Silent Hill: THE ROOM

"Through the Ritual of the Holy Assumption, he built a world. It exists in a space separate from the world of our Lord. More accurately, it is within, yet without the Lord's world. Unlike the world of out Lord, it is a world in extreme flux. Unexpected doors or walls, moving floors, odd creatures, a world only he can control... Anyone swallowed up by that world will live there for eternity, undying. They will haunt that realm as a spirit. How can our Lord

forgive such an abomination...? (This part of the book is too damaged to read.) ...It is important to travel lightly in that world. He who carries too heavy a burden will regret it... (The book is too damaged to read any more.)"

"The faint hope I had is slowly changing to despair. I've somehow managed to tunnel this far but no matter what I do, I can't get any farther. The hallway, the windows, the walls... It feels like this room is stuck in another dimension. Eileen never noticed..."

"Although the cult itself is gone, I'm sure the spirit is still alive. There are too many strange things happening in that town. I'm investigating two people. Or maybe I should say just one. I've just about discovered what's going on. April 8"

"It's been a while since I came here to Silent Hill. Maybe I'll meet the Devil this time. But whenever I come to a cool place like Silent Hill, I always get real thirsty. Jasper Gein"

"I'm not sure what that nosy guy meant when he said: "His home is the orphanage in the middle. The lake is northwest. So the opposite is southeast." The nosy guy said one other thing I don't understand: "If you bring the dug-up key, you can't go back. Put it away somewhere before you return there."

"Opposite where the lake and house meet, inside the hand holding onto the ground."

"Have you found Alessa yet? How is Walter's progress coming along? Send me a report."

"The Second Sign And God said, Offer the Blood of the Ten Sinners and the White Oil. Be then released from the bonds of the flesh, and gain the Power of Heaven. From the Darkness and Void, bring forth Gloom, and gird thyself with Despair for the Giver of Wisdom. The Third Sign And God said, Return to the Source through sin's Temptation. Under the Watchful eye of the demon, wander alone in the formless Chaos. Only then will the Four Atonements be in alignment."

"Lucky! I finally escaped from the cell. I decided to take a careful look around this building. The scariest place was the 1st floor basement. There's a kitchen in the northeast, but next door in the northwest is a death chamber. To get in there, you have to punch in the right numbers. I don't know the numbers, and it was too dark to even see the panel, so I didn't go in."

"To turn on the lights in the turn the waterwheel. Remember must flow in the direction of course, you also have to open the roof."

3rd floor cells, that the water the waterwheel. Of the sluice gate on

"Lately I've been feeling like my life is in serious danger. I've been through a lot in my life, but I've never felt this kind of pure, animal fear. In case something happens to me, I've decided to write down what I've learned for whoever you are that is living in the apartment now. I've been investigating the mass murder that took place 7 years ago in which 10 people were killed in 10 days. They were killed in a variety of ways, but one thing that had in common was that each corpse had the following numbers, in order of their deaths, carved into them: 01121, 02121, 04121, 05121, 07121, 08121, 10121 ... The it was carved 03121, 06121, 09121, name of their killer... in as well...

His name was...Walter Sullivan. April 4"

"I've been watching the surveillance room's peephole the whole time, and sometimes he's there. I can tell 'cause I see a shadow move or hear his footsteps."

"I'm in trouble. I stood in front of the surveillance room and yelled as loud as I would, but nobody came out." "We had beef stew yesterday. In the cafeteria, I heard there's a death chamber behind the kitchen, and they take meat straight from the dead people and cook it. That really scared me."

"This place continues to deteriorate. The doors to a number of cells no longer open. As a result, the kids inside can no longer go outside. But the less they know about that, the better. I can't open the doors, but from this room I can watch them get more and more emaciated each day. With no food and never showering themselves, they turns into smelly little grey lumps in there. Following the suggestion of an engineer, we've disposed of the corpses by digging a hole below the cells. Since each floor of this building can be rotated independently, we can dispose of the bodies without the others noticing by aligning each cell with a body in it vertically. P.S. Chief, I bet you're just dying to see the interrogation room behind the kitchen. I understand your feelings, but have you noticed? There are three rooms with bloody beds. One is on the 1st floor, one is on the 2nd floor, and one is on the 3rd floor. If you line those three rooms up, then it's "bingo.""

