The First Mile

The First Mile was written in Inform and is © 2005 by Howard A. Sherman. This solution is by David Welbourn, based on release 1 of the game.

NOTE: This is just the maps, so far.

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• Map 1: East Side
• Map 2: West Side
• Map 3: The First Mile
• Map 4: Southern Telephone
• Map 5: Memorial Park
• Map 6: Brown Lake
• Map 7: Dark Forest
• Map 8: Thick Woods & Gully
• Map 9: Poplar Street
• Map 10: Johnson Manor & Hedge Maze
• Map 11: School
• Map 12: Coal Mine
• Map 13: Other World

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Map 1: East Side

Back- yard

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City Hall, Police Headquarters

Cul-de- sac

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City Hall, Main Office

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City Hall, Foyer

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City Hall, Mayor's Office

Ash Street

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Dead Rock Public Library (Inside)

Thick Woods & Gully

Larson's Drug- store

u→ ←d

City Hall, Steeple Tower

Barber Shop

←in out→

Ash Street

in↑↓out

/

|

u↑↓d

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Dead Rock Public Library

Larson's Drug- store

City Hall, Entrance

Southern Tele- phone

Ash Street

Mike's Garage, Office

\

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in↑↓out

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/

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in↑↓out

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Inter- section

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Main Street

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Main Street

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Main Street

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Main Street

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Main Street

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Mike's Gas & Garage

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Entrance to Dead Rock

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in↓↑out

Brown Lake

Memorial Park

Ash Street, by Bank

Bank Vault

Carl's Coffee

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\

in→ ←out

Bank Lobby

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Bank, by Teller Windows

Carl's Kitchen

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Ash Street

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Shady Trail

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Dead End

/

Shaded Trail

Dark Forest

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—

Dark Path

—

Memorial Park

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Map 2: West Side

Altar

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Pews

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Vestibule

in↑↓out

New Age Shoppe (inside)

Outside Church

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Junkyard

in↑↓out

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New Age Shoppe

School

Johnson Manor

Ivy Lane, North of Main

Poplar Street

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\

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The First Mile

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Edge of Town

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Main Street, Residential District

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Main Street

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Main Street, Historic Residence

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Main Street, by Ivy Lane

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Main Street, by Firehouse

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Inter- section

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in↓↑out

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Elm Street

Ivy Street, South of Main

Fire- house

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Chief's Office

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Elm Street

Aban- doned Shack

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Ivy Lane

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Burned Shack

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Burned Shack (inside)

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Kitchen

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Elm Street

Ivy Lane South

Bed- room

/

Mine Entrance

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Train Station

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Open Field

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Open Field

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Open Field

d↓↑u

e↓↑u

Coal Mine

Deep Hole

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Map 3: The First Mile

The First Mile

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The First Mile

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The First Mile

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The First Mile

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The First Mile

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The First Mile

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The First Mile

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to Edge of Town

(succubus)

(lightning strike on entry)

(manticore)

(crater)

(steel sign)

(wooden sign)

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Map 4: Southern Telephone

The Southern Telephone building is in the eastern side of town, between City Hall and Ash Street.

Admin- istrative Offices		Equip- ment Room		Base- ment
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Inter- section	←u d→	Inter- section	d→ ←u	Base- ment
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Exec- utive Offices				Base- ment
		|
		Reception Desk	——	Lobby	—	Service Counter
			/
		to Main Street

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Map 5: Memorial Park

to Main Street

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Dead Rock Memorial Park

/

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\

Memorial Park, Western Path

Dark Glade

Memorial Park, Eastern Path

\

Memorial Park, Light Path

se↑↓nw

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Memorial Park, Dark Path

Memorial Park, Light Path

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Outside White House

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Memorial Park, Light Path

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Memorial Park, Light Path

se↑↓nw

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to Dark Path

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Memorial Park, Crossroads

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Gray Inter- section

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Memorial Park, Path

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Gray Road

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Gray Path

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Gray Path

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Dark Forest

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Wild Path

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Brown Lake

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Map 6: Brown Lake

				to Memor- ial Park
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		Lake Shore		Brown Lake				to Inter- section
		|		|				|
Brown Lake	—	Brown Lake	—	Brown Lake	—	Gentle Stream	—	Grove
(tree)				|
		Brown Lake	—	Brown Lake	—	Brown Lake
		(boat)		|
				Brown Lake
				|
				Brown Lake
				(monster)

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Map 7: Dark Forest

When the game starts, the Dark Forest's connections aren't assigned yet. So I suggest just heading east for each new location. The game will remember whichever direction you take.

The game's a little less clever with the Copse. If a Dark Forest location has its next location direction assigned, then going any compass direction other than the two that you've visited lead to the Copse, which is meant to be a dead end. However, once the Copse is visited from the Clearing, then the Copse is locked down too, and can't be visited from the unused directions in the Forest any more.

				Log Cabin		Dark Forest, Up a Tree
				in↑↓out		u↑↓d
Dark Forest	? ←→	Dark Forest, By Stream	? ←→	Dark Forest, By Cabin	? ←→	Dark Forest	? ←→	Dark Forest, Clearing	? ←→	Dark Forest, Copse
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to Dark Path

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Map 8: Thick Woods & Gully

		Thick Woods
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		Dirt Path		Gully	e→	to Main Street (near Southern Telephone)
	/	d↓↑u		|
to Dead Rock Public Library		Gully	e→ ←s	Gully, Behind Main Street	u→	to Main Street (near Larson's Drugstore)

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Map 9: Poplar Street

Fong's (by the coolers)

Forest- land

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Fong's (Inside)

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Fong's (by the drinks station)

Brewery

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Walk- way

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Bottling Center

Timber- land

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Timber- land

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Brook

Forest Hideaway

Wooded Area

in↑↓out

\

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/

/

\

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ne↑↓nw

Fong's

Brewery

Grassy Path

Forest Hideaway

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Deep Forest

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Forest Hideaway

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Poplar Street

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Poplar Street

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Poplar Street

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Dirt Road

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to Inter- section

Grassy Path

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Map 10: Johnson Manor & Hedge Maze

The labyrinth of shrubbery...

nw→ ←s

You feel the vibrant flow of life...

n↑

s↓

Dead End You're boxed in...

s ←→

The density of the bushes...

n ←→

Thick but well- trimmed...

e→

The path lined...

