00:03Welcome to my latest case, Secret of the Scarlet Hand.
00:06To start playing, choose either Junior or Senior Detective.
00:11If you're new to adventure games or need some help, choose Tutorial.
00:16Dear Dad, greetings from the new deputy curator at Beachview Museum in Washington, D.C.
00:21I miss you, by the way. How's Africa?
00:23I sure hope this letter reaches you in Ouagadougou before you move on to Nairobi.
00:27So I got the internship.
00:30Your old friend Franklin Rose was awfully nice to submit my name to the rest of the members of the
00:34museum's board of directors.
00:35What an opportunity while I'm in between cases.
00:38As you probably know, the museum specializes in ancient Maya culture.
00:42My supervisor is going to be Joanna Riggs, a well-known archaeologist.
00:46Maybe you've seen her name in the news recently, in conjunction with the discovery of a strange Maya monolith.
00:52Apparently it's created quite a buzz among experts in the field.
00:55Well, Beach Hill plans to feature the monolith in an upcoming exhibition.
01:00Just imagine, this artifact has been buried for hundreds of years, and now it's going to be unveiled to the
01:05public for the first time.
01:06The museum is short-staffed at the moment, and they're expecting such a huge turnout that they've closed their doors
01:11to prepare.
01:12I can hardly wait to dig into this exciting project and learn how archaeologists and historians solve the mysteries of
01:18ancient cultures.
01:19I'll keep you posted.
01:21Love, Nancy.
01:22Nancy Drew, I presume?
01:24I'm Joanna Riggs.
01:25Welcome to Beach Hill.
01:28I was just checking the lock on this display case.
01:31This is one of the museum's most treasured pieces, a carving of King Pakal.
01:36Who is King Pakal?
01:38Pakal assumed the throne at age 12.
01:40Can you imagine?
01:42That was 615 A.D.
01:44He ruled for 68 years at the height of the Maya civilization.
01:48Is that jade?
01:49Yes, the Maya loved jade and used it for many of their carvings.
01:54There isn't another piece like this in the world, and it's priceless, which means I practically had to sell my
02:00own grandmother to get it.
02:01How did the museum acquire it?
02:04Leave it to Taylor Sinclair.
02:06He's a wizard when it comes to these deals.
02:09You'll meet him later.
02:13Now then, Nancy, you're coming on board at a critical time for Beach Hill.
02:17An exhibit of this caliber is not kid stuff.
02:20Franklin Rose assures me you're a real trooper, and I hope he's right, because I'm not here to babysit.
02:25I don't care who your father is.
02:36If there's one thing I've learned from my father, it's the value of hard work.
02:40Just tell me where to start.
02:42There's a list of tasks for you in the lab.
02:44Once you've knocked those off, we'll regroup.
02:49Where's the rest of the staff around here?
02:51We've had to make some, uh, budget cutbacks, so we'll be relying heavily on our volunteer staff.
02:58Namely, you.
03:01Besides Henrik and me, the only people who will be around to pester you are Taylor Sinclair, my ace art
03:07dealer, and Alejandro Del Rio,
03:09attaché to the Mexican consulate and executive thorn in my side.
03:15Tell me more about Alejandro Del Rio.
03:17Ugh, wouldn't you rather hear about the monolith?
03:20It's a massive pillar of stone, nearly 1,500 years old, with Maya glyphs carved into it.
03:27We've installed it in the garden.
03:29Wait until you see it.
03:32What purpose did the monolith serve?
03:34According to Henrik, the monolith was made at the special request of King Pakal himself,
03:40but we don't know what its purpose was.
03:43Who's Henrik?
03:45Henrik Vander Heun, world-renowned expert in Maya hieroglyphics.
03:49He's the latest addition to the Beach Hill Brain Trust.
03:52I told him I don't even want to see his pointy Vander head till he's got a translation on that
03:58monolith.
03:59Thanks for the orientation, Joanna.
04:01I'll talk to you later.
04:02Bye!
04:04Bye!
04:10Bye!
04:11Bye!
04:12Bye!
04:13Bye!
04:15Bye!
04:15Bye!
04:16Bye!
04:17Bye!
04:33Topeka Commission for the Arts.
04:35How cultured!
04:36How cultured!
04:38How cultured!
07:21Silvio's Curatorial Bonanza.
07:30I'd like to place an order, please.
07:32Have you ordered from us before?
07:37Yes, I think so.
07:38We have an account number.
07:40Okay, good.
07:41That saves me a lot of paperwork.
07:43What's the account number?
07:48BH 119K?
07:52BH 119K?
07:54BH 119K?
07:57Beach Hill?
07:59Are you serious?
08:04That's right, I'm the new deputy curator, Nancy Drew.
08:08Well, whoop-dee-doo, it's Nancy Drew.
08:11But Silvio's Curatorial Bonanza no longer does business with Beach Hill.
08:18I've sent all six of the outstanding invoices to a collection agency.
08:23And you jokers won't get another packing peanut out of Silvio Jr. ever.
08:29Do not call here again.
08:32Do not call here again.
08:57Do not call here again.
09:25Do not call here again.
09:46You must be Nancy, the new deputy curator.
09:50I'm Henrik van der Heun.
10:00Pleased to meet you. What are you working on?
10:03Just some light housekeeping.
10:08Why are you wearing that mask?
10:10These dusty old artifacts, a murder of my allergies.
10:14Anyway, what can I do for you?
10:20I'm supposed to order more packing supplies, but the company says they won't do business with us anymore.
10:26Does Beach Hill have bills it can't pay?
10:29Uh, no comment.
10:34But Henrik, how am I supposed to get this order taken care of?
10:38I hereby absolve you of that task.
10:40If Joanna wants things shipped, she can stuff them into garbage bags for all I care.
10:51Did you know the deputy curator who is here before me?
10:55Hurricane Sunny?
10:56I'm afraid I did.
10:58If he wasn't losing paperwork or setting off the fire alarm, he was cornering our visitors with his theory that
11:05the Maya were abducted by aliens.
11:07I'm afraid you'll be cleaning up his messes for a while.
11:16Joanna turned me loose without too many instructions.
11:19Do you have any advice for me?
11:21Well, as you've probably heard, the museum is closed in preparation for the exhibit, so you'll have free run of
11:27the place.
11:28Please explore.
11:30The sooner you get to know your way around, the better.
11:32Think of the lab as your home base, your center of communications.
11:36Anyone who wants to get in touch with you will leave a note or a voicemail here, so check in
11:41often.
11:42I'm very busy with my work, so you're going to have to be pretty independent, but I suspect you wouldn't
11:49have it any other way.
11:54I'm curious about your work. How do you go about translating a glyph anyway?
11:59It can be a complicated process, involving research, piecing lots of different elements together, and a healthy dose of guesswork.
12:08So there isn't a definitive dictionary of Maya glyphs where you can look things up?
12:14I'm afraid not.
12:16You see, glyphs are so intricate and full of subtleties that multiple meanings may be embedded in a single glyph.
12:24So three distinct-looking glyphs may all translate to mean sunshine, roughly, but with different nuances.
12:31There is so much we still don't know.
12:35Lucky for me, I guess, I'd be out of a job.
12:41See you around, Henrik.
12:43That will be fine.
12:50It looks like some pieces are missing.
13:29It's locked.
13:31It's locked.
13:36It's locked.
13:36It's locked.
13:43It's locked.
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