"To keep a close eye on the kids, it's important to keep the cells well lit. The lights on the 3rd floor were originally bought as searchlights. As a precaution against blackout, they were set up to run on a private generator. There's a hydroelectric generator in the basement. To light up the 1st and 2nd floors, use the corpse disposal chutes. Since each floor of this building can be rotated, you can light up any of the cells by matching up the holes. Repeating this periodically is an effective way to keep the kids fearful and well behaved. P.S. - Chief, if you turn the handle in the middle of this room, you can easily rotate the cells. You can't rotate the 1st floor, so align the 2nd and 3rd floors with the 1st floor cell that has the blood-stained bed. By the way, if you use the peephole in this room, it's easy to make sure you're doing it right. Give it a try. Also, please don't forget to open the sluice gate on the roof. Much appreciated, Chief!"

"I've found something that's extremely effective against the ghosts. It saved my life. It was stuck into the huge rock in the woods near the orphanage. It's a sword blade with a hand-made, triangle-shaped wooden handle that has some kind of spell written on it. As a weapon, it's heavy and hard to carry. But somehow it seems to change in response to the ghost-victim's power. Strike when the sword is energized! If you don't reduce their power, your attacks will be repelled. As far as I know, there are only 5 swords in existence with that kind of power. It's extremely valuable. July 23"

"The boss said that the number this time is the last 4 digits of this store's phone number. But the phone number is written right there on the sign on the roof. Anybody could see it from South Ashfield Street. It that really okay?"

"The last few months, Joseph, the guy next door to me who gave me that rare porn magazine, looks like he's been working super hard. He said he found another rare one, he'd give it to me but he hasn't shown his face around much lately. He said he was a journalist and he is always investigating stuff. But I think something strange is going on with him. He's been shut in his apartment and I can hear all these weird noises coming from there. July 1 - Mike Oh my beautiful Rachael, What's with the note on the red paper? I thought you'd written a note back to me... But I guess maybe it was somewhere else... He took it along with my clothes. Those were my best clothes. July 2 - Mike"

"Teaching Despair: "Wish House" "Wish House," an orphanage on the outskirts of Silent Hill. But behind its false image is a place where children are kidnapped and brainwashed. Wish House is managed by the "Silent Hill Smile Support Society," a charity organization sometimes called "4S." It's true that 4S is a well-respected charity that "takes in poor children without homes and raises them with hope." But at its heart, it is a heathen organization that teaches its own warped dogma in lieu of good religious values. Mr. Smith (temp), who lives near "Wish House," had this to say: "Sometimes at night I can hear their weird prayers and the sounds of [ children] crying. I went there to complain one time, but they ran me right out. Since then, it hasn't changed a bit." In fact, this reporter was refused admission when he attempted to take photographs in the facility. What exactly do the folks at "Wish House" have to hide? During my investigations, I was able to discover, however, a suspicious-looking round concrete tower which appears to be part of their facilities. Unfortunately no one was willing to tell us what the tower was used for. But it seems unlikely that is has anything to do with the business of raising orphans. It may in fact be a prison, or a secret place of worship. The cult religion that operates "Wish House" is known by the locals simply as "The Order." It's a religion that is deeply interwoven with Silent Hill's history. But its worshippers' fervent belief that they are among the elite "chosen people" has a dark and dangerous side. I intend to continue my investigation of "Wish House" and the cult behind it. I've always believed that "telling the whole truth" and showing the children the true path, is out most important duty. Joseph Schreiber"

