South of Midnight (Xbox Series X) Walkthrough - Part 8

Описание: Hazel Flood helps her mother Lacey (Cynthia K. McWilliams) prepare to evacuate their house in the wake of an approaching hurricane. However, they both get into an argument when Hazel accuses her mother of caring more about random strangers than her daughter and leaves the house. As Hazel leaves, the house is washed away by a flash flood with Lacey still inside, and Hazel desperately tries to chase it, catching sight of "Strands" along the way. Unable to catch up to the house, Hazel turns to her estranged grandmother Bunny (Debra Cardona) for help. Upon hearing that Hazel can see the Strands, Bunny attempts to trap Hazel in her mansion, only for Hazel to escape and continue to search for Lacey. Hazel soon recovers several enchanted tools that allow her to manipulate the Strand and fight Haints that begin appearing to attack her. As she proceeds further down the river, she increasingly begins to become aware of more supernatural phenomena.

Eventually, Hazel comes across and helps a giant Catfish (Walter Roberts),who agrees to help her find Lacey as well as tell her more about her powers. Catfish explains that Hazel is a Weaver, an individual who can perceive and tap into the power of the Strands which they use to battle Haints and repair the Grand Tapestry that ties all creation together. Continuing her journey, Hazel comes across several monsters that are the manifestations of human and animal spirits twisted by negative emotions, which she heals by "bottling" up their negative emotions and confronting the monsters in battle to untangle their "knots". Eventually, she finds the remains of her home, but there is no sign of Lacey besides red yarn. Catfish warns that the red yarn means that Lacey was likely abducted by "Huggin' Molly", another supernatural monster. He explains that Bunny is the only person who has ever fought Molly and won, rescuing Hazel's father Trey from Molly's grasp when he was a child.

Hazel explores Bunny's unoccupied weekend cottage for clues on Molly's whereabouts. Reliving the memories she finds there, Hazel discovers that her father Trey (Jim Conway)[17] accidentally killed his younger sister Cherie (Auguste Lercher)[17] when they were young children, when Trey dropped Cherie in the river in attempt to clean the girl's dress when it got dirty. Cherie was Bunny's favorite of her two children, and she never forgave Trey for Cherie's death. Hazel also uncovers all of Bunny's secret research into Weavers and the supernatural creatures in the area, including Huggin' Molly. Bunny confronts Hazel at the cottage and agrees to help her, explaining that Molly once abducted Trey as bait since she was Molly's real target, so Molly may be using Lacey as bait for Hazel as well. Bunny gives Hazel information on how to find Molly's lair. Before leaving the cottage, Hazel finds that Bunny had confined Cherie's spirit in a tree, not allowing her to rest so that Bunny might one day resurrect her. Hazel uses her powers as a Weaver to heal Cherie's "knot" and hopefully allow her spirit to finally move on. Catfish warns Hazel that Bunny can't be trusted, pointing out that she will resort to any means to resurrect Cherie. Ignoring Catfish's warnings, Hazel then invades Molly's lair and confronts the creature. After defeating Molly, Hazel realizes too late that Lacey and Molly were actually working together to rescue children who were being abused by their parents, and Molly was attempting to heal Lacey. However, Bunny arrives and takes advantage of Molly's weakened state, killing her and stealing her heart which she plans to use to resurrect Cherie.