![]() It's revealed towards the end of the game that Rachel was actually murdered by Leonard's wife Claire, who then pushed her body over the cliff to make it look like a suicide or accident. After their affair was discovered, a now-pregnant Rachel disappeared and was found dead at the bottom of a cliff a few weeks later everyone believed she killed herself due to be unable to cope with the fallout. A Deadly Affair: The crux of the plot is the tragic outcome of Leonard's affair with teenage Rachel.Deadpan Snarker: Nicole snarks at Irving a lot.Closed Circle: Nicole ends up stuck at the hotel for nine days because of the snowstorm when she does try to leave on the first day she also finds her car keys are missing and the garage door is jammed shut.Then the car does not take any role and is not mentioned until the last scene, when Nicole uses the car to commit suicide. In the beginning, she tries to leave in it, and mentions it being a 1984 Dodge. Calling Parents by Their Name: Nicole refers to her father as "Leonard" after she got alienated from him because of his relationship with Rachel.Bland-Name Product: They are all over the place in the hotel, from cleaning to food products.Big, Screwed-Up Family: Nicole has a pedophile father and a child-murdering mother.Big Electric Switch: The generator room has a few of these.Nicole comments "Vandals" when she sees it. It must be recent, made after the hotel was closed down, given that even the can of paint is there. ![]() Bathroom Stall Graffiti: There is a large graffiti in the men's bathroom.Irving could be deliberately exaggerating, but Nicole is supposed to have grown up in the region so she should know he is speaking nonsense. Anyone with personal experience of harsh winters can tell you it may feel unpleasant, but with reasonable winter clothing you can easily spend an hour outdoors in that weather without dropping dead. Early on in the game Irving says that walking around outside in a blizzard with the temperature at twenty below would cause her "lungs to collapse within minutes".That blood would be dried to the point of being black and unwashable. When Nicole finds the blanket which was used to transport the dead Rachel to the cliff to fake suicide, she starts washing it and bright red blood starts seeping out of it.This might have been the reason for Rachel's attraction to Leonard. Abusive Parents: Rachel's father Reverend Foster is described to have been a very strict parent who placed high expectations on Rachel. ![]() Some of the technology in the hotel is even older, given how it's been on the decline since The '80s. Nicole has to use a radio telephone to communicate with Irving and has no other way of contacting the outside world.
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