"It was four years ago that they discovered the body with "12/21" carved into it. Right away I had this terrible feeling and couldn't stop shaking. The victim had been murdered six months earlier, but Walter had been dead for seven years, having committed suicide three years before the murder. The police think it's a copycat crime and are calling it the Sullivan Case Round Two. But something about it bothered me... May 14" "I figured out the riddle behind the numbers. "01121" is actually "01/21." In other words, 1 out of 21. So Walter was planning on killing 21 people...? But he never finished the job. He was convicted for the murders of Billy and Miriam Locane, the 7th and 8th victims. Afterwards, he committed suicide in his jail cell. The grisly mass murder of 10 people shocked the world and came to be known as the "Walter Sullivan Case." There are two big puzzles here. The first is: What was the motive for the murders? The second is: Why did he kill himself before completing his task? Was he simply insane...? May 2"

"The red box seems even stranger today. It's giving off a terrible smell. It's disgusting, but I just can't throw it away. It must have been around 30 years ago. That young couple was

living in the apartment, but one day they just suddenly disappeared. Ran off just like thieves in the night. I don't know why. It must have been money troubles, or maybe they got themselves into some kind of danger. The problem came after that. They left their newborn baby when they took off. I even found the umbilical cord. I called the ambulance right away and I heard the baby survived, but I don't know what happened to him. Although a few years later, I often saw a young kid hanging around the apartment. One day he just stopped coming by. But now that I think of it, I'll be he was that abandoned baby. It's a horrible story. Abandoning a newborn baby... That all happened in Room 302... And the umbilical cord I found there... Well I still can't get myself to throw it away."

"Rachael... ...love you...always waiting...window... ...protect you...with love, Mike" "I lost the key to Eileen Galvin's room. I've gotta find it and bring it back. Let me think... The last place I saw it was..." "Oh yeah, I had a really wicked headache that day and just collapsed on the bed. Maybe if I look near the bed in my room 302, I'll find it. I get headaches every day now. It's terrible. What am I going to do? May 22" "I picked up the key that Eileen from Room 303 must have dropped. I thought I'd return it but she wasn't home. I guess I'll give it to the super. May 20"

"I don't think I can protect myself. He's truly insane. I cant hold on any longer. His power can't be measured. I was so scared today that I sealed off the back of the storage room. I wonder if Eileen Galvin is okay. She has no idea what's going on... But she's in danger nevertheless. July 13"

"After he did the Ritual of the Holy Assumption, other worlds began to force their way into his universe and it began to swell horribly. But his universe is different than ours -- it has limits. And in the limits of that universe, he rules as a king. And in the deepest part of his kingdom is his Mother."

"I lost Eileen Galvin's hospital room key. She was a patient brought in with severe injuries. I wonder if I left it in one of the other Hospital rooms. I really hope not..."

"You've seen that horrible world as well... That horrible nightmare. But if you get sucked into it, it's not just a nightmare. Don't get lost in there. If you get pulled in, you'll be killed. But there's still hope. Maybe this small key will guide you. If you've seen the door with the placard set in it, look on the other side of the door. Then keep going down. To the deepest part of him. And look for the ultimate Truth. July 20 - Joseph"

"Walter Sullivan did kill himself. He died in his prison cell of blood loss after he stabbed himself in the neck with a spoon. His body was buried in a cemetery just outside his hometown of Silent Hill in an unmarked grave. After that, his name became famous all over the world and it looked like his string of mass murders was finished at 10 out of 21. But 3 years later, they found a corpse that had "12/21" carved into it. The corpse was from six months earlier. In other words, the person was killed two and a half years after Sullivan committed suicide. The MO was exactly the same as Sullivan's. Except for one thing. All 10 of Sullivan's victims were found with their hearts cut out and their chest wounds sewn together expertly with thread. On the other hand, the "12/21" victim still had their heart. Naturally the police think it's a copycat and are proceeding on that basis. But they haven't made any progress and recently

