
There is a niche with a statue in

it. In the pedestal is set a birds
eye, the numbers 148 a written next
to it. Segments of the statues head
can be rotated to show different
faces. The feature a closed eyes,
open eyes, a birds face, a cross,
an eye and a gem. It contains a
shell.
A gold coloured tabernacle can be

seen. It has twelve compartments.
They contain an oil can, ink, a
bird skull, a candle and a human
fetus preserved in a jar.
The ink is pourd into the jar. When
it clears a human heart can be seen
in place of the fetus.
There is an alter with three

painted panels. The first painting
is The Adoration of the Shepherds
by Bramantino, Mary holds a white
cube in place of the christ child.
The second painting is Salome with
the Head of John the Baptist by
Jacob van Oostsanen.
On the silver platter is a black
cube in place of the head of John
the baptist. The eyes of Salome
appear to move.
The third painting is Massacre of
the Innocents by Lodovico Mazzolino
A black cube is taken from the
second painting
There is a square hole in a wall.

The black cube is placed inside.
The wall cracks. It is broken down.
The lake can now be seen. A small
rowing boat with a single figure
onboard can be seen on the lake.
When signald, the figure signals
back. The boat is rowed to the
chapel. Mr Crow is on the boat. His
mouth is sown shut and his eyes are
black. The stitches are cut. His
hat is raised to reveal the image
of a cube on his forehead. He
transforms into an anthropomorphic
crow.
cube escape: Case 23 cube escape: Case 23
Location: The Cabin Location: The Cabin

the music is "Ambiment"/"The House the music is "Ambiment"/"The House
of Leaves" of Leaves"
Chapter 4/4: The Cabin Chapter 4/4: The Cabin
twilight - twilight -
A grainy image of the lake A grainy image of the lake
“Silently, the old crow and I “Silently, the old crow and I
sailed to a small island in the sailed to a small island in the
middle of the lake. Without a word, middle of the lake. Without a word,
the crow left me, wondering what to the crow left me, wondering what to
do.” do.”
“Summer, 1972 “Summer, 1972

The Cabin” The Cabin”
The same cabin featured in cube The same cabin featured in cube
escape: The Lake: escape: The Lake:
There is a cardbourd box on the There is a cardbourd box on the

ground. It is labled Harvey ground. It is labled Harvey
On the deck outside the cabin there A series of cogs are found.
is a stag with a full set of
antlers. Three wall pannels are removed, one
reviels a lever and an oil burning
The music becomes more discordant motor, one reviels some disconected
pipes, and one reviels a mechanism
A pattern starts to appear on the with missing cogs.
walls. Its elements are symetrical
like a Rorschach test. It has the The cogs are replaced in the
apperance of Art Nouveau wallpaper machanism – oil begins to flow.
or damask pattern, but its features
are growtesque; they bring to mind The pipes a reconnected – oil flows
teeth or fangs, x-ray dentition of through them.
a skull or risus sardonicus, the
ears and tragus of a bat or A box of matches is taken from the
Chiropterine faces, rotting apple box labled Harvey.
cores, fungus, toad stools.
A crowbar is found.
It grows darker. The stag is still
standing in the deck but it has The slats covering a doorway are
been decapitated. removed. They reviel a lift shaft
A jarring noise is heard. check ( inside the elevator: the

……. butons are presed. The elevator
Now a dark figure with white holes desends)
for eyes is standing on the deck.
It wares a set of antlers.
Strange noises can be herd.
The dark figure is at the window.
For a moment the sceen flashes red.
The dark figure appears in the room
The scean flashes red again, wild

animal noises can be heard.
The dark figure is emerging from

the cardbourd box.
A ringing tone can be heard.
Skull
dentition
fungi
bat faces
x-ray
risus sardonicus
grimace
“It is too late, the opposing

powers won. But the lake gives me
another opportunity. This time, I
have to be faster.”
1972
cube escape: Birthday
Location: Rust Lake

the music is "" (Victor Butzelaar)
Dale Vandermeere can be seen

descending in an elevator
“I feel different. I can't feel my

body anymore. I see my memories
captured in little cubes.”
Elevator
Tall bare trees can be seen in the

mist outside the elevator door.
The door opens. Several cubes float
down. A black cube slows to a stop.
A flower pattern apears inside, it
features pink flowers with green
sprigs.
“1939”
1981
winter

the music is "Steel and Seething" the music is "Steel and Seething"
daytime - daytime -
The wallpaper is peeling
The phone is wired up to a machine;

cables lead to four fuel tanks
A notice board:
A note reads "CHANGE THE PAST"
The plant pot has no flower in it.
A bare tree a white mist can be

seen through the window. The window
cracks and a dark figure can be
seen in the middle distance.
Harvey's cage is gone.
There is a blender on the kitchen

counter
Through the window a dark figure

distance.
A radio plays Beethoven's Egmont

Op. 84 at 110 FM, it shows a time
of 13:10
A grandfather clock is against the

wall. Its hands are moved to the
13:10 position it opens to reveal a
mirror and a cube.
eyes is seen in the mirror "it's
me..."
when removed the cube is found to

be blue.
The three pictures are on the wall.