←w

Dead End ...abundant growth...

s↑↓w

e↑↓sw

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North Bedroom

The General's Quarters

Servants Quarters

The carefully- clipped hedges...

nw→ ←ne

Neat rows of lush shrubbery...

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n↑↓se

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Guest Bedrooms

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Top of the Stairs

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The lush shades of green...

Center of the Maze

Manor Gardens

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u↑↓d

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/

South Bedroom

↑↓ ↑↓

Backyard

——

Manor Gardens

↑↓

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Study

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_____↑↓_____ ↑↓

—

Great Room

Manor Gardens

s↑↓n

u↑↓d

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Sitting Room

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Entrance Hall

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Dining Room

n↑↓out

/

Johnson Manor

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Cobblestone Path

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Driveway

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to Main Street, Historic Residence

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Map 11: School

		First Base
	/	|	\
Second Base	—	Pitcher's Mound	—	Home Plate
	\	|	/
		Third Base
		|
		Play- ground
		|
		Rear Exit
		|
		Main Hall	—	Eastern Hall	—	Eastern Hall
		|				|
		Main Entrance				English Class
		|
		Sheffield Elementary School
		|
		to Main Street

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Map 12: Coal Mine

to Mine Entrance

d↓↑u

Coal Mine

d↓↑u

Coal Mine

d↓↑u

Coal Room

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Coal Mine

—

Coal Room

d↓↑u

Coal Mine

d↓↑u

Coal Mine, Dead End

jump ←→

Coal Mine, Chasm

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Coal Mine, Western Tunnel

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Coal Mine, Western Tunnel

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Coal Mine, Inter- section

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Coal Mine, Eastern Tunnel

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Coal Mine, Eastern Tunnel

d↓↑u

Coal Mine

d↓↑u

Other World

←w

Coal Mine

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Guarded Room

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Lair of the Elemental

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Coal Mine

—

___↓↑___ ↓↑

—

Coal Mine

\

d↓↑u

Coal Mine, Bend

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Map 13: Other World

Library

Defeat

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Dining Hall

Death

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North Wing (Upstairs)

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Despair

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u↑↓d

North Bedroom

North Wing

North Bedroom

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Grand Hall West

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Grand Hall West

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Grand Hall West

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Grand Hall

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Grand Hall East

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Grand Hall East

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Grand Hall East

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South Bedroom

Grand Hall

South Bedroom

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Castle Blackmoor

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Black Moor

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Black Gate

/

Stone Path

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Stone Path

Inside Hut

|

in↑↓out

from Coal Mine

→

The Dark Side

—

Outside Hut

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weapon	hell hound	sea monster	earth elemental	tiny golems	mayor	Tommy	manticore [cant leave]	ancient man	Thomas
axe	NO EFFECT dog evades	IT DIES! +15 pts	IT DIES! +15 pts	-tg-	MAYOR DIES head lopped +10 pts	YOU DIE	NO EFFECT can't get close	HE DIES IF you attack Thomas first	YOU DIE
barbacide	-hh-	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
baseball bat	-hh-	NO EFFECT you miss	NO EFFECT pointless	THEY DIE +25 pts	MAYOR DIES +10 pts	YOU DIE
dagger	NO EFFECT dog evades	IT DIES +15 pts	ELEM DIES +15 pts	THEY DIE +25 pts	MAYOR RUNS (no kill/pts)	NO EFFECT Tommy evades	IT DIES +20 pts
fire water	(cant use it)	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
flat stone	-hh-	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
holy water	-hh-	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
lighter	-hh-	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
rifle + silver bullet	CAN'T AIM dog evades	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	RIFLE STOLEN by birds	-wt-	-am-	RIFLE STOLEN by accomplice
spray can	-hh-	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	-m-	-t-
stun gun	CANT REACH snaps at arm	-sm-	-ee-	-tg-	MAYOR DIES	(protected?)

I can't find any way of using any of the liquids (holy water, fire water) effectively. TXD suggests that the expected way is to open the vial, then throw the empty vial at some monster.

I can't find any way to kill the hell hound.

Note: Tommy likes the compass if you give it to him.

Note: Succubus defeated by taking almost-full glass, then 'toast'. Infinite point bug: you can continue to 'toast'. Also, putting down a wine glass anywhere acts like succubus is still there and alive.

If you shoot the succubus with the rifle, supposedly she dies and the barrier fades, and you gain 15 pts. However, she stays, the barrier stays, and the rifle is still loaded. You can shoot her again for another 15 pts, over and over again.

You can lead Thomas to gunman; gunman will shoot Thomas (+10 pts); Thomas runs off into woods; gunman wants to hear what?

You can lead Thomas to Aurora; she'll throw fire water on him; you and he auto-leave the Shoppe.

Note: You get 25 pts if you kill the mayor via the grill.

Sometimes you will miss when trying to kill the manticore with the dagger.

Can't find the shotgun or handset anywhere. Can't give shells to Riggs; is there some way to keep him alive?