discovered victim number 13. This corpse also had their heart intact. The police still haven't even identified a suspect. I've got a working hypothesis. Very few people knew the details of the original crimes and would be able to copy Sullivan's MO so precisely. First I'll head to Silent Hill... To the graveyard near that beautiful little lake. Maybe I'll find the answer there. June 11" "How long has it been since I left this room? I can't tell if it's been days or hours... But during that time they've found the body of "14/21." I've been having hallucinations lately. I think I'm losing my mind. ." "The weather that day was very strange. Even though I avoided the earlier storm, there was still a thick fog clinging to everything. Fortunately, that allowed me to avoid being seen and get right to work. The police are still stubbornly acting as if it's just a copycat case. So I figured things probably hadn't been touched here. But I was wrong. I should have come sooner. The cemetery was in such bad condition that it was almost sad. The storm must have raised the sea level. Anyway that's how it was when I found Walter Sullivan's grave. (The diary is pretty damaged around this point and I can't read anymore...) I'm still in shock... There was no body in the grave... And on top of that, written on the coffin were the numbers "11/21"... June 14"

"Mommy, I'll give you this so please wake up soon. It's inside my toy train." "I've found two mysterious and powerful artifacts that seem to be effective for evading the ghostvictims: the Holy Candles and the Saint Medallion. Not only are they effective against the ghost-victims in the Other World, they also seem to prevent them from invading my room. Just light the candle near where they're coming in and its holy power is activated. The Saint Medallion seems to repel unholy energy when it's worn (equipped). I'm starting to gain some hope. July 25"

"A few days after Walter killed himself in his cell, several residents witnessed a long-haired man with a coat here. Through his window, Richard Braintree in 207 saw the man moving something heavy and doing something in Room 302. Even Sunderland, the superintendent, saw the man with the coat hanging around Room 302, and confirmed there were signs someone had been in there. July 17"

"Something's here but nothing's here. I feel something evil from the well. Something's missing... Aaaaaaaahhhh!!!!! It has begun!!! Jasper"

"Though my body may be destroyed, I will not let you pass here. To prepare for the Receiver of Wisdom... I cut my body into five pieces and hid them in the darkness."

"My theory is that Walter never died at the prison. It may have been someone else who committed suicide. Either that, or the person the police arrested was not the real Walter Sullivan. I'm in no position to investigate what really happened at the prison, but in any case, Walter didn't die at the prison. The man with the coat that showed up here was the real Walter. 7 years ago, he did something in that apartment. I'm certain there's a link between that and the bizarre things that have been happening here. Just a little bit more and I'll have this whole thing figured out. I may even find that the real Walter is somewhere nearby... July 18"

"The Descent of the Holy Mother -- The 21 Sacraments" The First Sign And God said, At the time of fullness, cleanse the world with my rage. Gather forth the White Oil, the Black Cup, and the Blood of the Ten Sinners. Prepare for the Ritual of the Holy Assumption. The Second Sign And God said, Offer the Blood of the Ten Sinners and the White Oil. Be then released from the bonds of the flash, and gain the Power of Heaven. From the Darkness and Void, bring forth Gloom, and gird thyself with Despair for the Giver of Wisdom.

The Third Sign, And God said, Return to the Source through sin's Temptation. Under the Watchful eye of the demon, wander alone in the formless Chaos. Only then will the Four Atonements be in alignment. The Last Sign, And God said, separate from the flesh too, she who is the Mother Reborn and he who is the Receiver of Wisdom. If this be done, by the Mother of the 21 Sacraments, the Mother shall be reborn and the Nation of Sin shall be redeemed."

"My room is on the 2nd floor and I had to drink something with black things in it. I hid the sword with the triangle handle under my bed. That guy, the fat one, took the basement key. Next time I'll stick this triangle sword into that pig and take the key."