the photograph of the woman is
labelled - 09:05
the photograph of the lake is
labelled - 03:55
the picture of purple flowers is
labelled - 11:25
A torn blueprint is pieced

together. it features a cube.
behind the blueprints frame is a

square aperture
"what is this?"
A fire is lit in the fireplace The cactus has produced fruit

below the blueprint. The aperture
flashes red and yellow behind the A mushroom has grown under the
blueprint. leaking water pipe.
The blue cube is placed in the Harvey is perched on the tree

aperture. outside the window.
Harvey appears at the broken window
"i placed the cube" with a flower
The photograph is replaced over the I put the mushroom in the blender
aperture. A square outline flashes I put the mushroom juice in one of
red and yellow around the the fuel tanks
blueprint.
I put the cactus fruit in the
When touched the room seems to dim. blender
It seems to be filled with stars. I put the fruit juice in one of the
Now the cube seems to be filled fuel tanks
I put Prozac in the blender
I put the Prozac juice in one of
the fuel tanks
I put the flower in the blender

I put the flour juice in one of the
fuel tanks
I activate the machine
“Winter 1981”
cubes float up, against a white

background
a gray spot gets closer
a tree with bear branches appears.

It gets closer
a window can be seen behind it
the woman can be seen at the window
“the end?”
Template
[year]
[season/date[st/nd/rd/th]/month]
[Game series]: [Game title] [alternate timeline]
Location: [Location]
the music is "[track title]"
([credit])
[Time of day] -
“[Exposition quoted from title

card]”
[body:
“[quoted text]”
[character]: “[quoted speech]”
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Example
1888
18th December
cube escape: the seasons Rusty Lake: Hotel
Location: Bedroom in Arles Opening music is "Rusty Lake Theme"

the music is "Ambiment" (Victor Butzelaar)
daytime - Location: The Rusty Lake Hotel

“Arles, october 1888” (Daytime)" (Victor Butzelaar)
“What is this place? daytime -

I need to get out of here.”
“Rusty Lake 1893”
Mr owel: “Deal with your past Dale
Only then you can become who you
are meant to be”
The wallpaper of the room can be

seen through the handles of the box
Where the fish was, a figure like

René Magritte's The Collective
Invention stands
Cabriole leged[1]
Notes:
1. “its original concept was
emulated upon legs of certain four-
footed mammals, especially
ungulates” -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabri
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1888

cube escape: Arles

Location: Bedroom in Arles

“Arles, october 1888”

Out of the window can be seen The

Vincent van Gogh can be seen

A portrait of Paul-Eugène Milliet

A portrait of Eugène Boch is pieced

Paul Gauguin is standing in the

van Gogh cuts of his ear with a

A dark figure can now be seen

Title screen music is "Rusty Lake

Location: The Rusty Lake Hotel

“Rusty Lake 1893”

The Rusty Lake Hotel can be seen. A

“Good afternoon, let me introduce

The guests of The Rusty Lake Hotel,

Location: Hotel ground floor, Lobby

Mr Crow is standing behind the

In the dining room there is a long

In the kitchen Mr Toad is holding a

Mr Toad: “Hi there, I have heard

The recipes are:

Mr Crow: “Welcome the guests to our

The shrimp cocktails are served to

Mr. Boar: “Blurp”

“The night falls, the guests go to

Location: Hotel ground floor, Lobby

Mr Crow: go and see if you help the

The phone rings.

In the portrait of Mr owl, he is

Mr Deer is sitting on a red velvet,

Mr Deer: “bring me a Bloody Mary!”

There is laboratory glassware and a

On a table a plant pot is covered

On the wall is a mounted deer skull

There are two windows on one side

When the left side window is

When the right side window is

The seed is put in the pot with

A hip flask of vodka is found

There is a safe on a table between

The knife is use to cut Mr Deers

It is served to mr deer. He starts

The Ingreadients for the deer steak

Location: Hotel ground floor, Lobby

Mr Crow: “We have to prepare

The room 1 key is taken from the

“The night falls, the guests go to

Location: Hotel ground floor, Lobby

Mr Crow: “Psst, have a look in my

Mr Toad: “I need some fresh meat

On the second floor the door of

Mr Rabbit stands by a taable set up

On the wall is a poster advertising

A hunting knife is found in a

On a table there is a useless box;

The switch is thrown again. The

Above the table is a portrait of Mr

Six playing card are found. They

Mr Rabbit: “Watch closely!”

Mr Rabbit appears to pull a playing

A cups and balls routine begins