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Nancy Drew 17: Legend of the Crystal Skull Hints

What am I supposed to be doing here?

1 of 5: The games take a while to get going, I know. One way to deal with this is to interact with anything you can interact with (talk to people, solve puzzles, use the phone, etc.) until something happens to make it clear what's going on.
2 of 5: If that's too random for you, your main goal is to track down the "skeleton man" who knocked you out. So after you talk to Henry (in the library) and Renee (in the garden) --
3 of 5:
-- your next step is to go into the room where you saw Bony Boy and see if you can figure out what he was doing there.
- How can I find about the skeleton man?
4 of 5:
While you're here, look around. There are lots of things to mess with here, though most of them can't be solved this early in the game.
5 of 5:
And don't forget to check out the fireplace.
- I did all that, but nothing seems to be happening.

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