"I'm going to summarize everything that I've learned about Walter Sullivan so far. He was born right here in Room 302 of "South Ashfield Heights." His parents abandoned him soon afterwards and disappeared somewhere, leaving the baby alone. He was discovered and sent to St. Jerome's Hospital. He was "adopted" by "Wish House," an orphanage in the forest near Silent Hill that's run by the secret Silent Hill religious cult. When he was six years old, someone from the cult showed him where he was born. Since then, he started to believe that Room 302 itself -- in other words, this room -was his mother. Every week, he travelled from the orphanage to South Ashfield Heights, a pretty long trip for a kid his age. Sometimes he took the subway, and sometimes the bus. I'm tired... My headache is already killing me. I'll write more tomorrow." July 28"

"I want to go back to that time... Things were so good then..." The day of my birthday... The cute cat in the pet store... All those balls in the basket... Playing pool was fun too... The door of time was wide open... When I see four things, I can't help bu remember that time..."

"The boss said we had to change our phone number 'cause of all the complains about the weird noises. Now we have to change the store sign on the roof. What a pain. By the way, the number is the last 4 digits of the new phone number. Not too smart if you ask me..."

"Continuing from yesterday, I'm going to summarize everything that I've learned about Walter Sullivan so far. Naturally, it was a long way for a kid his age to travel, but he made the trip every week by subway or bus. Unfortunately, someone else was living in this apartment and so he couldn't be reunited with his mother (Room 302). For years, he continued to come here almost like he was possessed, just to peek into the apartment. Eventually, the tenants began to complain and treat him badly when they saw him hanging around. Walter began to fear the tenants and see them as obstacles preventing him from seeing his mother. As the years passed and Walter matured, he began to be more and more influenced by the teachings of the cult. Furthermore, his obsession with his mother and his feelings of resentment towards the outer world became even deeper. Walter became preoccupied with one particular tract from the cult's "Bible." "The Descent of the Holy Mother -- The 21 Sacraments" "By the 21 Sacraments, the Holy Mother shall appear in the countries of the world and shall bring salvation to the sinful ones." After Walter left Wish House, he moved to Pleasant River, a town neighboring Silent Hill. For a while, he lived the life of a normal student, but he was still filled with bitterness and resentment towards the rest of the world. Several years later, he launched his plan there. The 21 murders... July 29"

"To reach the deepest part, you must defeat the One Truth. Do so and this door will open."

"I had that weird dream today. The one with the man with the long hair and coat. He was crying and looking for his mother again. I saw that man with the coat ten years at this apartment. He was going up the stairs, carrying a heavy tool, an old-looking bowl and a bag that was dripping blood. I never saw him again after that. But a few days later, the neighbors complained that they heard strange noises coming from the supposedly empty Room 302. So I took a look around Room 302 and found signs that someone had been in there, but nothing odd other than that. But that's when it all started. I still hear strange noises coming from the window of Room 302. Sunderland"

"There was once a baby and a mother who were connected by a magical cord. But one day the cord was cut, and the mother went to sleep. The baby was left all alone. But the baby made lots of friends at Wish House, and everyone was very nice to him. The baby was happy. His friends told him how to wake up his mother. So the baby went right away to go and wake her up. But the mother wouldn't wake up. No matter how hard he tried, she wouldn't wake up. Because the one that he was trying to wake up was actualy the Devil. The baby had been deceived. Poor baby. The baby cried and cried and cried. When he thought of the mother, he remembered the feeling of being connected to her through the magical cord. Just then a ray of light came down from the sky. The light was very warm and made the baby feel good. When the baby looked into his hand, he saw that the magical cord was lying there. With the cord clutched in his hand, the baby went happily to sleep." "Crimson Tome She who is called the "Holy Mother" be not holy one whit. The "Descent of the Holy Mother" is naught but the Descent of the Devil. Those that be called the "21 Sacraments" be not sacramental one whit. The "21 Sacraments" be not bu the 21 Heresies. To give birth to a realm of kickedness within the blessed realm of our Lord be blasphemy and the work of the Devil. If thou would stop the Descent of the Devil, you must bury part of the Conjurer's mother's flesh within the Conjurer's true body. Thou must also pierce the Conjurer's flesh with the 8 spears of "Void," "Darkness," "Gloom," "Despair," "Temptation," "Source," Watchfulness," and "Chaos." Do so and the Conjurer's unholy flesh will become that which once it was, by the grace of our Lord."

