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Nancy Drew 23: Shadow at the Water's Edge Hints

What do I do with the stuff inside the box?

  • 1 of 6: There are three items inside the puzzle box: a sealed envelope, a rhomboid tile, and a letter.
  • 2 of 6: The letter you can just read. What a sad picture we're building of Kasumi's life.
  • 3 of 6: The tile may look familiar, if you noticed the unfinished wall tiles in the baths.
  • 4 of 6: The sealed envelope is more interesting. Have you translated the writing on the outside?
  • 5 of 6: After you back away from the desk, pull the envelope out again and use the Japanese phrasebook in your inventory on it to see that it says --
  • 6 of 6: -- "Password." This must be the password to the computer on the desk here.