"What's wrong with this room? It's covered in blood and rust... This is my room... But what the hell has happened to it...? This room... Is it really my room...? It's in terrible shape... The air is so heavy... My head hurts... Creepy... it looks like a face. What the hell am I writing...? August 2 - Joseph" "I can't break down the wall. August 3 - Joseph" "When the bell rings, Eileen = mother's body, blood. August 4 - Joseph" "The Crimson Tome "Bury part of the Conjurer's mother's flesh within the true body of the Conjurer." Part of the flesh = super's room? August 5 - Joseph"

"No. 1...Ten heart... No. 2...Ten... No. 3...Ten hearts... No. 4...Ten hearts Steve Garl... No. 5...Ten... No. 6...Ten heart... No. 7...Ten hearts Billy Locane No. 8...Ten hearts Miriam Locane No. 9...Ten hearts... No. 10...Ten... No. 11...Assumption Walter Sullivan No. 12...Void... No. 13...Darkness... No. 14...Gloom... No. 15...Despair Joseph Schreiber No. 16...Temptation Cynthia Velasquez No. 17...Source Jasper Gein No. 18...Watchfulness Andrew DeSalvo No. 19...Chaos Richard Braintree No. 20...Mother Eileen Galvin No. 21...Wisdom Henry Townshend August 7"

"He used this place as the locus for the creation of his world. I'm certain he must have performed the "Ritual of the Holy Assumption" near here. But I'm not strong enough to stop him anymore... He locked me up in this room and played with me just like a toy... My eyes started to go blind... The Pain... I can feel my body starting to die... But... things are taken care of... Whoever lives here after me... You'll be the 21st, the last of the sacrifices... I leave it up to you... When the bell tolls, the ritual begins. Eileen = mother's body, blood. Part of the mother's flesh = the super's room. This is all that I've been able to figure out. I hope this letter gets to you in time... Joseph Schreiber"

PLOT SUMMARY:
Henry is locked in his apartment, Room 302 of South Ashfield Heights. He has gone mostly unnoticed in his apartment for the past two years; he passes his next door neighbor Eileen Galvin occasionally and they give each other nodding glances of acknowledgment and courtesy, yet no further relationship develops. He is equally distant from his other neighbors, most of whom he seems not to know by name and vice versa. Henry is trapped inside of his apartment for a total of five days before a strange hole suddenly appears in his bathroom. Wondering if he can escape using this route, he decides to crawl inside, waking up to find himself sitting on an escalator in a subway. In this world, Henry meets Cynthia Velasquez, a woman who believes she is dreaming. Cynthia flirts with Henry and promises him a "special favor" if he helps her find a way out of the subway station. He never accepts or denies her offer, but decides to help her nonetheless. The two travel together until Cynthia becomes separated from Henry. This happens twice, and when reuniting with her for the second time he finds her alone and bleeding in a room. As she dies, she asks Henry if everything that has happened is just a dream, which he assures her it is. After she dies in his arms, he leaves and finds himself awaking up in his apartment to the sounds of an ambulance outside. Upon examining it, there is indeed an ambulance at the entrance at the subway, which is most likely retrieving Cynthia's body. The next time Henry ventures into the hole, he awakes in a forest, which is located near Silent Hill. He meets a troubled man, Jasper Gein, who speaks of a ritual and of the Devil. Henry later stumbles across a little boy, who he attempts to talk to, but runs away when Jasper begins frantically predicting that "something's gonna happen" right after mentioning the "Third Revelation". Henry eventually comes across the Wish House, an orphanage, where he sees Jasper yet again. Jasper tells Henry that the door is locked, and if Henry can get him something to drink, he will award him with something. After giving him Chocolate Milk, Jasper gives Henry a Blood-Inscribed Spade, which helps him find the key to the orphanage. Once inside, he reads a passage out of a religious book, but is interrupted by the screaming of Jasper. He goes to check on him to see the man on fire, scrawling numbers into his chest, and screaming that he met the Devil. Henry merely watches as he eventually burns to death, and wakes up in his apartment once more. The next place Henry wakes up in is a cylinder-shaped water prison. He finds a man locked in a cell, who pleas Henry to get him out. After venturing the prison for a while, and learning how to move the cell rooms around using a valve, he is able to free the man from the cell. When he travels back to the cell where the man is, he sees the man muttering to a little boy - the same one from the forest - in fear. The boy eventually leaves, and Henry is able to learn that the man's name is Andrew DeSalvo and that he worked at the prison. He also learns the name of the little boy, which is Walter Sullivan. Andrew goes on about how Walter was obsessed with the Descent of the Holy Mother ritual and strays away from Henry while mumbling to himself. When Henry stumbles upon the torture chamber in the lower levels of the prison, he finds Andrew, long dead and having been drowned. Again, Henry finds himself waking up in a strange place. This time it is a building that is located near Henry's apartment. He hears the sound of someone screaming, who happens to be a man named Richard Braintree. He appears to have fallen from the sky, or perhaps some sort of ledge from above. Alarmed at Henry's presence, he points his revolver at him, but then puts it back down realizing that Henry is "a real person". The two go on to talk about their similarity in experiences dealing with "these freaky worlds" and then begin a conversation about Joseph Schreiber, the man who lived in Henry's apartment before him. Richard leaves with Henry telling him to watch out for the boy (Walter Sullivan), but Richard seems not to take the statement to heart. While riding an elevator down, Henry sees Richard again, this time with the little boy. Frightened of Richard, the boy runs and Richard follows. By the time Henry catches up to them, Richard is strapped down in an electric chair and is slowly dying. Henry tries to help, but is electrocuted in the process. Richard tries to tell Henry that the little boy is not who he appears to be, but dies shortly after. In the apartment world, Henry questions whether Eileen Galvin or Walter Sullivan is the next victim (having not known what Walter looked like as an adult yet). When Henry enters Eileen's room, he watches her as she dies and he falls to the floor in grief. Henry is able to create a new hole and while exploring St. Jerome's Hospital, Henry sees photographs and x-rays of Eileen and wonders if Eileen is still alive. Henry soon finds Eileen and they reunite to find the "ultimate truth". It is around this time Henry finds out only he - not Eileen, who he attempts to take with him - can use the holes that transport him back to his apartment. Using a key given to him, he unlocks a spiraling staircase that he uses to re-visit the first four of Walter's Otherworlds. All the doors that were previously locked (marked with Halos of the Sun) can now be opened in the worlds .At the end of the staircase, Henry and Eileen find a diary in front of Room 302 of the past, where he meets the ghost of Joseph Schreiber and obtains the Pickaxe of Hope. Joseph explains what he's learned to Henry about Walter Sullivan, completing Henry's role as the 'Receiver of Wisdom'. Going back into the current Room 302, Henry uses the Pickaxe to discover a secret room in between his bedroom and bathroom. Here, he discovers the corpse of Walter Sullivan nailed to a cross and finds the Keys of Liberation in the corpse's coat pocket. Using this, Henry escapes Room 302 to find he is in the apartment world again where he reunites with Eileen. They then retrieve Walter's umbilical cord from the Superintendent's room. Afterwards, Henry returns to the room with Walter's corpse to find that it has disappeared. Jumping down the hole below the cross, Henry finds himself in a final confrontation with Walter and his "true form". Henry kills Walter but Eileen was possesed so she killed herself jumping to the mechanism that was in the middle of the room. Henry gets astrong Headache and gets possesed somehow. Little Walter was finally able to enter Room 302, stating he will not let anyone separate him and his mother again. Meanwhile, adult Walter is seen standing in the room while the radio announces the deaths of both Henry and Eileen. In Eileen's case, she died at St. Jerome's while a corpse believed to be Henry's was found in Room 302, mutilated beyond recognition.